I'll start: DOCTOR WHO 4.1-the awesomeness
POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 21:07
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Hey, I love Eurovision, and this ironically comes from someone who would describe myself as a "quality" music fan...
It may be as cheesy as hell, but it's still miles better than all that tediously dull so-called "RnB".
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
So, anyone else psyched over the new season of DOCTOR WHO, or are we all just watching GALACTICA?
well - after watching for 30 odd years - including the dire patch in the mid-80s... i have to say that Dr Who finally and truly sucks:( and i aint watching no more.
Seems to me to have been a general decline since eccleston left (he was so damn good!) and after trying with S.4 - no more.
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....huh?
Guess we're going to have a difference of opinion here. I liked the Christie episode, though that's because I'm a sad geek who got all the refs, (plus the nod to another mystery writer.)
The next eps are the Moffatt ones,and considering the sheer mindfuck he pulled with 'Blink' etc., I'm wondering what he's going to do to make up terrified of libraries.
BSG, on the other hand, I have consciously avoided. It just sounds like a circle-jerk for godbotherers on the one hand, and an epic piece of miserablism on the other. Plus well in danger of disappearing up its own fundament a la 'Lost' (another avoider.) Of course, Katee Sackhoff was the funniest thing in 'Bionic Woman'.
ps Dr Who low point has to be Richard Briers as Bertie Bassett (wtf!?!)- after that, DT is gold, (and so much prettier than any of the other Doctors.)
Quick fic-pimp - check out frostfyre7 at fanfiction.net - the best Dr Who/FF crossover.
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Originally posted by lwaves:
The non-European world has something to be grateful for.
Grateful? Spoken like someone that hasn't had to sit through seven seasons of American Idol. We Yanks have our own ways of torturing the TV-viewing public.
And thanks for the fic rec, SpaceAnJL. I'll be sure to check it out.
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Originally posted by SpaceAnJL:
....huh?
Guess we're going to have a difference of opinion here.
it's always fun to have divergent views:)
don't get me wrong - i have nothing much against DT just that the show seems to have lost me bit by bit since he came on board... Blink WAS fantastic, the first part of human nature too - and the one about the Pit. But just nothing like The Empty Child, or Dalek... and gradually it just seemed to go OTT and shout all the time. i don't expect others to agree - dr who has always had splits... speaking as a davison fan, i've learned to cope with that!
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Grateful? Spoken like someone that hasn't had to sit through seven seasons of American Idol.
Sorry, but "American Idol" - like the computer and the jet engine - was a British invention (called "Pop Idol/Popstars/X Factor" over here). Unlike the computer and the jet engine you're welcome to take credit for it (and don't feel in any hurry to repatriate Simon Cowell) but the sad truth is that Ol' Blighty is now a net exporter of reality TV and quiz show formats. I fear that "Big Brother", "The Weakest Link" and "Deal or No Deal" are ours, too. The shame. Still, at least we can still sell something to the Americans.
Trouble is, back in the 80s we had a couple of smug late night TV shows showing clips of international TV and pointing out how crass they were compared to wonderful British telly. Oh how we laughed at crappy, sadistic quiz shows from Japan and elsewhere. Unfortunately, some people clearly weren't laughing - they were taking notes and thinking...
(One such show was hosted by the guy who went on to front "Who wants to be a Millionaire" - I rest my case!)
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Originally posted by SpaceAnJL:
ps Dr Who low point has to be Richard Briers as Bertie Bassett (wtf!?!)- after that, DT is gold, (and so much prettier than any of the other Doctors.)
God that was a low point. I am ashamed to admit I've seen that
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I've unspoilered the following because it has nothing to do with the current series:
Quote:Originally the Doctor was Human as well. The back story has changed somewhat, at about the same time they needed to replace the first doctor. If you watch the first Dr Who Movie it's also clear that he is Human.
Originally posted by ImNotHere:
Back in 1963, the Doctor's first companion was his Granddaughter, Susan, who was presumably 'made in the normal way' (whatever the 'normal way' is on Gallifrey).
Point is, she and he weren't from Gallifrey, they were Human from Earth.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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I refuse to admit that Colin Baker ever existed, and having the weird little bloke off kid's telly as the next one didn't help either...
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Quote:Actually Big Brother is Dutch, brought to British shores, along with Deal or no Deal, by Endemol, a Dutch company. Interestingly Peter Bazalgette is Endemol UK's Chairman, and Creative Director of Endemol Group worldwide, and is thus largely responsible for Big Brother and Deal or no Deal. Peter is the great-great-grandson of 19th century civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who created the Victoria and Albert embankments in London amongst other works, but is most famous for the extensive modern London Sewer works. Thus completes the family circle, Joseph dedicated his life to removing shit from our homes, while Peter...
Originally posted by ImNotHere:
I fear that "Big Brother", "The Weakest Link" and "Deal or No Deal" are ours, too.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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