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[icepixie]

Well, I just saw rowdycamels off home. :(

We had a good time, though. Did a bit of walking at Radnor Lake. Then we came back and watched a lot of TV. I have thoroughly introduced her to Northern Exposure, I think. We watched...ten episodes? Ish? In twenty-four hours? We took a tour through some of the more dysfunctional episodes of seasons three, four, and five. Plus there was Blackpool horror. I'm scarred for life now.

We also watched the DW Christmas special.

That was...truly bad. Someone needs to take the Who out of Rusty's hands, stat. He...recycled large parts of TCI...and made his main character angst over his Mary Sue...and had a really ridiculous scenery-chewing spider queen villain. (I suppose I shouldn't judge this spider queen, since I thought "Planet of the Spiders" was great. But somehow that spider queen was just...better.) Not to mention truly awful science everywhere you look.

I did like Donna, though. She wasn't a yes-woman. She kind of reminded me of Tegan, actually. Maybe Tegan mixed with Sarah Jane. And she was smart enough to not come with the Doctor.

Still, the whole episode...it was bad enough to make me wonder if they were intentionally self-parodying, but I'm afraid they were entirely serious. And that makes me sad. It was like it was written by an ADHD seven-year-old. On crack. With unlimited CGI.

Ugh.

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[alto2.livejournal.com]

Plus there was Blackpool horror. I'm scarred for life now.

You mean Sarah Parish as a giant spider? Or am I missing something?

[cheapevilgirl.livejournal.com]

That was...truly bad. Someone needs to take the Who out of Rusty's hands

Maybe I just missed the Doctor that much but I liked it. I was expecting it to hurt alot more without Rose. It did hurt and I teared up a couple of times. But Donna was a good character for this episode. As for recycling plots. Do you remember the Christmas special last year. Do you remember the Star Wars sword fighting at the end?

and had a really ridiculous scenery-chewing spider queen villain. (I suppose I shouldn't judge this spider queen, since I thought "Planet of the Spiders" was great. But somehow that spider queen was just...better.)

My first thought was Liars,Guns,and Money. My second thought was to shutter because even years later that is still the nastiest thing I've ever seen on tv.

I did like Donna, though. She wasn't a yes-woman. She kind of reminded me of Tegan, actually. Maybe Tegan mixed with Sarah Jane. And she was smart enough to not come with the Doctor.

I really wish she was sticking around. The previews with the new girl have me a bit worried.

[kurayaminokoe.livejournal.com]

it looks even more recycled if your own coutry shows the christmas invasion at the same time as the runaway bride on bbc :)

I did like seeing new Who, but that can also just be because well it's been a while since I saw new Who :) Paid no attention to who wrote the episode though, hm, and I will have to wait till I'm back home before I can download and watch again. I will try to watch the Sarah Jane Smith spinoff thing tomorrow on the BBC, and omg I skip Torchwood for it *snort*

Did you see the new season preview? There's Daleks again which worries me a wee bit ugh. (don't get me wrong, I like Daleks, but it's getting a bit predictable and I don't squee as much anymore as well, when I saw the previews for season 1 and 2 dalek episodes)

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

New Who just seems so facile to me, and too full of British "celebrities". It's a bit like a parody of itself. Also, the music! Ack! and the pace of action is like, boom, boom, boom. Too fast, it's like being whizzed around a roundabout and then you're spat out feeling sick.