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icepixieThat was more mockable than the last one, but still suprisingly good. Yay for actually travelling in time! Woo!
- Martha is awesome. She asks useful questions, and comes up with good ideas, and thinks on her feet. She's kind of like Sarah Jane crossed with Liz Shaw, maybe? Anyway, I'm loving her.
- Except for the whole unrequited-Doctor-love bit. SUCK. If she has to moon over someone, could we please get some other companion(s) along for the ride and have companion/companion relationships? 'Cause she and the Doctor are good as friends or mentor/student, and the UST is so very tacked-on.
- Also tacked on were the Rose mentions. They are LAME, and need to go NOW. *rolls eyes so hard* I get the feeling that was RTD's addition to the script. Bah. (And no, Rose wouldn't "know what to say." She'd be all, "I was supposed to read Hamlet when I was in school, but I never got around to it." Words were not her strong point. She had her competencies, but words were not one of them.)
- Um, yeah, so, on to the plot. Which hung together pretty well, although the witches were so cheesy. (Then again, I love "The Horns of Nimon." I have no room to talk.) But they were cheesy. So cheesy.
- Shakespeare was great. Not too OTT, and charming as hell. Like everyone else, I got a kick out of the "Fifty-seven academics just punched the air."
- "When you go home, you can tell everyone you've seen Shakespeare."
"Then I could get sectioned!"
Oh, Martha, I love you.
- "I might use that."
"You can't; it's someone else's."
HA!
- Harry Potter saving the day was...amusing. "Wait until you read Book Seven. I cried" was priceless.
- Which house/witch house was an awful pun.
- CGIed sixteenth-century London was puuurty.
- Heh, Martha's the Dark Lady. I liked her practical concern over whether she'd be carted off as a slave, although I find it hard to believe that no one commented on her clothes.
- All through this, I was thinking, "If only Geoffrey Tennant were around." 'Cause that would've been awesome. Geoffrey's great-great-great...-grandfather, maybe, as played by Paul Gross? That was totally what this needed. (While I liked the focus on the "lost play," I also wouldn't have minded if they were around during the writing or performance of one of the works in the canon, so there could've been more intertwining of play-plot and episode-plot.
Okay, mostly I just want more Slings & Arrows.)
- So, yeah. Fun, adventurous romp that didn't have too many plot holes. As a English major, I would've enjoyed it more had they delved further into the plays, but it didn't really need that.
- Martha is awesome. She asks useful questions, and comes up with good ideas, and thinks on her feet. She's kind of like Sarah Jane crossed with Liz Shaw, maybe? Anyway, I'm loving her.
- Except for the whole unrequited-Doctor-love bit. SUCK. If she has to moon over someone, could we please get some other companion(s) along for the ride and have companion/companion relationships? 'Cause she and the Doctor are good as friends or mentor/student, and the UST is so very tacked-on.
- Also tacked on were the Rose mentions. They are LAME, and need to go NOW. *rolls eyes so hard* I get the feeling that was RTD's addition to the script. Bah. (And no, Rose wouldn't "know what to say." She'd be all, "I was supposed to read Hamlet when I was in school, but I never got around to it." Words were not her strong point. She had her competencies, but words were not one of them.)
- Um, yeah, so, on to the plot. Which hung together pretty well, although the witches were so cheesy. (Then again, I love "The Horns of Nimon." I have no room to talk.) But they were cheesy. So cheesy.
- Shakespeare was great. Not too OTT, and charming as hell. Like everyone else, I got a kick out of the "Fifty-seven academics just punched the air."
- "When you go home, you can tell everyone you've seen Shakespeare."
"Then I could get sectioned!"
Oh, Martha, I love you.
- "I might use that."
"You can't; it's someone else's."
HA!
- Harry Potter saving the day was...amusing. "Wait until you read Book Seven. I cried" was priceless.
- Which house/witch house was an awful pun.
- CGIed sixteenth-century London was puuurty.
- Heh, Martha's the Dark Lady. I liked her practical concern over whether she'd be carted off as a slave, although I find it hard to believe that no one commented on her clothes.
- All through this, I was thinking, "If only Geoffrey Tennant were around." 'Cause that would've been awesome. Geoffrey's great-great-great...-grandfather, maybe, as played by Paul Gross? That was totally what this needed. (While I liked the focus on the "lost play," I also wouldn't have minded if they were around during the writing or performance of one of the works in the canon, so there could've been more intertwining of play-plot and episode-plot.
Okay, mostly I just want more Slings & Arrows.)
- So, yeah. Fun, adventurous romp that didn't have too many plot holes. As a English major, I would've enjoyed it more had they delved further into the plays, but it didn't really need that.
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Date: 2007-04-15 12:52 am (UTC)Some people might call it that...
*has no memory of Fraser and finger quotes*
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Date: 2007-04-15 03:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-15 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-15 06:46 pm (UTC)I see you've been busy.
And... stealthy.
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Date: 2007-04-15 10:26 pm (UTC)I see you've been busy.
And... stealthy.
Quite.
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Date: 2007-04-15 11:38 pm (UTC)You and your Canadian specialness.
Except I don't think I can stomach that whole episode again; its one redeeming value is the giggle factor of Amanda Tapping playing yet another top secret UFO scientist.
Yeah, I enjoyed the guy in his first ep, but this one made me want to kick him in the face more. (Except for the part right before the credits when Ray went "RARRR!!!!" and threw himself at kid's jugular. That was awesome.) But anyway, all the finger quotes and rar-ing is in the first few minutes or so, if I remember correctly, so it's not like you'd have to watch the annoying parts.
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Date: 2007-04-16 03:19 am (UTC)Me and my "Holy crap, these are only fifteen bucks, I'M BUYING THEM ALL," you mean.
Yeah, I enjoyed the guy in his first ep, but this one made me want to kick him in the face more.
YES. Nothing seemed to work in that episode. It dragged on and on and on...
(Except for the part right before the credits when Ray went "RARRR!!!!" and threw himself at kid's jugular. That was awesome.)
Hah, I do remember that. That was hilarious.
But anyway, all the finger quotes and rar-ing is in the first few minutes or so, if I remember correctly, so it's not like you'd have to watch the annoying parts.
Hmmm. I'm sure I'll do that eventually. I feel a need to watch WATE again, and it's on the same disc.
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Date: 2007-04-16 05:03 am (UTC)Yes. Yes, that is verbatim what "Canadian specialness" means.
YES. Nothing seemed to work in that episode. It dragged on and on and on...
It had so much to work with! Compulsive liars! UFO kooks! A short bus with a giant rocket on top! It should've been hilarious, but... no.
I feel a need to watch WATE again, and it's on the same disc.
Such a hardship, I know....
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Date: 2007-04-16 11:30 pm (UTC)Mwahaha. (BTW, speaking of cheap DVDs...did you ever find Firefly online? Do you perhaps want the DVDs for your birthday? [Yeah, I'm not even bothering with surprises anymore. Way too lazy.])
It had so much to work with! Compulsive liars! UFO kooks! A short bus with a giant rocket on top! It should've been hilarious, but... no.
I know! Someone dropped the ball on that one.
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Date: 2007-04-18 03:28 am (UTC)Pfft. You and your subtlety. Never did find it online, no. And I'm open to all things DVD for birthdays. (Wow, my birthday is next month... must plan greedily....muahahah...)
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Date: 2007-04-18 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-16 03:19 am (UTC)Me and my "Holy crap, these are only fifteen bucks, I'M BUYING THEM ALL," you mean.
Yeah, I enjoyed the guy in his first ep, but this one made me want to kick him in the face more.
YES. Nothing seemed to work in that episode. It dragged on and on and on...
(Except for the part right before the credits when Ray went "RARRR!!!!" and threw himself at kid's jugular. That was awesome.)
Hah, I do remember that. That was hilarious.
But anyway, all the finger quotes and rar-ing is in the first few minutes or so, if I remember correctly, so it's not like you'd have to watch the annoying parts.
Hmmm. I'm sure I'll do that eventually. I feel a need to watch ATE again, and it's on the same disc.