After watching s2 ep4, I had a very weird dream last night: That I visited Versailles with the now adult classmates from Jr. High history classes. I was very angry and heartbroken when I saw that the original ceilings and floors had been covered up with cheap linoleum and a drop ceiling in the areas the public were allowed to visit. And you should have seen me trying to speak french to the gift shop clerk.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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WindSparrow - May 07, 2006 5:02:08 am PDT #8536 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Fiona - May 07, 2006 5:24:02 am PDT #8537 of 10001
Jars, a romp ? I wouldn't have described it as that at all. I found it rather downbeat. Funny how two reactions to the same episode can be so different.
Some not-so-nice news I read this morning: apparently Captain Jack isn't going to return to Doctor Who, but go straight to Torchwood. Scheduling conflicts. Boo !
Jars - May 07, 2006 5:32:39 am PDT #8538 of 10001
I thought that the doctor character bits with whatsherface were a bit downbeat, but other than that? There was a horse on a spaceship! That he rode through a mirror! Pre-revolution France! Fancy dresses! Clockwork monsters and freeze-guns! I think maybe I just caught the fun! aspects of it more than the doomed love bits.
DCJensen - May 07, 2006 8:48:33 am PDT #8539 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would acll S2ep4" bittersweet. "
I think that last episode (2x3) and this one they were trying to show Rose realizing the complexity of falling in love with a timelord. also, she is feeling jealousy, which could be a good motivator. It may also help them stretch the relationship a bit, instead of making it a simple princess/knight tale. ...And that would fit the pattern of the series. familiar situations, with a bit of a twist.
DCJensen - May 07, 2006 8:51:01 am PDT #8540 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
S2ep4:
I also thought that David Tenant looked like John Lennon in the scene with the tie around his head and especially with the dark round sunglasses.
tiggy - May 07, 2006 10:37:25 am PDT #8541 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
does anyone have or know where i can get the full opening theme song in .mp3 of Doctor Who?
found it!
JenP - May 07, 2006 12:43:13 pm PDT #8542 of 10001
I enjoyed Who 2.4. I thought the actress who played MdeP was wonderful, and I thought the interaction between her an Rose was quite touching.
And Mickey did something funny that made me laugh out loud, but now I can't remember what it was.
Anyway, over all, sad, sweet, engaging. I liked it.
And I had a great time rewatching The Empty Child. I'd forgotten parts of it. Good and creepy. That's the ep (well, the two-parter) that pushed me from like to love, if I recall.
Polter-Cow - May 07, 2006 5:31:02 pm PDT #8543 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm sort of sad that this show is so relentlessly [pseudo]science-based, as I'm sure they're going to explain it as runaway nanites that imprinted on the first person they encountered or somesuch. It'd be better if there was room for the supernatural/unknown and the nature of the contagion was never explained at all.
Matt, I obviously won't tell you how they explain it, but I'll just say that I thought it was brilliant and brilliantly done.
As for the latest new episode, I liked it. It was like a lovely, condensed version of The Time Traveler's Wife. And the music at the end was wonderful.
Liese S. - May 07, 2006 6:58:44 pm PDT #8544 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Man, I am so much a sucker for Creepy Child tropes. I get completely skeeved all the time. The roommate (who I think may be hooked now) had a good time laughing at me freaking quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) out. I'm used to watching my fandom-type television alone, so it was fun for me to have him along.
§ ita § - May 07, 2006 7:57:35 pm PDT #8545 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From IMDB:
Cult TV show Doctor Who swept the board and took home three prestigious accolades at this year's BAFTA Television Awards - Britain's answer to the Emmys. The show, which currently stars British actor David Tennant as the timelord, took home Best Drama Series, Best Writing and the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Program of 2005. Meanwhile, Gillian Anderson lost out on the Best Actress award to Bleak House co-star Anna Maxwell Martin, but celebrated when the BBC's Charles Dickens TV adaptation was awarded Best Drama Serial. Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell's talent show The X Factor swept away competition from Friday Night With Jonathan Ross to win Best Entertainment Program. The British version of hit TV show The Apprentice saw Sir Alan Sugar take home the Best Feature Award, while celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was honored for his factual series Jamie's School Dinners, which saw him relentlessly campaign for nutritious children's food. Other winners included London soap Eastenders, and Matt Lucas and David Walliams' hit comedy sketch show Little Britain. Doctor Who star Billie Piper accepted awards for the show saying, "I'm having the time of my life. Doctor Who is the most amazing show to work on."