A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
DW: I hated hated hated hated HATED the
reworking of the theme tune.
The
Sound of Drums,
indeed.
The rest was
OK. It pushed all the buttons. But yeah, they need to dial back the soapiness and the "romance". Actually, judging by the preview, that's what they're aiming for with Donna. "I need a mate" - as in a buddy, not a partner, I'm assuming.
The preview did
virtually nothing for me, but then I think I need to rewatch it. Hard to distinguish the different scenes/villains. Quite a lot of nice familiar faces, though, including Martha's. And Bernard Cribbins! I wonder if he's playing the same character as in the Christmas special or somebody else...?
The Ahem of Stargate: The Ark of Truth is out there. It's a very large file, but not high quality.
I understand a lot of the special effects are missing, for instance.
Interview with CKR - mostly about BSG. (Not spoilery for season 4.)
Ahem'd and watched the DW xmas special yesterday. I liked it all and the cheese was superior quality cheddar, not crappy processed cheez. I especially liked that RTD let
the biggest prick of the group live.
A very British touch, I felt.
I'd argue that it occasionally rises to the level of great television, as in the case of "Blink" and some of the 9th Doctor episodes.
Agreeing with this. And can I just say that
when I saw the host angels, I got a tiny jolt of OMG angel/statue things, they could be cousins of the ones from Blink, oh no!
Ahem.
I enjoyed
the special overall, and I was not bothered by the cheese. I loved the little cyborg who would not let his name be shortened. Thought the thing between Astrid and him was cute. Thought Astrid and the Doctor had good chemistry... so, of course, her fate was sealed. Loved seeing the actors from As Time Goes By (Geoffrey ?) and, oh, I can't remember the name... but Mr. Bucket. Also thought Kylie did a good turn as an actor
.
I've read complaints on LJ about RTD killing the
fat and black
characters, but he killed the
nice
characters, pretty much. The least
likeable two
(one very much so)
were the ones that survived.
That's no accident. I am more reticent than most
to ascribe racism to casting decisions and who dies and who lives, it seems, but this struck me as something totally different from the black guy not making it to the end of the horror movie.
I mean, if
black people *never* die, the kittens have won, and it's still racist
out there.
According to this blog Universal HD is going to be playing ALL of BSG starting in January. (The blogger saw a promo to that effect.) Has anyone else heard this?
British promo for Torchwood, Series 2 - and over on TWOP they say that it's going to start in the UK on the 17th - but it's still kind of up in the air.
Also, I haven't been over to the BBCA site but somebody thought that they were in the midst of re-doing it.
Oh yeah - very much agree with ita on that one. I have to say it didn't actually ping me at all from that point of view - other than to be rather pleased to see another
multiracial relationship.
I definitely didn't think
the black guy was doomed for being black.
