Doctor Who finale UK discussion: Jars "Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon" Jun 26, 2010 10:14:00 am PDT
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2010 4:42:23 am PDT #13811 of 30001
hwæt
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 25, 2010 5:04:13 am PDT #13812 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I have extreme love for that Amy-as-River's-mother theory. Although I still think that Jack is going to play a role in River's story.
They'd better have a good payoff for these 'complicated' hints, whatever it is.
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2010 5:45:54 am PDT #13813 of 30001
hwæt
Nice observation by the AV Club:
This year has been about Amy reuniting with a magic-seeming man who filled her childhood with wonder and mystery, a man nobody else remembered. Isn’t that really the story of the Russell T. Davies and now Stephen Moffat versions of the Doctor? Sure, Doctor Who never lost its cult entirely, but the show’s following diminished greatly over the years. It took those who remembered it, and believed in it, to bring it back. And here we all are.
Kathy A - Jul 25, 2010 5:54:01 am PDT #13814 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Someone over at another board pointed out one of my favorite little bits from this ep--when the Doctor called Rory "Mr. Pond."
"No, that's not how it works here."
"Yes, it is."
"Yeah, it is."
Hee.
sj - Jul 25, 2010 6:19:50 am PDT #13815 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Someone over at another board pointed out one of my favorite little bits from this ep--when the Doctor called Rory "Mr. Pond."
I loved that bit.
Fiona - Jul 25, 2010 7:59:53 pm PDT #13816 of 30001
Did anyone else watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's "Sherlock" on BBC1 last night? It was extremely Who-ish. Intelligent yet socially awkward genius with loyal, more human companion, fighting the forces of evil. And so on. I quite enjoyed it, though.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 25, 2010 10:32:13 pm PDT #13817 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I was a bit perturbed at the idea of a 21st-century Holmes. Since it was Moffat, though, I might give it a go. (Was he at least an addict of some kind?)
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2010 10:36:37 pm PDT #13818 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Trailer for "Red", the SciFi original movie w/ Felicia Day:
They used music from Quake 2 ! Aw.
Jars - Jul 25, 2010 11:02:21 pm PDT #13819 of 30001
Did anyone else watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's "Sherlock" on BBC1 last night?
Yes! I really enjoyed it; it was very clever but managed to keep a real hold of the characters at the same time.
That said it seems like cabbies are the go-to serial killer for BBC dramas lately.
Fiona - Jul 26, 2010 12:25:12 am PDT #13820 of 30001
Jars, I hadn't seen any others, so that didn't bother me, but I guessed it was the cabbie waaaay before Sherlock did .
(Was he at least an addict of some kind?)
Seska, it was heavily implied that there might be some cocaine around somewhere, but other than that just nicotine patches .
I'm not a Holmes fan in any way, but I thought the updating worked brilliantly. They even overdid it a bit, what with the websites and mobiles and GPS and stuff. Apparently, though, they didn't even have to change that Watson has just been demobbed from Afghanistan; they took that directly from the original. Which is simultaneously cool and very, very depressing .