Below is my reaction to DW 4.8:
AAAAAAAAAAAUGGGH WHAT THE FUCK STEVEN MOFFAT YOU MAGNIFICENT CRAZY CLEVER FUCKING BASTARD!!!11
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Polter-Cow - May 31, 2008 12:14:43 pm PDT #2673 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kate P. - May 31, 2008 2:08:30 pm PDT #2674 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
DW 4.08: Holy FUCK, that was fantastic! I'm glad to see that Steven Moffat is continuing his reign of terror and awesomeness, because that was some badass scary heart-clutchy TV right there. Donna!!
JenP - May 31, 2008 3:30:41 pm PDT #2675 of 30001
Suddenly she's sane and trustworthy enough to be CAG again? Buh?
Right?? That was so out of place.
Ooh, DW. Off I go.
Dana - May 31, 2008 3:35:10 pm PDT #2676 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Who 4.08:
STUPID CLIFFHANGER
WindSparrow - May 31, 2008 4:06:09 pm PDT #2677 of 30001
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.
DW 4.08: That somehow reminded me of some of the stuff they were doing in the 80s. Like maybe they were trying too hard, because it was not really scary to me. The more it was supposed to be scary, the more irritated I found it, rather than scared.
Torque - May 31, 2008 4:38:27 pm PDT #2678 of 30001
Bad Wolf
I want 4.08, but its not up on my site yet. =(
Kate P. - May 31, 2008 4:38:47 pm PDT #2679 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
DW 4.08:
Windsparrow, really? I was totally creeped out. All that stuff about "sometimes someone doesn't come back" and the idea of the shadows being alive -- I mean, it reminded me strongly of "Blink" in the way it took something maybe vaguely scary to some people and made it TERRIFYING. I got chills when the Doctor gave his line about how almost every culture in the universe has a fear of the dark.
Dana, seriously! Although I thought it was funny how overtly they warned us against spoiling ourselves for the next one.
JenP - May 31, 2008 4:48:43 pm PDT #2680 of 30001
DW 4.08, so speculation on how the woman who knows him fits in ? I'm enjoying that little bit of mystery .
I wasn't nearly as creeped out by this one as I was by Blink, but I did enjoy it .
Kate P. - May 31, 2008 4:58:50 pm PDT #2681 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
DW 4.08, re: JenP's whitefont, I'm hoping she'll be the next companion! Although I also still want Donna around for a long time, so I'm not asking for it anytime soon. I had a brief moment of wondering if she was supposed to be someone we already knew, but grown up, but I couldn't make it fit with anyone (at least from the new series; my knowledge of Classic Who canon is very limited), and anyway, she said several times that this was the first time they'd met in the Doctor's timeline. I don't think it was stated outright, but I thought it seemed clear from the way she spoke to him that they were/will be lovers, but I may be seeing through 'shipper-colored glasses. Did other folks get that vibe?
And just to reiterate, Donna had BETTER NOT be dead for real. Come on, creepy little girl, save her!
JenP - May 31, 2008 5:05:31 pm PDT #2682 of 30001
DW 4.8 re: Kate P's WF: Yeah, I definitely got the impression that there was a love thang going on from her perspective. I love Alex Kingston, so I'd love to see her as a companion, too, but, same here - like Donna and wish her to stay a while. I'm not sure I think she's a companion, though. I don't know why - it totally makes the most sense .
I assume that being "saved" means that the computer/girl has saved a profile, or whatever, of everyone she could when the Vashdayadayadayada swarmed, so she can regenerate them all at some point, once it's safe. She did the same for Donna .