Capaldi was so awesome in that horrible Torchwood miniseries.
Children of Earth was amazing! What didn't you like about it?
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polgara - Aug 04, 2013 9:32:32 am PDT #1304 of 30000
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Nora Deirdre - Aug 04, 2013 9:36:09 am PDT #1305 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I mean horrible in "HOLY SHIT THAT RIPPED MY GUTS OUT AND WILL MAKE ME CRY FOREVER" kind of way. So, horrible is a good thing.
amych - Aug 04, 2013 9:41:06 am PDT #1306 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(Except that now I'm going to expect the Doctor to swear all the time.)
Or at the very least, some really hilarious mashups.
Polgara - Aug 04, 2013 9:42:09 am PDT #1307 of 30000
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
I mean horrible in "HOLY SHIT THAT RIPPED MY GUTS OUT AND WILL MAKE ME CRY FOREVER" kind of way. So, horrible is a good thing.
Ok, that makes total sense now.
Strix - Aug 04, 2013 9:46:51 am PDT #1308 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I mean horrible in "HOLY SHIT THAT RIPPED MY GUTS OUT AND WILL MAKE ME CRY FOREVER" kind of way. So, horrible is a good thing.
Oh, thank god. I was all "Why is Nora possessed by THE DEVIL?"
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2013 10:27:25 am PDT #1309 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Calling past 12 to tell me you'll be late for *your* scheduling of "between ten and eleven" is so fucking unprofessional. At or by 11:30 is when you call. Not after noon. Especially when you estimate incorrectly.
le nubian - Aug 04, 2013 10:29:37 am PDT #1310 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I thought the general plot of "Children of Men" was okay, but the character writing was really off. It's almost like they decided: oh, let's kill a couple of characters. How can we do this? THIS is how.
shrift - Aug 04, 2013 11:13:18 am PDT #1311 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm with le nubian. "Children of Men" was not the Torchwood I signed up for.
billytea - Aug 04, 2013 11:43:59 am PDT #1312 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
So, looking at imdb, Peter Capaldi's previous credits include:
In Penguins of Madagascar: "Uncle Nigel".
In World War Z: "W.H.O. Doctor". Seriously.
For myself, I'm fairly pleased that they've cast an older Doctor again.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2013 12:18:29 pm PDT #1313 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I liked Children of Earth quite a bit, even as it gutted me. I think it did well using the past and the present as well as the large scale and small. Still don't know who's going to brew all the tea, wear all the waistcoats, and be generally awesome, but thinking deeply on that still hurts.
I didn't finish the following season though. GOOD LORD.
I'm not getting the Nigel reference, bt.