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  1. Daedros
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    It's even worse, to be honest, because 'chalking her up as a necessary sacrifice' isn't even given enough weight for you to realize a choice was made. If the Doctor had actually come out and said "Her dying is sad but also it had to be done" that would be terribly out of character, but at least it would be a strong showing of something. Instead, the Doctor comments on Kira's death the same way you might comment on a baseball game, a bland description of the way something happened with no...
    Post by: Daedros, Nov 25, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  2. Daedros
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    Pretty funny how it seems like they're starting by ripping on Amazon, but they actually just end up defending the entire concept of the institution. "The system isn't bad, it's the individuals' individual choices" is and always will be a monumentally stupid take. The conveyor belt scene in this episode also may genuinely be the worst thing I have ever seen on Doctor Who. That said, Graham legitimately steals the scene episode after episode. It's actually stunning to me, the actor looks so...
    Post by: Daedros, Nov 20, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  3. Daedros
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    Good episode! Not at all subtle, agreed. But I think they did a pretty good job handling a tricky topic. Portraying historical racism is always hard, and honestly I think this was a pretty tasteful way to do it. Actually a pretty poignant moment when they realized they had to stay on the bus -- I'll admit, I was confused as to why Graham was so anxious to get off. But then I realized how painful it would be to have to watch that and do nothing to help. It was really nice to see that there...
    Post by: Daedros, Oct 23, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  4. Daedros
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    This is a good point and something I'd been struggling to articulate since watching the episode. I actually think Whittaker herself is quite good; her face has an expressive-ness that I'd associate with Tennant or Smith, and she's good at being commanding. But Sorrows is dead-on when she says that this felt 'handled'. The writing for the Doctor was probably the most generic Doctor shit ever put to paper. No risks were taken with the character and Whittaker is given no room to express any...
    Post by: Daedros, Oct 10, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  5. Daedros
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    Thank fucking christ Moffat is gone. No idea how Chibnall will do, but if he manages to somehow out-shit Moffat he should probably be given some sort of prize. I feel like Moffat has never understood that brevity can lend to an emotional punch. Dragging out this goodbye for so long really steals momentum from it. At some point I'm left just wishing Capaldi will hurry up and die already so the terrible monologue ends. Also am desperately hopeful that Chibnall's vision of the Doctor is less...
    Post by: Daedros, Dec 30, 2017 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  6. Daedros
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    It only seems fitting for Moffat to round off his tenure by building up a ton of hype only to let it all come crashing down in a pile of shit.
    Post by: Daedros, Jul 2, 2017 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  7. Daedros
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    Shame it's not happening sooner. Say, a season ago.
    Post by: Daedros, Jan 23, 2016 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  8. Daedros
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    Okay, I've had some time to think about it, and now I feel like I can better explain why I didn't like this episode and what I wish could have been done instead. Firstly, I want to just say that I've not watched any old Doctor Who (that is to say, anything before Nine). This means all I have for context for Who -- and, by extension, all of the information I've been given about Gallifrey -- comes from New Who. This means that my perspective on things is often different from the perspectives...
    Post by: Daedros, Dec 6, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  9. Daedros
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    My god, this was fucking rubbish. Absolutely amazing to me that Moffat could take the awesome setup from Heaven Sent, which had me more hyped for Doctor Who than I've been since A Good Man Goes To War, and shit out this sad excuse for an episode. I'm particularly disgusted that in the 'return to Galiifrey' episode they spent barely any fucking time at all talking about Gallifrey or really doing anything at all interesting with the planet. The first ten minutes gave me such high hopes,...
    Post by: Daedros, Dec 5, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  10. Daedros
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    Hands down the best episode since Capaldi started. The hype for the finale is so real.
    Post by: Daedros, Nov 29, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  11. Daedros
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    Capaldi's speech at the end is the greatest moment the 12th Doctor's had so far. The depth of emotion he conveyed was really something else. The rest of the 2-parter was pretty underwhelming. It's a shame such a high-caliber speech wasn't included with a better episode overall.
    Post by: Daedros, Nov 8, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  12. Daedros
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    Sums up one of the most egregious issues with Doctor Who recently (and don't forget, in the first two parter they pulled the 'oh noes, the Doctor is totally going to die AGAIN guys!'). Beyond which, considering the Doctor just demonstrated recently that he can make immortality pills, I fail to see why anybody being dead would actually be a problem anymore. This episode was okay, I guess, aside from that? Not a whole lot really happened. Personally I've been trying to hold back judgement on...
    Post by: Daedros, Nov 1, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  13. Daedros
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    Honestly, this was dumb as fuck. The whole 'immortals don't need each other' is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. If you're worried you'll lose perspective, pick up a human to come along, aka exactly what the Doctor has always done. Problem fucking solved. Beyond that, it would have been pretty easy for the Doctor to at least take Ashildr on a few trips and maybe drop her in a place slightly less shitty than the medieval era. It was all a bunch of contrived...
    Post by: Daedros, Oct 27, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  14. Daedros
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    That's cool to know, I also was thinking along the same lines Rep was. Guess I learned something today!
    Post by: Daedros, Oct 12, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  15. Daedros
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    Honestly, it wasn't bad, but the whole time through I couldn't take the episode seriously. It's gotten to the point where every time you turn around the Doctor is about to die for real guys, and there's no suspense in it anymore, but the show still tries to pretend it's dramatic and exciting. The sunglasses are stupid in general, but what irritates me about them is more that I read an interview with Moffat where he basically said he changed it for two reasons: one, because 'why should the...
    Post by: Daedros, Oct 11, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  16. Daedros
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    I'm honestly still salty about the stupid retcon of the end of the Time War, but I guess it's two seasons too late to whine about that now, and I should probably just accept the fact that Gallifrey will be back sooner or later. I guess if it has to come back, I hope the Doctor goes on a sufficiently epic quest to find it beforehand.
    Post by: Daedros, Sep 14, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  17. Daedros
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    Sigh. So much for hopes of Doctor Who improving, although after seeing Moffat butcher Sherlock I'm not surprised.
    Post by: Daedros, Sep 2, 2015 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  18. Daedros
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    Sincerely hope Missy comes back for more, by far the best part of this series so far. It makes me sad, in a way -- the writers nailed her lines/tone far better than anyone's written Twelve so far. EDIT: in response to the above post, what irritated me more than Clara constantly demanding things of him was his complete willingness to cave.
    Post by: Daedros, Nov 9, 2014 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  19. Daedros
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    Pretty decent episode, the season looks like it might be improving. Clara was pretty entertaining and I liked the general concept, but I feel like the end bit of dialogue between Clara and the Doctor was a bit out of place as she never really was forced to do anything particularly questionable to save the day.
    Post by: Daedros, Oct 19, 2014 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  20. Daedros
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    Hmmm. I think this was a pretty solid episode. I also found it a bit odd that Clara reacted as she did to the Doctor's regeneration, but it was handled reasonably well. I honestly think this is the most interesting Clara's character has been as well, and Coleman was good this episode. Capaldi is clearly a very solid actor. I really enjoyed him in this episode, and I think Twelve is going to be a pretty interesting Doctor. Optimistic, but honestly between the way Who has been going...
    Post by: Daedros, Aug 24, 2014 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  21. Daedros
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    I'd like to download them, but can't find them anywhere... halp pls.
    Post by: Daedros, Jul 9, 2014 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  22. Daedros
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    I was really annoyed at Smith's speech. It was pretty clearly just the actor talking to the audience and didn't really fit for the Doctor as far as I was concerned. Fuck the fourth wall anyway, amirite? Beyond that I think I've posted several times in this thread about how I disliked the fiftieth anniversary and the Christmas special equally. The plotline of the fiftieth anniversary completely undermined the character that they've spent seven series on after the reboot(and continued with...
    Post by: Daedros, Feb 2, 2014 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  23. Daedros
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    I've been stewing about this for a bit. Day of the Doctor spoilers below, if you care. The Day of the Doctor irritated me for a lot of reasons. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved some parts of it. Hurt was fantastic, Tennant's return was done really well, the spacemagic - while not making much more sense than usual - at least pretended to be logical enough to not completely throw me out of immersion. Matt Smith was very Matt Smithlike. Although I realize the studio was backed into...
    Post by: Daedros, Dec 1, 2013 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  24. Daedros
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    I was disappointed in the episode, to be honest. The good first, though: she setup was really cool, and the setting was one of the most alien that we've seen on Who for quite a while now, which I thought was fantastic. I didn't particularly have a problem with the cheesy alien costumes since it is Doctor Who; I'm not sure it'd feel right if it wasn't like that. The entire ritual felt like an alien experience for a bit, and I really liked that the Doctor was introducing Clara to an alien...
    Post by: Daedros, Apr 13, 2013 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  25. Daedros
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    Awesome. I'm pretty interested to see how this season plays out, what with the Ponds leaving, a new companion, and the hopefully-in-this-season Fall of the Eleventh on the Fields of Trenzalore -- also the Question, and its corresponding answer.
    Post by: Daedros, May 10, 2012 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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