tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post9185292035051259885..comments2023-06-18T05:48:52.971-07:00Comments on Prefect Slog: Swash & GoSAFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-88665781707430605142011-05-09T06:59:21.223-07:002011-05-09T06:59:21.223-07:00I have been too kind. Bear in mind, I quit writing...I have been too kind. Bear in mind, I quit writing before I got onto the whole CPR question and other flaws like the cheap spaceship etc.<br /><br />Fact is, I can't disagree with iCowboy - there's some rare planetary conjunction going on there, cos that never happens :-)<br /><br />And good call on the Drinking Game, Ames. Will have to remember that for future poor episodes.SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-64612052732785487882011-05-09T06:12:04.204-07:002011-05-09T06:12:04.204-07:00Rather than being "almost certainly not as po...Rather than being "almost certainly not as poor as this review makes it sound", it's much, much worse. As iCowboy says like a return tot he worst of the RTD Years,Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-20475642677805645592011-05-08T14:31:27.224-07:002011-05-08T14:31:27.224-07:00Haha, thanks for the link. Lazy Town may even have...Haha, thanks for the link. Lazy Town may even have been where this episode was written. ;-)SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-29276895344040693872011-05-08T14:31:06.626-07:002011-05-08T14:31:06.626-07:00"You killed Rory! You bastards!" So Sout..."You killed Rory! You bastards!" So South Park. I agree on that one. I pretty much agree all over (that female anatomy thing was totally rolling around my head). Also, if The Doctor had told us to disregard his previous theories one more time I would called for a Drinking Game based on that phrase alone.<br /><br />AmesAmethystGreyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557688110602602130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-9644611746298235112011-05-08T12:49:07.760-07:002011-05-08T12:49:07.760-07:00This one was really not a good programme and I can...This one was really not a good programme and I can't work out why it got made. All of a sudden it was like RTD was back at the quite literal helm. There was the 'how cheap?' spaceship set, some really appalling dialogue that no one ever speaks, another ending that doesn't quite work and a bargain budget storm.<br /><br />'Everyone lives' is a nice idea, but it makes for less interesting drama. At the end of the day, adventures are most exciting when there's a prospect that someone's bravery is only going to repaid by their death.<br /><br />But the real problems were that we've seen the caring AI getting it all wrong story twice before on DW since it came back. It was there in 'The Empty Child' and back in 'Girl in the Fireplace'. It's a pretty poor excuse for a story first time round, but by the third it's just getting tiresome. <br /><br />That's linked to the other problem I have with modern DW, when they decide to have a traditional monster like a ghost, werewolf or now a siren, the explanation is a little trite. Why can't we actually have a genuine monster?<br /><br />Then there was a scene where we're meant to accept the Doctor doesn't know CPR. We ended up with a painfully long scene where Matt Smith basically knelt in the background trying to look worried. We know they're not going to kill Rory again without coming over all South Park, so I'm not exactly sure why they thought of doing it.<br /><br />And then I'm very worried that eyepatch lady is ringing my familiarity bell. There's a superb story in Series 6 of Buffy called (I think) 'Normal Again' where the viewer is left uncertain whether Buffy's adventures are genuine or the result of deluded mind. I really hope DW isn't copying that idea.<br /><br />But more piratical Pond would go down nicely, especially if as you suggested, a song or two and puppets were added to the mix. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI" rel="nofollow">Something like this?</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com