One day, when the world is set to rights...

[alexsarll]

Well, that was mildly better than I expected; the end, and the final revelation, might even have impressed me if it hadn't been so thoroughly spoilered in ever newsagent in the land. They even addressed the way it conflicted with Dalek morality pretty well. But that aside...pig-slaves? What was wrong with Robomen? Who engineers pig traits in to enhance loyalty as opposed to, say, dog traits? Was it just that we'd already seen the Slitheen make a pig creature so the effects team found that easier? And while I didn't mind the Brits doing American accents (even though Who has already done thirties Manhattan better, with the cast of Spaced no less), the Dalek voices seemed all wrong, and not in a 'weakened' or 'more individual' way, just a 'not really working' way.
I'm not looking forward to the sequel, except vaguely to hope that it will finally kill off the ruddy Daleks, because like the Doctor I am beginning to get annoyed by the cheapening of his sacrifices.

Memo to the Lowlander; while there's at least a certain honesty in the way your logo makes clear that your staff are rubbish, it's not very good advertising. And if you don't do cider, don't tell me that you could do shandy, as though that had any resemblance to what I requested. As it turns out, though, I do like strawberry beer, although I doubt I'd ever want more than one. Thank heavens for Sam Smith's.

Comments

[boxcat.livejournal.com]

Re: Daleks again: "The 'Planet X' story was partially intended as a comment on the exhausted, circular nature of the X-Men's ever-popular battle with Magneto and by extension, the equally cyclical nature of superhero franchise re-inventions. I ended the book exactly where I came on board, with Logan killing Magneto AGAIN, as he had done at the end of Scott Lobdell's run. Evil never dies in comic book universes. It just keeps coming back. Imagine Hitler back for the hundredth time to menace mankind. (2004)" - Grant Morrison

Also - grrrrrrr for the wholesale semi-fucking with historical figures. If we're going to have Tallulah Bankhead, lets fucking have her. I want cocaine, rapacious sexuality and hot girl-on-girl action[0].

And that writer seemed utterly unable to write decent dialogue for the Doctor.

[0]And these things forming part of Dr Who

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I don't think Tallulah was meant to be Bankhead; TB had already been famous for over a decade by that point, and the showgirl made perfect sense as someone idolising and trying to emulate her. And given it's only a fortnight since 'The Shakespeare Code', you can hardly complain about a lack of gay agenda as applied to historical figures!

I take your point as regards villains' return, but while there are obviously a wealth of similarities between Who and superheroes, I think the differences are important too. One of those being that while the big superheroes are owned by gangster publishers, Who belongs to the BBC. I may not always agree with the decisions Who's stewards make, but they have all seemed to be people who genuinely care about the programme, whereas at Marvel or DC business imperatives will usually take precedence over creators who are ultimately seen as replaceable. As such, there's a freedom to permanently change the status quo in Who which there isn't with superheroes; I know Captain America is coming back sooner or later, but I'd be very surprised if Gallifrey ever returns.