you know how women can be when they get interested in something you actually like. Suddenly, it's a couple thing.
Man, I totally feel your pain. Every time I get into a new tv show, if I make the mistake of showing my wife, I'm suddenly "wrong" for watching episodes ahead of her. Community, Sons of Anarchy, you name it, they went from being "my" shows to "our" shows.
Are YOU caught up Iggy? I'll do my best to not Spoilerize anything. Or at least, I'll try to give you Spoiler warnings.
BTW, are you getting your Who from "alternate sources"? Because, if you are lacking any, I know where you can find episodes. PM me if you need it...
Hey, guys, do me a favor? I promised the wife I wouldn't start season six until she was fully caught up. You guys, the sockfucker and the pederast excluded, know how women can be when they get interested in something you actually like. Suddenly, it's a couple thing. Unfortunately, she's only halfway through season 4. So, please, little to no spoilers or tell me to stay the fuck out of this thread. Thanks.
Stay the fuck out of this thread. That's really the easiest solution.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Shit, if I didn't do anything my wife told me not to do I would have absolutely no fun at all.
Oh, I didn't say I don't secretly watch ahead of her and then pretend I haven't seen the episodes.... Not to mention, she knows that I started Doctor Who almost twenty-five years before I met her. So, there's no question I'll watch any and all Who without her at my whim...
you know how women can be when they get interested in something you actually like. Suddenly, it's a couple thing.
Man, I totally feel your pain. Every time I get into a new tv show, if I make the mistake of showing my wife, I'm suddenly "wrong" for watching episodes ahead of her. Community, Sons of Anarchy, you name it, they went from being "my" shows to "our" shows.
Are YOU caught up Iggy? I'll do my best to not Spoilerize anything. Or at least, I'll try to give you Spoiler warnings.
BTW, are you getting your Who from "alternate sources"? Because, if you are lacking any, I know where you can find episodes. PM me if you need it...
No "alternate sources" here. I "pay my tithes" to the Cult of Skaro...:cough: BBC :cough:...if you know what I mean. But, I've already got the five complete seasons and the specials. Though, I am having trouble tracking down a lot of the classic series stuff so if it could help with that...
Thanks for being considerate on spoiler warnings though, hopefully, I won't need them for too long. I got the wife through season four last night. So, only the specials and season five to go. If all goes according to plan, I should be able to catch up before the third episode airs. Luckily, she is loving watching it through the wonders of HDMI on the new TV (46' LED! ) so that shouldn't be a problem.
Shit, if I didn't do anything my wife told me not to do I would have absolutely no fun at all.
Oh, I didn't say I don't secretly watch ahead of her and then pretend I haven't seen the episodes.... Not to mention, she knows that I started Doctor Who almost twenty-five years before I met her. So, there's no question I'll watch any and all Who without her at my whim...
Same here. Unfortunately, her female intuition can be just a little to good when it comes to something as small as watching ahead of her. I could probably fuck fourteen women behind her back without her having a clue, but if I try to watch new episodes of "our show" while she is at work then it is like she knows it as soon as she walks in the door.
You think I'm joking. Seriously, she could come home with me reeking of other cunt and not notice a thing except that I watched an episode without her.
Off topic: I do have to say that watching the previous seasons has made my respect for Tennant go up a bit. Maybe, it is separating his work from Davies agenda or fully embracing his love of the Fifth Doctor, but he really isn't that bad. Nowhere near my favorite, but--still--a decent Doctor.
Totally a decent Doctor, yes. I think I just got burned out on him. He was overexposed to a point, and RTD has a way of overdoing everything. I honestly would have liked RTD to leave after Jesus-Doctor, and see what Ten would have been like full-time under The Moff. Still, I love Smith the most, so I'll deal...
I actually like Tennant more than Eccleston (F U Pro), but I admit that I soured a bit on him, not because of Tennant himself but the writing. Some of the stories required him to overdo the cheese and the drama. Let's hope Smith does not become a victim of that sort of thing.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
I actually like Tennant more than Eccleston (F U Pro), but I admit that I soured a bit on him, not because of Tennant himself but the writing. Some of the stories required him to overdo the cheese and the drama. Let's hope Smith does not become a victim of that sort of thing.
Tennant was good, but I think there was too much importance on him being 'cool'. That's what's great about Smith's Doctor. He thinks he's cool but isn't.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Alright, The End of Time specials and season five to go. Speaking of which, Timothy Dalton has become one of my favorite Bonds post-Bond due to his villain roles as Rassilon and Alexei Volkoff (on Chuck, Mondays at 8:00 on NBC ). He plays a good crazed, evil leader. Hell, I would probably dig it if he was the first Bond Bond villain.
I was reading through this thread and thought that Snarf, of all people, bitching about the Tenth Doctor being emo was the most ironic thing I'd ever read on this board. Then, I saw this...
Another good episode. "You've just raised an army against yourselves."
So, Amy/Rory daughter the start of a new race of Timelords?
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Or, just thought about it, it could be the Doctor's daughter from the Tennant run with Amy's pregnancy being a red herring.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Yeah, I can't tell WHAT the hell is going on now. I liked this episode, but it felt a bit....rushed? I don't know. There was a l-o-t of stuff crammed in there. And, I'm starting to get a little impatient with the disjointed time storytelling technique. I know it's Moffat's forte', but still...I don't need another LOST. I want answers. Who is the girl? Is it River? Amy/Rory's daughter? The "Jenny"-clone from Ten's run? The daughter of River and The Doctor? Susan? I need some answers, and I bet I don't get them until the end of the season. If that, given this is The Moff. Look how "The Silence" has been stretched across the seasons. Anyway, the worst of Moff's episodes are still light-years ahead of most of RTD's best. I'll live with less-than-perfect.
Yeah, I can't tell WHAT the hell is going on now. I liked this episode, but it felt a bit....rushed? I don't know. There was a l-o-t of stuff crammed in there. And, I'm starting to get a little impatient with the disjointed time storytelling technique. I know it's Moffat's forte', but still...I don't need another LOST.
Never got into Lost or all the shows that were to copy it, so I guess I'm not burnt out on that type of storytelling. The closest thing I can think of that I've watched like it is Burn Notice, but that show is full of Bruce Campbell awesome.
Originally Posted By: Prometheus
I want answers. Who is the girl? Is it River? Amy/Rory's daughter? The "Jenny"-clone from Ten's run? The daughter of River and The Doctor? Susan? I need some answers, and I bet I don't get them until the end of the season. If that, given this is The Moff. Look how "The Silence" has been stretched across the seasons. Anyway, the worst of Moff's episodes are still light-years ahead of most of RTD's best. I'll live with less-than-perfect.
I like it. The Moff has brought back a sense of excitement to Who not seen since the relaunch. He's also infused a sense of mystery that's good to talk about. I guess because my friend and his wife have just gotten into Who, I like having someone in person to talk about this kinda shit. And I know they'll want to talk about it tomorrow.
Originally Posted By: Prometheus
Not sure about next week. Pirates are boring.
You've always professed your love of ass-pirates.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
The Moff has brought back a sense of excitement to Who not seen since the relaunch.
Agreed. Re-watching season five with the wife and, though the most recent, it is still the most awesome season since they brought it back. Of course, I refused to watch Lost so, I too, may be a little partial on the structure.
Yeah, I can't tell WHAT the hell is going on now. I liked this episode, but it felt a bit....rushed? I don't know. There was a l-o-t of stuff crammed in there. And, I'm starting to get a little impatient with the disjointed time storytelling technique. I know it's Moffat's forte', but still...I don't need another LOST. I want answers. Who is the girl? Is it River? Amy/Rory's daughter? The "Jenny"-clone from Ten's run? The daughter of River and The Doctor? Susan? I need some answers, and I bet I don't get them until the end of the season. If that, given this is The Moff. Look how "The Silence" has been stretched across the seasons. Anyway, the worst of Moff's episodes are still light-years ahead of most of RTD's best. I'll live with less-than-perfect.
Not sure about next week. Pirates are boring.
Not much in the way of spoilers here so I'll just throw in that, yes, The Moff is a hundred times better than RTD. See post immediately above.
I share Pro's sentiment over this episode. I loved it, and recognize what Moffat is doing is similar to the previous seasons, where the season opener is a big setup for the season ender, followed by standalone stories that still touch on the season's big bad and tie the plot a little bit - but this episode seems too disjointed for me. Lots of things were happening, and the part -SPOILER ALERT- where amy got captured and got retrieved within the same episode felt awkward to me. I was expecting that they'll finish the show without getting amy back, and her predicament and retrieval will be unrelated to the Silents (or at least, the silents on that episode).
I feel excited about the TimeTot, though, and the Tennant-esque regeneration she did at the end. [/SPOILERS]
All caught up now and I have no idea what is going on. I like that we have "The Silence" finally showing up. I'm interested in seeing where they go with this and if it was just mentions in series 5 or if, maybe, they were behind the events of series 5 and needed the big bang 2 as part of their nefarious plot. Right now, I'm assuming that the astronaut that killed the Doctor was River. The evidence all points that way, but it could be something to throw us off the trail of who actually did it.
The little girl Time Lord? WTF? I have no idea where that is going.
Lastly, since series 5 seems to play so much into this season, I'm really wondering if The Moff is going to undo the RTD era and, possibly, take the Doctor a few regenerations back. Aside from the return of actual Daleks, I think there is something to the fact that we've been shown the various incarnations of the Doctor a few times (the print outs from the recognition machine and the telepathic headbutt) throughout series 5. Personally, while I would hate to just completely sweep the Eccelston and Tennant years under the rug, I would like to see the Last Great Time War and the time lock be undone so we could have all of those wonderful planets, stories, and such that Davies seemingly wanted nothing to do with.
Pirates this week? Eh. Karen Gillan possible looking like the hottest pirate ever? Yeah.
I don't see Moff taking it backwards. All I see is he seems to be trying to get away from RTD's "I love Earth and humans and The Doctor is Jesus" motif. The show is now pretty much exactly how I could have pictured it coming back in 2005. However, in RTD's defense, I doubt Moff could get away with the certainty of the series, budget, and all that if it weren't for the P.T. Barnum-esque "legend" that RTD surrounded the concept with. He added a grandiose respect for the concept that no writer has done before. That said, I'm glad he's gone, and I think Moffat will be taking it forward now. I think his goal is to add new places, creatures, and ideas to Doctor Who, rather than dipping backwards into old enemies and concepts. And, judging by the old enemies he's brought back (Silurians, Daleks, and the gang at the Pandorica) versus all the new crazy stuff he's added (Weeping Angels, The Silence, River Song, etc.) I would say the quality falls into the latter grouping.
BUT....let me say one thing: In the trailer for this season, there is a two-second clip of Amy and Rory in Ten/Nine's Coral-themed console room.......
More in reply to Pro than to your ass, SoM, but we do still have to deal with Amy's mantra, "Time can be rewritten." Throw in the previous TARDIS and the sky is the limit. Honestly, even if it was just the Time War being unlocked and the Time Lords' doomsday device being undone, I would really like to see just what the "Degradations of Skaro" and such really are. Whether or not that is that case remains to be seen. But, this season is setting up to be one hell of a ride.
Watched S6ep3. Better than I expected. I was expecting something riddled with injokes related to the Pirates of the Carribean, but instead got something that isn't really centered around pirates and their arrr matey stuff.
Even Swashbuckling Amy worked much better than it should. She didn't magically turn into a highly athletic fighter, you could tell that she was all over the place and the whole fight scene was awkward from the get go. Her bit only worked because the pirates (the doc and rory, as well) were dumbfounded (and she got taken down as soon as people got their bearings straight). The scene was cheesy and cute. Same goes for the doctor getting rid of the reflection in Toby's pendant, and the doctor hugging the TARDIS at the space hospital.
I didn't like the drama bit at the end with Rory being revived, though. I mean, if they keep this up Rory's death/near-death scenes and Amy's tears will no longer have any effect in the future. Gotta avoid overusing the drama.
The crew at the end was kind of cool. Very star trek-y (I wonder if they're going to show up again in some of the later episodes).
No more worries about spoiler tags, SoM. I like the episode. The little prequel from earlier this week helped abate my fear of it being to "piratey" going into it. Swashbuckling Amy was .
Agreed on the Rory thing. Still, I wonder if it all the death/near-death experiences might be related to him being a "miracle." Still so many questions this season and very few, if any, answers (for example, the lady with the eyepatch from this episode and day of the moon).
Barring a change in the line-up like with this episode, Gaiman episode is slated for next week. I can't wait.
Good ole fashioned Doctor Who fun. Even had a bit of an old Baker episode in there. Smith's is really developing the worried aspect of his Doctor very well. So, fuck all you shitheads who were bitching about it being a pirate episode before you even saw it.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Agreed with both of you. It wasn't an episode that I'd readily watch again, for sure. But, it wasn't terribly cringe-worthy either.
As for Rory, yeah, I was totally thinking, "...again?" I mean, Rory's died at least twice now, and Amy at least once. Let's get away from that before it becomes a "Jean Grey" joke.
Not to mention, she knows that I started Doctor Who almost twenty-five years before I met her. So, there's no question I'll watch any and all Who without her at my whim... 
) so that shouldn't be a problem.
