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Post by Knuckles on Jun 17, 2010 18:50:06 GMT
AHHHHHHHH This isn't fair. I really want to read the spoiler tags to find out what you guys are saying. Saturday really cannot come quick enough.
I know you're all pretending to discuss Doctor Who and just talking about me. I'm not stupid. I know you're all laughing at me under those spoiler tags...
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 13, 2010 5:08:40 GMT
I agree with Arch 101 time for a new big bad( a fan of buffy are we?) besides the angels. I do think that all this could be leading up to the creation of the Valeyard as in Amy's choice we did see the emergence of a Valeyard like figure in the Dream Lord. This is my opinion too. But not because of Amy's Choice. Just because of a quote in the trailer about the fairytale and the blood of a billion galaxies and being so so feared. And of course if River helps kill the Valeyard, with him being an incarnation of The Doctor then the hint about her killing the Doctor stands true. All of the Doctor's enemies being present means it's presumably something to do with the Doctor personally. Final thing, the Daleks seemed to be helping The Doctor. Helping The Doctor kill the final incarnation of The Doctor... which effectively means he can no longer stop them... P.S The Lodger was a very average episode. Hated the headbutt scene cos it just seems like a silly ability to suddenly give the Doctor. Other than that it was pretty decent but not utterly fantastic. P.P.S I could swear I've heard the "Please help me there's been an accident" trick from earlier in the series with a similar voice. Maybe I'm mistaken.
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 8, 2010 17:02:31 GMT
Anyone noticed that this episode, the previous episode and the next episode all have someone saying I love you?
The Doctor says it to the scientist
Van Gogh says it to Amy
James Corden says it to the Doctor
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 7, 2010 23:11:05 GMT
I already know who the main baddie is behind the cracks just through the trailers and process of elimination. It's been obvious for weeks now, but it's only been the last two episodes it's really been confirmed. There is of course still a lot of mystery regarding the time cracks and River Song and generally EVERYTHING (like the TARDIS in the time crack, but the actual villains involved... that's already been given away. it's the Cybermen. They were in the trailer for this series. With 3 eps to go it's unlikely they will feature next ep so they must feature in the two part finale
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 7, 2010 0:50:04 GMT
I just watched it. Bit annoyed the Doctor ignored the time crack (and he seems to do it again next week), but other than that I really enjoyed it. I usually hate episodes where the Doctor goes back to meet a famous person from the past and to be honest wasn't looking forward to this. But I have been pleasantly surprised by the episode.
Not fantastic and not the best of the season but still very very good and up there with the better episodes of Doctor Who. It's nice to see I've been proved very very wrong about this season as far as emotion goes. I really thought Moffatt would ignore the emotional side of the show and concentrate on action and fantasy.
It seems he's been able to do both coherently and still make the show accessible and enjoyable. There haven't been any straight out classic episodes along the lines of Blink or Midnight but this season has been the most consistently watchable (with the exception of the 3rd ep of this series which is honestly one of my least favourite episodes of anything I've ever seen)
My score for this episode: 8/10
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 4, 2010 0:04:25 GMT
I was looking through the website to try and find the minimum and recommended specs (which are annoyingly unobvious to find) and the problem seems to be that AMD's chips need to be better/more recent to run this game than those on Intel. Your chip should run the game though. Best thing to do is to simply try it. You may need to run it at the 'Low' graphic setting though. Once I tried that, my mouse issues generally fixed themselves and it was a lot more responsive - but I'm not surprised on this small little lappy I'm using. Cheers Alex. I did as you said and downloaded it and put it on low graphics and it seems to be working pretty well. It also seems to be a pretty decent game, though the controls are an absolute nightmare.... especially as I haven't bought a mouse for this laptop yet and am using a trackpad.
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 3, 2010 23:08:03 GMT
Wow, guys, calm down... lets keep this family friendly...
One of you liked the game, the other didn't... simple as that. Surely differing opinions is what makes this place decent? There is absolutely no need to argue over a free game based on a fictional TV show...
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 3, 2010 22:02:09 GMT
I did a system check and it said my processor wasn't good enough. I bought this laptop brand new 2 weeks ago for nearly £500. It bloody better be good enough. I have an AMD Athlon Dual Core M320 2.10 Ghz Processor. I'm not brilliant with computers but that's a fancy name so I assume it should be good enough And my last laptop was only like 1.4Ghz or sth like that...
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 3, 2010 19:45:01 GMT
Other than the frustrating controls, though, it's been pretty impressive so far. Quite fun and quite well scripted too. Yeah, it's a nice bit of fun. And as for not caring about aliens, weren't we all sympathetic to the Ood? RTD seemed to change his mind later. What about the tree woman in the second episode? She was a sympathetic character when she died... I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it doesn't seem to make much sense.
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 3, 2010 18:05:10 GMT
It's almost like they have a limited TV budget and tight schedule to work within! The original series had a more limited budget and I presume just as tight a schedule... yet there were many adventures on many different planets... And as for not caring about aliens, weren't we all sympathetic to the Ood?
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 3, 2010 1:23:10 GMT
If the Doctor spent a bit more time dicking about on planets other than Earth this whole business of events tripping over each other would be far less prominent and everything would be more interesting in general. Agreed 100%. Since 2005 The Doctor has promised companions so many new planets and yet every planet is either Earth or a variation on Earth. The only one I can think of that isn't like that is the Weeping Angel storyline.
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 1, 2010 13:24:54 GMT
I can see where Super Sonic is coming from tbh. Everyone here seems to have it in for RTD. I disliked a lot of the Series 1-4 episodes but I loved Journey's End, and I loved the Series 4 finale. I also loved Dalek in Series 1 and a few others I can't recall at the moment.
It's easy to criticise RTD and his series had a lot of flaws but he was the one in charge of making Doctor Who a success again and he did just as he was asked. You can't take away from what RTD did for the show.
However, if you were to read this thread you would think people hated Doctor Who with the exception of Stephen Moffatt's episodes and have only started loving this season of Doctor Who. In my opinion this season has been nowhere near the best, it's just had the best arc and looks like it will have the best finale.
But that's what threads like these are all about. Different opinions.
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Post by Knuckles on Jun 1, 2010 1:01:08 GMT
Really, I'm finding that I am being more critical of this season. But when you realise why it really shows why Season 5 is by far the best season yet, I feel. It's inviting discussion and thought, rather than ignoring it. Seasons 1 through 4 all had maybe one brilliant episode per season (generally Moffat) and then about 12 terrible ones. If we were in luck, a couple of them might have been "alright." Season 5 meanwhile has varied between excellence and "pretty good." Considering it's still waving on the hype of a Moffat run season, following in Tennants shadow and is generally a story that asks it's audience to think about it...the fact it's maintained what it has is pretty remarkable. I feel this season has been the most consistently good, however it is yet to reach greatness. You are right that seasons 1 to 4 all had one brilliant episode (generally Moffatt) and the others were pretty average. But this season hasn't had any brilliant episodes. Just a lot of pretty good ones and one terrible one. It is the fact it has a mysterious and fantastic arc that has me on the edge of my seat.
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Post by Knuckles on May 30, 2010 18:18:30 GMT
So what are people's theories on the ending with what was pulled out of the time crack? No spoilers please, I just want to hear people's theories
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Post by Knuckles on May 30, 2010 4:36:46 GMT
See, I was thinking earlier that Rory hasn't left much of an impact on me throughout the season, but now that he's gone, I think I'm gonna miss him. If you excuse the pun, I think he's pretty forgettable as a character. He was basically the jealous guy which we already saw with Mickey. Thing about Mickey though was he was fleshed out and became a character in his own right. Rory never had enough time to have the luxury of doing that and while he was given a great send off, on the whole I think he wasn't a particularly memorable character. Which just makes his end more fitting. What sums it up for me is I went from "oh noes tragic" when the beautiful moment happened to instant intrigue in the final moments. I just stopped caring bout Rory and became instantly focused on the mystery of what was found in the Time Crack. I had my theories and when my friend pointed something out about what was found they were completely disintegrated in to nothing and new theories were formed. So yeah, I have my theories and to have this mystery and curiosity surrounding what is going on is fantastic and makes the previous seasons arcs look a little silly. Still think Season 3 has been the best season though, but the ones I liked best in Season 3 were episodes written by Moffat. If it hadn't been for the season arc this series would be described as above average at best. There haven't been any reaaaaly memorable moments that match "Blink" "Silence in the Library" and the fob watch episode which are my three fave episodes.
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Post by Knuckles on May 29, 2010 19:38:02 GMT
Two things. One, the Doctor says "I think I love you" to a guy who just ADMITTED TO ABDUCTING CHILDREN. Two, Rory's removal means Amy gets to revert to trying to rape the Doctor. Its a bit annoying that that kind of death is a cheap way of getting out of doing emotional stuff with a story. Girl just lost the love of her life, you'd think that's make for good drama/storytelling, but the whole thing is made redundant. Its understandable, especially at this point in the series, but it raises all kinds of questions regarding the timeline, since their wedding day is meant to be the time whatever happens happens, and Amy never got over her xenophilia. Three. I really hope Rory returns at the end, erupting through a crack, riding a unicorn, while Queen plays triumphantly. And you just KNOW the ring is going to play a part in the finale. -edit-That's three things. One: But he never hurt them. He was just being a scientist. He did however dissect people while they were conscious... Two: Good point. Let Rory die and have no consequences so we can go back to Amy and the Doctor before Rory came along. It's almost as if he never existed It might seem cheap but while Amy can go back to making with the cheeky flirt the Doctor has to carry the burden of remembering the events as they happened. And that can still make for good drama Three: Technically the ring should never exist.... Rory was never alive to give it to her... My only theory is that it was inside the TARDIS and that protects it from the crack.
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Post by Knuckles on May 15, 2010 17:47:25 GMT
"Only one person in the universe who hates me as much as you do" Davros The Master and thousands of others. Pretty sure more than one person hates the Doctor
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Post by Knuckles on May 11, 2010 15:56:09 GMT
I've started hosting a karaoke night and have taken to downloading tracks people choose that sound half decent. Obv this is not the best way to choose who is a good artist or not (karaoke singing doesn't even represent 1% of the actual song they are singing ) but I hadn't heard Bed Of Roses by Bon Jovi until someone sang it or Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix and now both are on my playlist. Still hate the arses who come up and ruin my fave songs though I should really take Queen and Elton off my karaoke songbook....
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Post by Knuckles on May 2, 2010 14:05:08 GMT
I'm happy to see that Amy has some kind of connection with time, and temporal paradoxes, not being able to remember the Daleks, etc, and not just a random girl the Doctor picked up because he liked her. Did we not already have something similar with Donna last series? Maybe Steven Moffatt is using the idea of the "most important person in the universe" RTD had and will be doing it properly. Has to be said I'm intrigued at what's next, but I did dislike the ending where Amy gets all randy with the Doctor.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 27, 2010 4:43:47 GMT
Someone's pointed out something brilliant on the TV Tropes page for this episode. Anything that holds an image of an Angel becomes an Angel, which is why the book doesn't have pictures of them. Blink ended with Sally Sparrow giving the Doctor a big file of info about her encounter with the Angels and his exile in the '60s, as he hadn't lived through that in his personal timeline yet. What's the betting Sally took a few photos? And just how did the Angels get close enough to the Doctor to send him back in time and nab the TARDIS key while they were at it? The Angels probably got close enough in an event between episodes that we will never see. I doubt Blink will be at all connected to any future episode involving the Angels, not least down to it being a different Doctor involved.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 26, 2010 16:10:48 GMT
I thought that episode was fantastic, absolutely amazing tbh. But yes there are a couple of flaws. The main one being the addition of the "if you look in to their eyes they can enter you". The angels didn't do it last time despite a massive staring contest so why now...? It seemed to be chucked in at the last second and gave no addition other than "my hand is stone..." "no it isn't" *bite*.
Other than that 10/10. I'm still intrigued about River Song though I hope she doesn't turn out to be a a bad guy cos well... that'd be lame.
P.S I assumed the church had gone military and when you became a cleric you signed up to fight for the church. Which I think is an awesome idea.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 20, 2010 3:15:38 GMT
I disagree Matt Smith is like David Tennant. Tennant was far more angsty and emotional then Smith has seemed to be so far.
And in terms of how he's been written... he's actually closer to the Ninth Doctor than the Tenth in my opinion. He hasn't got a gushing love of humanity like Tennant's Doctor did and there is still that little bit of hatred in him.
Tennant's Doctor made a specific point not to destroy all the Daleks. The Ninth and Eleventh (or is it Twelfth?) Doctor's have both been intent on the Daleks being destroyed.
This and a few other subtle things are why I feel Smith is actually quite different to the previous Doctor. He's sort of an amalgation of Ecclestone and Tennant.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 18, 2010 12:58:02 GMT
The jammy dodger scene was stupid beyond stupidity. Wait, what? It was the kind of ludicrous stunt you'd expect The Doctor to pull. Remember when he threatened the Slitheen with "tripled explosive alcohol" and the like? It was amusing. That's the joke.jpg Stolen memories implanted in him (like The Doctor said) for guaranteed authenticity. Bracewell's got to seem trustworthy, yes? He was a means to an end. Moffat said that's not going to happen. Though Amy, like many companions, might find him to be 'amazing' or what have you, she's not going to fall in love with him. Although had I not heard it from Moffat, I'd have come to the same conclusion. Redeeming features: Amy Pond's skirt Hoo-rah! I just found it silly the Daleks were fooled by a biscuit. Kind of downplays how intelligent they are. But that's a minor niggle in an episode full of holes. Fair enough. I forgot it was someone else's false memories. I stand corrected. And I'm glad that Amy isn't going to be all lovey with the Doctor but the look she gave him as she was talking to the professor about fancying someone you shouldn't suggested otherwise. Still....that skirt Also.... no Dalek finale please. that would make 4 out of 5 for the Daleks. Really hope it's a completely new villain that is responsible for the cracks in time.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 18, 2010 10:32:45 GMT
I concur with The Shad, spitfires in space was ridiculous. Just because you've got some Dalek Phlebotinum, and a robot built by the daleks, doesn't mean you can make it so a spitfire can fly into space. Spitfires couldn't leave the earths orbit, and the entire sequance was a terrible offender of the idea of dogfighting in space being the same as dogfighting in the sky. Diffusing the bomb by reminding it of times it had loved was also stupid. Would've just prefered a bit of convenient sonic screwdrivering over the power of love. Also, why would a piece of Dalek technology need time lord confirmation that the daleks were indeed daleks? Even if they're were impure daleks, why is the words of The Doctor better proof for what's essentially a Dalek fingerprint scanner, than impure Daleks? I didn't like the new designs. The bright colours and bigger chunkier, yet somehow rounder look makes them look less menacing and more like toys for pre-schoolers. If the RTD era Daleks are lego, the Moffat era ones are Duplo. Bright colours, and softer curves have robbed them of some of there menace IMO. Overall, this was a meh episode. Characterisation was good, the bloke playing Churchill gave a good performance, and the Doctor's reaction to the Dalek's return was realistic, and not overly angsty like previous Doctor's have been. Watching Smith start attacking the Dalek with a wrench was very good. But otherwise this story was too full of holes and little niggles to make it really great. I agree with everything you've said here. I really disliked this episode for all those points. The new daleks look silly and not at all scary. The jammy dodger scene was stupid beyond stupidity. The Daleks are genius's fooled by a jammy dodger... The Daleks programmed the cyborg yes? So why would they programme it to know what love is like? Something they know nothing about? And the Doctor's horrors of the trenches speech when trying to make the professor remember giving way to Amy's "ever fancied someone you shouldn't" was just painfully annoying for many reasons. Remembering the horrors of being in The Great War to something like that..... (also Amy fancying the Doctor allusions. I'm not an anti-sexual Doctor by any means but we've already had Rose and Martha. Can we have a companion who doesn't lurve the Doctor?) Also last week I made a joke to Stephen Moffatt putting in a Scotland joke every episode.... 3 eps running. Just a bit silly and annoying now. Redeeming features: Amy Pond's skirt
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 17, 2010 18:34:30 GMT
one of the many many things I hated about that episode. It was riddled with flaws and silly plot devices. Worst episode I've seen in a long long while. Next week looks awesome though!
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