Wow

Imagine that, when RTD finally gets off his pansexual bandwagon, the episodes on Torchwood actually become good! First we have the ex-TW member who's sucking the life out of Gwen (simple yet brilliant), and then we get a TW lite episode, with a guy who's rather like Elton, but even more lovable. The random pics on the phone were poorly handled once they paid off (my mobile won't let me take three pics in a row, at least) but was cute in concept. i like how Gwen had to follow the clues and it was like she could hear him. And did you notice? She got a new car. i guess the insurance paid off or she decided she didn't want to keep the car she bled all over? Who knew that Suzie was so malicious? So maybe the show gets better, but it took seven episodes that were pretty lame to happen first. i like the credits, but it needs more Ten (lol, like that's gonna happen).

from boring to disturbing

So, coughing up rose petals, there's an interesting way to die. i felt bad for that girl until she gleefully let her invisible friends start killing off classmates and family (i didn't feel as bad about the pedophile, but what did the stepdad do that was so horrible? i mean, he was a jerk, but he was trying to protect her). The bit with Jack's lost love was so pointless (ETA: not that she was a lost love, but that she ignored Jack's advice and was stupid enough to go outside). i wanted the cat to save her somehow, but it just sat there. Too much to ask for i guess. /sigh Not at all the ending i wanted, though seeing Jack actually be emotional was nice.

And then we get the crazies in the country. It was like a bad horror film where no one actually died, the just were freaking out about people that were already dead. It was funny, how Ianto said he hated camping, because they didn't get to camp. i suppose it featured members of the team, making them care about them a bit more. But Gwen and Owen... can i just slap that girl? i didn't take her for stupid like that, to try to fix one bad situation with another bad one. Plus, it's just sick. Why did she even join Torchwood if what she really wanted was a desk job?

huh?

Okay, so first off they find a machine that can make you see emotional events in the past and future. Somehow, i'm not impressed. Though, at this point, i am more than ready to kick Owen off the team. He's rude and out of control. He's not in the slightest bit attractive, and that has more to do with his attitude than his appearance. Does anyone else find it odd that there's already been two murderous members of the team and the old fart basically forced Gwen to kill him?

And then there was Ianto and the Cyberwoman. i didn't think that Ianto had it in him to betray everyone like that. All i know about him is that he's coupled with Jack later on, so i just assumed that he wasn't into women. What really disappoints me about this is that, while it's an interesting concept, it's been done before on Star Trek Voyager (with Seven of Nine) and they really didn't bring anything new to the table. In fact, they gave up for all intents and purposes. i expected them to shoot her, but i am shocked that they endorsed capital punishment like that. It wasn't her fault the Cybermen had reprogrammed her.

tentatively venturing into Torchwood

So i watched the first two episodes of Torchwood last night (this morning actually) because i was looking to fill insomnia time. Thus far, i don't feel anything for the team: they're all so closed and standoffish. Even Captain Jack doesn't seem his usual happy go lucky self, not any real flirting to speak of. i guess he's lived through a lot, and it's all hidden, and he's not the same person he was when traveling with the Doctor. It's a bit odd that he's obsessive about handy (how did the alien pick up on that?) and standing on top of buildings (i guess he's looking for the Doctor?).

It's all more raw than Doctor Who. So far, we've seen everything through Gwen's eyes, except for brief glimpses of the lives of the Torchwood members. i like her well enough, i suppose, but she seems very innocent, whereas Jack basically knows everything (kind of a Doctor figure in a way, especially with the technobabble). There are bows to Star Trek DS9, with the cog-like door and bringing sex to the forefront. So far, it's not moving me enough to feel anything for it, really, not love or hatred, it's just kind of meh. Time will tell, i suppose.

watching the West Wing

Last night i watched some West Wing from the first season, which is something that i hadn't done in a very long time. i was shocked to discover that i had seen six out of the first eight episodes. i didn't think i started watching the show until the second or third season. i'm wondering if i caught reruns later on and didn't realize that it was the first season because Moira Kelly is only in half of the episodes.

i forgot how much i loved this show. i absolutely love CJ's klutziness and ineptitude with men (which is funny because Danny's throwing himself at her). i love Toby's crankiness and Sam and Josh's sarcasm. i love Leo's authority and quiet fortitude in the face of his divorce. i love that Donna wants to buy a dvd player, but can't because the administration doesn't "trust her to make a smart investment" so she keeps the change from Josh's lunch for the same reason. i love the chemistry between Jed and Abbey, how she didn't come in right away but was instantly the perfect first lady for the president that has the tendency to get pissed off at the wrong time for the right reasons. i love how this president is pro-life and has faith despite the fact that he's a Democrat (actually, his Catholicism is probably why he's a Democrat, i'm merely commenting on the fact that most in that party are not pro-life, though i am glad to say there are exceptions), that he's a complete nerd, that everyone in the office is brilliant, but makes mistakes like the rest of us.

Merlin "Sweet Dreams"

i hope that i don't offend anyone when i confess that i found this show to be well bad, and it did little to improve my opinion of Georgia Moffett as an actress. It was a little funny, but considering the fact that John Hurt is in it: travesty. Even the evil jester (formerly from Big Train) couldn't redeem it. Georgia's voice is sooooooooo annoying (ETA2: i guess she got her voice from her mother), and nothing about the show is at all realistic. Epic fail.

i'm really trying to give her a chance here, guys, i am.

ETA: Okay, i will admit that the fact that she decided to keep her son definitely earns her props. Videos like this are just too cute! ("I don't have a third favorite")

Fringe is still fantastic

Well i finally caught up on the last four episodes of Fringe, and i'm still loving it. i don't even know where to begin, because Olivia, Water, and Peter are all just lovely to watch as they try to figure out whatever weird mystery TPTB throw at them each week. We finally got a couple of questions answered (or out in the open at least) as to Olivia's childhood experiences (as Olive) and the fact that Peter is from the other side. As a tentative Olivia/Peter shipper, this bothers me, though, as they have already said that it would be disastrous for people from separate dimensions to procreate together (do they seem like they want to have kids? still...). i think that eventually Peter is going to find out, and that he might not be too happy about it.

finally, someone is on the same wavelength as me

My sister stumbled upon this quite by accident, but i had searched to see if anyone shared my theory of "Amy Pond" actually being a young Donna.  She finally found someone who came up with this theory last May:  Could Karen Gillan Be the Young Donna Noble?. Their theory is slightly different than mine (they believe that Donna is going to grow younger?) as i think that the Tardis will take the Doctor back to a point in time where he happens to run into her. Only a couple more weeks to find out!

dw new earth

Aside from the super hot kiss with hair pulling... this episode is rather ridiculous.  The Face of Boe makes his yearly--in person--appearance, Billie and David and some other guy get to try to act like Madam Hooch/Lady Trampoline, and all anyone needs is a good hug in order to get better... and a little disinfectant apparently.  Which is funny, because without fail using disinfectant makes me ill.

What's rather odd is that, later on, the Doctor is all gung ho about no one dying, while here he's like "it's your time."  What exactly is the moral of the story?  Make sure to tell yourself you're beautiful and die in your own arms, cuz no one else cares?

DW the Christmas Invasion

So... Rose is such a whiner in this.  One third of the world's population is about to kill itself, and she's whining about the Doctor being unconscious (ETA: when, ironically enough, it's her fault).  "Oh, he's abandoned me, boo hoo" get a grip.  The universe does not revolve around Rose Tyler.  She acts like the Doctor is a god or something.  Nearly invincible, he may be, but everyone gets sick from time to time, at least us mere mortals do.  i'm also not sure what she was hoping to accomplish lying through her teeth to the Sycorax:  she could have died, two men already had for less lip.

i love the new Doctor.  He talks a mile a minute, is clever, sarcastic, champion of the planet, i could go on.  Simply put, he's brilliant.

dw Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways

i love Lynda, she's sweet.  (:  The Doctor says all he's looking for is a "quiet life."

The Doctor and Jack are both affected by Rose's "death" equally, they just react in completely different ways.  It was very weird for me to see him do his "shut down and think" thing for the first time.  In fact, he doesn't do it often.  He usually plows ahead and makes things up as he goes along.  Jack, on the other hand, charges in, guns blazing, but doesn't even shoot anyone other than the Anne-droid.  He'll fight if he has to, but not needlessly.  They were actually smart to wait until they were no longer outnumbered and could make an easier escape without needless casualties.

i love the Doctor when he's goofy, but i love him even more when he's indignant.  The most brilliant lines in all of series one on his part are from "No...it means no" to "And doesn't that just scare ya to death."  The Doctor is like a sleeping dragon, he's all cuddly until you tickle him, and you only get so many chances before you run out of his mercy.

Rose is slightly jealous of Lynda it seems.  Lynda and the Doctor have an awkward good-bye, and cannot tell whether they should hug, or kiss, or what.  Jack, on the other hand, is soooo young.  He trusts the Doctor implicitly.  But the Doctor... the choice that he is planning to make, the destruction of Earth and the majority of the human race, is horrible.  This is the same sort of choice that Ten was against in Journey's End, the choice that Martha was going to make.  It's odd how things change.

i cannot believe that Rose was cruel enough to tell Mickey that there was nothing left for her back on earth.  This includes him and her mother!  And when she said something so utterly cruel, i cannot believe that he helped her.

But i do love the Bad Wolf.  She is brilliant, but she is also deadly.  All that light pouring out of her, the ability to see what was and is and is to come... it's like she became a goddess.  And though she saved Jack's life, no one is meant to have that power.  But at the same time it was good, because she was being selfless, and she enabled the Doctor to be selfless.  Instead of a Doctor born of the Time War, we received one born of love and mercy.  That's the most powerful thing in the universe all creation.

DW Boom Town

i had only seen this episode once before, and i must confess that it was a lot better than i remember. Actually, all i really remembered from it was the date with the assassination attempts and the egg. There's a lot in the middle, like Mickey and Captain Jack and the Doctor verbally sparring (too much testosterone in the Tardis, methinks). What's really funny is how Rose and Mickey go off on their date, and then the Doctor and Margaret, and Captain Jack is gleefully tinkering away in the Tardis with a cheesy grin. It's absolutely hilarious.



But Rose is horrible. Her entire date, all she does is talk about the Doctor. Then she puts down the fat shop girl, when all she used to be was the skinny shop girl. Mickey has a valid point when he says that all she does is cut him down and leave him waiting.  By the end of the episode, you can see that she wants to turn back time and be with Mickey, but you can also tell that the Doctor's feelings towards her changed in the Empty Child (he certainly doesn't want Captain Jack to have her).  My sister points out that all she does is use people, and it's a very valid observation.  She used the Doctor to go back and see her father.  She used Adam to show off.  She uses Mickey all the time without a second thought (i've never really understood why she was with him, but because of the events in Age of Steel, i am totally on his side).  The more i rewatch this series one, the more i wonder why i liked Rose so much:  she certainly had issues.

Spooks Code 9 Stunk

i just watched the last part of it, and i cannot believe the way it ended. From the beginning, i felt the show was trying to do a Dark Angel meets Alias type thing, but it never really delivered. None of the characters were fully developed, and the ending was just epic fail. What was the point of watching any of it if it was all going to be for nothing???

Doctor Who the Long Game and Father's Day

LG
This episode is odd. Adam is saying that he can't compete with the Doctor and the Doctor is annoyed with both him and Mickey. When Simon Pegg said: "There's something wrong here" i was like "yeah, you're blond." The Face of Boe is announcing that he's pregnant... i thought that Captain Jack was the one who said he'd been pregnant before???

FD
"An ordinary man, that's the most important thing in creation." That seems to be a very odd thing for the Doctor to say. Is that was Rose is thinking of while talking to Donna in Turn Left? And since when does everyone think that she and the Doctor are a couple? He's so much older than her, and they have absolutely no chemistry. The Doctor already thinks an "ordinary" life is the ideal, the getting married and having kids stuff. Why can't the Doctor ever have that? Is it because he hasn't met the right person yet? That he won't let himself? What.

Little Mickey is so cute. Rose is not so bright, and a terrible liar. Course, Jackie isn't so bright, either. How did Rose get brown eyes when both of her parents have blue? Lol, Companion Brown, Doctor Blue --> Companion Brown, Doctor Brown --> Companion Blue, Doctor Brown

p.s. Something that's odd is the posters saying that Margaret Thatcher won't serve a third term, when i'm pretty sure she did. Wishful thinking on the parts of TPTB?

Dalek

First off, stop flirting with that idiot, Rose. Secondly, they keep throwing around this love word, and i don't see any chemistry between the Doctor and Rose (not to mention that she's still with Mickey, for crying out loud). Third off, the Doctor eagerly holding a gun is SOOOOO wrong (this i cannot emphasize enough, and it's one of the things i'm worried about possibly being problematic with Eleven. Fourthly... what did he just do with his spheres?

This is a great bit of science fiction, making you feel sorry for the bad guys, but what message were they trying to send?

Lastly, stop putting down the Tardis, it's so much more than a box!


ETA: i'm not meaning to insinuate that the Doctor couldn't love Rose in other ways, of course, however, Nine isn't exactly fuzzy. In fact, it's very hard for me to come to grips with the fact that all Doctors are the same man atm. i'm in for another period of readjustment. Don't worry, as soon as i get used to Matt Smith, they'll kill him off.

Aliens of London/WWIII

Rose is still getting on well with Mickey, and the Doctor is lying and sneaking off. He doesn't exactly have the best relationship with Rose, does he? However, you must admit that she is very practical, and brave, willing to die so the rest of the world can live. i must admit that's important in a Companion.

i didn't realize quite how quickly they brought in Harriet Jones ("i'd vote for her"). i quite like Harriet, and still hold that we haven't seen the last of her (they didn't exactly show her die, did they?).

i don't quite agree with the Doctor about humans being thick. /sigh i know people are going to hate me for this, but why did i love Chris' Doctor so much? Mind you, there are problematic episodes and issues throughout, i suppose.

ROFL the Doctor thinks Rose is bringing a lot of stuff when Rose has one bag... just wait til he meets Donna.

Why So Serious?

Yep, i finally saw the Dark Knight, and yes, Heath Ledger was brilliant in it, but he wasn't the only one. i always hated the original Batman because, like everything else Tim Burton does, it's just so over the top. As a kid, Jack Nicholson scared me to death. i still don't like to watch his movies, he's just so oily and /shudder. But Heath brought a certain rationality to the character. Yes, he did things that were insane, but because he was smart, because he was brilliantly orchestrating things behind the scenes, and putting on a crazy face so no one took him seriously. It's funny, they could have turned this into another "why is the Joker what he is?" film, but fortunately they didn't; we didn't need that, it had been done before (badly). Instead, we got a brilliant look at what made Two-Face what he was.

Another thing that's interesting about this version of the franchise is that Batman is so much more dark and twisty even while he's being more noble and moral. He's harder on himself than he needs to be, in my opinion. i'm really enjoying these films much more than the old ones, and am really starting to hope that David Tennant will be the next Riddler, because i really cannot imagine anyone else bringing the same level of brilliance to the game.

Oh, and i'm enjoying the Scarecrow, too. And the mayor (Richard!). And more than anything, it just's wonderful to see Gary Oldman playing someone who isn't a bad guy. FINALLY.

Doctor Who the Unquiet Dead

Ugh, i still hate this episode. This kind of shenanigans seems to happen every season, though, what with werewolves, three witches, and Sybiline sisters. What i did find interesting was the fact that Rose stood up to the Doctor, telling him that he couldn't let the aliens through the Rift, and he ignored her, to disastrous results. i didn't remember the Doctor being so hotheaded and stubborn, as i dearly love his more comical moments, such as reading books with sad endings, spilling cards everywhere, breathing on aliens, and gushing about Dickens (whose works i can't stand, but hey it takes all kinds). They've met Dickens, Shakespeare, Christie... next thing you know and they'll be meeting Austen, Melville, Dickenson, Poe, or Shelley. Actually, Austen's life was too boring for Doctor Who, and she's who i'd like to see most of all.

Ruby in the Smoke

Well, i finally watched something with Matt Smith in it for more than 30 seconds (though it still wasn't a very large part), and i must say that i'm feeling slightly better about him being Eleven, though he wasn't acting very much like the Doctor most of the time. He was nice enough, but i still feel like i have no idea who he is. Incidentally, Lance was also in the film, and got his due, and Mrs. Weasley was very murderous! Still, makes me long to see her dueling Bellatrix in Deathly Hallows. i had a hard time figuring out what was going on in this film, but it was probably the best i've ever seen Billie do at anything.

Doctor Who series one - Rose and EotW

This afternoon i don't have any homework (the professors aren't laying it on because spring break is next week), so i watched Rose and The End of the World. First off, let me just say that, looking back, as a pilot, Rose was pretty lame. The plasticine thingies were funny, but not really that menacing (though they certainly caused a lot of destruction quickly). Rose didn't exactly save the day, because the Doctor shook one off, and flipped the other into the molten blob consciousness before she kicked the first farther out of the way. It's a shame that they didn't bring more of her supposed gymnastics skills to the character, not that this was exactly a good example of gymnastics! i do like that he gave them a chance to leave, and wasn't keen on killing them, but then in EotW he turns right around and kills Cassandra without any regret. i think i have whiplash. It's all very well that the Doctor is saying that everything ends, but quite another to coldly cause a human to die.

i suppose this is because we have a damaged Doctor, but so far, Rose isn't pulling her weight. She's a damsel in distress, huddling in the observation room because she was moping about, whereas by this point Donna had already stopped the Doctor from killing himself and figured out that he needed to be kept in line (this after he had been ostensibly healed by running around for two years with Rose). i'm sorely tempted to start writing a series where Donna is traveling with the Doctor in series one onward... course i don't like to do that rewriting tom foolery when i can avoid it.

Chris, however, is hilarious as Nine. i especially enjoy his gift of the breath of his lungs and interaction with Jackie in her room. i want to keep a running tally of mentions of Bad Wolf, so far the Face of Boe has mentioned it, but i think i might have seen posters in an ally... need screencaps or a website that already has figured all that stuff out!

where's my Doctor Who?

i've been talking about Doctor 10 and Donna a lot lately on LiveJournal (my picspam and some fics were a great hit), so i'm a little antsy for the new series to start. i keep meaning to update my header with 10/Donna (instead of 9/Rose), and now 11/Amy is upon us! i'm not very good at waiting. /sigh