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Post by Bernard Marx on Sept 18, 2024 11:19:06 GMT
The idea is that you just vote for the one think is best, or just enjoy the most. It's not about 'balancing it out'.  Thanks, Ludders. Your intervention has just prompted me to vote for City of Death. 😉 |
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Post by Ludders II on Sept 18, 2024 11:24:29 GMT
The idea is that you just vote for the one think is best, or just enjoy the most. It's not about 'balancing it out'. What about if you like both stories equally well? Treat it as a desert island discs scenario? Or toss a coin.  |
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Post by Ludders II on Sept 18, 2024 11:26:50 GMT
The idea is that you just vote for the one think is best, or just enjoy the most. It's not about 'balancing it out'. Thanks, Ludders. Your intervention has just prompted me to vote for City of Death. 😉 If that's the one prefer, then all well and good. |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Sept 18, 2024 11:28:36 GMT
I found this easier after asking “Which serial would you more likely preserve in your Top 20 or Top 30?”.
As good as Time Warrior is, City benefits from a more iconic string of memorable lines, excellent location photography, a significantly stronger score, and greater conceptual wit (the time experiments and duplications are more visually and editorially striking than most of Time Warrior, barring Linx’s excellent design). Time Warrior might have more mythologically important (and equally hilarious) character interplay, but it’s not as distinctive beyond that. However, *because* both are fundamentally similar in structure (pseudo-historicals, a focus on witty narrative juxtapositions over intense drama, mask-off reveals in Episode 1), it was initially more difficult to come to a decisive choice.
However, I have now removed the splinters from my arse, so all is well.
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Post by iank on Sept 18, 2024 11:51:37 GMT
Like Time Warrior, albeit not as much as I used to, but there's no comparison. City wins.
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Post by rushy on Sept 18, 2024 11:56:03 GMT
Holmes has a more cynical, grounded quality to him that just appeals to me more. Adams has his head in the clouds and is very imaginative, but you can tell Holmes in his capacity as a police officer has worked with people of all sorts, and developed a keen insight into human nature. Plus, he puts actual thought into his worldbuilding and doesn't rely on that "lol so random" type comedy that Adams popularised in Britain. Not that Adams isn't funny, but I get way more out of Holmes' brand of gallows humour personally.
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Post by Ludders II on Sept 18, 2024 12:09:22 GMT
Holmes has a more cynical, grounded quality to him that just appeals to me more. Adams has his head in the clouds and is very imaginative, but you can tell Holmes in his capacity as a police officer has worked with people of all sorts, and developed a keen insight into human nature. Plus, he puts actual thought into his worldbuilding and doesn't rely on that "lol so random" type comedy that Adams popularised in Britain. Not that Adams isn't funny, but I get way more out of Holmes' brand of gallows humour personally. Yes, my problem isn't really about Williams, it's about Adams and his sixth form humour. And yes, I totally agree on Holmes' 'gallows humour'. It's much more my style of humour, too. |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Sept 19, 2024 15:55:53 GMT
4 votes for each. So far, it’s “balanced out”!
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Post by Kimbergoth on Sept 20, 2024 19:47:32 GMT
Ooh, tough choice! Both absolute classics.
The Time Warrior introduced Sarah Jane and the Sontarans, which is huge. And City of Death is just so delightfully bonkers and quotable. Hmm...
If I had to pick just one... I'd probably go with City of Death. The witty script, the Paris setting, the cliffhangers... It's just pure joy from start to finish. But The Time Warrior is a very close second!
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Sept 20, 2024 20:21:08 GMT
RIP David Graham. Passed away earlier today.  |
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