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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2021 18:11:43 GMT
Capaldi's been taking shots at New Poo again, noting that the Doctor is now a "cosmic imp" and that he doesn't think the brand supports his (and the original) style of Doctor anymore. He's going to do an Eccles one of these days. 
"I wanted to be a more distant and alien Doctor. Because that’s how I remember [first Doctor] William Hartnell, being a kid in Glasgow on dark winter nights when this strange figure with the white hair and slightly irate voice could open this portal to a magical world. The default now is a kind of cosmic imp. Which is great. But I wanted to touch the dark winter nights. I’m not sure whether the brand supports that any more, but that’s what I was interested in.”I agree with PC on (most of) this, but 'cosmic imp' sounds far more interesting/fun/appealing than the standard wacky, zany, fast-talking Tennanty stereotype of the modern series. Said it befor, I'll say it again, Tennant was one of the worst things to happen to the show. His Doctor helped to popularise a show that was anything but Doctor Who, validated the twats who were in charge up-their-own-arse opinions and pretty much insured that no matter how hard anyone tried, everything afterword's would just keep trying to capture this very bad era's popularity to the point of insanity. For insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. To shout out another bit of Ten hate, the Doctor was nolonger the Doctor. The same year as the revival, Twilight had come out and it's shockingly easy in hindsight to see the effect it would have on the Tennant era. It was now ok to have unhealthy relationships with older, mysterious and possibly creepy guys provided they were hot and looked younger. Ten is just a safer version of the Edward the sparkly vampire, with a sadder backstory. |
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Post by burrunjor on Nov 13, 2021 18:43:32 GMT
Peter Capaldi:
"I wanted to be a more distant and alien Doctor. Because that’s how I remember [first Doctor] William Hartnell, being a kid in Glasgow on dark winter nights when this strange figure with the white hair and slightly irate voice could open this portal to a magical world. The default now is a kind of cosmic imp. Which is great. But I wanted to touch the dark winter nights. I’m not sure whether the brand supports that any more, but that’s what I was interested in.”I agree with PC on (most of) this, but 'cosmic imp' sounds far more interesting/fun/appealing than the standard wacky, zany, fast-talking Tennanty stereotype of the modern series. Said it befor, I'll say it again, Tennant was one of the worst things to happen to the show. His Doctor helped to popularise a show that was anything but Doctor Who, validated the twats who were in charge up-their-own-arse opinions and pretty much insured that no matter how hard anyone tried, everything afterword's would just keep trying to capture this very bad era's popularity to the point of insanity. For insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. To shout out another bit of Ten hate, the Doctor was nolonger the Doctor. The same year as the revival, Twilight had come out and it's shockingly easy in hindsight to see the effect it would have on the Tennant era. It was now ok to have unhealthy relationships with older, mysterious and possibly creepy guys provided they were hot and looked younger. Ten is just a safer version of the Edward the sparkly vampire, with a sadder backstory. Spot on. |
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Post by burrunjor on Nov 13, 2021 18:47:23 GMT
It'd be good if Matt Smith started taking potshots as well, although he's wisely divorced himself from NuWho altogether for quite some time now. I liked his Doctor, his first series (with some obvious exceptions) and the odd instalment that followed (discounting the appalling arcs that dominated later on), but he got utterly shafted too in the long stretch with some painful low points. Similar to Eccleston (who I maintain was more miscast than Moffat's Doctors, however), I reckon both Smith and Capaldi are highly principled individuals (and good actors in their own right), and it'd be interesting if they both aired their true thoughts. It's interesting how toxic the environment surrounding NuWho seems to generally be. You have Noel Clarke behaving like an abject predator and Barrowman behaving like a sleazy twat, both of which very likely encouraged Eccleston's departure, and you have Smith and Capaldi effectively leaving unceremoniously despite initially wanting to commit to several more seasons, suggestive that there was more going on there than initially apparent. From RTD's own the writers tale co-written with Claudia Boleyn and my's good pal Benji Cock. I don't think this type of attitude breeds a healthy environment. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2021 20:45:05 GMT
I had a dream about Jodie last night. She saved me from being strangled by Davros. I'd rather dream about her more often. Dream 13th Doctor is more competent than the real one lol
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Post by UncleDeadly on Nov 14, 2021 9:39:00 GMT
I agree with PC on (most of) this, but 'cosmic imp' sounds far more interesting/fun/appealing than the standard wacky, zany, fast-talking Tennanty stereotype of the modern series. Sounds more like a description of Troughton, doesn't it? Mr. Capaldi clearly isn't familiar with the term "Cosmic Canute".
Yeah, right. Go on, cover your arse, as usual. Only partial honesty being achieved here...
...and i have to say i find it disconcerting to see even Peter Capaldi talking about Doctor Who in market speak.
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Speaking of which, i'd like to politely posit the "rebranding" of the current series as "Doctor Who: Reflux", thus avoiding any difficulties with the Trade Descriptions Act...
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Post by zarius on Nov 14, 2021 13:24:31 GMT
Ha, first details about the New Year's Special come not from DWM or the BBC official site, but from a paper's tv guide shoved through the letterbox  |
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Post by burrunjor on Nov 14, 2021 19:53:45 GMT
Ha, first details about the New Year's Special come not from DWM or the BBC official site, but from a paper's tv guide shoved through the letterbox Major star power? Aisling Bea! Got nothing against her, but I wouldn't have thought you would have said that about her? I actually DID watch it tonight. I thought I would give it a go after reading about the planet time, to see if they would actually do that. f*ck me that was a mess. There was no plot? It was just jumping around. Also Jo Martin showed up. I can't think of anything more insulting to the current actor in the role of the Doctor than that they have basically had to share the role with another actor during that time. Can you imagine Jon Pertwee's reaction? Having said that though I see why as Jodie was f*cking awful. She is unwatchably bad. In all my years I have never seen a lead actor struggle with a role to such an extent. She is just a babbling, gormless mess. The only time she looked at home was when playing a thick cop garbling to Yaz. The costume doesn't help, the script certainly doesn't, but I'm sorry to say her performance was terrible. She reminds me of Sweet Dee from It's Always Sunny. I don't mean Kaitlin Oslin, who plays Dee and is f*cking hysterical. I mean when Dee who is meant to be awful goes on stage and she tries to be funny and just pulls silly faces and does stupid noises like ugggga ugggga uggga. I suppose that's in keeping with Eccelston looking like Rick from the Young Ones trying to be zany LOL. It's funny that New Who has focused on that to such an extent when it always makes their Doctors look like characters from comedies that are supposed to be annoying cretins. Meanwhile the Cybermen were given another fine showing in new who. About 30 of them killed by one person with a gun. She then lectured a Cyberman about why love is better than hate, and that's why she has won, before shooting the unarmed, helpless creature in the head. Oh and there were some Daleks, reduced to a tiny, lame cameo. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2021 19:56:35 GMT
Ha, first details about the New Year's Special come not from DWM or the BBC official site, but from a paper's tv guide shoved through the letterbox Major star power? Aisling Bea! Got nothing against her, but I wouldn't have thought you would have said that about her? I actually DID watch it tonight. I thought I would give it a go after reading about the planet time, to see if they would actually do that. fokk me that was a mess. There was no plot? It was just jumping around. Also Jo Martin showed up. I can't think of anything more insulting to the current actor in the role of the Doctor than that they have basically had to share the role with another actor during that time. Can you imagine Jon Pertwee's reaction? Having said that though I see why as Jodie was fokking awful. She is unwatchably bad. In all my years I have never seen a lead actor struggle with a role to such an extent. She is just a babbling, gormless mess. The only time she looked at home was when playing a thick cop garbling to Yaz. The costume doesn't help, the script certainly doesn't, but I'm sorry to say her performance was terrible. She reminds me of Sweet Dee from It's Always Sunny. I don't mean Kaitlin Oslin, who plays Dee and is fokking hysterical. I mean when Dee who is meant to be awful goes on stage and she tries to be funny and just pulls silly faces and does stupid noises like ugggga ugggga uggga. I suppose that's in keeping with Eccelston looking like Rick from the Young Ones trying to be zany LOL. It's funny that New Who has focused on that to such an extent when it always makes their Doctors look like characters from comedies that are supposed to be annoying cretins. Meanwhile the Cybermen were given another fine showing in new who. About 30 of them killed by one person with a gun. She then lectured a Cyberman about why love is better than hate, and that's why she has won, before shooting the unarmed, helpless creature in the head. Oh and there were some Daleks, reduced to a tiny, lame cameo. Cybermen and Daleks? Weeping Angels back next week too. And they accused JNT of having a shopping list! |
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Post by burrunjor on Nov 14, 2021 20:05:46 GMT
Cybermen and Daleks? Weeping Angels back next week too. And they accused JNT of having a shopping list!
Neither of them played any kind of role in the story. Both literally had cameos. The Cybermen were spectacularly shit. JNT always made them the focus when he brought them back.
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Post by iank on Nov 14, 2021 20:52:04 GMT
I have no idea who Aisling whatsherface is. I'm not joking. I'm assuming from the reference that the other guest star mentioned is Mrs Doyle, but literally never heard of the former. Star power? That's like "American intelligence" or "Australian celebrity". |
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Post by Monster X on Nov 15, 2021 7:39:53 GMT
'Once, Upon A Time' was naff beyond words - confused, indulgent nonsense. I turned it off halfway through (and I bet the casual viewers did exactly the same - those that are actually watching in the first place).
I'm still staggered by Whittaker's awful attempts at portraying the Doctor - What the f*ck were they thinking? Jo Martin's not much better.
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Post by burrunjor on Nov 15, 2021 10:35:49 GMT
Viewers are in. 3.7 million. It was beaten by Country file. I wish I was still on Gallifrey Base to see how those c*nts are spinning it.
Sadly some people on twitter are already saying that the problem is that the show is pandering to us fans. That it's too focused on its continuity and losing the casual viewers. Pigeons learn faster than the DW fandom.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2021 13:50:06 GMT
Did a quick check up on Aisling, she’s apparently a comic/actor who’d been working on tv since 2009.
She’s done 16 shows in that time as well as number of single or two episode appearances. Worse she’s going to be Home Sweet Hone Alone, poor Maxil. It’s all mainly sitcoms and drama, some of which are apparently popular though I’ve never heard of any of them. The only one that sounded remotely interesting was a pre-apocalypse series called Hard Sun. she’s also done a number of panel shows to.
Still I’ve never heard of her, none I know has ever mentioned her and pretty much all of the stuff she’s in sound like the dim-a-dozen tv crap I’d never watch anyway.
How she’s star power I’ll never know, unless being in a shite home alone remake that none with a brain will watch makes you a star. I guess they have to call her that rather then admit that they really cannot afford their pointless celebrity cameos anymore or none of any real talent wants to be associated with it.
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Post by Genkimonk on Nov 15, 2021 13:54:32 GMT
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Post by burrunjor on Nov 15, 2021 17:07:31 GMT
Just stumbled on this gorgeous picture of Jodie.  What a shame they gave her as terrible a costume as Colin. Ironically much like Colin she'd have suited a black suit IMO. |
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