At last! “The Big Bang” is how a season-ender episode should be– fun, poignant, epic, intimate, and without a stupid-arse Emo Doctor Is Emo ending. And… what a great use of wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey! I’m so happy for Rory, and actually liked Amy in the episode! Plus… HOORAY! A MARRIED COUPLE ARE THE COMPANIONS!!!!!!!!! It’s about freaking time.
(Although, I’m sure there will be now all sorts of “marriage agenda” arguments.)
More later in the summer on this topic, I think– once I’m done squeeing, and once I’ve had a chance to formulate my Overall Theory About Why I Hate Amy Sometimes (And Why It’s Only Sometimes).
Knowing fandom like I do, though, I can’t help but wonder how long it will take before:
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Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm, Time and Tides at 10:28 am
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Lame, I know, but I keep thinking of Pandora Boxx when there’s talk about the Pandorica. (What, you don’t watch RuPaul’s Drag Race? FOR SHAME.
Cut for your protection….
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Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 7:35 pm
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Yanno, I’m cool like that, referring to “The Big Bang” as “Event One” since that’s wot it was called in “Terminus.” (A vastly underrated episode, as many people are distracted by Nyssa droppin’ ‘em to pay attention to the plot….)
So, anyway, I’m popping in here to make commentary in a summary sort of way about what I’ve seen since my last post, as I wait with antici…pation for the resolve of “The Pandorica Opens” cliffhanger. (The viewing society I’m in is gathering Saturday evening, to watch as soon as the magic pixie delivery elves make with the file. I hope to Kroll we’re not disappointed, unlike the LAST time we gathered on a U.K. transmission day.) (That would be for “Journey’s End,” if you’re keeping track, which of course you are!)
Just click on the “More” and we’ll begin….
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Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 6:01 pm
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I find that if I’m really enjoying a tv show, I don’t have the need to write about it. Certainly not on an individual-episode basis! Only if a season is flawed in several ways do I need to put hands on keyboard and break out the snark on an episodic basis.
Can you tell I’m liking the Moffat era so far?
Since we’ve reached the halfway point, though, I thought I’d comment on the series so far. And, really, it’s all good.
Well, 95% good.
Oh, okay, I have an issue or two.
and all will be revealed in the Arc of Infinity after the jump.
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Posted by JennAK as Lost In the Void at 1:14 pm
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Yeah, okay, haven’t said anything about the new series yet, have I? Sorry, darlings, been busy. I’m running programming and a Masquerade for a convention in May, and the organizing process has been sucking my will to live. Until I get my act together vis a vis reviewing The Series So Far, please enjoy this little musical ditty.
Actually, enjoy it after the cut, because it’s technically a spoiler for “Victory of the Pepperpots.”
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Posted by JennAK as Lost In the Void at 11:05 am
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I totally get now how Hilary Clinton fans felt the summer of 2008. Seriously. It was all “Obama this” and “Obama that” with people thinking he was a) the second coming b) guaranteed to help the Cubs finally win a world series c) tasting great (while being less filling). The bitter Clinton-ites claimed the Obama-ites were “drinking the Kool-Aid” and, that even if you were merely ok with Obama being the nominee– not even granting him mad slicing, dicing, or julienne frying skillz– you were even more stupid than the people who thought Sarah Palin was a witty and intelligent woman.
I have reached that point with my fellow Doctor Who fans. And that makes me sad indeed. Instead of rejoicing in the return of the Doctor for a proper season, I am wondering if I should even bother watching.
You can read all my whinging past the cut….
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Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 11:39 am
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Saturday was all about panels for me: being on them, seeing others. I did some panel at 10 a.m. (which was so memorable that I have no idea what it was now), another one (on conventions) at 11 a.m., and Favorite Doctor Who Moments at 4 p.m. I took in the Louise Page slide show at 1 p.m., saw most of Georgia Moffett’s interview, looked in on the Comics-to-Other-Media panel. In the evening, I helped judge workmanship in the Masquerade. I love Masquerades! I’ve been costuming for 30 years this year, for both myself and others, so I have great familiarity with them. (No, please don’t ask what costumes I’ve done lately– I haven’t, other than Valerie’s Halloween outfits. I have a long list of what’s next, once my size stops being an issue.) And then, MORE LOBBYCON! Until 2 a.m.!!!!!!! (Which included a good discussion with fellow CT staff as to how to fit in Moths with the con’s usual evening activities.)
Sunday, more panels for me, starting with the Liars’ Panel at 10 a.m. Everyone on the panel agreed that, in the future, the panel needs to be in the evening, so we can make more dirty jokes and perhaps be more witty. (10 a.m. on Sunday isn’t good for the bon mots.) I also talked about fan films at noon. In between panels, I hung a bit with a college friend and his family, who are local to L.A. The son has become a big Doctor Who fan, so he was having a great time. His little sister, not so much.
Chicks Dig Time Lords had its official launch panel at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. We gave a good panel, the 9 or 12 of us squeezed onto the dais. I found it fairly annoying, though, that in many people’s minds, DW fandom didn’t exist until the Internest, so therefore all of my 1980’s experiences don’t count. This attitude permeated the panelists as well as the audience. I can understand that from a personal-reference standpoint, because, yeah, many fans came aboard during the Wilderness Years or during the New Series, and fandom as they first found it is what they know. But I was feeling that what I had to offer was being discounted because the events happened decades ago. (And, you know, it’s probably just my ego bitching here, not what really went on in the panel.)
After the panel, we had a spontaneous book-signing session in the pre-function space. I signed a number of copies, thereby convincing my friend’s son that I was famous. (Sweet boy!) Afterwards, hung out with people until Closing Ceremonies, then did dinner, then more Lobbycon, and then bed, relatively early at 11 p.m.
Monday, my BFF and I went to Amoeba Records, Downtown Disney, and Pasadena (the last by error, thanks Google Maps!). In the ayem, though, I camped out by the pool in the sun, with a book and a Mountain Dew. Ah, bliss. And then, back to snowy and cold Chicago on Tuesday. The end.
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm, Time and Tides at 10:33 am
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Note: Blogging at the Con, made of fail! Although, did tweet a little bit. Too busy doing stuff to ruminate. So now I’m reduced to catching up after the fact. And, if you go beyond the “more”, you’ll read all about Friday, some of which was actually written on the Friday of the convention. WOW!
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In theory, I can add a photo from my iPhone to a post written on said device. In reality…. I see that it just adds them at the end of the post, no options for editing. Oh well. Enjoy this photo of Dot the Leopard eating in the hotel bar.
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm, Taking Care of Business, Time and Tides at 10:47 am
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