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No, haven’t seen “Planet of the Dead” yet, thanks for asking.
I watched “Waters of Mars” last month, but before I get too caught up in “The End of Time (But the Moment Has Been Prepared For)”, I figured I’d better put down at least a few thoughts on soggy Martians.
The ceefax of the matter: Ugh. Double-ugh. And not at all proper Doctor Who at the end.
For the detail, you’ll have to venture beyond the cut.
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Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 2:06 pm
So, yeah, all quiet on the BoG front these past several months, eh? Miss me? (Don’t all answer at once!) Well, best I can say is that I’ve been busy. I have my own forum now, for one thing…. (Oh, okay, it’s not just mine, but as I’m one of the forum directors (and one of the not-for-profit corporation’s officers), I can call it mine and be mostly correct.) In any case, since I’m contemplating putting reviews of the Beatles mono set and Beatles: Rockband here, I thought it might be a good idea to catch up on some Doctor Who related things first, since this blog is supposed to be mostly about the show/the fandom/the myth/ the legend. I know you’re dying to continue reading, so…. allons-y! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm, Taking Care of Business at 11:54 am
I’ve figured it out. I’ve been somewhat bugged all week by the new Doctor’s costume. Although it’s nice, it’s also sticking in my craw. It dawned on me this morning what’s wrong with it:
It looks like something a fan film Doctor would pick out. Trying too hard to look Doctor-ish! Aided and abedded by Matt Smith’s tender years, this new Doctor is looking very lamely fanboyish indeed! One can only hope that Matt Smith’s performance will be better than the average fan film Doctor’s performance.
(Cranky? Moi! Mais oui!)
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 8:54 am
Ah, you’ve seen the photos by now. Anyway, head to toe:
Hair: yes! Longish! Did they darken it, though? (Is Moffat pulling a JNT??)
Bow tie: erm, ok
shirt: nice texture, color, pattern
jacket: tweed!!!! Haven’t seen tweed in a long time. Like the elbow patches. Darts in front resemble Ten’s Suit Jacket darts. I want to see the back, though!
pants: really modern appearing, in contrast to everything else. Interesting.
Suspenders: yay! But… did they have to be clip-ons??????
boots: wukka wukka wukka wukka wukka boots. YES!
Would have liked to have seen a hat on him. Perhaps that will be optional. And… will there be brainy specs? Davison-style would go perfect with the rest of the Mid-Century Professor look he’s rocking.
So far, so good.
(Oh, go look at the photos again. And stop being distracted by the lovely Karen Gillan!)
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 9:56 am
Oh, yes, I know, I know, I haven’t been bothered to even watch “Planet of the Dead” yet, let along review it. I’m not all that keen on watching Tennant’s Doctor now that I know he’s leaving. Just get on with it, will you?
Still, I saw the new Star Trek film today, mostly because I knew that, if I didn’t, I would never ever want to see it because of the hype. Hype turns me off, you see. Even though everything I had read about the film (or seen in the trailers) made me want to vent my spleen all over the Internest, I figured I still owed the franchise a chance. I’ve been a Trekkie for a third of a century now, ever since I was 12. (I was that most scary of fen, the Teenage Trekkie™!) I was in the Star Trektennial Fan Club, the Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans, I watched endless repeats, read endless novels and tie-in books, and was all about the Original Series back when it was the Only Series. So… yeah. I have some Trek cred, I do. And even though I was convinced that the film would suck so hard it would create its own black hole, I plopped my $5.50 down and settled in for the 11:30 a.m. screening.
I am surprised to be able to report that it didn’t suck.
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Posted by JennAK as Alternate Universes at 6:51 pm
Having recently returned from attending my 21st out-of-state Doctor Who convention, it’s only fitting that I now blog about my first one. The Virgin Tour, as it were! (And two years before Madonna’s, too!)
In other words, yes, it’s that time again, to hop in the TARDIS and pop back to July of 1983, when Teenage!Jenn hit the road with a busload of like-minded fen to check out Panopticon West 1983 in the wilds of Columbus, Ohio. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by JennAK as Secret History of DW Fandom at 5:57 pm
Yanno, I don’t really have much to say at all about this story. Perhaps its because I watched it while recovering from a particularly nasty bout of stomach flu. More likely, it’s because the past month’s wankage re the Eleventh Doctor has annoyed me to the point where I don’t give a flying flapdoodle about anything related to the new series. In any case, here’s what little I can come up with regarding the story:
So, yeah, the teaser was brilliant, especially the continuous 360° pan around the Doctor, and the “allons-y” in tandem. I liked Jackson’s storyline– how he thought he was the Doctor, and how he became as heroic as the Doctor at the end. I also liked how a woman yet again resisted Cyberconversion. (Oh, hello, Yvonne, is your memory that short?) And the giant Godzilla Cyberman rising along the Thames was amusing, too. It wasn’t a very serious episode, and it was more uplifting than the previous Christmas special (”Voyage of the Damned,” and, yes, short term memory is the first to go!). In short, some good, bombastic RTD all around.
As I was watching it, I was thinking that I will really miss David Tennant as the Doctor. A month (give or take) later, though– I just don’t want to know. I find I have no interest in the 2009 specials, because he’s going, and they’re all going to be over-the-top and filled with stunt casting and shit (hello, Michelle Williams!), just because they’re specials.
So, yeah, this review wasn’t a review at all. I can only hope that attending Gallifrey next month will revive my spirits and thus make my reviews of the Specials much less snarky. It seems that every 10 years or so, though, I get “off” fandom for awhile– i.e. it gets just too sucky for me to want to deal with. The end of the decade plays havoc with my Time Lord Geekiness.
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm at 4:46 pm
Kroll help me, this is late. I got too caught up in all the Matt Smith wankage– and then too disgusted by it– to properly think in DW terms for several weeks. Thus the late appearance of this companion to the Year In Wank.
And now, because at this point, no one cares, here are the Doctor Who related things that made me happy in 2008:
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Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm, Time and Tides at 4:32 pm
I was only able to keep up my resolve four hours.
My initial reaction?
I have been in Doctor Who fandom longer than Matt Smith has been alive. Disgusting.
It can only mean that we’re going to get an even younger person playing the companion, and it will indeed become 90210 In Space. (But hopefully the original version, not the current regeneration airing on the CW.)
Never heard of the guy. Not impressed by the photos– looks all Emo Vampire-y to me, and that’s my least fave kind of thing. (Hope he keeps the longer hair though, because I like the Doctor with longer hair.) Not at all enthused.
I am totally going to have to be won over, preferably within the first five minutes of the regeneration. (Since that’s what happened w/ TENnant for me, and since hopefully Moffatt will be writing the regeneration, or at least heavily advising on it, it shouldn’t be a problem. Unless of course Mr Smith is as made of as much suck as the publicity photos imply.)
(Sultry, Emo looks are all very well and good, but there’s nothing particularly Time Lord-y about them….)
How long will it take, I wonder, for some arse to say, “Oh, he’s worked with Billie Piper again, I’m sure he’ll be happy to work with her on Doctor Who, too.”
All in all, I’m feeling kinda let-down about the whole thing.
Posted by JennAK as Ongoing Storm, Time and Tides at 4:57 pm