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quick review: DW Family of Blood/that one which came before it
I suspect I could have watched paint dry and been more impressed.
You know, if I wanted pointless emo timecock, I'd go read Rose fic. Not to mention, why must every companion be romantically in love with the Doctor?
Shit, I'm all for a return to him being asexual, at this point.
The episodes were probably some of the worst I've ever watched, and that includes the Cyberman two-parter from season two, which sucked donkey cock. Hell. Lazarous Experiment, which I'd heard was crap, was better than this.
There were moments where it tried to be good. Sadly, they were overshadowed by the Mary Sue (in the form of a little boy, so, at least the gender was swapped for this), the pointless WAR IS BAD MMKAY, and, overall, the ludicrously stupid villians and bad plot.
I love Paul's stuff, normally. His Wisdom LS is one of the best comics I've read in the last five years. But this makes me sad. Very sad.
And I did like bits of the episode, the hugs at the end, the Doctor thanking her, even some of the opening stuff wasn't bad. But then it all gets muddled up in some bad penny romance novel coupled with someone's I Can't Know What It's Truly Like To Be Human essay that fell off a lorry... Sigh. Ghost in the Shell does this angst so much better. Also, the Major's better at it.
The scarecrows were laugh-worthy, and I was really hoping they wouldn't be.
But. Seriously. "I need the Doctor and I love him so much and he'll never even notice me." Is that the best motivation they could have given Martha? I thought this was the year 2007, not fucking 1907.
And the flash-forwards with the little boys on the battlefield. Um. Weren't soldiers generally in their 20's, for those wars? Or is that 'in Vietnam, the common age of the soldier was 19' song lying about it all? Noes. Communist propaganda. :/
At least Blink was better.
Final thought: Optimus Prime would have made this episode so much better.
You know, if I wanted pointless emo timecock, I'd go read Rose fic. Not to mention, why must every companion be romantically in love with the Doctor?
Shit, I'm all for a return to him being asexual, at this point.
The episodes were probably some of the worst I've ever watched, and that includes the Cyberman two-parter from season two, which sucked donkey cock. Hell. Lazarous Experiment, which I'd heard was crap, was better than this.
There were moments where it tried to be good. Sadly, they were overshadowed by the Mary Sue (in the form of a little boy, so, at least the gender was swapped for this), the pointless WAR IS BAD MMKAY, and, overall, the ludicrously stupid villians and bad plot.
I love Paul's stuff, normally. His Wisdom LS is one of the best comics I've read in the last five years. But this makes me sad. Very sad.
And I did like bits of the episode, the hugs at the end, the Doctor thanking her, even some of the opening stuff wasn't bad. But then it all gets muddled up in some bad penny romance novel coupled with someone's I Can't Know What It's Truly Like To Be Human essay that fell off a lorry... Sigh. Ghost in the Shell does this angst so much better. Also, the Major's better at it.
The scarecrows were laugh-worthy, and I was really hoping they wouldn't be.
But. Seriously. "I need the Doctor and I love him so much and he'll never even notice me." Is that the best motivation they could have given Martha? I thought this was the year 2007, not fucking 1907.
And the flash-forwards with the little boys on the battlefield. Um. Weren't soldiers generally in their 20's, for those wars? Or is that 'in Vietnam, the common age of the soldier was 19' song lying about it all? Noes. Communist propaganda. :/
At least Blink was better.
Final thought: Optimus Prime would have made this episode so much better.
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It was quite painful to watch the two-parter, and it really was a downpoint of the series for me. :(
But everyone else raves about it, so I think we're in the minority.
And Blink was better.
And no, not even Optimus could have saved it.
Hell, space lesbians couldn't have saved it.
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*pause* Ok, so it still wouldn't have been saved.
AND DAMN RIGHT BLINK WAS BETTER. That was godamn-fucking-kickass tv, right there.
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She and Gwen could form a ladies knitting circle and supervillian society and TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
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I haven't seen it, but I dunno... take the worst part, right, and then insert a loud voiceover saying, "Autobots, roll out!" followed by squealing tires and lots of shooting, and tell me that wouldn't have helped.
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Well, maybe not The Avengers. Unless perhaps in toy form. But the principle holds.
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And Optimus is the most awesome of all.
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There's plenty of 14-year-olds who fought in WWI - the last few Australians from that war are still alive. But you're right about Optimus Prime.
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In 1914, the UK wanted to recruit a million lads. Boys were still taught "Dulce et Decorum Est" so there was no shortage of boys willing to lie about their age, nor recruiters willing to turn a blind eye. Entire cliques of fifteen, sometimes even fourteen year old boys running down to the office.
After all, it'd be over by Christmas.