Hi, all — for those interested, found something interesting on Den of Geek this morning; the kicker is in the last couple of exchanges (but I love the whole think — “Truly, Madly, Deeply” is one of the greats, IMO, so is “Galaxy Quest”:

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/alan-rickman/245461/alan-rickman-interview-a-little-chaos-villains-doctor-who

Okay, I’ve caught two episodes of Strange & Norrell, and I like them very much — but am being driven absolutely crazy by frequent breaks for as much as four consecutive minutes of advertisements to every seven or so minutes of program!  They’re running almost an hour and a quarter here, to make room for the god damned ads!  It’s m…[Read more]

Thanks, all, for throwing some light on what the heck happened to “Farscape”, which we watched avidly until all the torture scenes got to me and I walked away (some eps had a definite Mel Gibson vibe to them in that respect).  Next thing I knew, I couldn’t check back to see if things had changed because — Farscape wasn’t there any more!

@bluesqueakpip   Kind of you to give that warning — Doctor Who *is* strangely addictive.  Kind of like watching that recent internet clip of an octopus toting a couple of halves of coconut shells along the sea-bed and then starting what looks as if it will be a rather long process of constructing a shelter or hide-out for itself out of them.  …[Read more]

@FatManInABox   psychic pal tells me that old souls often turn to quiet work with plants, animals, and crafts — raise horses out in the desert, work in wineries, do gardening and other horticultural work, and avoid conflict . . . bored (or sick) to death with people doing the same damn stupid stuff over and over.  I find this an appealing idea.  …[Read more]

@FatManinABox   Congratulations and all the best!

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@purofilion   Yes, the blackboards and chalk — lovely, that.  And I do like the S8 Doctor “taking himself out for a run” — several runs, dotted all over time and space — to find out what he is, show Clara, and us, who he is so we can decide whether we’re going along for the ride or not.

@Arbutus  I like that, too — KtM as a forward balance fo…[Read more]

@SpaceAgeClockwork — oh fr gods’ sake, buy the coat!  Buy the coat!  What is money for, if not the gratification of our fantasies!

Crikey, everybody, I feel as if I’m watching Advanced Acrobatics (any contortion sufficiently advanced — ) at a Cirque du Soleil performance!  Love it.  And now I want that snow globe, please.  Best of all, the reminder — always welcome and always needed, IMO — that yes, this DW is science *fantasy* and will always be too far into fantasy fo…[Read more]

@PhaseShift  @JimTheFish  I’ve heard from others on “League”, and as an old comic book fan I’m not at all dismissive of the idea that the comic was much better.  Where would I find it if I wanted a look now?  I haven’t kept up with the comics world, so I’ve no idea of availability status.

Saw “Dreadful” last night, new series — it looks goo…[Read more]

Oops, guess not — the official re-watch hasn’t started over there, so maybe I’ll just leave that, to avoid spoilers.  But yes, I do think that the full extent of Rory’s defeat didn’t get across to me as a viewer; and that standing stones scene let him give Rory room to flourish a bit.   I wouldn’t have thought of him as Doctor material, though -…[Read more]

@JimTheFish  Gonna answer over on the Capaldi re-watch thread, Crow Road thread.

@PhaseShift   I like this analysis of KtM’s central choice.  And the shout-out to, ah, the other one!  Now I want to go back and start re-reading Pratchett (but there are all these library books here . . . gotta read).   And you’re quite right that for Clara’s decision to be a choice, it has to be acceptable either way she chooses, which is a goo…[Read more]

@PhaseShift

I noticed your mention of EC comics and the Comics Code. Interesting that the League books were written by Alan Moore, and that his run on DC’s supernatural Saga of the Swamp Thing was the first major run that saw one of the publishers say “to hell with this”. It’s rightly well regarded and recommended.

I only know the “League…[Read more]

@Arbutus —

. . . he wears his heart less on his sleeve than did Ten and Eleven. Personally, I prefer this! It makes him a little less knowable, more alien.

I like more mysterious conduct, myself; but for me, Capaldi kinda wears his heart on his face, because that face is so mobile and expressive — and wasn’t always so; I think he had to grow…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip  — Sure sounds like it.  It sounds massive and delightful.  Luckily, I’m not really up for that kind of crazy ruckus any more (never was, much), and am pledged to a yearly fantasy Con in Saritoga springs, NY, where an old friend is GOH this year, so . . .  Can’t get to ComiCon in San Diego either, since they only announced the DW…[Read more]

@janetteB

Personally I don’t think the Doctor’s “abandonment” of Clara was reprehensible. It simply was the right thing to do in the circumstance. It was up to the humans to make the decision which affected the fate of their world. The decision is not his to make.

I think the leaving such a huge decision about Earth’s (possible) fate to not jus…[Read more]

@JimTheFish  It’s the character arc(s), taking regen shock (at the beginning of a partial re-set to a whole new sequence of future regenerations) seriously enough to use all of S8 to tell that story in an erratic series of very differing episodes, that’s the boldest throw of S8.  I admire the audacity, and the achievement (which I think is c…[Read more]