• nerys replied to the topic Empress of Mars

    @ps1l0v3y0u I like ZChib. It’s a keeper.

  • nerys replied to the topic Empress of Mars

    @dentarthurdent As to why the Doctor’s doing this (‘adopting’ Bill), I’d hypothesise that he needs the companionship. Who was it who said the Doctor shouldn’t be alone, it wasn’t good for him. River?

    I seem to recall both Amy and River telling the Doctor he should never travel alone. And then in “Listen” (after the Doctor goes on a tangent abo…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent Yes, Silva was the one with the island and “mommy issues” with M. Bardem played him beautifully!

    I didn’t much care for the Brosnan era (though I do respect the fact that he helped to bring Bond back from the brink of extinction). As I recall, Tomorrow Never Dies is the Bond film of his I liked best.

    Before Craig, I didn’t really…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent Oh, right, thanks for the correction! Quantum of Solace is one I tend to forget. At first I was disappointed in it, then on subsequent viewings came to appreciate it. It was marred by a couple of things: the writers’ strike and disjointed editing of the chase sequences. Apparently Marc Forster was aiming to put the audience into…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent I loved No Time To Die. It’s a natural culmination of the Daniel Craig era, though I admit I was surprised that they ended it the way they did. Having watched all four of his Bond films (Casino Royale was the one that hooked me), I felt that there was a tragic trajectory. I think giving Bond a daughter, only to have him sacrifice…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    In the “what have you been watching lately” vein:

    Still Alice from 2014, a deftly devastating portrayal of early-onset Alzheimer’s and its impact on the individual and her family. The film affected me so much that I couldn’t sleep that night.

    I was surprised to learn about one of the co-directors, Richard Glatzer, having ALS and being unable to…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic Extremis

    @winston @ps1l0v3y0u I tried to like it, and wanted to, but mainly found Chibnall’s tenure wanting. My favorite episode was the “Eve of the Daleks” New Year’s special. It caught the magic, I thought … then dumped it. Such a shame.

  • nerys replied to the topic Extremis

    @ps1l0v3y0u Yes, I thought Jack Robertson in “Arachnids in the UK” and “Revolution of the Daleks” was the character most obviously based on Trump. Like so much during Chibnall’s tenure, the writing was handled in too heavy-handed a manner to be effective.

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    Does anyone here watch True Detective on HBO? (It’s quite violent, so might not be everyone’s cuppa tea.) It launched its fourth season on Jan. 14. I was a little underwhelmed by the first episode. Too much tell, not enough show. But I get that they had a lot of characters to introduce and ideas to get across.

    With that behind us, the second…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic Companions past and present

    @ps1l0v3y0u I just hope, loon that he is, The Master has been told it wrong.

    Now, wouldn’t that be providential? The Master as an unreliable narrator. Except that it seems too easy, in the same way that “it was all a dream” was a cop-out for Dallas (but brilliant for Newhart).

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @ps1l0v3y0u Midnight: bbc iplayer has an embarrassment of riches on this side of the pond. Hope it’s there for a while!

    Sadly, I don’t think I can access it unless I pull some shenanigans. I’m sure I can access the DVDs via our public library system, so I’ll go that route.

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @ps1l0v3y0u “Midnight” remains one of my all-time favorite Doctor Who episodes. I would love to watch it again … except I can’t, since it’s no longer on Crave. Maybe I can get it on loan from the library. *sigh*

  • nerys replied to the topic Companions past and present

    @ps1l0v3y0u Yeah, the endless exposition is one of many things that doomed “The Timeless Children” … if you have to explain everything (and have the Master, of all people, doing it), then that’s probably a clue about the quality of the storytelling. “Show, don’t tell.”

    @dentarthurdent Yes, you and I were discussing Layer Cake. It may be worth a…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic Companions past and present

    @ps1l0v3y0u But Jodie Whitaker was unfairly served by her scripts. That’s down to Chibnall. And there were a lot of other problems.

    I absolutely agree with this. For those who criticize her Doctor, I believe she could have done so much better with scripts that measured up to her talents. That didn’t happen. I have no idea why. Too many cooks i…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic Website comments (2)

    @cedarbranchtardis Doctor Who will not be available on BBC America. The BBC continues to air Doctor Who in the UK, while elsewhere Disney+ is the only service streaming Doctor Who.

  • nerys replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @blenkinsopthebrave Oh, that does look good! I refuse to subscribe to Disney+ simply to keep up with one series I love, so I will have to wait and see if our library system will be getting it in digital form. Up to this point, they’ve been very good at adding each season’s and the specials DVDs and Blu-rays to their collection. I don’t know if the…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic Website comments (2)

    @craig Just a heads-up: Looks like a spammy post in The Winchester.

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent Layer Cake – I didn’t really like it, didn’t dislike it, but I couldn’t stop watching – just had to see how it all worked out. And I have to say I was expecting a bad ending, but then there were several reversals in the last few minutes and I thought XXXX was going to get away with it and the final shock came from a totally u…

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  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent I have never watched the series, but I loved Neverwhere the book. You mentioned you saw the series first. Did it measure up to the book?

    My husband was watching Benediction on Crave. It too features Peter Capaldi. I want to watch it, and so I hope to do that soon.

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent What did you think of Layer Cake? I found it just a little too complicated for my tastes. If it weren’t for the three principal actors — Daniel Craig, Michael Gambon and Colm Meaney — I think I would have given up on it altogether. My husband hated the ending.

    But, having said that, I can see why this was the film that made…[Read more]

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