Two episodes to go, and surely there’s not enough time to resolve all the mysteries from last season, let alone from this season? I suspect that, in about a week, the screaming from those who want everything wrapped up neatly (and particularly those who hate that Rory and Amy haven’t spent the last six episodes weeping constantly for their lost baby) is going to be deafening…
Episode starts at 9pm Eastern. No spoilers until it’s over, please.
ETA: Gay Agenda!!
arguingwithsignposts
Man, an entire saturday without a football thread?
Raven (formerly stuckinred)
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE
MikeJ
@arguingwithsignposts: When you’re only playing Swansea City and you win 4-1 there’s not much need.
Raven (formerly stuckinred)
This is revenge for Dougj not having a thread about Troy Davis the other night.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@arguingwithsignposts:
Your wish is my command.
Corner Stone
@arguingwithsignposts:
I think Cole is running a Ponzi Scheme here. He’s now getting a cut of EDK’s phat cash from Forbes and ABL’s pay from The Grio.
He’s been the ultimate pageclick farmer for cash.
I picture him like a WV Suge Knight, thugging it up to force talent to sign contracts with his label. They raise a stink? They get the dogs snarling in their fucking face! Don’t wanna sign that check over to Accident Row Records? Tunch pays you a little visit.
Raven (formerly stuckinred)
@Corner Stone: I also suspect that if he knows anything about football he wanted to be as far away from a discussion of LSU-WVU as possible.
Guster
I can’t stand Rory. This is a guy who lived for 2,000 years and didn’t change one iota. (Yes, I know the universe rebooted, but doesn’t he still have all the memories?)
arguingwithsignposts
@Corner Stone: lol. Accident Row Records – we need t-shirts!
@Sarah Proud and Tall: thanks.
MikeJ
@Sarah Proud and Tall: I was shocked there was no thread for “it was 20 years ago today…”
Warren Terra
Could I put a “no spoilers above the fold” request in to the front-pagers, too, on the grounds that some of us don’t have cable and have to wait for Netflix to send us the discs (or to stream a limited version of the discs a month or two later)?
SiubhanDuinne
@Raven (formerly stuckinred):
Heh.
Nicole
No spoiler- but, as a fan of the classic Who, I just had a squee moment. Other fans of the old show know to what I’m referring.
lamh34
I finally catching up on my DVR recordings of the new fall season. I just watched Modern Family. I gotta say that the show definitely earned its Emmy wins. IMO, this show is one of the consistently funny sitcoms ourt right now. I can see why it’s a winner.
I was reading an article that was wondering if/when we will ever see a wedding between Mitchell and Cam. I personally would love to see it, as long as it’s NOT gimmicky, but this show doesn’t really seem like a show that does gimmicks.
i watched Revenge on ABC and I gotta say, I liked it. Now I wonder how they are gonna sustain the concept, I read that the season is broken into 2 storylines…so the questions in the plot will be in answered by mid-season and a new plot point will begin leading off from the murder in the pilot ep. Season 2 if renewed will be a new “revenge” plotline.
I like it. ya’ll should check it out before it’s to late to catch up or it gets cancelled.
lamh34
watched Charlie’s Angels pilot on ABC…uhmm yeah…NO. Didn’t make it past the first scene. I didn’t even want to see it after the first break. Buh buy Charlie’s Angels. Got better things to watch this season. I give it less than 6 episodes before cancellation.
Also watched Person of Interest on CBS. It was good. I was surprised at least once in the episode twist, so that’s saying something. I don’t know if it will last a whole season, but I’m gonna add it to my DVR season queue along with Revenge.
If you are already a big brother’s watching us conspiracist, then I recommend NOT watching Person of Interest…lol. But if not, you’ll like it I think and hey u may even like it if you are a conspiracist.
lamh34
The last show I watched was Prime Suspect on NBC and I never thought I”d say this, but I was never so happy to see someone have a heart attack (if u see/saw the pilot you’ll know what I mean). So I’m a big fan of the BBC/PBS miniseries showings of the BBC version of Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren. If I had a suggestion, I’d recommend the original 7 miniseries adaptations above the TV versions,
Still, I didn’t hate this American version and Maria Bello was pretty convincing. So I’ll add it to my DVR seasonal queue.
That’s it for new series I think. There are a few more coming out in October that I plan to give a chance too.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@Warren Terra:
Noted, with apologies.
Corner Stone
@lamh34:
I liked how smooth Jim Cavaziel was with everything. Didn’t like him shooting people in the leg, as that’s a real no no if you want to put someone out of the ability to harm you.
I’m sceptical the good angel character is going to be able to match the intensity needed. Seems like a weak casting choice. They’re going to need to bone up his backstory if this series will make a season.
Jewish Steel
@Corner Stone:
Yeah, that’s a keeper.
Gothic script across Cole’s torso: TUNCH LIFE
El Cid
Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor.
hildebrand
Matt Smith has been outstanding this season. No doubt about it, my favorite doctor of the nu-Who era (Tom Baker is still my favorite of all time).
Goodness, though, they have a good bit of work to do next week to wrap up most of the loose ends. I do hope they don’t answer every lingering question – I love the long story arcs and the good character development.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jewish Steel:
Corner Stone’s comment was full of win, but damn if it this isn’t the Godfather II of comments – the sequel that tops the original.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@hildebrand:
Me too. However, the “Hate Moffat, hate the arc” faction is quite vocal in the geekier depths of the internet.
gnomedad
@hildebrand:
Fine, but apparently there’s going to be a long hiatus, and while some loose ends are fine, I don’t want to be in a state of long-term WTF.
Omnes Omnibus
@gnomedad:
Some people live their entire lives in that state.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@gnomedad:
I suspect the WTFs are going to fall like ninepins (just like in Let’s Kill Hitler) only to be replaced by a shiny new set of things we don’t know for the next season.
hildebrand
@gnomedad: I imagine that they will answer the most glaring questions – and leave a few choice bits for next year (the new season doesn’t start until next fall – yikes, that is a long wait for new Dr. Who).
@Sarah Proud and Tall: Yep, like most things in life today, cranky and obsessive trolls are attempting to suck the life from everything good and fun. Two bits says that the same folks complaining about story arcs and confusing plot developments would be ripping Moffat for simplistic plots and ‘not challenging the viewers’ if he went for nothing but stand-alone episodes.
I have decided that life is a great deal more livable when you don’t expect everyone to do exactly what you want, when you want it, and in the form that you demand.
Hmm, maybe a few folks around here could apply that notion to politics…Nah…
Nicole
Not the strongest episode, but whatever. Cybermats. Squee!
CentigradeBaby
Every time I watch Dr Who I realize yet again how much I dislike Rory. Ugh.
Royston Vasey
@CentigradeBaby: well its a good thing he only had a fleeting cameo in this weeks episode.
Larime the Gimp
** BIG SEASON SPOILERS **
I really want to slap the people that keep bitching about there not being enough weeping over the missing baby. Amy didn’t even know she was pregnant until she gave birth, and Rory had all of maybe 20 minutes with it before it was taken away. In many ways, the baby is more of a concept than a reality for them. Amy was plenty upset when it was taken, as evidenced when she was about to shoot River, so it’s not as if it didn’t bother her at all. Add in the fact that they now realize that River is their daughter, and their best friend growing up was also their daughter (which means they got to watch her grow up), and they have plenty of reason to know that their baby is fine and turns out good. It’s not as if it’s this big looming question mark over their heads and they never see her again. They also know that finding her and raising her themselves would completely wipe out huge chunk of their history. So yeah, enough with the whining.
El Cid
I like Rory a lot. In more recent episodes, they made him more than a stunted and mainly comic relief character.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@hildebrand:
I suspect you are right. I find it amusing now just how reflexive the Moffat hate is, just like the reflexive Davies hate and the loathing for whoever comes after Moffat.
El Cid
@Sarah Proud and Tall: Anyone who has a Moffat or Davies hate is one of those historical curiosities with a rail spike blown through their heads.
burnspbesq
“Unplug them people,
And send them home, it’s closing time”
One of my favorite Lyle Lovett songs.
Joseph Nobles
Is there not even going to be a Christmas special this year? Now there’s a reason to hate Moffat. Boo!
OK, Google is my friend and has coughed up some details.
Claire Skinner is Madge, and Bill Bailey is in there, Arabella Weir, and even Alexander Armstrong, so I guess Mr. Smith is up to no good again.
The Pale Scot
@SiubhanDuinne:
Learn bittorrent and become a member of “the box”, and never watch american TV again. and wait for the day we can watch BBC on the web, in HD, like they do in the UK.
The Pale Scot
OOPS, I meant @Warren Terra
tibby
Thank you for these Dr Who threads. I think David Tennant and Matt Smith both are great Doctors. Since I got Netflix and dvr Ive watched little else. Right now Im watching BoomTown episode from series one.
tib
Geoduck
@El Cid:
I didn’t hate Davies, but he did have some flaws as a story-teller; ending every season with Universe-Exploding Action(tm) was one. And I’m sorry, but Tennant’s departure was painfully soppy, drawn-out and weak. On the other hand, if it wasn’t for Davies, the show never would have been revived in the first place, and that would have been a terrible shame.
Enjoyed this week’s episode. As noted, nice to see the old-school foes again.
MBunge
“the screaming from those who want everything wrapped up neatly”
That sentiment reminds me of something I also see in the comic book world. A stark division in today’s audience seems to be between people who simply accept whatever the creator gives them and people who have expectations they want met. I remember two guys on a message board talking about how great an issue of Grant Morrison’s “Seaguy” was while simultaneously admitting they didn’t understand most of it. And it wasn’t even like they were blaming themselves for not being smart enough to understand it.
Mike
Jules
Very late to thread.
I LOVED this week’s episode.
STORMAGGEDON DARK LORD OF ALL!!!
Petrichor.
Amy and Rory happy.
and James Gordon.
and the blue envelopes.
And Doctor River Song.
Bruuuuce
@Sarah Proud and Tall: How about us “Hate Moffatt, rather like the arc but please get on with it and, doubly especially, how about story > drama for once” sorts? :-)
Love “Stormageddon” and cybermats and Amy getting a life and succeeding and blue envelopes and “The Doctor” nametag and Craig de-Cybering because his baby was crying for him. This week was MUCH more what I expect from Doctor Who (except maybe less running down corridors away from monsters than usual, which was just fine for a change :-D