The Doctor Who Crew is Just TOO Adorable
Jul. 26th, 2009 02:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This is why I can never stay mad at them. They are geek boys (and girls) and I love geek boys (and girls). I used to hang out with these guys at the comic shops in Austin. They convinced me to watch Doctor Who for the first time...they sort of ganged up on me and made me watch it. And I was all snooty and critical of the show, too. Because the aliens? Well, they were basically British blokes in black trash bags, rolling about on the floor.
But...Doctor Who isn't about good production values or a story that breaks new ground. It's about that feel good feeling...or something. Anyway, as incensed as I can get when some plot point makes no sense at all...well...I just can't stay mad. Look at them. RTD all nervous and messing up the phone thing...and the phone thing. Reminds me of that Diary Video when David is talking to Julie from Dubai. And then...there is the whole legal download comment and David kissing John...it's just adorable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq5UAk1Bxc
Adorable, I tell you!
Rae
happy that the reception seems cordial enough, too!
But...Doctor Who isn't about good production values or a story that breaks new ground. It's about that feel good feeling...or something. Anyway, as incensed as I can get when some plot point makes no sense at all...well...I just can't stay mad. Look at them. RTD all nervous and messing up the phone thing...and the phone thing. Reminds me of that Diary Video when David is talking to Julie from Dubai. And then...there is the whole legal download comment and David kissing John...it's just adorable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq5UAk1Bxc
Adorable, I tell you!
Rae
happy that the reception seems cordial enough, too!
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Date: 2009-07-26 07:11 am (UTC)As they say in America, Awesome!
Date: 2009-07-26 08:22 am (UTC)Lisa
Feeling fandom just exploded in a good way
I don't know...
Date: 2009-07-26 12:34 pm (UTC)Which, oddly enough, I am doing at the moment. I never watched that show and I just started watching it on DVD the day before RTD gave that interview.
Rae
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Date: 2009-07-26 04:04 pm (UTC)RE: Supernatural - It's actually a good show. It took some time to find it's voice, but it's been quite fabulous the last couple of seasons. It seems really jokey and silly most of the time ('cause it is!), but there are also some really impressive serious dramatic moments. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Jensen Ackels is not just a pretty face, but a fine actor, as well.
Yes, I think they are all suffering
Date: 2009-07-26 08:33 pm (UTC)The Guardian reporter is hoping for a brawl at the Torchwood panel...but I would say it is likely good manners will still prevail.
As for Supernatural...I had to grit my way through to Hook Man...but at that point I think they started putting together some interesting episodes. The boys are very clunky at this point...I am on the Asylum episode...but they sort of remind me of early Farscape, when everyone had trouble getting their acting together. I think if you are not an experienced actor...you can still develop a rapport with a character and eventually do that character justice.
Rae
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Date: 2009-07-26 06:18 pm (UTC)Also? Your comment, "Well, they were basically British blokes in black trash bags, rolling about on the floor" made me snorfle!
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Date: 2009-07-26 08:14 pm (UTC)I really wish they would come to D*Con, but I'm not sure the con would be able to handle it. Though if they can handle Nimoy and Stewart....
Hey, Rae. We're heroes!
Date: 2009-07-28 09:25 am (UTC)"It's the cost of making Cpt Jack a hero. He has to suffer: he has to go through that in order to be the hero." said Gardner.
We suffer for just being alive, so we are heroes in the eyes of the Doctor Who producers.
What would you like to do with your hero status? Personally, I'm going to tell people about a 9/11 documentary about firefighters. Everybody thought the man the documentary was following was a hero because he saved other people from suffering on that fateful day, at no personal cost to himself. It was just his line of work, his desire to keep people safe and protect a way of life. Sure, he would have needed oxygen and a shower to rid himself of the dust so there was some temporary suffering. He may even have lost some work mates in the disaster, but I'm sure he would have honoured their lives before moving on. And yet, in the eyes of the Doctor Who production team, that firefighter isn't a hero. Some reality they are living in!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jul/26/doctorwho-comic-con
Lisa
Feeling the urge to wear lycra bodysuits