Chapter Eleven.
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captainsblogSince there's so much of this I don't quite get, I'll begin with something surreal which I got: Eleanor spent our hour-and-change of Whoing writing a blog post of her own (the Gmail notifier for which popped up in the bottom right at just about the moment of Ten's, well, you know). It was about Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician with a significant percussion component. What made her think of that, just as the four-beat percussion was getting louder and louder in the Who finale? Maybe someone sent something back in time to give her the idea.
Beyond that, I'd probably best do this.
As another time-traveling wise guy once said, "Ain't that a kick in the butt?"
What a way to go out. So different from the sudden, almost off-handedness of Nine's transformation. The swings between the poignant and the supremely violent, while hard to sit through at the time, looking back on it, it really advanced Ten's character and quite possibly that into which Eleven is about to step.
The series continued for what, for me, has always been an inverse ratio of quality to quantity of special effects. The Moss Eisley Cantina and X-fighter dogfight scenes, while certainly bloody expensive, didn't do nearly as much for me as that one brief second where the Doctor points out that one brief inch difference in height- and that, in turn, did less than those simple moments of him alone with Wilf, alone with the Master, or just, at the end, alone alone. Not a word, not a string, not an explosion- except in several million hearts all watching as one in a way the Master's template could never do.
Plenty left unanswered:
- Who's The Woman? I'm sorry- I've seen that look from parent to child and back. It may not be canon, but that's who she is.
- Will the villains of the piece come back someday, or did Rusty just choose to leave that door open a crack?
- How about those 6-odd billion former Master clones? Will any of them suffer residual effects? Particularly Obama- he's got enough trouble now as it is.
And, of course, there'll besport nitpicks:
- The minute Gallifrey appeared within even miles of the earth's gravity, I turned to Em and said, "well, there go the laws of physics." Such a sudden change in pulls should have whipsawed the earth halfway to the Planet Albuquerque long before it came within inches of touching down on a freaking HOUSE.
- Not only did Star Wars suffer multiple ripoffs, but I counted cheesy references to Star Trek (Spock dying in the radiation chamber), HHGTG (some shite toward the end- I'll edit when I remember it), and fer crysake, to Earth Girls are Easy?!? (Not to mention that diamond looking awfully like the Superman logo.)
- Best question I've seen so far (which I'd credit but it's from a locked entry): If they're all exactly like the real Master, how the fuck do you get any of them to obey orders?
I'll doubtless have more of all of these after a second runthrough, followed by a third once I've actually seen all the backstory that plays into it all. Still, a touching farewell, and, I think, a hopeful look ahead.
After watching it all and taking Emily to Tarjay (thanks to my sister for the stuff she got there), I finally got my hair cut. When Christina started beating back my bangs, I thought of using and then explaining the line about "I'm a girl!", but sadly, most people around here know reality shows far more than the good stuff.
Beyond that, I'd probably best do this.
As another time-traveling wise guy once said, "Ain't that a kick in the butt?"
What a way to go out. So different from the sudden, almost off-handedness of Nine's transformation. The swings between the poignant and the supremely violent, while hard to sit through at the time, looking back on it, it really advanced Ten's character and quite possibly that into which Eleven is about to step.
The series continued for what, for me, has always been an inverse ratio of quality to quantity of special effects. The Moss Eisley Cantina and X-fighter dogfight scenes, while certainly bloody expensive, didn't do nearly as much for me as that one brief second where the Doctor points out that one brief inch difference in height- and that, in turn, did less than those simple moments of him alone with Wilf, alone with the Master, or just, at the end, alone alone. Not a word, not a string, not an explosion- except in several million hearts all watching as one in a way the Master's template could never do.
Plenty left unanswered:
- Who's The Woman? I'm sorry- I've seen that look from parent to child and back. It may not be canon, but that's who she is.
- Will the villains of the piece come back someday, or did Rusty just choose to leave that door open a crack?
- How about those 6-odd billion former Master clones? Will any of them suffer residual effects? Particularly Obama- he's got enough trouble now as it is.
And, of course, there'll be
- The minute Gallifrey appeared within even miles of the earth's gravity, I turned to Em and said, "well, there go the laws of physics." Such a sudden change in pulls should have whipsawed the earth halfway to the Planet Albuquerque long before it came within inches of touching down on a freaking HOUSE.
- Not only did Star Wars suffer multiple ripoffs, but I counted cheesy references to Star Trek (Spock dying in the radiation chamber), HHGTG (some shite toward the end- I'll edit when I remember it), and fer crysake, to Earth Girls are Easy?!? (Not to mention that diamond looking awfully like the Superman logo.)
- Best question I've seen so far (which I'd credit but it's from a locked entry): If they're all exactly like the real Master, how the fuck do you get any of them to obey orders?
I'll doubtless have more of all of these after a second runthrough, followed by a third once I've actually seen all the backstory that plays into it all. Still, a touching farewell, and, I think, a hopeful look ahead.
After watching it all and taking Emily to Tarjay (thanks to my sister for the stuff she got there), I finally got my hair cut. When Christina started beating back my bangs, I thought of using and then explaining the line about "I'm a girl!", but sadly, most people around here know reality shows far more than the good stuff.
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Date: 2010-01-02 07:04 pm (UTC)The Time Lady is, in my opinion, the Doctor's granddaughter (and one of the original companions), Susan. I'll send you the essay once it'as done, as I'll need to touch on that too when I talk about the bloody gun.
And I've learnt to just shurg off the physics. you sort of have to in this fandom. :P
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Date: 2010-01-02 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-03 10:34 pm (UTC)