tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post4175630514763295409..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Dr Wh(ed)o(n) strikes again: Dr Who Christmas specialMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-8693422749822814662008-01-03T16:38:00.000+00:002008-01-03T16:38:00.000+00:00OK, now I definitely want to catch it. Please let ...OK, now I definitely want to catch it. Please let me know, anyone, if it turns up again.<BR/><BR/>Happy new year, all.<BR/>XMadam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-58677390017449624372008-01-03T16:01:00.000+00:002008-01-03T16:01:00.000+00:00Phil's dead right about the The Wire...I'm a late ...Phil's dead right about the The Wire...I'm a late comer but completely stunned by how good it is.Seánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062840073086386286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-28277580083785407402008-01-01T00:12:00.000+00:002008-01-01T00:12:00.000+00:00(Sigh) You have made a Spike fan very VERY happy s...(Sigh) You have made a Spike fan very VERY happy seeing those pics (sigh).... I will sleep well tonight.<BR/><BR/>But I do miss the bleached blonde hair...<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year to you, Madam Miaow!Louisefeministahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279991897445225597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-78857576443673497432007-12-29T11:40:00.000+00:002007-12-29T11:40:00.000+00:00Hello, Lioness. Thanks for posting.Joss Whedon jus...Hello, Lioness. Thanks for posting.<BR/><BR/>Joss Whedon just seemed to pull everything together in a way that was both emotionally and intellectually satisfying. I loved the architechture of Buffy, not to mention Angel, where he had one big arc across seven series. Then each series had it's own throughline and character development. And each programme had its own arc.<BR/><BR/>Davies seems incapable of getting under the skin of the Dr Who series and giving it an anatomy that all works together. So we have varous bits and pieces that look fantastic on their own but it all hangs wrong.<BR/><BR/>It's also set at the same feverish pitch with none of Buffy's wit, pacing and subtlety. <BR/><BR/>Buffy's stories worked on so many different levels, all exploring and illuminating real moral and psychological dilemmas you face in everyday life and giving you the strength and power to find your own inner Buffy. For me, this is one of the aspects of the show that made it extraordinary.<BR/><BR/>I watched League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse again last night. It had few, if none, of the problems of Dr Who so I know that the Brits can do it. But I'm still waiting for Davies to get it together.<BR/><BR/>BTW, nice silversmithing.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-12280964845211813062007-12-28T23:51:00.000+00:002007-12-28T23:51:00.000+00:00You might have a point about Davies stealing from ...You might have a point about Davies stealing from Whedon if Whedon had actually invented any of those tropes. As it is, both men play with story ideas that go back thousands of years. Kuddos to both for giving them a modern update.Lionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248105912379321811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-66499947151832582482007-12-26T18:50:00.000+00:002007-12-26T18:50:00.000+00:00"It seemed very .... well, English in all the wors..."It seemed very .... well, English in all the worst ways".<BR/><BR/>Yeah, you are probably right but, rather like me finding Cap'n Jack desirable, I don't why I liked Ultraviolet.....and I don't even like Jack Davenport. Dunno, totally unfathomable...<BR/><BR/>Though I do agree with you that Buffy is the best TV series.Louisefeministahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279991897445225597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-78040619957874156912007-12-26T18:43:00.000+00:002007-12-26T18:43:00.000+00:00Sorry, what I should have made clear was that The ...Sorry, what I should have made clear was that The League of Gentlemen was the best <I>British</I> TV series of recent years. But I'll keep an eye open for The Wire, Phil. <BR/><BR/>For me, the best TV series, including the US, would have to be Buffy.<BR/><BR/>Ultraviolet. Hmmm. Really not sure about that. Someone gave me the DVD and I got one and a bit episodes in when I ejected it from the machine, from home, from my life, for evah. It seemed very .... well, English in all the worst ways.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-38896493376421937642007-12-26T17:20:00.000+00:002007-12-26T17:20:00.000+00:00I admit C4 made, around 10 yrs ago and by the same...I admit C4 made, around 10 yrs ago and by the same team who brought us This Life, the sheer brilliant Ultraviolet. It was fighting vampires, secret organisation, main protagonist getting sucked in the never world of fighting pesky vampires..yada yada.. and had a good script. <BR/><BR/>It may have starred Jack Davenport but it was a real under-rated gem and they only did one series. <BR/><BR/>I didn't miss an episode...the special effects weren't great but the script and acting made up for it.Louisefeministahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279991897445225597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-32120811212003633652007-12-26T15:43:00.000+00:002007-12-26T15:43:00.000+00:00"... they just didn't pull it off."Indeed they di..."... they just didn't pull it off."<BR/><BR/>Indeed they didn't. (Fnaarff!)Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-42514320212757274362007-12-26T15:41:00.000+00:002007-12-26T15:41:00.000+00:00I thought it was hilariously wrong when they tried...I thought it was hilariously wrong when they tried to turn the runty sidekick in Torchwood into a Spike and only succeeded in making him look even more of a todger-tugger than he is already.<BR/><BR/>It requires a light touch and a deft hand at reversing character types and Russell is no great shakes.<BR/><BR/>(Sorry for all the wanker metaphors.)Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-44514138545896920932007-12-26T14:34:00.000+00:002007-12-26T14:34:00.000+00:00Yeah, I agree. I think the best that could be sa...Yeah, I agree. I think the best that could be said of the whole thing is that it was (partially) enjoyable trash, but they did go way OTT, even moreso than usual, with no real depth at all.<BR/><BR/>For me the most annoying thing was how horribly sentimental it was. It made the finale of the last series look quite modest in the bucket-of-mush stakes. It also strikes me that this is one incarnation of the Time Lord who seems to get more Christ-like with every passing act of heroism, and so do his companians. <BR/><BR/>And he seems to be snogging more of them than his predecesors would have done as well...<BR/><BR/>Re. Buffy/Spike, I think Spike is possibly my greatest TV villain ever (with the exception perhaps of Cigarette Smoking Man from The X Files) but Davies had an ideal opportunity to emulate but surpass Spike by introducing The Master last series. And for a while it showed potential, but for me they just didn't pull it off.D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17068816125711875576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-49227102306322439162007-12-26T14:01:00.000+00:002007-12-26T14:01:00.000+00:00Indeed, Phil. Wossat, cult cop show? Which channel...Indeed, Phil. Wossat, cult cop show? Which channel? Any repeats?Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-28456400971724241222007-12-26T13:19:00.000+00:002007-12-26T13:19:00.000+00:00Obviously you both remain unacquainted with The Wi...Obviously you both remain unacquainted with The Wire ...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-20587142727819052812007-12-26T12:30:00.000+00:002007-12-26T12:30:00.000+00:00"The best TV series of recent years remains The Le..."The best TV series of recent years remains The League Of Gentlemen".<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I agree!Louisefeministahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279991897445225597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-71136845608547512482007-12-26T12:22:00.000+00:002007-12-26T12:22:00.000+00:00Yes, derivative or what?I don't think there's been...Yes, derivative or what?<BR/><BR/>I don't think there's been one episode where we haven't ended up playing "spot the nick". Remember the blatant "V For Vendetta" back in the Christopher Ecclestone days. <BR/><BR/>Shame coz they really do have all the ingredients for a great show.<BR/><BR/>I knew Kylie was doomed as soon as I saw it was Kylie coz she was hardly gonna give up pop stardom to go back to her telly roots. Astrid. Stardust. Yes, Russell.<BR/><BR/>The best TV series of recent years remains The League Of Gentlemen.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-85732998345334999002007-12-26T11:43:00.000+00:002007-12-26T11:43:00.000+00:00I dunno, it just looked like they spent the cash o...I dunno, it just looked like they spent the cash on Kylie's salary as opposed to some stunning effects and a decent script. <BR/><BR/>But I just kept seeing The Dr in the role of Gene Hackman in the Poseidon, leading a gang of rag-tag survivors though the Dr lives but Kylie dies (oh, the inhumanity..of bumping off one of the main stars). You knew she was doomed, I say doomed, when she said she wanted to travel with the Dr in his Tardis.<BR/><BR/>But I wish Russell. T would give it a rest and start using his own creative juices and imagination.Louisefeministahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279991897445225597noreply@blogger.com