Originally Posted by Dalek104
I agree. It's like saying the Cybermen made a return in Series One when one briefly appeared in Van Statten's museum in 'Dalek'.  |
Glad you're with me.
Originally Posted by MI7
And saying the Macra didn't return because they were realised differently is like saying the Daleks didn't return in "Revelation of the Daleks" until the very end because they were just pawns of Davros rather than scheming Empire-builders .
Sorry, the Macra came back. And if you don't want to accept that Russell listened to fans for once and brought back a monster that most people had neither heard of nor cared about and instead complain that they weren't proper Macra...I pity you.  |
No, sorry. "Realized differently" is one thing. Betraying (or more precisely
ditching) the original concept of the race is quite another. While it was
lovely to have the Macra appear, and it was, they were not
at all Macra in any sense of the original. If Ian Stuart Black is still alive, he is probably quite disappointed. If he is dead, he is probably turning in his grave. He put some thought into making an original, evil, inventive, conquering monster and RTD turned them into mindless hulks that beat on cars because they gave off heat. James understands what I'm getting at here. They're essentially a betrayal of the original concept, and as I said earlier, there is really nothing beyond appearance (and enjoyment of certain tasty toxic gases) that makes those creatures Macra.