Originally Posted by Larren
The blip of rose screaming, what looks like "Doctor" caught me completly off guard, spooked me. In a awesome way.
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I confess, I didn't notice it the first time I watched it, nor did my brother, and nor did my mother. What caught me off guard was seeing "Rose Tyler BILLIE PIPER" in the credits. I thought it was a genuine mistake, until I talked to people and they pointed me in the right direction.
Originally Posted by Larren
FX, Acting, etc.. all a big thumbs up.
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Agreed.
Originally Posted by Larren
The new colonel proved himself in this one as well. Might never replace Lethbridge, but he'll stand on his own.
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Also agreed. I just want a recurring face or two at UNIT -- then I'll be happy.
Originally Posted by Larren
Pulling out the new guns, the speech to the troops and then bringing the Valiant down.. that was sheer genius. Loved it. A sort of.. "Did he.. HE DID!" moment. - Oh, thought it was fitting he was the one that gunned down Skorr. - "Thank you Doctor, thank you for your lack of faith, but this time I'm NOT listening!" Hell, the entire speech was awesome.
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The speech was enjoyable, although I was sad to see the Valiant back. I hated the Valiant in Last of the Time Lords. It was much better here, but it still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
Originally Posted by Larren
Few little jokes and all that, maybe I shouldn't have laughed or enjoyed them as much as I did, but.. "Are you my mummy?" with the gas mask got me good.
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Heh. Unfortunately I accidentally read it on Wikipedia shortly before watching the episode, so I saw it coming. But it was an awesome line nonetheless.
Originally Posted by Larren
Ratt at the end with Sontar.. HAH. Made me laugh out loud with a resounding 'HAH!'.  |
Yeah. I liked the chant last week, but I thought they overdid it a bit this week. Still, it was worth it in the end for Rattigan's line.
Originally Posted by Larren
Yet another one.. Martha running over to sit with the Doctor, hugging him and sitting with him as he crawls out of the teleport.. then Donna outright smacking him. I'm starting to really love her.
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Donna was quite good in last week's, and she was great in this one. No issues with Donna this week at all.
Originally Posted by Larren
All in all, enjoyable story with a good pace. Very 'doctor-ish' moments.. noticing Martha was fake, all his little comments, coming up with how to save them, the bit about Ross when he died.. and then in the end, the very somber "I have to give them a chance." - Really reminds you a lot about what he stands for.
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All of that was good. It was sad to see them kill off Ross, but I commend them for having the strength to do it.
Originally Posted by Larren
Last but not least, another round of props to the Sontarans.. seriously, love the actors and the script behind them, they just seem so right.
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Meh. Christopher Ryan was awesome, and all the Sontarans were written well, but I thought all the other actors ranged from mediocre to crap. Admittedly, though, Skorr was better in this one. Last week he was
really crap.
Originally Posted by Larren
Observation at the end.. it seemed like the camera kept cutting to the bubbling hand under the console, wonder if it means anything?
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I didn't even know he still
had that. I think it's obvious that it has something to do with it, based on the camera and directing.
Originally Posted by Larren
As for next week.. it scares me, it really does. It has the potential to be very good, or very bad. We'll have to see. Fingers crossed!
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Based on the trailer, I'd say very bad. Hoping to be pleasantly surprised, though, as I liked Stephen Greenhorn's episode last year. Still, my hopes are not high. In fact, I thought the ending was rather brilliant... I love the idea of leading into the next episode even though they're not related. We had that back in the Hartnell era. I thought doing it again was pretty kickass. But at the same time, I felt like the trailer really let down the awesomeness and mystery of the ending. On my copy, I've edited out the trailer. I feel like the ending is way better like that. I don't have an issue sharing the trailer with anyone, but I feel like the episode kicks way more ass on its own with that WTF ending preserved, at least for a few minutes, so I'm keeping the trailer out of it. I feel like that awesome ending should sink in on its own.
Then maybe show off the trailer.