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Does Dr. Who get good?
RayB:
I complained about the reboot too some years ago, and people here told me it was meant for kids. So... there ya go. It's a kids show! ;D
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 03, 2010, 11:18:38 pm ---Oh wait, you mean you actually liked the old seasons?
:dizzy:
I've personally never understood the appeal of the show.... I tried watching it as a kid, tried again as an adult, tried a third time when I bought the pinball. Just never did it. Always figured it's gotta be for stoners or something, because 20 minutes of every episode involve the Doctor standing 10 feet away from a trashcan that does nothing but wave around a spray painted toilet plunger while nothing happens.
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It's a commonwealth country thing, you'll never get Dr Who, and we'll never get NFL...
Howard_Casto:
Not true. I've always enjoyed Dr. Who... both the old and new series.
The thing you've got to understand though is the show is NOT science fiction... it's fiction fiction. None of the "science" or plot devices ever make sense. That's what makes it fun though... especially considering every other sci-fi show takes itself waaaay too seriously. That being said it's also the shows biggest downfall, with the resolution to the episode often being "clap your hands if you believe in faries".
All of that aside... the first season is a tad rough... it does get better. Also some people don't like the doctor of the first season. I did, but many didn't. The show doesn't really hit it's stride until the dalek army is re-introduced.
Also the current season is very good. The plots are even more stupid (if that's even possible) but there is some actual emotional content and a general plot stringing the whole season together.
Oh and Sarah Pond......... we like Sarah Pond......
Bobulus:
It's not for everyone. It's a family show, so it's not a 'gritty' scifi show like say, the new Battlestar Galactica, but it does have something like forty seasons of the old show to build on, so it'll never really run out of stories to tell.
For what it's worth, the pop culture references get toned down after season 1, and in my personal opinion the quality improves a lot when the head writer changes in season 5.
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 04, 2010, 08:24:43 am ---Also the current season is very good. The plots are even more stupid (if that's even possible) but there is some actual emotional content and a general plot stringing the whole season together.
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Thing I liked about the new season was that there are fewer Deus Ex Machina endings. If the Doctor is going to do some crazy 'science' stuff in the 3rd act to save the say, it's at least going to be set up in the 1st act. One of my gripes with the Tennant era is that some episodes end with him doing something that has never been mentioned before in the episode, like, say, the ending to the Davros story.
edit: It's worth mentioning that it's probably less the actor overacting badly and more the Doctor being an extremely eccentric character. Though he may change personalities a bit as different actors play him, he's always comes off as a bit of a mad man in a blue box. :)
SNAAKE:
why would you waste your time on such mediocre(mostly crappy) show :banghead:
how about you try these instead.
dexter(whoa!)
prison break
breaking bad
spartacus
burn notice
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