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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-10 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 18:32:20 -0400
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On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:45:59 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

>On 5/11/24 2:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Friday pay day(!), after getting some work done (but not enough!!), I
>>> resolved to make yesterday a "movie day" when I got home, so I basically
>>> did.
>>>
>>>
>>> What did you watch?!
>> 
>> Hey, thanks for asking!
>> 
>> DARK MATTER episode one
>> I keep waiting for J. Jonah Jamison to show up and try to sell me
>> insurance. At least it’s dark and dreary and confusing.
>
>Robin: That's not DARK MATTER!!

She is right.

>> DOCTOR WHOM
>> OK, here’s the shocker of the month. This wasn’t horrible at all. It was
>> way better than the Christmas special.
>> The initial set up with explaining everything to the new companion was well
>> done although it seems they’ve done a reset on history. The space babies
>> Adventure itself wasn’t as good but it was still enjoyable. The second
>> episode was just dumb. And there were a lot of points of big stupid that
>> left you saying “why? and wouldn’t you do this instead?“
>
>Ian: This hasn't been "Doctor Who" since 1989!!  ;p

Congratulations on continuing to be wrong. It clearly ended in 1981.

LOL. Seriously I enjoyed the 2005 reboot. It kept much of the charm of
the old DOCTOR WHO while updating it for a modern audience. There were
some great stories in that version of the show especially with the
introduction of the Weeping Angels. 

The reboot this past Christmas left a lot to be desired. Also they
were pushing the gay story line far more than they should have. It was
there with Captain Jack Harkness without being distracting most of the
time, but it felt like RTD wanted to make that much more of the story
this time around. (Yes, I know it played more of a role in TORCHWOOD
but that wasn't DOCTOR WHO, which as some have suggested was more of a
family friendly show than TORCHWOOD.)