Eh, James Marsters might be nifty
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I predict the show will still be full of pulpy illogical nonsense, but it will be improved on last season. I suspect Stark will still loathe it, but I reckon I'll enjoy it.Dartzap wrote:Youtube
Eh, James Marsters might be niftyThey may be some sort of hope for this series. Right? Right?
You don't like Season Three either? Rather crappy Dalek two parter and "Last of the Time Lords" falling apart in the last 15 minutes aside, I don't think Season Three was that awful, but Season Four this year could be the real test.Admiral Valdemar wrote:That'd indeed be because it was a pilot and ITV is often apprehensive about such things, especially when critics were billing it as a DW killer, which would likely raise the bar (well, not given season 3).
It's like with the Daleks in New York. That was really very ordinary, yet everytime I think of Caan having that heart to heart with Mr Slick Hair, I go 'hey, that was actual Dalek character development, and it wasn't lame. Holy fuck'. Then they dropped the ball entirely, destroyed Sec as a character, completely destroyed their chance to do something really different with the Daleks, had the other Daleks totally divorce themselves from what it meant to be a part of the Cult of Skarro (they were intended to be free-thinkers and revolutionaries, so why were they so concerned with vilating Dalek tradition? THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE CREATED FOR), and, to top it all off, got rid of Caan totally badass deep voice.Stark wrote:And S3 had some of the best shit ever and some of the worst shit ever. I can only really sit through about 40% of it without throwing shit at the TV, which isn't a good sign.
Is it a coincidence that the best stuff in series three (Human Nature, Family of something or other, Blink and Utopia) were all about the Doctor's relationship with someone other than Martha (i.e. the matron and Jack) or didn't have the two of them in it much at all?Stark wrote: And S3 had some of the best shit ever and some of the worst shit ever. I can only really sit through about 40% of it without throwing shit at the TV, which isn't a good sign.
Less sex and swearing? Sounds like they heard some of the complaints then, heh.Torchwood star Kai Owen has promised that the second season is a vast improvement on its debut year.
Owen, whose role as Gwen Cooper's reliable boyfriend Rhys will be expanded in future episodes, told icWales: "I hope it draws the crowds it deserves because it is bigger, better, classier and slicker. They have cut down on the swearing and the sex but it’s still adult, still violent, and the scripts are better, too."
The Doctor Who spin-off, which moves to BBC2 when it returns later this month, has reaped record ratings on BBC America. "I think they are enjoying the Britishness of it, even the Welshness of it," commented Owen, "because Cardiff looks fantastic and there is just nothing like it being made in this country."