tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5519543830175673228..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: 10 and 1 Things About The Hungry Earth/Cold BloodSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-32608796901883363892010-11-08T10:06:02.826-04:002010-11-08T10:06:02.826-04:00"which makes us shout at the screen rather a ..."which makes us shout at the screen rather a lot."<br />Yes YES YES!!!! Glad I'm not the only one who thought so- for a worried mother, she's awfully dense about damaging the only bargaining chip with which to save her husband, son, and father. :-)<br /><br />Plus, the insanely grating attitude of the prisoner and her thick captors- she was an irritant, and they were clods.<br />"I hate you all, and want all of you to die!"<br />"He's dying- help us save him!"<br />Why would she do that?<br /><br />"I can't wait to die in your captivity so that the war may truly begin!"<br />"Help us, or we'll kill you!"<br />Why would you think that threat would work based on what she just said?<br /><br />Just not very smart humans in this one.Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-70999317925170924172010-06-06T22:08:34.740-03:002010-06-06T22:08:34.740-03:00Yes, it's Van Hhhohhhhhh.Yes, it's Van Hhhohhhhhh.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-4297574802924945832010-06-06T21:16:37.513-03:002010-06-06T21:16:37.513-03:00One thing I meant to check but can't because I...One thing I meant to check but can't because I forgot to keep the episode... In the Weeping Angels two-parter, Matt Smith's hair is a lot more crazy than in other episodes, presumably because it was the first one filmed. Is his hair still crazy during the scene of him talking to Amy? If it's not, it might indicate something that was filmed later because after watching the episode the writers felt that the Doctor was too harsh with Amy.<br /><br />Personally, I don't think it was a mistake. Although the Doctor was dressed "wrongly", he was filmed so as to largely hide that. It means that if you are watching it casually, it doesn't stick out quite as much as if you are the sort of obsessive fan who notices stuff like that.<br /><br />And finally, this was on QI recently, but apparently neither "Van Goff" nor "Van Go" are correct pronounciations. "Van Goff" is closer, though.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-47070764955611005302010-06-05T10:57:21.277-03:002010-06-05T10:57:21.277-03:00I've been thinking about fixed points, and I h...I've been thinking about fixed points, and I have a radical hypothesis: fixed points exist only because of time travel, and the more time travel that occurs, the more points that become fixed. A point becomes fixed if it is necessary to make for a stable, sustainable time loop for the time traveler, otherwise it can be changed at will. So I guess we can assume that, Silurians or no Silurians, the Doctor's experiences with the human race in our future (his past?) would have worked out the same. Not so if Pompeii hadn't been destroyed, though.<br /><br />This doesn't mean that, on each "iteration" of the loop, everything has to work out identically, just so long as the same overall results drive the loop to be stable. It could be that, monkeying around with the past at some point after "The Five Doctors" (i.e. the final appearance of the Brigadier), the Doctor could have accidentally changed things such that Sergeant Benton got promoted faster than Captain Yates, and on the next "iteration" of the loop, it turned out that UNIT was run by Brigadier Benton and his faithful assistant Sergeant Lethbridge-Stewart. Not a problem, so long as history plays out with the Doctor leaving and performing the same basic monkeying in the past (possibly with the result of putting Lethbridge-Stewart on top again).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-66610809587825598912010-06-04T17:13:33.777-03:002010-06-04T17:13:33.777-03:00I DO count the 'continuity problem' in Ang...I DO count the 'continuity problem' in Angels, primarily due to things other than the Doctor's jacket.<br /><br />Mainly, it's that other than this reassuring snip of dialogue with Amy, he's far to busy and down-to-business, both before and after that bit. Particularly after, it doesn't seem like River and the abbot have had to wait up for him to give Amy one last little boost.<br /><br />Then there is the dialogue itself. Why is he asking her to remember something? How does this tie into the Angel problem at that particular point?<br /><br />It's enough to make me very suspicious. I'm anxiously awaiting the finale, because I want to see what all ties in or not.Radagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422101417730536911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-29318648945768048372010-06-04T08:09:21.634-03:002010-06-04T08:09:21.634-03:00Hahaha, Eric Roberts wasn't enough of a hick f...Hahaha, Eric Roberts wasn't enough of a hick for you?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-8945461284677362032010-06-04T04:31:30.259-03:002010-06-04T04:31:30.259-03:00I'm going to make a prediction, and it's a...I'm going to make a prediction, and it's a long shot, but playing the ponies is always more fun that way. The original event that caused the cracking in time is the Doctor stealing clothes from the hospital. Why?<br /><br />1) It seems like a Moffat-y turn of events: some minor action that received at most cursory attention in an early episode, proves to have huge consequences later.<br /><br />2) The Doctor has to have done something to cause the time crack. This is a thing the Doctor did. Therefore.<br /><br />3) When you steal clothes from a physician, it impairs his ability to treat patients / conduct research, with possible significant consequences downstream.<br /><br />4) So much of Matt Smith's season has mirrored Jon Pertwee's run, why not include a thematic nod to "Planet of the Spiders"? The Doctor steals something and the consequences prove dire, so the Doctor has to go to great lengths to return what he stole and undo the damage.<br /><br />Unrelated, but ever seen "Trailer Park Boys"? Somehow, every time I look at Julian, all I can see is the guy they should have picked to play The Master. He's got that Anthony Ainley look, and the Master would be more menacing if he always had a glass of rum and Coke in one hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56668559058482436372010-06-03T08:21:26.411-03:002010-06-03T08:21:26.411-03:00I don't count the continuity problem in Angels...I don't count the continuity problem in Angels.<br /><br />11th Hour: When little Amy is in the yard waiting for the Doctor to come back, we see an angle from inside the house looking out. A human figure runs past, through the kitchen.<br /><br />Beast Below: The message Amy leaves herself is conceivably a future Amy who knows something more, rather than the present Amy who's afraid for the Doctor's life.<br /><br />Victory of the Daleks: While the lights are out in London, someone opens a door on the roof. The old guard turns around and tells that someone to shut it before it gives away their position. We never see who.<br /><br />Each of these episodes had a prominent crack.<br /><br />In the Angel 2-parter, the crack was closed in-episode. No need for anyone to return there. Vampires of Venice and Amy's Choice haven't really shown a crack. Hungry Earth does, and the Characters double back on themselves.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-60191121846193363312010-06-03T08:04:32.903-03:002010-06-03T08:04:32.903-03:00Not sure what you mean about evidence of the Doc d...Not sure what you mean about evidence of the Doc doubling back. Can you point it out? Apart from one apparent continuity stuff-up regarding the Doctor's coat during the second part of the Weeping Angels story, I haven't seen anything.Eric TF Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877525364475334374noreply@blogger.com