tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5701904954160803404..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #879: Dead of NightSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-91326695618726364652014-04-20T08:36:31.669-03:002014-04-20T08:36:31.669-03:00Yes. I can even tell you when: May 29th.
I'm ...Yes. I can even tell you when: May 29th.<br /><br />I'm so close to the end now, I can actually do that.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-30717484683941819852014-04-20T03:38:22.280-03:002014-04-20T03:38:22.280-03:00Out of curiosity, are you going to review “The Fiv...Out of curiosity, are you going to review “The Fiveish Doctors” and put it in your RPG timeline as something some old players made up as a meta-parody of their campaign and the RPG club?Bobhttp://www.alternatehistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-49203468933224746602014-04-19T21:36:16.983-03:002014-04-19T21:36:16.983-03:00Part of the fun: You bet! Same reason I watched Sa...Part of the fun: You bet! Same reason I watched Sailor Moon years ago, trying to decode the anime symbology like the big sweat drops, etc.<br /><br />A model for popularizing foreign shows: Maybe it isn't. Miracle Day kind of killed the brand, didn't it?<br /><br />Remakes: I agree. It's absurd. Of course, these people aren't into distributing shows, but making them and owning them. They hope lightning will strike twice, but you get Coupling more often than you do House of Cards.<br /><br />I'm personally a big fan of shows that DON'T take place in NY, LA or DC. Republic of Doyle, Justified and Breaking Bad, for example, are great at least partly (sometimes a lot) because of their colorful locations.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-57416356500350318612014-04-19T21:03:51.948-03:002014-04-19T21:03:51.948-03:00I agree that viewers should be trusted to figure o...I agree that viewers should be trusted to figure out language differences by context, and they can always Google if they're really desperate. I've been watching Australian TV for a couple of years now, and there's still times I have no idea what the characters are talking about--but figuring it out is part of the fun!<br /><br />In the show's defence, it was heartening as a Torchwood fan since the beginning that this co-production took the previously episodes seriously and didn't dispense with canon or characters. In that sense, it's a model for how successful British or other foreign genre shows should be "popularized" in the U.S.<br /><br />I've always thought it disappointing that American network execs felt the need to completely remake so many popular foreign shows, even ones that were in English the first time around!<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_based_on_British_television_series<br /><br />Are American audiences really so parochial that they can't enjoy a show that's not set in New York or Los Angeles? Maybe so, but I hope not . . .Jeremy Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398438801903631183noreply@blogger.com