tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post8073181765413490409..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #875: The Almost PeopleSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-8463202711930053492014-08-13T12:32:46.780-03:002014-08-13T12:32:46.780-03:00I didn't care for this one. I found the base u...I didn't care for this one. I found the base unleader to be violently unreasonable for the sake of being violently unreasonable (albeit utterly unreasonable base leaders are a long Who tradition) who escalates things into straight-up murder in an absolutely psychopathic, plot-requires-her-to, no-human-being-would-react-that-way-to-those-stimuli kind of way.<br /><br />Also, the bit with Amy repeatedly putting down the Doctor and the Doctors having switched was SO telegraphed and SO obvious, and SO overdone, it was just pathetic. And Amy's change of heart at the end doesn't seem very well motivated. It's just trite and there to complement the message, not an outgrowth of anything the character did or learned.<br /><br />So, to me, it fell flat, because the development and moral felt contrived and arbitrary- or, in some cases, merely the situation that led to them in the first place did.Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-21771100540224974602014-04-15T09:46:20.807-03:002014-04-15T09:46:20.807-03:00Yes, that's Alex + Ada and it's awesome.Yes, that's Alex + Ada and it's awesome.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-24966446533375520122014-04-15T09:06:35.146-03:002014-04-15T09:06:35.146-03:00I remember listening to a podcast where they were ...I remember listening to a podcast where they were talking about an independent comic set in a world where humans and robots work alongside each other. At one point the main human has to prove that he's a human, and he does so by reading a captcha window.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-37741892403819243292014-04-15T07:53:15.093-03:002014-04-15T07:53:15.093-03:00Wish I'd thought of those.
In the future, you...Wish I'd thought of those.<br /><br />In the future, you will have to authenticate your comments by proving you're not a Ganger, an android, or an alien shapeshifter.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31145512340544632212014-04-15T07:44:02.130-03:002014-04-15T07:44:02.130-03:00No no no, the Doctor wanted to be a GINGER, not a ...No no no, the Doctor wanted to be a GINGER, not a GANGER!<br /><br />(cue obvious joke about the number strings below the comment entry form here: "Please prove you're not a ganger"...)Briannoreply@blogger.com