tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3559843569390126689..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #756: GridlockSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75409835605036069102013-12-18T13:16:16.550-04:002013-12-18T13:16:16.550-04:00I dunno. The answer to "how would the fandom ...I dunno. The answer to "how would the fandom have reacted?" is usually "some of them were extremely annoyed and went to the internet to complain", regardless of the rest of the actual question. LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-433462430894072522013-12-17T20:43:23.144-04:002013-12-17T20:43:23.144-04:00@Randal
A lot less angrily. What defined the Macr...@Randal<br /><br />A lot less angrily. What defined the Macra wasn't their food source, but their cunning. They're not really Macra without that.<br /><br />Besides the setting is large enough for other polution eating monsters. If RTD wanted one that didn't resemble Macra in any meaningful way, he could have made one up quite easily.CiBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75329537902406417462013-12-17T12:15:15.403-04:002013-12-17T12:15:15.403-04:00I remember a great response to people at the time ...I remember a great response to people at the time complaining about the de-evolution of the Macra:<br />What if there were giant pollution eating monsters down below and they WEREN'T the Macra? How would fandom react?Randalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27298972961664611582013-12-17T11:05:07.169-04:002013-12-17T11:05:07.169-04:00One thing in this episode and so many others on th...One thing in this episode and so many others on the new run: the bad guy isn't some arrogant jerk saying "soon you will submit to my will, moo-hoo-hoo-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa!" but technology that has run disastrously off the rails. I don't see that as social commentary, just a different type of threat that cannot be bargained with or outbluffed. And I say it beats the hell out of the standard issue old-style bad guy.<br /><br />Even when they tried to pull something similar in the old series, they didn't get it right. The computer in Leela's first episode was less a malfunctioning program than a crazy man. And the robot from Tom Baker's first outing fell in love with Sarah Jane, good God that's painful to even think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com