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showbiz_liz
Jun 2, 2008

bobkatt013 posted:

Also we do not know if that will even be his costume as they usually pick it out mid or at the end of the story.

But also, they don't always film the episodes in order.

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showbiz_liz
Jun 2, 2008

PriorMarcus posted:

He does yeah.

However, I really don't know why people still use series in that sense. Season makes way more loving sense.

Eh, I guess it's a 'series of episodes' but then, 1. so is any arbitrary number of episodes, including all of them and 2. what do British people call American 'series' anyway? Just 'shows'?

showbiz_liz
Jun 2, 2008

Oh I love this. Capaldi on the back of a fake horse being towed by a truck stuffed with people, going "Woooah! Wargh! Bleh!" at the top of his lungs, and then a highly skilled rider just casually galloping over the same set. I'll look these up again whenever that episode airs.

showbiz_liz
Jun 2, 2008
That trio and River have the same problem- they were originally introduced to give the series some sweeping breadth, like "look how big this universe is, look how much happens off-screen, look how many mysteries are left to be explored!" And if they had been used just the one time, or possibly twice, they would have successfully conveyed that vibe. But by returning to the same well OVER AND OVER AND OVER, they have the exact opposite effect- they make 'all of time and space' look about as populated as a medium-sized town.

showbiz_liz
Jun 2, 2008

Big Mean Jerk posted:

American Gods is pretty solid.

Except for the massive nothing of a protagonist, sure.

"Character traits? Oh! You mean like the ability to do coin tricks! There, that's sorted."

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