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Hey The_Doctor, are you doing a DWSS this year? Apologies if this has already been answered, I haven't read the thread much since summer.
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Jerusalem posted:Outside of all the back-and-forth going on, I really dug the implied dread and fear in,"What do you mean... one?" God yes, that was the best part of the clip
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Nov 18, 2017 04:40
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The_Doctor posted:80s synths are back in fashion... Let us all pray that the success of Stranger Things does not make any person in charge of the show think "Yes... let's do 80s Doctor Who aesthetic."
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Nov 18, 2017 06:46
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Dabir posted:I relistened to ...Ish yesterday and good golly is it a delight. A real celebration of the English language. Almost every line is some sort of play on words, which I really appreciate, and the antagonist is something only Doctor Who could get away with. Conversely, I listened to Medicinal Purposes for the first time over the last couple of days and I really should've paid more attention to the reviews I'd read beforehand and just skipped it. The Doctor outright hero worshiping Burke and Hare (it's one thing to say "bad things happened, but some good came of it eventually, that's history" and completely another to want to shake the hands of serial murderers and tell them how much you appreciate their work) is gross and ruins what was otherwise a pretty effective atmosphere with an nice, tragic performance from Tennant. I mean, even without that stuff the story's antagonist/resolution is a bit bollocks but you could overlook that if the rest wasn't so completely unDoctory.
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Nov 18, 2017 07:25
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Bicyclops posted:Let us all pray that the success of Stranger Things does not make any person in charge of the show think "Yes... let's do 80s Doctor Who aesthetic." I had never considered that possibility It will now horrify me for all of my days, thanks
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Nov 18, 2017 07:30
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Box of Bunnies posted:Conversely, I listened to Medicinal Purposes for the first time over the last couple of days and I really should've paid more attention to the reviews I'd read beforehand and just skipped it. The Doctor outright hero worshiping Burke and Hare (it's one thing to say "bad things happened, but some good came of it eventually, that's history" and completely another to want to shake the hands of serial murderers and tell them how much you appreciate their work) is gross and ruins what was otherwise a pretty effective atmosphere with an nice, tragic performance from Tennant. God yeah, even taking Knox out of consideration, the Doctor's attitude towards Burke and Hare is just awful and about as "un-Doctory" as you can get.
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Nov 18, 2017 08:14
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Hey The_Doctor, are you doing a DWSS this year? Apologies if this has already been answered, I haven't read the thread much since summer. I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess since we’re in the back half of November I really ought to... Do people want one?
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Nov 18, 2017 11:56
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The_Doctor posted:I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess since we’re in the back half of November I really ought to... Totally, I have disposable income for the first time in years and I'd love to splash some of that on obscure gifts for internet strangers.
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Nov 18, 2017 14:47
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Aaaaaaaaaaa I just saw the sneak peek for the Christmas special, I need to talk about it but refuse to go into the spoiler threads It is quite the dilemma 
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Nov 18, 2017 15:46
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Chokes McGee posted:Aaaaaaaaaaa I just saw the sneak peek for the Christmas special, I need to talk about it but refuse to go into the spoiler threads There is literally nothing else there but bitter contempt and positive thinking
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Nov 18, 2017 17:33
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Came in here to see lost episode/Mugabe jokes, but there are none in the last two pages. You’re slipping, Doctor Who thread.
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Nov 18, 2017 17:50
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pgroce posted:Came in here to see lost episode/Mugabe jokes, but there are none in the last two pages. You’re slipping, Doctor Who thread. We literally were doing it like Are you sure it wasn't two pages ago? One of my last posts was Mugabe
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Nov 18, 2017 17:52
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pgroce posted:Came in here to see lost episode/Mugabe jokes, but there are none in the last two pages. You’re slipping, Doctor Who thread. You have to go back to page 104, we've moved on quickly.
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Nov 18, 2017 17:54
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The_Doctor posted:You have to go back to page 104, we've moved on quickly. https://twitter.com/lukespillane/status/931616456613220359
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Nov 18, 2017 17:57
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Something something Maybe things will get better for the people there? Man it's going to be weird not having Mugabe to joke about
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Nov 18, 2017 18:49
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Say what you want about Murray Gold. But a lot of the individual themes during his run (Eleven's Theme, This is Gallifrey) have been goddamn stellar, and music's become an enormously large part of the show's identity and popularity. Hell, they even managed to put together a couple of half decent 'Doctor Who Proms' with it. Post your favourite piece of Doctor Who Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRQapIdaMU (cleanest version I could find) gently caress yeah. Break that wall you magnificent bastard.
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Nov 18, 2017 20:05
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My main complaints with Murray Gold are the mixing - he's often pushed way too high and drowns out the dialogue; the inappropriate bombastic nature when regular day-to-day stuff is happening on screen; and the goofy plink plonk poo poo that happens when someone makes a joke or does something strange, like it's an episode of scooby doo. So my distaste for gold is less about the man himself - he's a perfectly fine composer and writes some good themes - and more about how his work is used. Everything is drenched in music and the show never really breathes. This is especially bad in the earlier seasons, but got marginally better as the show went on. Despite the improvements, it never really escaped that constant coating in emotional sledgehammer subtlety. Sad dialogue happening on screen? Better dial up those minor chords really loving loud then! Sometimes tells a joke? Better throw a bucket of hi hats down a stairwell and remove any nuance from the performances. The way Murray Gold's work is used is often as a shortcut to tell you how to feel, instead of reinforcing the feelings the characters are expressing. It's a laugh track, essentially. I'm hoping Chibnall uses the new composer with a more delicate touch.
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Nov 18, 2017 20:20
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Murray Gold's themes are my favorite of all Doctor Who themes. Very epic. If the new one goes away from that, I will be disappointed.
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Nov 18, 2017 20:21
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On the other hand, all music ever should be composed by Paddy Kingsland.
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Nov 18, 2017 20:39
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Oh, I will miss Gold despite all his flaws. We’re never going to hear his glorious leitmotif for Gallifrey again, which does make me sad.
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Nov 18, 2017 21:00
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The version of the main theme by String & Tins for the 'Save The Day' 50th anniversary trailer was goddamn magnificent, and it's a crime that it's never been released as a standalone track without the voiceover and sound effects.
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Nov 18, 2017 23:22
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What consistently offended me about Murray Gold is not that his stuff was loud or OTT, which there will always be a time and a place for, it's the strings-and-horns-and-drum-kit style that makes so much of it sound like it was done by Hans Zimmer's work experience kid. Having said that, there's only one way we can play Murray Gold out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_LLMOSF_8 HOW THE gently caress DO YOU LIKE IT MURRAY? edit: as to the best music, since I don't expect anyone to listen to the entire score from The Caves of Androzani without context, here's a selection from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, which is pure distilled essence of creepy clown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaYH3nQwGOg Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 00:11
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Burkion posted:There is literally nothing else there but bitter contempt and positive thinking Eh. I'm somewhere in between.
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Nov 19, 2017 00:30
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Bicyclops posted:Eh. I'm somewhere in between. Positive contempt?
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Nov 19, 2017 02:04
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CityMidnightJunky posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRQapIdaMU (cleanest version I could find) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS8f_-7yw1c Obligatory "This is Gallifrey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7C0mGSPTnE I also like Gridlocked Cassinis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YP5UhXhR4
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Nov 19, 2017 03:01
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Oh yeah, BTW: The link in the OP to the spoiler thread is to the old spoiler thread.
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Nov 19, 2017 03:19
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I will fix that...for the next thread.
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Nov 19, 2017 05:25
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Trin Tragula posted:I don't expect anyone to listen to the entire score from The Caves of Androzani without context Says you!  For me, it's the Tristam Cary white noise, feedback, and tape loop stuff from the first Dalek serial. Still creepy to this day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB2XgLUa8f8
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Nov 19, 2017 06:46
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Nov 19, 2017 16:09
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Missing the Daleks' robot duplicate
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Nov 19, 2017 16:15
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I just rewatched Family of Blood / Human Nature in its entirety for the first time in a long time and I had to pop in to say that it's a really good story.
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Nov 19, 2017 17:18
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I'm surprised more wasn't made of the similarity with early gas masks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH_helmet
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Nov 19, 2017 18:49
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I've gotten to Earthshock in my rewatch and I am very ready to say goodbye to Adric, but Five is being such a baby that I wish Adric would take Five with him, and, hell, maybe Tegan too.
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Nov 19, 2017 23:00
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Bicyclops posted:and, hell, maybe Tegan too. This will not stand. This.... aggression... will not stand. Edit: Also, mysteriously the 5th Doctor seems to cheer up a great deal after Earthshock 
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Nov 20, 2017 01:17
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Jerusalem posted:This will not stand. This.... aggression... will not stand. She won't stop complaining! I know that all of Australia will kill me for this, but she's just another Adric!
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Nov 20, 2017 02:41
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Bicyclops posted:she's just another Adric! 
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Nov 20, 2017 02:57
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Now that I think about it, 5 really has the most useless companions. Adric is a brat, Turlough is an rear end, Tegan just wants to go home, Nyssa is living wallpaper, Kamelion is in the hallway closet with the incomplete board games, and Peri gets him killed.
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Nov 20, 2017 04:35
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So the UNIT box after next sounds pretty excitingquote:Coming out in May next year, the pressure is on for the War Master to save us all in UNIT – Cyber Reality
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Nov 20, 2017 11:07
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Well. Hot drat. I was honestly not expecting Jacobi to turn up in much else as the War Master
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Yeah, not expected at all. I was interested in the next one because it sounds like it might be exploring an Inferno-like alternate reality, but the War Master AND Cybermen is a pretty good hook for the next one. Especially with Big Finish hopefully doing the buzzy Cybermen voices.
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