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Author Topic: "Stolen Earth" , DOCTOR WHO current airing in America (Holy Shrock!!)  (Read 2620 times)

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« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2008, 11:41:28 AM »
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So what did they cut?  PM me if you don't want to post it.

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« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2008, 01:30:30 PM »
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Now you know the sort of prices we have to put up with in the UK! That Lost stuff here is the same as yours - just with a £ sign put in front. IE, double the actual price you pay.
Plainly that's because, unlike ours, yours is an imaginary currency.

Little-known fact: Did you know that in England, you can cross a price out with a permanent marker and write in the price that you want to pay?  Because it's made-up money. Totally true.

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« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2008, 03:23:31 PM »
Great episode. I saw the finale a couple of weeks ago, and it's a bit of a disappointment from the HUGE cliffhanger, but still a very worthwhile and excellent episode.

I'm a Doctor Who fan from way back, so seeing old you-know-who as the villain again was, well, amazing.

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« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2008, 12:28:22 PM »
Stolen Earth and Journey's End were okay. There were bits I really liked (the TARDIS flight at the end, for example), but one the whole, I felt a bit let down. It had a lot of potential, but...And I don't like the resolution with you know who.

But I'll see how I feel after a second viewing.

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« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2008, 12:30:02 PM »
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Stolen Earth and Journey's End were okay. There were bits I really liked (the TARDIS flight at the end, for example), but one the whole, I felt a bit let down. It had a lot of potential, but...And I don't like the resolution with you know who.

But I'll see how I feel after a second viewing.

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I think that Journey's end is MUCH better after a second viewing.

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« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2008, 05:04:03 PM »
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I think that Journey's end is MUCH better after a second viewing.


Well, I'll be getting series four for the Moffat episodes and Midnight, so I'll watch it again at least once. It's not that I dislike it per se - 'cause there's a lot in there for love - but...eh. It feels more like a miss than a hit.

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« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2008, 05:08:32 PM »
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Well, I'll be getting series four for the Moffat episodes and Midnight, so I'll watch it again at least once. It's not that I dislike it per se - 'cause there's a lot in there for love - but...eh. It feels more like a miss than a hit.

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I had that same feeling the first time around. I don't know. It just kind of didn't work for me. But when I watched it again, I really started to enjoy it. :huhsign:

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« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2008, 06:31:41 PM »
Hey Guys? You don't have to dance around mentioning stuff from next week's American showing. I read ahead and the wikipedia entries for the show -SO I know the gist of what happens and the big secrets and all that stuff.


Do they ever release CDs of the show's music??

 I thought the dramatic music in the middle of the episode rocked out and I'd love to a CD of that. (We're talking about the montage where TORCHWOOD anmd Sarah Jane are putting the Harriet Jones plan into action....relly percussive music was used to back that sequence)


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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2008, 08:25:16 PM »
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But when I watched it again, I really started to enjoy it.


Thinking about it, I enjoyed it. I mentioned the TARDIS flight near the end - I've been a Who fan since 1980 or so and when I realized what was happening, I had me a geekgasm. So, emotionally, I definitely enjoyed it.

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« Reply #24 on: July 31, 2008, 10:08:42 PM »
I liked K-9's brief cameo.

I'm such a dork. :D

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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2008, 10:11:43 PM »
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I liked K-9's brief cameo.

I'm such a dork. :D


K-9 saves the day :)

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« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2008, 10:28:15 PM »
Well OF Course he does!

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« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2008, 10:30:19 PM »
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Well OF Course he does!

 'e is a good robotic dog he is, now isn't he?


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« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2008, 11:29:26 PM »
Affirmative.

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« Reply #29 on: August 01, 2008, 11:03:28 AM »
The part that blew me away was reading the ratings report on Wiki that said the finale got like 45% of the viewing audience in Britain.  I'm sure the TV viewing landscape in the UK is a bit different than here, but I can't imagine a show pulling those kinds of ratings in the US, any show.
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