tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post4858958920387304878..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: A Good Man Goes To War written by Steven Moffatt and directed by Peter BoarDoc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-55272931063069508292018-04-16T11:44:58.382-07:002018-04-16T11:44:58.382-07:00Your review perfectly sums up my feelings about th...Your review perfectly sums up my feelings about this episode. It's vacuous and ridiculous. It's at this point that I stopped being able to take the Eleventh Doctor very seriously. There are only a handful of his TV stories going forward that I really like. That there are some really interesting and/or fun characters and ideas introduced here just makes it more frustrating. David Pirtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00636601389899125100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-52095755942116728142014-09-26T16:03:39.550-07:002014-09-26T16:03:39.550-07:00I read somewhere that Capaldi was the Doctor whom ...I read somewhere that Capaldi was the Doctor whom Moffat wanted to write for all along. With Smith he constantly has to remind us that beneath this clownish exterior is some kind of high-functioning nutter, because the performance doesn't support it. <br /><br />Oh, who knows. Even with the recasting Moffat will always find new ways to shower love on his fans and bait his critics, and that will never change. Either you swallow the claptrap and are invited to the orgy of fanboy glee, or you don't.alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287658017103606748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-4325323194237061942014-08-04T23:45:22.533-07:002014-08-04T23:45:22.533-07:00When put in context like that...this seems even mo...When put in context like that...this seems even more of a trivial affair! Doc Ohohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-12300809060524935912014-07-30T08:50:36.442-07:002014-07-30T08:50:36.442-07:00What annoyed me most was that fuss about being the...What annoyed me most was that fuss about being the Doctor's darkest hour... because Melody is taken away? well, it's a dramatic situation but... worse than being forced to regenerate and get stranded on Earth? worse than being put on trial again by his own (corrupt) people and facing a darker version of himself? worse than losing a companion? (losing a great companion like Lucie Miller is more devastating than losing a shitty one like Adric or C'rizz but it's losing a companion anyway)<br />worse than being responsible for wiping out his own people????(at the time this story took place he still believed that he had wiped them out...)<br /><br />Do me a favor...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-19412268668933618442014-07-28T22:51:51.086-07:002014-07-28T22:51:51.086-07:00No Place Like Home was good if for no other reason...No Place Like Home was good if for no other reason than the 5th Doctor using one of the Second Doctor's lines.Adam Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660096949244528145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-79572826048910499422014-07-28T22:47:59.916-07:002014-07-28T22:47:59.916-07:00I understand that, my dear Peakius. But that doesn...I understand that, my dear Peakius. But that doesn't mean it isn't a hideous betrayal of the Doctor's character all the same. Besides there was all this fuss and nonsense about the Doctor being sick of his grand reputation and an attempt made to have him working in the shadows again...FOR FIVE MINUTES! The Name/Day/Time trilogy is back to putting front and centre, bigging up his mythos and wanking over his effect on...well just about everything. It's the 50th anniversary, of course he should be celebrated but what rotten timing given the mission statement that Moffat seemed to be heading for at the end of the season...the beginning of the next. Oh well. Doc Ohohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-15009945486662922102014-07-28T22:45:03.738-07:002014-07-28T22:45:03.738-07:00Andy, there is a review for The Ratings War and a ...Andy, there is a review for The Ratings War and a few of the other freebies on the blog (The Veiled Leopard) but I haven't gotten around to No Place Like Home or Living Legends yet. Which do you prefer? Doc Ohohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-69526928639293250902014-07-28T07:24:59.095-07:002014-07-28T07:24:59.095-07:00Um, Joe, the hero worship being a bad thing was th...Um, Joe, the hero worship being a bad thing was the whole *point* of the story and this particular arc. You know, considering the entire episode sets up River to call the Doctor on it. (I.e. refute the theme that RTD introduced in the first place).Christopher "Peaky" Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623932380413168376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-58914744542286181342014-07-28T06:12:41.030-07:002014-07-28T06:12:41.030-07:00I had a question but couldn't find a contact l...I had a question but couldn't find a contact link. Recently Big Finish made three previous Magazine subscriber only audios available for free, "Ratings War," "No Place Like Home," and "Living Legends." I was wondering if you were going to review them.Adam Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660096949244528145noreply@blogger.com