The new Doctor Who series is going from strength to strength. This was such a quintessential DW episode. Proper balance of camp, cheese, humour, and drama. Jonathan Groff as Rogue is an instant new favourite. Their chemistry with Ncuti Gatwa is ridiculous. Ruby is also shaping to be one of my favourite companions. Reminding the Doctor that it's OK to acknowledge his emotions, to accept feeling sad and hurt and talk about it instead of bottling it up, felt very fitting with the new direction the character is taking and I'm here for it.
Also good luck to the "Doctor Who is woke now" crowd who are unable to process a Black Doctor being unapologetically queer on screen, not sure they're going to be able to handle this one without short-circuiting.
It had a really rough start, the dialogue was wooden, the choreography was too premeditated, and the acting wasn't doing any favours for that dialogue....but once we got past the first 15 minutes it picked up some steam and while I'm still on the fence, this wasn't too bad
I like what this show, specifically this episode had to say about multiverse hopping, and living/stealing the supposed better life of the alter version of you is living. That is while it may be better, its not you, its not yours. Your experiences, your quirks, all those things that bring you to the point you are at now are you. While you be the same in general ways that you maybe alter versions of yourself, the fact is that you are not the same. His expectation vs reality moment hit him in the nuts and he did not like it one bit.
CW caliber acting/writing. Stargate SG-1 caliber sets. Comic-con caliber make-up/costuming.
...and some of the dumbest Jedi ever...
The fight scenes were quite impressive. I was not happy that Carrie Ann Moss was killed off right away. But overall a decent episode.
Somehow Giorgio is really grown on me. Now I’m a fan … it’s a great character.
When she sold Ricky out, all I heard in my head was... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBGKZv7cB8o
It’s early days but Ncuti might have the best acting range of any doctor. As good as that episode was it’s a shame we have had some doctor-less episodes as I wanna see more of him.
It must be said that Lyndsey Pepper Bean is one of the most aggravating characters known to man. Doctor who has really stepped up it's game with 73 Yards and then this. I am someone who has always loved Doctor Who and have watched most episodes from the Hartnell Years and all of the revived series from Christopher Eccleston to now. We can all agree that Doctor Who has been on a bit of downward slope but I truly believe with RTD at the helm that things are going to start righting themselves.
This episode could have had a happy ending but RTD chose not to do that and honestly I applaud him for it. This episode was great. Shame that there's only 3 more episodes of the season as I'm really enjoying this.
Really interesting episode, not the "kids these days are on their phones all the time" kind one might have thought watching the trailer, but instead focuses on a much more serious issue surrounding the mentality of certain groups, and how those specific echo chambers function.
It's definitely an episode that is made by its ending. The hyperbole of the allegory might seem too exaggerated at first. But when things start falling into place it becomes clear that it serves a purpose and helps highlight the main message.
The final part is what makes the whole episode really work, for me the ending was quite fitting, given the point that the story was trying to get across, and Ncuti Gatwa was phenomenal in his performance, especially during the final scene.
This was a great episode but it made me wonder why did they lead the show and even bothered producing those first two absolute garbage episodes when they clearly are able to have decent ones like those last two?
I'm surprised they did another Doctor light episode, but I very much enjoyed it. That's three in a row now!
I'm just so glad that this show appears to be worth watching again.
These "smart people" are so frustratingly dumb. It's just... AAAAAAAA!!!
They're simplyfing the whole trilogy, adapting three books at the same time almost, the result is so flat.
Weighing in as a book reader. I was disappointed with episode 6 being completely made up, not following the book. Well, they made up episode 7 too. The audacity of these show directors is mind boggling.
They actually did a pretty good job bringing the source material to the screen, but they absolutely butcherd it when they wrote original material. This is the same dumb and dumber director duo behind the last season of Game of Thrones, which they completely made up and ruined the series. BUT! They had good reason to do so, since Martin never finished the final book.
The Three Body Problem series is a complete trilogy. There was absolutely no reason to write an original plot...for two whole episodes out of an eight episode season. I can overlook the creative freedom they took with the characters. I just can't overlook them having the audacity to write their own plot.
Book 2 even goes into great detail about how nukes don't work in space (no atmosphere, no boom) and these two morons writing the show make nukes in space a major part of the plot. WHAT?! A complete slap in the face to Cixin Liu.
“Presence is felt most keenly in absence.” An unexpected moment of beauty
This was an astonishing episode -- one of the best things I've seen in awhile. The scene at the brothel with how it was framed with Mariko in between was masterful. The negotiation and "chess moves" essentially being portrayed each time the tea cups were put back down was absolute perfection. The weight of Anjin's words really hitting him. That doesn’t even touch on the rescue scene… just wow.
A decent first season and there's enough to enjoy, but the quality of the show is out of balance. Acting performances go from great to really bad and for every good episode there's a dissapointing one. The story is interesting, but feels rushed at times. Best performances this first season in my opinion go to Bendedict Wong, Alex Sharp and Jess Hong. All three of them act really natural and subtle. Unfortunately this can't be said for Eiza González and Saamer Usmani. Usmani's acting is so fabricated and fake that it makes me question if it's on purpose and he's actually an alien.
Looking forward to a second season and hope they can improve on the first.
From a somewhat interesting start this show really turned into a shitshow with absolutely ludicrous story, total absence of actual science and populated with drama queens, selfish morons and pacifists.
And the probe? Humanity's survival is at stake and they create something that breaks apart from shoddy manufacturing?
Did they get some DEI hire from Boeing to put it together?
Ye Wenjie's graveyard chat with Saul is the most mind boggling change from the books. Seriously, what does that dry joke have to do with the dark forest hypothesis?
I don't know if it's the actress, the character, or both, but "Auggy" is the most obnoxious and irritating character I've seen in quite a while. Tiresome af, tarnishes any scene she's in.
I like this show, but after 6 episodes I must come to the conclusion that I really dislike Eiza González acting and her character Auggie. Compared to the rest of the cast her performance just feels off and falls short. She looks like she's duck facing half of the time and is more concerned with looking beautiful then delivering a believable en convincing performance. Saamer Usmani's acting is a bit better, but also very flat and artificial in my opinion.
Picking up the thread of the conversation two years after the first season is not easy. The plot of this series is quite intricate, and the messes that all the characters have don't make it easy. This first episode of the second season is excessively and needlessly too existentialist. Let's see how it goes on.
I hope “our” Jason and Amanda are in another (third) universe, because it would be hard to explain why the box connects only two specific universes.
Jules - :heart:x7
This was a very sweet, heartwarming story. It was quite simple and moving with bits of humor sprinkled in. Definitely worth watching.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
We're just watching high school theater plays with a big budget...
OMG! A major WOKE hit in this episode. Will they ever wise up?
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