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intrikate88Just a few quick thoughts, since I'm off to work in a few hours and ought to sleep...
What. The. Fuck?????
Um.
Again, what in the name of buggering fucksauce was THAT?
Did they just contrive Martha as a fully fleshed-out hero out of NOTHING? "Let's flash forward a year, and make everyone assume her character development took place in that time!" DOES THAT WORK NO IT DOESN'T.
Soooo... she travels the world being a badass. EXCEPT, she's not, she's traveling the world talking about the guy she has a crush on. And this is where I start to cringe.
And it has to do with Jesus, who I kind of adore, not just because he was God and all (though that's pretty decent) but because he was freaking smart and had a unique mind that ran circles around everybody else and talked about a way of living that didn't look all that extraordinary but would leave people scratching their heads because it was so counter-culture it wasn't even recognizable as such.
So Jesus and the people who think he's onto something go around and talk about how cool Jesus is for talking like that and how to live a better sort of life and make a better sort of world. and how cool people are for being human, and all that, and this tiny little rebellion against the usual ways of living and scrabbling for power grows, and spreads so subtly that nobody sees it in time to stop it. It's epic. And it's about people, and how they can change the world.
Wait a minute, that almost sounds like Doctor Who sometimes.
This is what I don't understand! This so directly parallels something I love, but when Martha's spreading the good news about loving the Doctor, who saves the world all the time etc, I don't get why seeing that makes me wince. Is it because the whole season she's been infatuated with him? I... don't know what it is. Usually I like re-examinations of epic stories. This time it didn't work for me.
Maybe it was because people "prayed" to the Doctor and he went all glowy. I think that was it, that and the floating.
I have to admit, though, I cried when the Master died. Cause he was the Doctor's brother, wasn't he? He was another Timelord, at the very least, and the poor Doctor keeps getting his last hope taken from him, time and time again.
And what about Lucy? I really liked her a lot, this episode and last. But what happened to her? Why'd she have a black eye? Why was she even more stoned than before? She really reminded me of River Tam. I wanted to give her a hug, and ask her what happened. I always fall for the cute blondes? *puts Lucy up on the shelf with Veronica, Buffy, and Rose*
"The last year and a day... it never happened." Doesn't that always feel cheap?
JACK IS THE FACE OF BOE. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, THAT KIND OF MAKES MY LIFE. Here's hopin' you don't have to visit 1941 too many more times, Jack.
The end: I am very disappointed that Rose did not come back. I'm sure my household is not, and are currently enjoying their sleep without the sound of my screaming. But I am glad of how things were left with Martha. She brings up random, never-before-mentioned pathetic friend, who is possibly a metaphor for herself in the way that people go, "I have a friend who has a problem with hemerrhoids, what should I- I mean, what should SHE do?" Anyway, I am glad she's seen the truth about where her life ought to be heading. She is a doctor, and presumably there was a reason she was going to be one, and she needs to fulfill that. The Doctor isn't her life and her everything, and she's realized that and I'm glad. She's not like Rose, who said, "There's nothing to keep me here." Martha does have plenty to keep her, and no excuse to leave it.
But having her pop onboard for a trip every once in awhile? I'm okay with that.
BY THE WAY, WHAT HAPPENED TO LEO?? They never said.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA Titanic. Wasn't the Doctor on that already? Will he meet himself? I could have sworn, there was some episode, maybe "Rose" where he said, "I was on a ship once they said was unsinkable. Ended up on an iceberg. Wasn't half cold." Will Nine and Ten meet? Hang out? Have a drink? Slash each other silly? (Knowing Russell, I'd gingerly guess the last one.) BUT THE TITANIC JUST CRASHED THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE TARDIS, WTF. Also, you just know the Doctor wishes he wasn't on a kids show so he could properly ask What The Fuck.
......Wasn't there a Rose in the movie Titanic?
Clearly, December cannot come too soon.
Um.
Again, what in the name of buggering fucksauce was THAT?
Did they just contrive Martha as a fully fleshed-out hero out of NOTHING? "Let's flash forward a year, and make everyone assume her character development took place in that time!" DOES THAT WORK NO IT DOESN'T.
Soooo... she travels the world being a badass. EXCEPT, she's not, she's traveling the world talking about the guy she has a crush on. And this is where I start to cringe.
And it has to do with Jesus, who I kind of adore, not just because he was God and all (though that's pretty decent) but because he was freaking smart and had a unique mind that ran circles around everybody else and talked about a way of living that didn't look all that extraordinary but would leave people scratching their heads because it was so counter-culture it wasn't even recognizable as such.
So Jesus and the people who think he's onto something go around and talk about how cool Jesus is for talking like that and how to live a better sort of life and make a better sort of world. and how cool people are for being human, and all that, and this tiny little rebellion against the usual ways of living and scrabbling for power grows, and spreads so subtly that nobody sees it in time to stop it. It's epic. And it's about people, and how they can change the world.
Wait a minute, that almost sounds like Doctor Who sometimes.
This is what I don't understand! This so directly parallels something I love, but when Martha's spreading the good news about loving the Doctor, who saves the world all the time etc, I don't get why seeing that makes me wince. Is it because the whole season she's been infatuated with him? I... don't know what it is. Usually I like re-examinations of epic stories. This time it didn't work for me.
Maybe it was because people "prayed" to the Doctor and he went all glowy. I think that was it, that and the floating.
I have to admit, though, I cried when the Master died. Cause he was the Doctor's brother, wasn't he? He was another Timelord, at the very least, and the poor Doctor keeps getting his last hope taken from him, time and time again.
And what about Lucy? I really liked her a lot, this episode and last. But what happened to her? Why'd she have a black eye? Why was she even more stoned than before? She really reminded me of River Tam. I wanted to give her a hug, and ask her what happened. I always fall for the cute blondes? *puts Lucy up on the shelf with Veronica, Buffy, and Rose*
"The last year and a day... it never happened." Doesn't that always feel cheap?
JACK IS THE FACE OF BOE. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, THAT KIND OF MAKES MY LIFE. Here's hopin' you don't have to visit 1941 too many more times, Jack.
The end: I am very disappointed that Rose did not come back. I'm sure my household is not, and are currently enjoying their sleep without the sound of my screaming. But I am glad of how things were left with Martha. She brings up random, never-before-mentioned pathetic friend, who is possibly a metaphor for herself in the way that people go, "I have a friend who has a problem with hemerrhoids, what should I- I mean, what should SHE do?" Anyway, I am glad she's seen the truth about where her life ought to be heading. She is a doctor, and presumably there was a reason she was going to be one, and she needs to fulfill that. The Doctor isn't her life and her everything, and she's realized that and I'm glad. She's not like Rose, who said, "There's nothing to keep me here." Martha does have plenty to keep her, and no excuse to leave it.
But having her pop onboard for a trip every once in awhile? I'm okay with that.
BY THE WAY, WHAT HAPPENED TO LEO?? They never said.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA Titanic. Wasn't the Doctor on that already? Will he meet himself? I could have sworn, there was some episode, maybe "Rose" where he said, "I was on a ship once they said was unsinkable. Ended up on an iceberg. Wasn't half cold." Will Nine and Ten meet? Hang out? Have a drink? Slash each other silly? (Knowing Russell, I'd gingerly guess the last one.) BUT THE TITANIC JUST CRASHED THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE TARDIS, WTF. Also, you just know the Doctor wishes he wasn't on a kids show so he could properly ask What The Fuck.
......Wasn't there a Rose in the movie Titanic?
Clearly, December cannot come too soon.
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Date: 2007-07-04 06:40 am (UTC)i like your opinions much more than i like the opinions of those that say 'jack can NOT be the face of boe because it goes against canon'
*is itching to slap those people*
i like your opinions. i half disliked martha, and i was glad that she left - not forever, i did like her. i just hated her doctor crush. i mean, pretty much everyone that goes with him falls in love, but they don't pine and take every opportunity to say 'i love him, but he doesn't even see me'
*is itching to slap martha*
and they even brought it out in the finale!
i'm glad she left because of it, though. that is a good reason to leave
anyway, ranting about martha now. bad me.
oh, i have high hopes for the christmas special this year. lets hope they're not dashed like martha's 'why did he have to fall in love with a human that's not me' *growls*
sorry, did it again
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Date: 2007-07-04 07:07 pm (UTC)Whereas Tinker!Doc was not. I've decided Martha's preaching the Doctor-gospel (which made no sense, none of those people would be able to synchronize their thoughts...) was undermined by how she basically just wanted to get in his pinstriped pants. If she had genuinely been in admiration of him and what he represented, maybe, but it just felt shallow to me.
I kind of am sad about Martha. Not about her leaving- I'm pretty glad about that. I did like her, despite being sure that I was going to hate her. I just really disliked the way she was written. She had a LOT going for her, and it was all thrown to the side to make room for this infatuation, which never went anywhere anyway. I think that was poor writing and I feel sorry for Freema, for having to endure that when she thought she was going to be a companion, and for the character of Martha, who was sadly doormat-y despite having even more potential than Rose for great things.
Yeah, I'm hoping for good things at Christmas, too. Have you been watching the casting news? I'm probably going to need to make a post about that.
Oh, and I'm glad you liked my picspam, too. ;)
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Date: 2007-07-05 02:32 am (UTC)i heard about kylie minogue being in it. hehe. you probably don't know her. she's an aussir ex soap star turned singer. i'm from australia, so i am proud (somewhat)
i'm not gonna go looking for the casting info, but if you're gonna post about it, then i think i'll check it out *shrugs* who cares about spoilers any more?
i'm gonna friend you, then i can check out your new posts on my friends page. thought i'd give a warning
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Date: 2007-07-05 11:35 pm (UTC)Thanks for the friending! Don't get insulted if I don't friend you back- all my f-locked stuff is really just me bitching about work or school or living situation or whatever, pretty boring to the general public. All my fiction and art and fandom stuff is public, though, so I'm flattered you want to keep an eye on me...
And yes, I'll be posting some stuff tonight- some art, fic and that casting post, as soon as my eyes stop being dilated. I can't even look at the computer screen to type, at the moment. I probably ought to just lie down and rest my eyes but that drives me mad. Ah, well.