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Post by dsjr on May 5, 2024 11:57:49 GMT
I didn't mind this on first transmission, finding it all a bit 'out there' if not understanbding it that well. I'm currently concentrating on the DVD commentaries and finding them a bit naff sometimes as they regularly go off on one rather than commentating on the story. My main comments on the story as recorded are the very bright sets (explained by one of the directors as done to please the elderly audience or something), still not liking Adric (why the heck was he cast at all?), but the Tegan sub-story very good in an early 80s pop video kind of way as mentioned above.
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Post by profh0011 on May 6, 2024 18:35:31 GMT
why the heck was he cast at all? JNT got a chance to take over a successful show, and decided to "put his stamp" on it. That included AGGRESSIVELY, often pointlessly, changing things for the sake of change, making things DIFFERENT, getting rid of things that worked and introducing "other" things with no care that they WOULD NOT work.
I understand the latest version of the show is doing the same thing... only 100 times worse.
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Post by dsjr on May 7, 2024 13:50:32 GMT
why the heck was he cast at all? JNT got a chance to take over a successful show, and decided to "put his stamp" on it. That included AGGRESSIVELY, often pointlessly, changing things for the sake of change, making things DIFFERENT, getting rid of things that worked and introducing "other" things with no care that they WOULD NOT work.
I understand the latest version of the show is doing the same thing... only 100 times worse.
I was going to say EXACTLY the same thing.
Still, the new series will offer plenty of merchandising - Ncuti's Doctor in different sets of clothes, as that seems to be the main point I reckon. Maybe Ncuti loves dressing up in a skirt (sorry, kilt minus sporran), skimpy low cut tops showing his abs off and obviously the loud striped suit and immaculate afro wig in one story it appears. I appreciate the other Doctors had 'costumes,' but even poor Colin's attire never got in the way of the often great stories he had...
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Post by profh0011 on May 7, 2024 19:17:35 GMT
Is it too late for them to start filming brand-new Sylvester McCoy stories? I'd love to see that happen.
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