I haven't had a blog in ages. Time to rectify that with one of my lazy one sentence quips about each story in season 4 now that it has finished...
Goodnight Sweet Russ! It was the best of times it was the metwurst of times
4.1) Partners In Crime - Flatulent, fruity & feeble fun...C+
4.2) Fires of Pompeii - CGI monster sinks another potential cracker-toa?...B+
4.3) Planet Of The Ood - I think this sentence must end soon; a boon...B+
4.4) Sontaron Strategem - 'Who's' homage to the SJA & after school specials?...B
4.5) Poison Sky - Sontar-blah! Ok it wasn't that bad, but the pun stays...B-
4.6) Doctor's Daughter - Georgia was a fox, alas, a pair of christmas socks...C+
4.7) Unicorn & the Wasp - GEOS says pile of snot, I say "topping day what!!"...A-
4.8) Silence In The Library - Mister Gold!! go and stand in the corner and think
about what you've done!! Moffat's fresh axe blade may
fall hard methinks...A-
4.9) Forest Of The Dead - Moffatt phones in his conclusion in from RTD's jacuzi?
"Here Stee!, let me show you the reins love!"...B+
4.10) Midnight - "Russell love, can you hold my reins while I try yours?" RTD's
pen??? 9 out of 10!...A
4.11) Turn Left - Poutie Billie hunts down her missing accent with a big one, timey
blimey!...B+
4.12) Stolen Earth - "Phil love! have you seen the kitchen sink?...Oh that's right,
I remember where I put it!"...B+
4.13) Journey's End?..or!.."RTD throws his dartboard at a dart factory" or "Russ
pins a donkey on his tale and shoves a shaken champagne
bottle up its "black hole"". Alright!!! I admit
it! I ate the whole can of condensed milk with a golden
tea spoon. Curse you empty carbs!...B
Showing posts with label Martha Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martha Jones. Show all posts
Monday, July 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
The Doctor's Favourite Companions! (McGann/ Eccleston/ Tennant eras)
Grace Holloway - A ho hum character played fairly well, but who cares? The movie was a travesty with Eric Roberts the poison cherry atop a steaming turd. Don't mind him in Heroes though...
Rose Tyler - Hard to wrestle with. She was such a huge focus, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Rose was played very well by Billie Piper, but the character should have left at the end of Parting of the Ways. How do you top someone absorbing the vortex, seeing all space & time & rescuing two people she loves from certain death? YOU DON'T!... that's how you do it. It was a huge comedown with Rose treading water all through season 2. The giggly & awkward relationship with Tennant didn't work anywhere near as well as the intense Eccleston/ Piper dynamic. Her increasingly flippant & know-all attitude started to grate too. That said, her farewell was marvellous & Army Of Ghosts/ Doomsday did give Piper a meatier role. A bridge too far with season 2.
Mickey Smith - Mickey improved over time, partly due to much needed character development & partly due to Noel Clarke's performances lifting after a shaky start. I like that he toughened up & gave up on Rose. I didn't like the silly dialouge he was always lumbered with..."Mickey Smiff!, defendin' the Erf!!". Supposedly he's returning in season 4. If it's without Rose & if he's got his blonde friend in tow, then MAYBE it will be ok...
Jackie Tyler - the 'mouthy Mum from the high rises' stereotype was a bit tired, but Camille played her pretty well. As with Rose, the season 2 stuff didn't work as well for Jackie, but I'm a bit of a softie for Jackie even though I don't believe in 'Domestic Who' generally.
Adam Mitchell - I suppose since I included the briefest of companions Katarina, I should include Adam. He was a bit wet for my liking & only competently played. It was a good decision not to keep him on after the 'Long Game', but then why even bother to carry him over from 'Dalek'. They could have just dropped him off between adventures. It felt pretty pointless.
Capt. Jack Harkness - A walking *^#" with a cheesy vaseline smile. Barrowman isn't the greatest actor & some of Jack's dialouge is often grimace inducing, but I like him. I really shouldn't. He's like a big bag of frosted peanuts. You know..the purple ones. They are bad for the teeth & sickly sweet...but you keep eating them. Once you get past the purple stuff though, there is a wholesome peanut inside. Where am I going with this? I don't even know. He had some lovely moments with Eccleston & his scene with Tennant through the glass in Utopia was absolutely phenomenal. Barrowman got it just so! Oh damn it. Even his OTT "here we go again" shoot 'em up in LOTTL was fun. He was shooting from the crotch as only he can do. Leela for the men's men. Fab!
Martha - Sexy, stylish, warm, genuine. Freema seems to be all these things too. Sadly, another potential seasons worth of gradual, inspired character development was rushed & ruined by Russell's ridiculous end of season panto. They can't go back now though. Martha had her 'character development' in a 30 second montage of her trudging through sludge & sleet for 'a year'. Tut tus Russ! Now here's how to fix it...The finale was all a feverish dream; Martha was knocked out by a blow to the head by one of the futurekind in Utopia. Now take 2...Here's what REALLY happened...
That's it...
The Lucozer
Rose Tyler - Hard to wrestle with. She was such a huge focus, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Rose was played very well by Billie Piper, but the character should have left at the end of Parting of the Ways. How do you top someone absorbing the vortex, seeing all space & time & rescuing two people she loves from certain death? YOU DON'T!... that's how you do it. It was a huge comedown with Rose treading water all through season 2. The giggly & awkward relationship with Tennant didn't work anywhere near as well as the intense Eccleston/ Piper dynamic. Her increasingly flippant & know-all attitude started to grate too. That said, her farewell was marvellous & Army Of Ghosts/ Doomsday did give Piper a meatier role. A bridge too far with season 2.
Mickey Smith - Mickey improved over time, partly due to much needed character development & partly due to Noel Clarke's performances lifting after a shaky start. I like that he toughened up & gave up on Rose. I didn't like the silly dialouge he was always lumbered with..."Mickey Smiff!, defendin' the Erf!!". Supposedly he's returning in season 4. If it's without Rose & if he's got his blonde friend in tow, then MAYBE it will be ok...
Jackie Tyler - the 'mouthy Mum from the high rises' stereotype was a bit tired, but Camille played her pretty well. As with Rose, the season 2 stuff didn't work as well for Jackie, but I'm a bit of a softie for Jackie even though I don't believe in 'Domestic Who' generally.
Adam Mitchell - I suppose since I included the briefest of companions Katarina, I should include Adam. He was a bit wet for my liking & only competently played. It was a good decision not to keep him on after the 'Long Game', but then why even bother to carry him over from 'Dalek'. They could have just dropped him off between adventures. It felt pretty pointless.
Capt. Jack Harkness - A walking *^#" with a cheesy vaseline smile. Barrowman isn't the greatest actor & some of Jack's dialouge is often grimace inducing, but I like him. I really shouldn't. He's like a big bag of frosted peanuts. You know..the purple ones. They are bad for the teeth & sickly sweet...but you keep eating them. Once you get past the purple stuff though, there is a wholesome peanut inside. Where am I going with this? I don't even know. He had some lovely moments with Eccleston & his scene with Tennant through the glass in Utopia was absolutely phenomenal. Barrowman got it just so! Oh damn it. Even his OTT "here we go again" shoot 'em up in LOTTL was fun. He was shooting from the crotch as only he can do. Leela for the men's men. Fab!
Martha - Sexy, stylish, warm, genuine. Freema seems to be all these things too. Sadly, another potential seasons worth of gradual, inspired character development was rushed & ruined by Russell's ridiculous end of season panto. They can't go back now though. Martha had her 'character development' in a 30 second montage of her trudging through sludge & sleet for 'a year'. Tut tus Russ! Now here's how to fix it...The finale was all a feverish dream; Martha was knocked out by a blow to the head by one of the futurekind in Utopia. Now take 2...Here's what REALLY happened...
That's it...
The Lucozer
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