British Minorty
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6x07 A Good Man Goes To War (Grade/Discuss) SPOILERS!
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British Minorty
someone needs to go to TNZ to get their crazy rants out.
I thought it was a decent episode. I would like to see more of the Victorian ladies though
I have an idea for new spinoff, it's called The Last Centurion because Rory was never cooler when he confronts the Cybermen, he even has a cape superhero style. Great mislead, for a moment we genuinely think the Doctor is the father. Love his line too 'Don't give me those blank looks' and he's quite the fighter protecting his kid and his nurse moment with Strax is good too.
Speaking of spinoffs love the Silurian lesbian detective and her ninja maid (a sentence I'd never thought I'd write). Notice her chauffeur's name?
Her; "That'll be all Parker"
Him; "Yes, my lady"
And Inspecot Abilene really was the detective who hunted Jack the Ripper
Rory and River meet. Good Stevie Wonder joke and note River wants her guards to dress as Roman Centurions, just as her daddy used to.
Nice gag with the Spitfires using the callsign Danny Boy, you have to watch Where Eagles Dare to get it though
Rory and Amy speak as though they they've actually talked to the Tardis, does she retain her personality from The Doctor's Wife?
Love his cot. For a moment I thought River was the Doctor's mother. Nice touch that Gallifreyen doesn't translate, makes perfect sense (because anyone travelling on a Tardis would be Gallifreyen and wouldn't need it)
So the Gallifryen's became the Time Lords because once they invented Time travel their exposure to it affected them. Therefore you can make pseudo Timelords like synthetic diamonds. I guess it never happened to the Daleks because although they invented time travel they were locked inside their casings so unaffected
Roll on autumn!
Speaking of spinoffs love the Silurian lesbian detective and her ninja maid (a sentence I'd never thought I'd write). Notice her chauffeur's name?
Her; "That'll be all Parker"
Him; "Yes, my lady"
And Inspecot Abilene really was the detective who hunted Jack the Ripper
Rory and River meet. Good Stevie Wonder joke and note River wants her guards to dress as Roman Centurions, just as her daddy used to.
Nice gag with the Spitfires using the callsign Danny Boy, you have to watch Where Eagles Dare to get it though
Rory and Amy speak as though they they've actually talked to the Tardis, does she retain her personality from The Doctor's Wife?
Love his cot. For a moment I thought River was the Doctor's mother. Nice touch that Gallifreyen doesn't translate, makes perfect sense (because anyone travelling on a Tardis would be Gallifreyen and wouldn't need it)
So the Gallifryen's became the Time Lords because once they invented Time travel their exposure to it affected them. Therefore you can make pseudo Timelords like synthetic diamonds. I guess it never happened to the Daleks because although they invented time travel they were locked inside their casings so unaffected
Roll on autumn!
I'm guessing the next episode was called "Let's Kill Hitler" because someone already used "Don't Scare The Herr."
I have a weak spot for that sort of sarcasm even if I don't fully agree.
Now I've got his distinctive laugh inside my head. "Heh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh..."
I have a weak spot for that sort of sarcasm even if I don't fully agree.
Oh. This guy.
I on the other hand avoid his articles at all cost. Otherwise I'd probably start breaking things.
REMEMBER:
1. It's not sonic
2. It's not a screwdriver
I didn't catch that, but I heard the TARDIS noise mixed in when the Doctor Who title card came up.
1. It's not sonic
2. It's not a screwdriver
I didn't catch that, but I heard the TARDIS noise mixed in when the Doctor Who title card came up.
Outstanding until the end; I was very disappointed in the big River Song revelation. So - 4 from me.
That would be sad.
And some things Octavian said about her don't make sense now, like why would he not help them if he knew who she was?
That would be sad.
Totally agree with this. I'm not sure why he seemed so gleeful when he found out her identity.
And some things Octavian said about her don't make sense now, like why would he not help them if he knew who she was?
I don't see how it's disturbing, awkward maybe but not disturbing since The Doctor isn't related in blood to Amy or Rory. He just married into their family but now I'm wondering if The Doctor and River did have a child. The implications of that would be really interesting, new Time Lords.
i don't know if it is just me, but for some reason that whole episode seemed very familiar. like i saw a similar storyline in a different show, especially the part when the doctor runs in with the warning, and rory said, yeah we know.
maybe i need to stop drinking while watching doctor who.
maybe i need to stop drinking while watching doctor who.
i don't know if it is just me, but for some reason that whole episode seemed very familiar. like i saw a similar storyline in a different show, especially the part when the doctor runs in with the warning, and rory said, yeah we know.
maybe i need to stop drinking while watching doctor who.
In about a century of television, it was inevitable that stories would begin to repeat them selves. I saw a number of things in this episode that I've seen in other shows. It didn't take away from the quality of this Doctor Who episode, it's difficult to avoid repeats.
Funny you mention that, because the overabundance of blacks in recent British television shows actually does make me wonder about possible agenda of some kind.
Oh, for Christ's sake. Yes, there's an agenda: The agenda is ending the practice of not depicting minorities in mass media so as not to play into the practice of ignoring them in the wider culture as a means of reinforcing the majority's power over them, and doing all this in order to encourage equality and, therefore, greater liberty for all.
This is a good agenda, not a bad one.
It's okay, they don't bite.
Where to start?
1. Not all British people are white. Britishness is a cultural construction, not an ethnic construction. Britishness already by definition encompasses English, Scots, Welsh, and Irish, since the United Kingdom was created from uniting England, Scotland, Wales, and (first all of, and then just Northern) Ireland. So why would you think it can't encompass other ethnicities as well?
2. Not all Americans are white. Again, American is a political construct. The thing that defines us as Americans is our common allegiance to the United States Constitution and our U.S. citizenship. Ethnicity has nothing to do with it.
3. African Americans are just as American as European Americans. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts. Black Americans are no less American than white Americans. Full stop. Claiming that "Americans have become a minority in their own country" in the context of talking about greater minority representation on TV makes it sound like you think white Americans are the only real Americans, and other ethnicities are somehow less legitimately American than whites. They're not.
4. Americans of European descent make up 3/4ths of the entire United States population. They make up an overwhelming majority of Members of Congress, the Supreme Court, high levels of executive branch departments, Corporate America, Wall Street, and of the wealthiest Americans. They are, in fact, vastly over-represented in most of these key powerful institutions. And they dominate the politics and business world throughout the country.
To claim that European Americans have been "made a minority in their own country" is patent nonsense.
It's also irrelevant, because even if it were true -- so what? As long as our rights are respected (and, yes, I am speaking as a white American of English heritage) and we're treated equally, that's all that matters. Whites don't have any inherent right to be a majority or to dominate others, any more than blacks do or Latinos do. As long as we're all equal and treat each other equally, it doesn't matter who outnumbers whom. After all -- and I'm only talking about America, here -- we're all Americans who pledge allegiance to the same flag and Constitution, and that's all that matters at the end of the day.
You know, the sheer amount of work that man puts into his hatred of the new show is just kinda shocking. Doesn't this guy have something else going on in his life?
Because it meant that Melody would survive and not be out to kill him once all was said and done.
He was referring to whom she had killed, not to who her parents were.
No, but they're his best friends. Often close family friends are godparents or honorary uncles to the children. That's why I see it as a bit disturbing.
I have a weak spot for sarcasm, but I think it's usually far more entertaining when it's mixed with wit.
I have a weak spot for that sort of sarcasm even if I don't fully agree.
