absolutely insane how badly Belinda’s character was fumbled. she went from one of the most immediately cool and competent companions in recent memory to being reduced to a woman who’s literal only motivation in life was a child who does not even exist, in the span of 1 episode, for absolutely no reason. whhhhyyyyyyy did you do this to my queen whhhhhhyyyyyy
“Pippin had liked [Boromir] from the first, admiring the great man’s lordly but kindly manner.”
My contribution towards @boromir-week Day 5, for the prompts “The People’s Prince” and “Member of the Fellowship”. I just wanted to highlight some moments that show Boromir’s kindness, because I love him and his kind heart so, so much.
I first got into 28 Days Later as a wee teenager. I wasn’t 18 yet when I watched it, and yet it was an 18-rated movie, so that was a bit naughty of me. (My parents had very strict rules about movie ratings.) I watched it at a friend’s house who was much more relaxed about that sort of thing.
I loved it so much, and really appreciated its feminist themes. It was THE zombie movie for me.
However, I didn’t think there ever needed to be a sequel, so when I got around to watching 28 Weeks Later I hated it. But YEARS later! The new sequel pulled me in with its amazing trailer:
And I was dying to see it since the moment they started reciting “Boots” like it was a manic war cry. So did it live up to the hype, and I was very hyped? YES IT DID!
Okay, I know this film is divisive. I get it. It’s not for everyone. But I LOVED it. It was completely balls-to-the-wall insane, just how I like my movies. Here are some thoughts in bullet-point form, with SPOILERS:
-kudos to the marketing for making it seem like Ralph Fiennes’ character was a bad guy, only to have him turn out to be an unambiguous (if a little kooky) good guy. He was my favourite character.
-“Boots” made it to the movie as well! The trailer made me obsessed with that poem.
-Alfie Williams is amazing! Between him and Owen Cooper in Adolescence it’s really been a good year for young male British actors coming out of nowhere and blowing everyone away.
-The Alpha chase under the starry sky is an AMAZING sequence.
-I was told Erin Kellyman was in this movie… she is not in this movie. Maybe the sequel? (Which is coming in January!)
Lastly: Absolutely NOTHING can prepare you for the ending of this movie. It had me staring in slack-jawed “did they really go there?!” amusement-horror. I don’t think non-Brits will get the same effect but for Brits of a certain age there’s not enough WTF in the world for that scene.
‘Go sleep somewhere else,’ cried Enjolras. But Grantaire, keeping his tender, troubled eyes fixed on him answered, ‘Let me sleep here – until I die here.’
When Gatwa Who started, it was pitched as such a fresh start, such a good jumping-on point that it wasn’t series 14 of New Who, it was series 1 of a brand new third incarnation of Doctor Who
Quickly it became, in an arc sense, by far the most continuity-obsessed incarnation of modern Who. And there’s a superfan tendency to laugh and celebrate this but no, it really is a bad decision to make so much of the emotional resonance of a show whose ratings are lower than ever, and at a point being pitched to casual fans as a *soft reboot*, depend on characters and story arcs from decades ago. It’s an self-destructive decision. At the end of the day, did RTD have any ideas for what he wanted to do with Doctor Who, or did he just have a checklist of fanboy elements he wished he could’ve included the first time around
