I am having depressing thoughts today. These are mostly of the ‘no-one actually likes me, they all secretly think I’m a horrible person who doesn’t care and takes everything for granted, and I probably am’ variety. I haven’t thought like that for ages (although it’s been a shorter time than I’d like to admit) so I wish I wasn’t thinking it now.
Meh. I actually have a real life journal for this sort of stuff, but I couldn’t be bothered to go upstairs and get it. And I just wanted to write it down. Maybe I’m fishing for compliments or something, I honestly don’t know. I just feel very meh. Which is not a mood, and should be.
And so you don’t have to sit through a whole post of self-pity, some vague website quibbles:
-The thing that really makes me want to avoid ff.net? It’s not the fanfic, or the formatting, it’s the bloody pop-up ads. My computer doesn’t handle them very well, and it’s annoying. Really annoying.
-Y’know rottentomatoes? Anyone else reckon that the cutoff point for whether a movie is good or not should be 50% and not 60%? (Yes, this is what I wonder about in my spare time.)
God, I hate feeling like this. Maybe today was just a bad day or something. Got more homework than usual, too.
-First thing: the line from the trailer at the end: ‘I could save the world…but lose you.’ GAH. Which pretty much says it all.
-Why did the Doctor keep calling Mickey Ricky, anyway? Probably doesn’t like him because he figures he took Rose for granted, but I won’t be surprised it if turns out to actually be for a reason. (My theory: Mickey took over Clive’s website, but used the name Ricky instead. And the Doctor knows. Er, somehow.)
-‘I don’t go anywhere without her.’ I’m not a shipper. I’m really not. (I have a feeling most of my most favoured ships began with those words.
-‘Is this relationship…sexual?’ ‘NO!’ *snicker*
-The supporting characters were really good in this one…that random Downing Street bloke, the girl at the hospital, Harriet-what’s-her-name…I think RTD’s strength definately lies in characterization.
-I liked the Doctor’s sympathy for the pig. It just makes sense- they share the planet after all. ;) Actually, Christopher Eccleston was really good in this one. There’s also that bit when he suddenly finds himself looking at a bucnh of guns…he grins sheepishly and then starts giving orders. Perfect. :D He was much more in control in this one than he was in Unquiet Dead.
-He shouldn’t have gone off without Rose, though. :p
-Ooh! Almost forgot…anyone else spot Matt Lucas? :D
My predictions for World War Three (the next bit): -Something happens to Jackie. (Good grief, she’s only been in two episodes and been in peril in both.) Either she dies or…er…she doesn’t. Yesh. (I could go and look to see if she’s listed for any episodes beyond this one, but I’ll resist. For now.) -Mickey redeems himself somewhat. (C’mon, you can’t be a cowardly klutz all the time. XD) -Fandom explodes on seeing the trailer for Dalek. So does half the British population.
Ranking so far, from best to still good: End of the World, Aliens of London, The Unquiet Dead, Rose. (To be updated, obviously) ;)
Oh, and just before I go…someone at the BBC is having an insane amount of fun with this. ;)
-I need another email address, so has anyone got any g-mail invites or something along those lines? (I don’t know how gmail works, though, I’ll admit ;) )
-I will freely admit I nearly had a heart attack at ‘The things you’ve seen…the bad wolf!‘ But only because I’d been reading a thread about it at Outpost Gallifrey, about the graffiti and the other (clearly rather missable, at least to me ;) ) times that phrase has shown up, and I didn’t expect it to actually be said like that in only the third episode! :0
There’s a (surprisingly popular) theory going around that the Bad Wolf is the Doctor, and that that means he’s not really the Doctor at all. Which makes no sense to me, because can you really imagine the series ending with ‘Actually, he’s not the Doctor after all…(and don’t forget to join us for series 2)!’ I for one would feel incredibly cheated (mostly because heck, I love Chris’s Doctor) I think the Bad Wolf is what started the war, although that wouldn’t explain why Rose has seen it. Maybe it’s on Earth, whatever it is, and she saw it before she met the Doctor.
-I take it the shippers among us noticed all the instances of the Doctor protecting Rose? The one which springs to mind is when they’re backing away from the zombies, he has his arm in front of her…
-And then of course there’s ‘I’m so glad I met you.’ (and the handholding, which must happen at least once an episode ;) )
-I also think it’s written into Chris’s contract ‘Must say ‘Fantastic’ at least once an episode ;)’
-Not sure I like the idea of Rose bunking off school, but that’s mostly because around here it seems to be mostly the bad kids who do that. ;)
-The conversation between Rose and Gwyneth was interesting (Would a Victorian maid know that ‘bum’ meant ‘bottom’, though?). And it worked well showing how talking about the opposite sex had changed over all the years…I think Rose and Gwyneth maybe became friends too fast (after just one conversation) but maybe Gwyneth was right when she said Rose thought she was stupid. I think Rose has a protective side to her, she was treating Gwyneth like a younger sister or something (although I wish there’d been more talk about her at the end, in the Tardis or something)
-So was exactly was the Doctor going to do with the Gelth? He said that they could ‘recycle’ the dead bodies, and Rose objected, and then Gwyneth said she’d help, and then the Doctor said that whatever he was going to do with the Gelth was only a temporary solution…I’m confused. Help. :p
-I jumped when the red devil thing suddenly appeared. And I know you did too. ;)
On the whole, I didn’t like it as much as End of the World…I think I liked it about the same as Rose. (And next week, bits of London start getting blown up. Nifty ;) )
And, because I’ve added this to every icon post I’ve made for the past week…sw_awards only needs one more member before our target of 40 is reached and noms can begin. :)
a. Post a list of 15 fandoms. (tv shows, musicals, movies, books, etc.) b. Have your friends list guess your favourite character/person from each one. c. When guessed, bold the line, include the character/person name, and write a sentence about why you like that character/person.
Let’s see if I can come up with 15…
1. Star Wars 2. Harry Potter 3. Spider-Man– Peter, as willow_diamond guessed. He’s just a decent guy. And therefore my favourite. :D 4. Lord of the Rings 5. Pokemon 6. Digimon 7. Pirates of the Caribbean 8. Holes 9. Thunderbirds 10. Spyro the Dragon 11. X-Men movieverse 12. Doctor Who (the new series) 13. A Series of Unfortunate Events 14. Jak and Daxter 15. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
-Comment
-Credit
-Don’t hotlink
-You may nominate them anywhere. :)
-Brushes by julia_thorne13, everything ele by me
-See Starlit Blue for more icons- take anything from there, but the same rules apply. :)
This icon post also doubles as a promotion post for sm_movieverse (for discussion of the Spider-Man movieverse) and sw_awards, which only needs four more members for noms to start. Come on!!
(EDIT: And now it only needs one more member. Anyone want to be number forty?)
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