Re: 4th Season Dr. Who - Partners in Crime - 5 star poll - SPOILERS

Victor Velazquez wrote:

> Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
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>>"Victor Velazquez" <k-canute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Anim8rFSK wrote:
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>>>>In article <7dmdneq_hbQXV47VnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>"Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>"peachy ashie passion" <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>Anim8rFSK wrote:
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>>>>>>>In article <S7mdnYxyTOXz-Y7VnZ2dnUVZ_h2pnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>> Michael Bowker <mikeb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>George Avalos wrote:
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Partners in Crime"
>>>>>>>>>4-25-08 Dr. Who
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>5 stars (Robin & Tuck)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>0-1 stars (The Sheriff & King John)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>-George
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>3.0
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Wackyness ensues when the Doctor and Donna meat up again.  More
>>>>>>>>of an re-intro to The Bride than a Doctor Who episode.  That
>>>>>>>>being said it was n't awful.  I liked the grandad.  The glimpse
>>>>>>>>of Rose raises more questions than it answers.  Not sure I like
>>>>>>>>Donna/The Bride as a companion, but I feel the same way about
>>>>>>>>Tennet versus Ecckleston's doctors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tell me about the glimpe of Rose?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Ha! Watch it yourself, mister!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Okay, okay.  She was in a crowd scene at the end.  She watched
>>>>>>Donna go off, then she turned, walked away, and faded into
>>>>>>nothingness as she went.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The only good/interesting thing in an otherwise horrible episode.
>>>>>I'm shocked at the high ratings some people are giving it.  The
>>>>>first episode is generally one of the worse of the season but that
>>>>>was by far the worse of all the seasons combined IMHO.
>>>>
>>>>You seem to have liked it a lot more than I did.  :)
>>>
>>>Naturally!
>>>
>>>It was not a good episode.  The fat babies were cute but the danger
>>>felt manufactured and the resolution  unnecessary.  It was as if
>>>Doctor Who decided to do Die Hard only without the peril.  The
>>>social satire might have saved it were it not so ham-fisted.
>>>
>>>If ratings get counted embedded in threads I give it a 2.
>>>
>>
>>What social satire?  Even calling it ham-fisted social satire may be
>>giving them more credit than they're due.
> 
> 
> Now that you mention it, yeah, they did completely blow an obvious 
> opportunity to poke fun at our physical ideals.
> 
> 
>>The whole thing reminded me of the Sarah Jane pilot only not as
>>entertaining.  At least that had K9 in it.
> 
> 
> Everything I read just makes me gladder I've managed to completely miss
that 
> show.  Would a nine-year-old like it? 
> 
> 

    It was not horrible, but it was a little light on plot, and the 
comedy/farce bits went just a little too far.

   I think a 9 year old would like it, because they tend to have more 
patience for the repetitiveness.

   And the aliens, who weren't really bad guys, were SUPER cute

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