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

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peachy ashie passion  <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Victor Velazquez wrote:
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>> Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
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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? 
>> 
>> 
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>    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
>

The CBC should get next right of showing ahead of the USA :-)
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