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

peachy ashie passion wrote:
> Michael Bowker wrote:
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>> peachy ashie passion wrote:
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>>> Victor Velazquez wrote:
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>>>> Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
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>>>>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
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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
>>>
>>
>> It didn't bother you that they were blobs of fat (or in the worst case 
>> blobs of dead people bits)?
> 
> 
>   Donna: "I'm waving at fat"
> 
>    It was icky and cute and the mix is hilarious.
> 
I found the the Keystone kops aspects funnier than the fat baby dead 
people aliens.  But every bodies different and all that, but for me the 
blobies creeped me out.