Sunday 18 April 2010

stupid Digital Spy readers on Doctor Who episode 3

These are hilarious. Honestly, the amount of stupidity on display is... well, it's a little troubling, actually; but it does make for funny reading.

I'm not trying to say Victory of the Daleks was a great episode or anything (though I did think parts of it were fun and others conveyed good ideas), and I'm not adverse to a difference of opinion... but there's a big difference between conflicting opinions and pure idiocy, which many of these comments display.

Here's a selection:

Dalek plot always seems to be the same

Yes, in every new-series episode so far they've pretended to be good guys.
Except they haven't. Not once.

Steven Moffat wrote such amazing episodes... he seems to have forgotten how to write/direct over the last year.

Two things: Moffat didn't write this episode, and he's never directed an episode. One might argue this is a little geeky, requiring behind-the-scenes knowledge -- but if you're going to criticise someone's work, at least attribute it to the right person. You may as well say Twilight isn't as good as Great Expectations because, well, they're both by authors writing in English.

I found that the new doctor... didn't interact with the audience properly.

It's not theatre, love. What do you want him to do, turn to camera and invite us to share the jokes? Or suggest we should be scared? Maybe ask if we'd like a cup of tea too?

The storyline was well thats just it, it was a bit far fetched

So, you're watching a series in which a two-hearted alien travels through time and space in a little blue box that is infinitely bigger on the inside fighting all kinds of aliens and monsters... and you think an episode set in our own history is "a bit far fetched"?

But this takes the prize for the very best -- or, rather, very worst...

doctor who, season 1, episode 9/10. the doctor visits WW2 and encounters gas mask children. doctor who, season 5, episode 3. the doctor visits WW2 and encounters daleks. how does he not meet himself? ... very, very, VERY, silly.

That's right, readers: the Doctor visiting a 6-year-long continent-spanning war twice and not meeting himself is "very, very, VERY, silly."

If you can stand the pain, the whole darn lot can be read here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I didn't like the bit with the corridor, it was too unrealistic when we know that corridors were only invented after the war.


No, sorry, try as I might, I can't come up with anything quite as stupid as these people.

Although I do dislike the hunchback Daleks.