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levendisSo I've had the flu! It's been great. I've been dividing my time between sleep, work, and Doctor Who; anything else, nope, too much effort.
Some thoughts I have had about DW:
1. Man that new Eight theme is baaaaaaaaaaaaad. Hilariously so. Who thought that was a good idea? I can't. what?
2. I really enjoyed the Four audios. Leela! LEELA. Tom Baker! Hooray. "The Renaissance Man" is 100% the sort of thing that I love. Someone made a mini-review online somewhere of "Wrath of the Iceni" comparing it to "Night Thoughts" and "The Chimes of Midnight", so I thought it'd be creepy, but it's a historical. It's great, fantastic characterizations and hella Bechdel, but I was stupidly disappointed. Thanks, internet dude.
2a. I'm waiting for audio!Four to stop making me think of fake!audio!Four from "The Kingmakers". STILL FUNNY, OKAY
3. So then I went back and watched some of the Four/Leela serials I'd never seen. "The Invisible Enemy" is great for the first 20 minutes and then LOLOLOLOL CSO IN YOUR BRAINS PRAWN THING PRAWN THING FURRY EYEBROWS PRAWN THING. I love you, Doctor Who.
4. Oh my GOSH additional new Six! With Jago and Litefoot, does this mean I need to listen to Jago and Litefoot now? I liked them enough in context but never felt compelled to check out their series.
5. Then I re-listened to "Thicker Than Water" because uh I guess I felt like crying. Colin Baker will forever be the best at the parts where the Doctor is horrible at emotions and forgets to use his words even though he is a walking thesaurus and gets all choked-up and stupid and TEARS COME POURING FROM MY FACE OH NOOOOOO
Unrelatedly, it's time for this to be my favorite song again:
Essentially, a partial reading of Judy Grahn's poem "A Woman is Talking to Death" set to early-90s emo, which might strike you as kind of dumb, but it's so beautiful and painful and tense and ugh.
Some thoughts I have had about DW:
1. Man that new Eight theme is baaaaaaaaaaaaad. Hilariously so. Who thought that was a good idea? I can't. what?
2. I really enjoyed the Four audios. Leela! LEELA. Tom Baker! Hooray. "The Renaissance Man" is 100% the sort of thing that I love. Someone made a mini-review online somewhere of "Wrath of the Iceni" comparing it to "Night Thoughts" and "The Chimes of Midnight", so I thought it'd be creepy, but it's a historical. It's great, fantastic characterizations and hella Bechdel, but I was stupidly disappointed. Thanks, internet dude.
2a. I'm waiting for audio!Four to stop making me think of fake!audio!Four from "The Kingmakers". STILL FUNNY, OKAY
3. So then I went back and watched some of the Four/Leela serials I'd never seen. "The Invisible Enemy" is great for the first 20 minutes and then LOLOLOLOL CSO IN YOUR BRAINS PRAWN THING PRAWN THING FURRY EYEBROWS PRAWN THING. I love you, Doctor Who.
4. Oh my GOSH additional new Six! With Jago and Litefoot, does this mean I need to listen to Jago and Litefoot now? I liked them enough in context but never felt compelled to check out their series.
5. Then I re-listened to "Thicker Than Water" because uh I guess I felt like crying. Colin Baker will forever be the best at the parts where the Doctor is horrible at emotions and forgets to use his words even though he is a walking thesaurus and gets all choked-up and stupid and TEARS COME POURING FROM MY FACE OH NOOOOOO
Unrelatedly, it's time for this to be my favorite song again:
Essentially, a partial reading of Judy Grahn's poem "A Woman is Talking to Death" set to early-90s emo, which might strike you as kind of dumb, but it's so beautiful and painful and tense and ugh.
