voyage of the damned

[fox]

I just remembered that I haven't said anything about the Christmas special, which I watched on Boxing Day.  (I also haven't read many of your thoughts on the subject; I suppose I might, when I have some spare time today.)  I don't have an awful lot; basically, the crux of my reaction is "Dear Rusty:  I know this show is about the Titanic.  But I thought you should know that the Poseidon called -- it wants its Adventure back."

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[sadcypress.livejournal.com]

I didn't post about watching it, partly because I hoped that by not talking about it, I could pretend it never happened. It was just so... bad. Just NOT good television.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Nah, I didn't think it was that bad. Not great, but whatever, it was fine, it was a Christmas special and it had David Tennant in black tie, so you know, hey. And The Poseidon Adventure with a TARDIS, bonus. :-)

(Aren't you the one who liked Cyberwoman? I just ask because I can't remember if I'm accustomed to sharing your taste or not. [g] Or was that longtimegone?)

[sadcypress.livejournal.com]

I was just BORED and then I started realising how it was only the white guys who survived (although that's another story)... And I think I genuinely liked maybe, 35 minutes of the whole first series of Torchwood? Mostly, I rolled my eyes at it and put up with it for lack of any better Doctor Who substitutes.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, but two of the three white guys who survived only survived because they were ignorant cowards. (And the third survived with a belly wound.) The non-[white|guys] who perished were the heroes of the thing.

And, ah, Torchwood. It did have its moments, didn't it? Sigh. :-)

[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

My reaction was:

Dear Russell T. Davies,

Enough already with the robot henchmen disguised as Christmas decor. Please to be coming up with different ideas for next Christmas.

-- Jack

That said I did do something of a squee over the bridge crew being the guys from As Time Goes By and The History Boys (old and young respectively). And as a gay male child of the 80s, Kylie Minogue = Yay! Aside from that the only really good moment for me was the newspaperman who was like "London? At Christmas? What do you expect?"

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Enough with the robot henchmen, full stop, really. CLOCKWORK IS BAD. WE GET IT. MOVE ON. :-)

I kind of liked the faux Queen saying "Thenk yew, Doctor!"

[thalia]

The Corgi evacuation was my favorite bit.

[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

Well, I did like the robots in The Girl in the Fireplace, though I suppose they weren't robot henchmen since they were the actual villain, though really they were just victims of their own programming.

The other thing I could really do with not seeing again for quite sometime: The Slitheen. You've watched The Sarah Jane Adventures, right?

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Yep. I guess I dig that what they're trying to do is get every bit of use out of their investment that they can? But I agree that they should spread the love around a little. No more rubber suits, and no more clockwork men. Let's have more Giles-as-a-fruit-bat. That was fun!

[bookwench31.livejournal.com]

Dear Rusty: I know this show is about the Titanic. But I thought you should know that the Poseidon called -- it wants its Adventure back."

*snorts* I had the same thought. Although I will take David Tennant in black tie over Shelly Winters in her underwear any day.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

... but I'll take Shelley over Kylie ANY DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR or CENTURY...

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Hee! Only of course Kylie was in the Gene Hackman role (and it was David Tennant as Ernest Borgnine, which is also an easy contest ...).