I am also surprised that I have not seen anybody mention the original Legend of Zelda...
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I am proud to present the effort of my friends from when I was at uni (this was my roleplay group at Glasgow):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bH1rLhnmTbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bH1rLhnmTbo
Doctor Who is worth trying, but I'm not sure you'd like it. If I'm honest, it has always been a bit hit-and-miss for me. Sometimes it's sublime, but other times it's absolutely ridiculous. Some "Who" fans won't hear a bad word said about it in the UK though, and each episode seems to be considered an instant classic by many reviewers. It's more than a tad overrated and self-indulgent in my opinion...
Some of the dialogue really makes me cringe, but at other times the show has some clever ideas. It can seem a bit gimmicky too, depends which episode you watch. All of the earlier series of Doctor Who (from the 1960's and 1970's) actually had on-going stories as far as I know, no stand-alone episodes, but I imagine they're quite dated now. The more recent revival (2005 onwards) have all been standalone episodes with the occasional two-parter, but they sometimes have a thread running through the series, with a twist at the end, which is quite neat.
I stopped watching it a couple of years back however, because each episode seemed to be reduced to the characters running down a corridor being chased by a monster. There was even a knowing quip about this in one episode, and that's when I decided enough was enough and stopped watching!
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One of my favourite early memories is watching Dr Who and the Planet of the Spiders in the early '70's. I think the show is amazing.
I agree it got self-indulgent during the 'Tennant' period. All of a sudden it was all about how great the Doctor was. It was never like that. It was always about the plot or the challenge, or the companions, with the Doctor being what pulled the rest together, while providing some kind of benevolent yet wider context.
I think the show is finding it's way now with the Matt Smith doctor. People who have been watching it for 40 years will see how he integrates the old doctors into his performance, yet provides the 21st century pace and energy. Still a bit self-indulgent though..
Hopefully the new series starting today will see more improvement.
What about sci-fi sand castles? Sand castles
I'm really enjoying Matt Smith's run, although I haven't liked the first part of this series (some of the episodes just seem slapped together, and The Power of Three should really have been a two-parter if they were going to push as much story as they were).
One thing I've always liked about Doctor Who is how the Doctor is very rarely the focus of the story - instead it focuses on those affected by and involved in any event.
What is really sad is not that I used to watch Terrahawks, but that I get the Moolah and Mae Young reference.I am also surprised that I have not seen anybody mention the original Legend of Zelda...
I've always liked Doctor Who generally, but it has disappointed me of late, but I'll give it another go...
For me (and probably most people) how much you enjoy Dr Who depends greatly on how much you like the current incarnation of the Dr. Sadly for me I think Matt Smith blows.
For me (and probably most people) how much you enjoy Dr Who depends greatly on how much you like the current incarnation of the Dr. Sadly for me I think Matt Smith blows.
I wouldn't go as far as saying he blows but I think he is better than Christopher Eccleston, though I will give Chris a +1 for reintroducing Dr Who back into the 21st centaury.
Peter Cushing and Richard Hurndall.
... and Richard E Grant
Aren't we all supposed to like Tom Baker's Dr Who best? What with Douglas Adams and all.
+1 for getting Richard E Grant as I didn't even know he played the doctor until I looked it up.
... and Jim Broadbent....
Surely I can't be the only one who preferres Ecclestone and Smith over Tennant as far as the new doctors go.
Funny thing is, that through all the different doctors regenerations they have all still been unmistakably The Doctor apart from Tennant. I totally enjoyed a lot of the Tennant stuff as stand-alone great TV entertainment, it just seemed like he was never the doctor - Too much running and fluff and me, me, me, and not enough substance for a Time Lord of the Doctors character. Ecclestone had the depth and Smith has the levels and complex selflessness. Maybe they will have some plot twist in a later episode where they reveal that he had been secretly replaced during the Tennant regeneration by The Corsair or Romana or something. Ot maybe I could just view it as The Doctors personality re-integrating after the Time War... It is what we make it after all.
Well if we're including those, then I'm having Rowan Atkinson and Joanna Lumley too.
You're not. Like you said, I enjoyed DW during Tennant's run as a TV show, but I enjoy it now (and in watching previous episodes, before) as Doctor Who.
You're not. Like you said, I enjoyed DW during Tennant's run as a TV show, but I enjoy it now (and in watching previous episodes, before) as Doctor Who.