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Re: A new look

Arjan — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:01:59 -0000

It's nice. I've only got tiny bit of side scrolling and it doesn't bother me.
I'll try and read up on all the interesting stuff you've been posting while real life was interfering with my online presence..work, work, sleep, study, and a bit of shit that hit the fan (nothing too bad, no deaths or anything alike) which needs to be fixed.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Lee — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:47:20 -0000

I still maintain my position on Amy not "knowing" the Doctor per se but knowing the Doctor that's in her head that she made up stories about and obsessed over as a child - the character she made up as her imaginary friend.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Lee — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:45:19 -0000

Well we definitely know that he will be meeting up with River Song again which is something to look forward to!

Re: You know who I haven’t drawn for a while?

Lee — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:32:02 -0000

It certainly is Don Cheadle, I can't wait to see what he brings to the Rhodes character. Rourke is playing the baddie, well one of them anyway, he's playing the character Whiplash though I believe it's going to be quite different to the comic book version.

Thanks for the kind words!

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Jeff — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:53:09 -0000

Okay, I really liked this episode. Well structured, well paced, nice writing, good acting. I see what you're saying, Lee, about it being done to death, but I liked it anyway.

The only part that really stuck out to me was what Dan said about Amy not knowing him long enough (or well enough) to make that Doctor/Whale comparison. It felt too soon for her to make that connection. But, as my wife is back-seat-typing to me, Amy had just been learning - as the clues indicate - exactly what she said to him, so it's not entirely out of nowhere.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Jeff — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:48:50 -0000

I'll second that. Wilf was the man.

Re: You know who I haven’t drawn for a while?

Keith Wilcox — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:20:30 -0000

That's Don Cheadle! Is Mickey Rourke the bad guy? I haven't seen this long trailer before. It does look pretty cool. Perhaps an understatement. :-) I know nothing about art so no comment there other than I'm impressed with your skill.

Re: You know who I haven’t drawn for a while?

Lee — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:44:57 -0000

I actually didn't consider doing anything to the notepads themselves, they are quite small and were really cheap so I didn't think about getting more out of them (they are hell on erasers!). I'm also thinking about pastels or even crayon to see what that'll produce.

Thanks for the ideas!

Re: You know who I haven’t drawn for a while?

Beerli — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:40:51 -0000

Have you tried...and experiment first...with very very very light wiping with nail polish remover on the gloss..esp where you want white. You can also try masking tape...roll around hand and dab dab dab where you want the colour to take better. You can also try silver gel pens to get a bit of a glisten. Like it though and want to see photo to see how it did come out! Your sketching is more relaxed.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Sujoy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:54:49 -0000

End of Time did have some really great moments when Wilf and the Doctor shared screen space. And Bernard Cribbins is one cool dude. He's hilarious in real life - judging by his appearance at the Doctor Who special of Never Mind the Buzzcocks. It'll be really nice if he made a comeback. But having said that, will Matt Smith's doctor meet the previous ladies - Rose, Martha, Donna. Hmm.. Well he's surely revisiting the previous monsters, so who knows.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Sujoy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:51:36 -0000

They were never really clear about how they were dealing with the children. The monster wouldn't eat the children any more. And that part was dealt way too briefly. Children of Earth is in my awesome list and so is Martha Jones. She is imo David Tennant's best companion.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Lee — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:50:04 -0000

Martha Jones saved the world.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Lee — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:49:06 -0000

Yes but remember, in her mind she has known the Doctor since she was a little girl, admittedly most of it is in her head. I suspect she will find some surprises as she gets to know the real him.

Re: Guest post: Suzie on Red Dwarf

Suzie Eisfelder — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:03:42 -0000

That's interesting, Heath. In most cases I've had the opposite reaction. I've bought the Goodies DVDs (region 2 to be sure to get all the bits they censored for Australia) and don't dare put them on as I laugh hysterically and get nothing done. I normally work while I'm watching stuff on Tv, but there are certain things I can't work during and The Goodies are one of those. James Bond is good and I get lots of stuff done during those movies.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Dan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:56:03 -0000

oh, and martha Jones?? Did she actually have a personality. My favorite companion was Wilf (was that his name? Donnas Grandad). Bring him back, that's what I say.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Dan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:54:49 -0000

The other thing that annoyed me was Amy going on about how the Dr and the Whale were so alike. She hasn't been with the Dr long enough to know that damnit.

I do like her though. I like very much indeed. very much.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Lee — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:49:21 -0000

Personally I think that storyline has been done to death even on Doctor Who, I was not surprised in the least when the creature turned out to be noble but the whole idea of the children was a little too 'children of earth' for my liking. In fact this storyline is right out of the very first episode of Star Trek The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint. Except it was the station not a spaceship.

This episode also made me wonder about the timeline that Doctor Who has established for humanity, we'd all left Earth at this stage but presumably we'd returned at some later point.

I think the strongest part of the show right now is the companion Amy Pond, she is great! Much better than Rose and Donna (I still have a soft spot for Martha Jones).

I am really looking forward to next week despite it being another resurrection of the Daleks episode it looks to be a spot of fun.

Re: Guest post: Sujoy on Doctor Who – The Beast Below

Dan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:18:39 -0000

I felt this was weaker than the first episode. The Dr flipped from playful and whimsical to authoritarian with a very loud crunching of gears I felt. And the whole police state thing was never really properly resolved.

But I still enjoyed it, and am eager for more next saturday.

Re: Guest post: Suzie on Red Dwarf

Heath — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:07:34 -0000

There's nothing quite like replying to yourself...

Now that I think of it, being underwhelmed by older British comedy that I once loved seems to be a theme for me. I bought both the Goodies and Young Ones DVDs when they were released a few years ago. Both of them, while definitely still funny, did leave me a bit cold. If anything, it was the memories of first watching them, rather than the jokes themselves, that provided the most enjoyment.

Re: Guest post: Suzie on Red Dwarf

Heath — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:52:46 -0000

You pretty much just described my discovery of Red Dwarf - fits of hysterics after stumbling onto 'Backwards', then consuming everything I could - the tv show, books (individually, the Omnibus, and the Program Guide) and videos (we didn't have a DVD player).

As Sarah said though, it really was a program of its time. I've caught a few repeats here and there recently and as much as I try to enjoy them, they just don't do it for me anymore. Not just the more recent series, but even the older ones that I loved so much.

Re: Guest post: Suzie on Red Dwarf

Suzie Eisfelder — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:56:06 -0000

Wow! I'm so excited you all like it. I do admit to being a Red Dwarf addict, I have all the DVDs except for the latest specials plus I have the smegout videos and the ringtone on my mobile is the theme tune from Red Dwarf.

Yes, they did produce an American pilot and it was really great in that it highlighted how wondered the original was. The only original cast member was Robert Llewellyn and you can read more about it in his book, The Man in the Rubber Mask, and you can also read some bits about his Australian girlfriend of the time. He managed to get Judy a part in the episode called Camille and they had a love scene together.

I actually don't like the books, that's not to say they're not good, I just don't like them. Now, I could have written so much more and had Lee break the article down into bite size pieces for serial publication but I decided if you were bored it would be just too much.

Re: Four more Doctor Who sketch card pencils

ESSGEETHREE — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:46:49 -0000

I've recently been listening to the Paul McGann audio dramas from Big Finish Productions, with companion Lucie Miller (Played by Sheridan Smith); some of them are just brilliant!

Re: Okay enough with the 3D already!!

Kath — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:01:29 -0000

HTTYD is a great movie, well worth seeing. 3D or not. Beautiful animation, exciting and engaging story, great voice cast (especially Craig Ferguson) and some good laughs. I really enjoyed it.

Re: Guest post: Suzie on Red Dwarf

Kath — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:58:32 -0000

Especially the first series... if you watch the bloopers reels and behind the scenes docos, it's hilarious how cheaply they did things in the beginning. It really was a duct tape, cardboard and polystyrene set. But that's part of it's charm.

Re: Guest post: Suzie on Red Dwarf

Lee — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:43:47 -0000

I may check out the first book sometime so at least I'll have a grasp of what everyone keeps saying :)