Monday, June 6, 2011

Sunday was odd. I slept a lot. I read a little. I watched the
mid-season finale of Doctor Who ("A Good Man Goes To
War") twice. I worked on some stuff. My stomach seemed
to calm down quite a bit more than it has been doing
lately...perhaps because my intake of prilosec has
increaded to it's former dose thanks to help from Mark.

I haven't finished any more extended BSG cuts. The
installments I have finished so far are:

001 Caprica 1x01 Pilot
043 BSG 2x10 Pegasus
088 BSG 4x12 A Disquiet Follows My Soul
095 BSG 4x18 Islanded in a Stream of Stars

Not much really. Especially since the "Pegaus" & "Islanded
in a Stream of Stars" are just the extended cuts from the
DVDs with no added footage (because there isn't any) and
that I may redo "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" as Mark
swears I can get even more quality out of it.

I'm doing laundry. I cleaned my room. I'm doing the
dishes. I emptied the trash. I scrubbed the kitchen.

I'm playing Farmtown again. It's not that it's productive,
cause it's not...but I've noticed that it relaxes me...and
anything that relaxes me right now is a very, very good
thing.

About Doctor Who...the mid-series finale, which is part IV
of V (or so it seems) felt very much like an RTD
story...which is cool. It featured lots of returning
characters and situations...which was fun, and though
some of the returning characters were from episodes I
don't like ("Victory of the Daleks" / "The Curse of the Black
Spot")...that kind of forces me to like those crappy
episodes a bit more. There were also payoffs for those
paying attention in the horrible Weeping Angel episodes of
last season so that helps with those episodes as well. It
was revealed who River Song is, sort of, and some other
stuff was explained and there were twists - however I'd
guessed all of that in advance - which left me wondering
why I enjoyed the episode so much...and then I looked at
the new characters. Madame Vastra / Jenny / Strax / &
Lorna Bucket were all fantastic new characters who I'd
LOVE to see more of. The episode was VERY LGBT
inclusive with Vastra / Jenny & Fat One / Thin One - I
know it might seem weird but I just LOVE when they have
LGBT characters in SciFi / Fantasy shows now because
they're so rare that they feel very fresh...any time there's
the slightest gay reference it brings me joy. Again, the
returning characters / aliens (11, Amy, Rory, River, Danny
Boy, Dorium, Madame Kovarian, Captain Avery & Toby, the
Silurians, the Judoon, the Sontarans, the Cybermen, the
Military Clerics & the Headless Monks) were also
welcomed. Fun.

The only thing I didn't love about the finale...and this is
something that's been building since last season - where
are the answers? So many questions now and so few
answers. It's got me a bit worried because I don't want
Doctor Who to turn into LOST or X-Files where you're all
but promised answers that are never given to you. Ugh.
Still, for now, I'm quite enjoying the episodes of Doctor
Who we've gotten this year. Here's how I'd rate them:

01 Space [Part I] ****
02 Time [Part II] ****

Fun mini-episodes that would rate 5 stars if they were
more important than they are. But still, great fun. It's not
clear where these mini-episodes fit in with the rest but I'll
figure that out later I'm sure.

03 Prequel 01 [Part I] ****
04 The Impossible Astronaut [Part II} *****
05 Day of the Moon [Part III] *****

A fantastic 3 part story which raises lots of still to be
answered questions, yet is packed with AWESOME. If the
questions are answered well these episodes will remain
classics. If they are answered poorly then that might drag
these episodes down a bit.

06 Prequel 02 [Part I] ****
07 The Curse of the Black Spot [Part II] **

I have problems with 'Curse'. It's a good story at heart but
it feels rushed and some of the logic seems faulty...and
then there's a really big plot hole that's very clearly a
horrible flub in continuity that it's just really annoying.

08 The Doctor's Wife ****

A great stand alone episode. I'd have given it 5 stars...yet
it just doesn't quite do it for me. I don't know...it feels like
something's missing here but maybe I'll enjoy it more the
2nd time around?

09 The Rebel Flesh [Part I] ***
10 The Almost People [Part II] ****
11 Prequel 03 [Part III] ****
12 A Good Man Goes To War [Part IV] *****

I may enjoy "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People" more
the 2nd time around; I'm not sure. It felt like we were
(again) getting bits of story with a lot held back to be
explained later, which again makes these stories feel
incomplete and like I don't know how to feel about them
until all the answers are given.

The "Prequel" mini and the Mid-Season Finale were better.
I enjoyed all the continuity in the Preqeul installment and
then "A Good Man Goes To War" was enjoyable for all the
reasons I've already listed in my random review. lol.

Anyways. More to do.

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