madcap magician
Limp Gawd
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The BBC is well known for pushing the LGBT agenda in numerous tv shows and in the process, pandering to ~10% of the population quite frequently.
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Clara was too much "the impossible girl", the Dr's assistant is meant to be that ... Assistant, not their own diety. Great actress & whether the producers played upto that to give her a more significant role... Or with Amy Pond giving birth to the Dr's assassin. Bill was just Bill, an assistant
Originally back in the 60's. The new show is a family friendly adventure but definitely aimed at an older audience - they just use cuts and innuendo to make it family friendly. It's about as much a children's show as Star Trek.
If you haven't seen it, Agent Carter spent way way too much time focusing on "look of sexist people were" shtick making almost every single important male in the series a sexist, that eventually learn that women are more than pretty faces, over the actual big plots and real character development.
Oh I agree they were great, but then the stories started being around their quirks rather than the Dr flying around and ... coincidentally *cough* tardis redirects *cough* landing in some unique problem. A underlying backstory is always good but you don't need to make it always about thatAmy and Clara were actually my favorites. Especially Amy.
Looking forward the female doctor. I think.
Amy and Clara were actually my favorites. Especially Amy.
Looking forward the female doctor. I think.
Maybe they are beating a dead horse and The Doctor needs to take a 5-10 year vacation to return with new material. Changing the gender is a massive thing. If they changed it just to score some SWJ points, its going to show when they don't have a good story-line to justify the change.
It's a children's show. Grown men (I use that term loosely in this instance) are getting upset over a program made primarily for kids.
For the new Doctor. I'm good. Shake things up. Bring the story as well, though. Don't make it about a woman Doctor. Make it about the story and have a woman Doctor.
The doctor has never been a woman, and i think at least two have commented on this, check the regenerations of smith and ten.... i think they mention it ie. "Still not a woman" "still not ginger" or something along those lines....
that is what i mean - time lords born male - 12 regenerations as male - they have always said 12 regens for a time lord - they never said they could not change gender and start over again.
so why did the master have to nearly destroy gallifrey to try to regenerate when his 12th regeneration was up? then resorted to body snatching?
The problem is that Doctor Who has a history of pushing the agenda's of whomever has control over it at the time. During the Russel T. Davies era, they practically shoved an LBGT agenda down everyone's throats as the showrunner at the time is a homosexual. Still, Russel T. Davies knew his audience and knew how to keep things in check. When he left Doctor Who to work on it's spin-off Torchwood, this was taken to far more extremes given that it wasn't a family friendly show. Basically every character on the show was bisexual and they filmed sex scenes with both genders for about everyone to prove it.
And yes, the Master regenerating into a female did cause some fan outrage from a few people. Personally, I had no issue with the gender change as much as I disliked Missy's personality. She was a bit too crazy and over the top. You hit the nail on the head with regard to the gender change. If they don't make a big deal about it, then it's not really an issue. If they make it a statement about feminism, then it's going to be nothing but cringe worthy every episode. Worse yet, if the show does badly as a result of that, men will get accused of not being able to accept a female lead, when in reality it might not be well received if the show becomes too political and preachy. Doctor Who is supposed to be fun, nothing more, nothing less.
Amy and Clara were actually my favorites. Especially Amy.
Looking forward the female doctor. I think.
People who believe that it is a children's show clearly do not, or have never watched it. It's family friendly, most of the time. I'll agree with that, but it's not really targeted at young children.
Really. You can't be British cause that actress is annoying as fsck....I honestly think they were two of the worst. They were attractive but as a companion, meh. Donna Noble is my favorite of the newer companions.
Really. You can't be British cause that actress is annoying as fsck....
It's a children's show. Grown men (I use that term loosely in this instance) are getting upset over a program made primarily for kids.
A woman Doctor?! Why isn't she in the kitchen where she belongs!?
My previous comment illustrates why Agent Carter focused on that. The 1950's had the 'American Housewife'. Leave it to Beaver (A little rough on the Beav', weren'tcha Ward?), etc.. Agent Carter was a strong woman that beat that stereotype. Wonder Woman as well. That's how it was.
For the new Doctor. I'm good. Shake things up. Bring the story as well, though. Don't make it about a woman Doctor. Make it about the story and have a woman Doctor.
Really. You can't be British cause that actress is annoying as fsck....
Agent Carter had a reason to focus on what it did, the problem is the writing was really poor and it felt ham-fisted and like they were shoving it down your throat versus being clever about it. Season 2 was better about it, but the writing still didn't improve a whole heck of a lot.
Wonder Woman actually balanced that aspect really well. It made note of the time period when it was appropriate and then moved on to the plot itself and character development. That balance is what Agent Carter failed to maintain, at least in season 1.
Not British, but I loved Tate in Doctor Who. Some of the other things I've seen her in have been hit and miss, but I really liked her there. Donna was such a breath of fresh air for the series. Rose was annoying and Martha felt too much like yet another attempt at Rose that failed. Donna was what the show needed at that time and she provided a good counter to Tennant's Doctor, helping drive him to the point he was before his regeneration.
True. They did keep bringing it up. She was a good agent... for a girl.
I loved the show, though. I think Agent Carter is a bad ass.
Oh Carter herself was amazing. When early rumors were pointing to Atwell as a possibility to replace Matt Smith, and then Capaldi, I was incredibly excited. Atwell did an outstanding job in the series and is really one of the only reasons it worked as well as it did.