tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post116109871859674379..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Old business: Doctor Who, Ugly Betty and SurvivorAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161398022743957382006-10-20T22:33:00.000-04:002006-10-20T22:33:00.000-04:00Dexter is probably my favourite new show of the ye...Dexter is probably my favourite new show of the year, and the only one with a narration that doesn't make my teeth itch (i'm looking at you, Meredith Grey...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161280654490093282006-10-19T13:57:00.000-04:002006-10-19T13:57:00.000-04:00Alan - I'm stoked to read or hear your reaction to...Alan - <BR/><BR/>I'm stoked to read or hear your reaction to "City of Death". The villian of the piece is played by Julian Glover whom you may recall from IJ & The Last Crusade as well as The Empire Strikes Back.<BR/><BR/>Toby - <BR/><BR/>I feel for the people whose first ~wasn't~ Sarah Jane.Ross Ruedigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796449359255091290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161193553594022712006-10-18T13:45:00.000-04:002006-10-18T13:45:00.000-04:00It's so much fun reading various posts by people j...It's so much fun reading various posts by people just discovering these episodes. And especially when they are so new to most of the entire canon.<BR/><BR/>Sarah Jane Smith was my first Companion, when I first found 'Doctor Who' back in the last 70s. <BR/><BR/>And you never forget your first....Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161188517703203792006-10-18T12:21:00.000-04:002006-10-18T12:21:00.000-04:00I think the Queens makeover disaster gives the sho...I think the Queens makeover disaster gives the show a reason to delay Betty's fashion awakening. The TWoP recapper suggested that Betty doesn't want to try to look better because she's afraid it won't make a difference -- that she'll find out she's not capable of looking stylish. Makes sense to me, and it will be doubly true after her experience in this episode. I love Betty but she was clearly born without the fashion gene, and I think it makes sense that she'll stick to her comfort zone and do the best work she can without risking another humiliating makeover experience.<BR/><BR/>That having been said, I hope we don't get another "Betty wants to quit" scene this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161180091133969922006-10-18T10:01:00.000-04:002006-10-18T10:01:00.000-04:00please add Dexter- I love it and want to read your...please add Dexter- I love it and want to read your thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161117611079616312006-10-17T16:40:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:40:00.000-04:00I was just comparing Hilda to the cartoonish makeo...I was just comparing Hilda to the cartoonish makeover Betty got. I'm assuming that Hilda brought Betty to her stylist, so you'd think she'd get the same results.<BR/><BR/>But, no, she doesn't look classy compared to the Mode crew.<BR/><BR/>If Betty wanted to turn to a family member, she should have turned to her nephew Justin. He's probably got a better fashion sense than both his aunt *and* his mother.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271095412998848104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161115976472685302006-10-17T16:12:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:12:00.000-04:00Hilda (Betty's sister) is not moderately classy lo...Hilda (Betty's sister) is not moderately classy looking. Did you see the embroidered/patterned jeans? She maybe isn't straight street wlker like Betty's outfit was, but she isn't classy--not moderately, not at all.Heather Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803986002619715757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161115856282050202006-10-17T16:10:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:10:00.000-04:00Thanks to Showtime's Free Weekend, I got to watch ...Thanks to Showtime's Free Weekend, I got to watch a couple of the Dexter episodes and being a big fan of the books, I was really surprised and happy at how well adapted it was to small screen. I'll be looking forward to the DVD set.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161115591777235352006-10-17T16:06:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:06:00.000-04:00Ugly Betty is essentially a formula show. Such sho...<I>Ugly Betty</I> is essentially a formula show. Such shows only works when the execution of that formula is flawless, or close to it.<BR/><BR/>The show is quite earnest, and the lead is great, but ultimately, I'm not sure this show, as is, can last. In the movies, a good exeuction of a common, feel-good formula(e.g. <I>Bend it Like Beckham</I>, <I>My Big, Fat Greek Wedding</I>) more easily because it's a single shot. Trying to sell it week-in and week-out, the way you have to do on TV, is tough.<BR/><BR/>As for <I>Dr. Who</I>, I'm amazed at how well this incarnation has replicated the previous ones. It has the campiness down. It even manages to have, at times, special effects that are clearly intentionally made to look corny(take, for example, the suction cup that comes out of the Daleks to suck people's faces). I'm convinced they're doing this as a tip of the hat to the older versions, which had some corny effects, although it wasn't quite as intentional.<BR/><BR/>The show also manages to inspire child-like awe with some of its storylines, much like the previous versions. They really managed to capture the spirit of the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161113964504038962006-10-17T15:39:00.000-04:002006-10-17T15:39:00.000-04:00Still watching and loving "Dexter" over here, as w...Still watching and loving "Dexter" over here, as well as "Survivor." And the plot device on "Ugly Betty" doesn't bother me because that show is awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1161102301277316172006-10-17T12:25:00.000-04:002006-10-17T12:25:00.000-04:00The "Queens makeover" got to me a little, too; ins...The "Queens makeover" got to me a little, too; instead of making her at least moderately classy-looking like her sister, they go overboard with the hair and makeup and the nails. But I think that's just the cartoonish nature of the show in general.<BR/><BR/>I also think that the reason why Betty doesn't want to get a "Mode" makeover is that she's not completely comfortable in that world and doesn't think she'd be comfortable looking like everyone there does.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271095412998848104noreply@blogger.com