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The Equalizer / What's with all the hate?

« Last post by shadav on March 30, 2021, 07:13:35 PM »

I'm trying to watch the new The Equalizer show....

we'll give it time, it's not bad but not great so far....we'll see
but man people....jesh....

this dude

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BLM equalizer....with a seriously overweight female star that can't act....but she is the producer so is putting up the money....a fool and her money soon parted ....no wonder the iMDB is 4.40

or this dude

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Nothing says athletic combat trained badass like an old overweight woman. She looks more equipped to be playing BINGO than kicking the poop out of professional criminals.

heck peeps....I mean ok I do partly agree that they should have someone a bit more athletic looking but heck Queen Latifah ain't fat or overweight...she ain't skinny or fit either but she ain't fat, she just a full figured woman! I wish I looked that good now let alone in 10 years!

I don't think I ever saw the original show so I mean I get where a lot of people are coming from that liked the original and then tried to watch this....as with most of the new remake/reboots, just through the original out the window and try to enjoy the new show.

And as for her acting, meh I've seen worse...I actually like her and will watch just about anything she's in.

But heck there's some real hate against the show and Queen Latifah, like what's up with all the hate?

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American Gods / What I can't wrap my head around about American Gods

« Last post by shadav on March 02, 2021, 11:50:55 AM »

The only thing in American Gods that I can not believe, that makes no sense.....

where the fudge are all of these payphone booths coming from?

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Doctor Who / Re: My journey through the Whoniverse

« Last post by shadav on February 27, 2021, 10:01:02 PM »

some more cross posts from my fb

surely I can't be the only one that see's it
um hey yo Doctor Who wardrobe, like what's up with the phallus
🤦 you're telling me that no one at all during the creation of the outfit, during the filming of the episode(s), during the final checks before releasing the episode(s), no one, not a single person said oh hey wait that looks like a big green dick!
Images from Season 19 Episode 6
episodes 5, 6, 7, and 8

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Doctor Who / My journey through the Whoniverse

« Last post by shadav on February 23, 2021, 02:28:26 PM »

So here I will be discussing things as I go along
some cross posts from my fb page and notes from my list

I started this marathon about a month ago (January 20, 2021) and me being me started from the very very beginning....
I remember watching Doctor Who as a kid and absolutely loved it, though in my memories I remember K9 having a much more important role, more of a co-star role....but now as I have been watching the series from start to finish, K9's appearances really were brief.
I tried to get back into the show years ago when it rebooted but it just wasn't the same from my childhood, it lost some of its charm....and even now as I have watched the series from the start to the reboot (currently, getting ready to start season 8 ) I still stick to that notion....the reboot lost some of the charm from the original, not that I'm not enjoying the show, but I don't know it's just not quite the same...though it is still good, it's just missing an element from the original.

Anyways....if you are keeping track I have updated the watch order list
Whoniverse
and will update it again shortly

I went into this blind more or less, and pieced together a rough draft of a viewing order from a few sites, gotta say finding a list is not really that easy....
I did remove some things from my original list because they weren't necessary
i.e. the 1960ies movies....meh.... it really didn't fall into place in the timeline, it's more someone somewhere decided to try to make a quick buck by rewriting the first couple seasons of doctor who and make them into movies....except they completely wrote out the time lords and just made the doctor some scientist experimenting in his backyard
though I will agree with their remaking his granddaughter susan into a child and not a young adult, it makes more sense for her character in the earlier episodes as everyone was treating her like a little kid and not a teenager/young adult....

so anyways, yeah those movies are not needed to view as part of the whoniverse, they are still interesting and helped spread doctor who (if not mistakenly so) but not really part of the timeline....

I did keep a few things that aren't really needed but still fun to watch
Search Out Space

and then there were all of the spin-off movies from around the 80ies, those could be skipped but still interesting to watch and more or less fall in line with the whoniverse

and then coming up to the reboot....while Sarah Jane Adventures is more aimed at kids, it's still a cute series to watch and does fill in some gaps
Torchwood....well....I actually watched that series when it aired, loved it, but noticed the references to Doctor Who and always thought I really should watch it to tie in the references....
like: how did Jack end up with the Doctors hand in a jar?
and well spolier

Who Jack Is: Show

now you don't really have to watch Torchwood for any insights into the whoineverse, but it's still a great series and gives more "backstory" to Jack and what's happening on Earth when the Doctor is away. As well as it shows what Martha is doing after leaving the Doctor. So all in all it's a good tie in to the story.

now on to my bits and pieces of thoughts as I progress with the show

from a discussion on fb
well I'm on season 7 of doctor who now 😛
watched all of torchwood, sarah jane adventures, and k9
the only spin-off left is class and that will be after season 9
kind of curious what they are going to do after season 12...as that is the last and final regeneration of the doctor
it's been stated, well in the original series, several times that a timelord can only regenerate 12 times (so a total of 13 doctors)
but then in sja the doctor tells one of the kids that he can change 507 times, not sure if he was just joking with the kid or if that's what the new reboot series is going off of....

there's been a few "rogue" doctors that I'm aware of, in the original series there was the Valeyard an amalgamation of the doctors darker sides from between his 12th and final incarnations.....then the War Doctor, another amalgamation of the doctors darker sides from between the 8th and 9th incarnations...so I mean technically he's then on his 15th not 13th 😛 but they aren't counting those 2 as regenerations, more like abominations....

one of my friends pointed out

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According to in show canon with Matt smith’s doctor he was supposed to be the last regeneration, But two people have played the doctor since then definitively on the show, and there is some question about how many other past regenerations there were that the doctor doesn’t remember

😅 I've been keeping track of the regenerations as I've watched.....but I agree, there could be some that the doctor doesn't remember + more "amalgamations"....honestly at one point I thought the master was a version of the doctor, still not completely convinced he's not but then they have mentioned a few times that they were childhood friends so 🤷‍♀️then there was a myth in the original series that the president of the supreme council of the time lords could regenerate indefinitely with some mythical something or another (I forget what it was but its been long lost), which the doctor became the president at least twice.....then there was an episode with people that pushed their regenerations into the hundreds/thousands, they weren't time lords but they learned how to regenerate and were the last of their kind stuck on a space ship yadda yadda yadda and some how pushed their regenerations to keep going on.

now onto a bit of a spoiler if you haven't watched the show yet, if you are actually keeping track, the 11th Doctor is actually the 13th Doctor

Spoiler: Show

say what the 11th doctor is really the 13th doctor

If you are keeping track ;): Show

and some more spoilers as I've kept notes episode to episode

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Now on to the Doctors

	known for
1st Doctor		Kind of a pompous donkey
2nd Doctor	played a recorder	I think is supposed to be seen as jovial (a stark opposite of the 1st) but just comes off as weird, strange, and odd
3rd Doctor	master of martial arts	Kind of a pompous donkey, self entitled, but a bit more personable
4th Doctor	jelly babies and not throwing things away	a bit goofy but then they did say his brain might be a bit scrambled...
5th Doctor	wearing celery as a lapel on his coat	I don't have much opinion about this doctor. So far the most approachable doctor.
6th Doctor	wearing a patchwork of colors	arrogant and brash
7th Doctor	wearing question marks	absent minded and gloomy
8th Doctor		can't say much as he only appeared in a tv movie
9th Doctor	blowing up stuff	can't say much only 1 season, and as the 8th doctor only appeared in one tv movie....transitioning from the 7th doctor to the 9th is a nice fit.
10th Doctor	making stuff up	a bit crazy, a bit goofy
11th Doctor	wearing a bow tie and sometimes a fez	still a bit crazy and goofy
12th Doctor	making fun of his eyebrows, playing the guitar	a bit grump and sarcastic. Thinks he's hilarious
13th Doctor

Things I've noticed about the Sonic Screwdriver
it's a
screwdriver
push/pull items
pick locks
scramble electronics
mine detector and detonator
flashlight
sonic lance with attachment and cuts metal

and well this is it for my notes at the moment, I will update as I venture onward

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Test Board / Re: testing reacts

« Last post by shadav on February 15, 2021, 12:05:53 PM »

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