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Latest posts made by SympathyX
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RE: Doctor Who
I was just listening to The Stealers of Saiph the other day
Bad times for Doctor Who alumni.
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RE: Alcatraz
Oh dear.
Without spoilers, why?Terrible writing
Terrible acting
A plot you really, really have to try to give a shit about.
Everyone involved is capable of much better.
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RE: Doctor Who
@RobbyBevard:
With Doctor Who, we know that, aside from one or two people, NOBODY is caught up on everything, and most haven't researched too heavily into all the episodes. We all know the overall gist, but for the most part, everyone going through the old episodes is surprised by them story by story.
I think theres actually quite a good discussion here. I'd definitely say that in classic, you dont really have to watch all of it - just pick and choose mainly since theres very little they did in 27 years that actually affected the plot. Theres plenty of character development on the Doctor, his companions and the villains but very rarely (if at all) does anything actually properly affect the story itself. Or is that in itself a enough to be considered proper story?
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RE: Doctor Who
@RobbyBevard:
It's called COURTESY.
You use your own best judgement to try and decide what might harm the experience for someone else and hide it if you think it appropriate.
"The doctor changes his clothes" isn't a spoiler. "The doctor changes his clothes into an outfit that looks like this, because of what happened with that", is.
And given that the series is as huge as it is and that no one here has seen them all and everyone is making their way through the old material at different paces? But actively trying to get through it? Everyone is prone to having something thrown off for them. If someone thinks it prudent to show courtesy, then show courtesy!
As I've said over and over, it's ridiculous that we should be more "courteous" about this than the BBC, the media and pretty much most Doctor Who sites. It's not like that on here for One Piece for god sake! Things aren't constantly spoiler tagged in say the Blackbeard, Supernova or Yonkou threads. Why? Because people wouldn't be in the discussion if they haven't caught up. People aren't courteous on previous big events like the existence of a time skip, crew members, Ace's death etc so it's just ridiculous that theres so much the opposite in here! Pretty much everything spoiler is kept in the Spoiler Discussion section. As soon as the chapter comes out, it's not a spoiler any more and current or past.
Quit bitching on a near daily basis that everyone else does it.
I'd just rather the discussion was kept to discussion rather than dancing around because people havent caught up. Anyway, daily basis? Hardly. I mentioned it once ages ago, once when someone asked the other day and once yesterday. Chill out, man.
Let's just keep chatting about Who rather than cluttering everything up with pointless tag boxes, which to be honest everyone will just click anyway.
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RE: General Sonic the Hedgehog Thread (Now With Movie 3 & Knuckles)
I'm under the impression Triple Trouble was the only good Sonic game for the Game Gear.
1's pretty good but 2, Blast and Labyrinth are terrible.
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RE: Doctor Who
@RobbyBevard:
SympathyX has no sympathy.
Damn straight.
I just don't get the double standard. If we can mention things like the fact like the Doctor worked for UNIT, why is it a spoiler how Jamie and Zoe left?
Otherwise every thread will look like this
Oh man I love the time that the
! Third Doctor
! worked for
! UNIT and fought the
! Autons when they were being
! controlled by the
! Master! He even managed to get
! control of
! Jo!If it's in the past then it's in the past, it's happened. If people are particularly worried about catching up then they shouldn't really be discussing it. Particularly with the new series.
A lot of the stuff in the classic series doesn't really have lasting effects on the plot. It's mainly down to character development.
I use spoilers for future, not past. Not my fault is no ones caught up.
Anyway, back to the thread.
Watching The Two Doctors right now. How can anyone hate The Sixth Doctor? Sets are far, far better than the Seventh Doctor's tenure, acting is great and the dialogue is just brilliant. Makes all the difference having a seasoned writer like Robert Holmes.
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RE: Doctor Who
Still, there are some people who may not have seen the classics yet and don't want to be spoiled. Just looking out for them.
! The First Doctor Regenerates
Surely by the fact that those characters arent in the show any more, it's not really a spoiler.
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RE: Doctor Who
! I totally agree with the end of The War Games. When The Doctor saw Jamie and Zoe being taken back to their times and said "They will forget me, won't they?" it truly hits you how much he loved Jamie and Zoe and didn't want them to go. Next to Adric dying (even though he was annoying, the fact he died is huge) and Sarah Jane leaving, Jamie and Zoe was truly the most heartbreaking goodbyes of the show in my opinion
Spoiler tags? It came out 43 years ago!
Adric dying made me laugh out loud.
Sarah Jane leaving was bollocks. OH BY THE WAY IM GOING HOME AND YOU CANT COME BUT EVERYONE AFTER YOU CAN