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Iāve recently completed a rewatch of all the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctorās episodes.
My goodness such nostalgia. Every moment the Doctor is on screen is glorious. The Tenth Doctor was one of the first things I ever watched David Tennant in, and is probably still my favourite. The Fourteenth Doctor felt like a long lost friend returning. Wilfred Mottās line encapsulated it perfectly: āThat lovely face, like springtime!ā
I think with David Tennantās return the Tenth Doctor is probably cemented as ātheā Doctor for me, even though I really got to like the following Doctors. For me, absolutely nothing beats looking forward to that version of the Doctor every week.
I think the thing that made his Doctor stand out to me was how expressive he was. Whether it was excitement, or urgency, anger or fear or joy⦠I could see it emanate from him and it was infectious, exciting, epic. He could be vulnerable - when he was scared or in danger, I believed it - but also impressive, like a favourite teacher who is also a genius. I loved it when he talked quickly and when he acted wildly. Pretty much every episode was full of favourite moments.
Some months ago I watched the episode of Criminal: UK with David Tennant guest starring.
Spoilers under the cut, also discussion of abuse:
It was brilliant, suspenseful and satisfying and David Tennant really added to the whole episode with his portrayal of an absolutely sick fucking bastard. The story seemed all too real, and so did the characters. The character of Edgar seemed to be written to a T to how someone like him would behave in real life.
I think due to a combination of brilliant writing and acting, David Tennant was totally mesmerizing to watch; the whole time I was trying to decide if he was guilty or not, watching his every move, watching him face off with the detectives.
For a moment I was almost convinced he was innocent, that Iād judged too quickly, and then came the end, and everything was put in context and slotted into place. I knew not only that he did it but that he was preoccupied with how he would appear to a jury, and that the detectives preyed on that. The line at the end, when the detective revealed he had no daughter, was a brilliant moment, I both hated Edgar a little more and felt satisfaction knowing just how deliberately the detectives played him.
David Tennant as Richard looked very cute and the romance was very sweet at the beginning, but then Richard tried to chloroform his wife Barbara⦠and at that point the relationship felt very uncomfortable and not-real to me. I think because the movie clearly wanted me to sympathize with Richard, but I was sensing something really sinister about the character. This movie looked really nice and had that look of old movies from the nineties, but to me it sure was empty.
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Some months ago I watched season 1 of Jessica Jones. It was such a good show.
Spoilers under the cut, also discussion of abuse:
I liked the noir detective style, and I liked Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones. Jessica proved with every choice she made how moral and good she was despite everything sheād suffered. She can be incredibly funny and is nearly always cool-headed despite her super strength. I felt like I knew her and was rooting for her by the end of it.
David Tennant was such a fantastic villain as Kilgrave. I think the writing was brilliant, revealing him bit by bit. I could tell that the character is based on how abusers act in real life, and it was both gut wrenching and cathartic to watch Jessica fight him. And I got to enjoy Kilgrave as a comic book villain too, his powers, his cunning and his match ups with the hero. Tennant didnāt downplay how evil Kilgrave truly was, but he made him fascinating to watch; whether Iām scared or repulsed or pitying, it was always interesting. His powers can be absolutely horrifying or a kind of wish-fulfillment, a thrill to watch. He had fantastic chemistry with Jessica Jones, I thought; when they teamed up, I couldnāt help but think, what if⦠even as Iām aware how impossible that is. His demented declaration of love is so sincere it is frightening, because I feel I can almost understand why he does what he does, even while knowing that Jessica should get as far away from him as possible.
Some time ago I watched Fright Night. I liked this movie, I know itās a pretty old trope but I was properly entertained.
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I think itās partly how it had a lot of suspense and some really great moments⦠like the girl holding her finger up to her lips while in the grips of a vampire, or the nerd friend showing up turned and delivering an eBay package. Or the vampire standing just behind the threshold to get the pack of beer. I knew the tropes but I never knew what was going to happen.
And literally all the actors are really great, so good Iām surprised theyāre all together for a movie like this and I felt in for a treat.
David Tennant was a hilarious supporting character that added a lot of fun and interest to the story⦠I enjoyed pretty much every moment he was on screen. I liked his Vincent getup, he looked so cool in black eyeliner, and I liked the character in the fight scenes, especially when he was cursing and knocking screaming wraiths aside. The bit where he started smoking because he was turning was such a cool bit of lore too.
Some months ago I watched Bad Samaritan because I could kind of tell what kind of film it was and I felt like turning my brain off and watching a messed-up crime movie.
Spoilers under the cut, also discussion of abuse and captivity:
Itās⦠itās alright but I think possibly the tone of it seems weird or off to me, and so it doesnāt completely draw me in.
The start of the movie was cool because I like the protagonist Sean and how he had bitten off more than he can chew with this serial killer who seems both completely evil and totally unassailable. David Tennant standing there with a dead expression on his face is a true jump scare.
But then, what Cale is doing to Katie is factually really horrifying and dark, and he is sometimes frightening in a realistic way but⦠his pathology is sometimes hammy and full of tropes. Yeah, yeah āfreedomā means death⦠heās treating her like a horse and he has a thing about control⦠Everything felt both uncomfortable and predictable rather than horrifying. I felt like I had little to go on when it came to truly knowing who this guy was, and instead he felt like a collection of serial killer tropes thrown together.
Katie came across as scared but not extremely traumatized to me and that was both reassuring and further confused the tone of the movie for me. I felt like she was resilient not quite because the character was finding it in herself⦠but because itād be too horrifying to watch otherwise.
Thereās plenty of bits I like though. I liked the connection between Sean and Katie. I liked Cale and Katieās exchange in the cabinās bathroom, where it shown that this was wasnāt a sexual thing for him, and it was slightly comical. That moment worked for me and I learned a little more about both Katie and Cale. I also like the shot at the end, that seemed suitably messed-up and a fitting end for Cale.
Also I liked David Tennantās American accent in this, I think it sounded more natural and less forced than Iāve sometimes heard it. I donāt think Iād realize he wasnāt American if I didnāt know him.
Spoilers and discussion of the Holocaust under the cut.
This play is completely, totally fucked This was a brilliant play and David Tennant was brilliant. I did not know what the play was about going into it, only that it was vaguely about the morality of an ordinary man during WWII. I didnāt know I was about to watch an actual Nazi actually plan mass murder and make excuses for some of the most heinous things a human being can do while remaining relatable and convinced he was a good person in the most plaintive, reasonable way.
But on rewatch, when I listen to how he talks about the bands and how he talks to himself and how he is detached from reality, which is frightening with how relatable it is... (I talk to myself! Iāve felt detached! Indecisive! Guilty and in love at the same time!)
When I hear the things he says that are totally hypocritical and self-deceptive⦠heās doing it for his kids and wife but he leaves his kids and wife. His book about killing his mother is him venting during a difficult time in life but he is going to use the credentials it gives him to implement the fictional ideas for real and help make execution chambers. He looks into the eyes of his only friend and he wonāt save his life.
ā¦I realize this guy is fucking delusional. He is detached from reality and sleep walking his way into becoming a monster without for a moment reflecting on what he is doing. What a repulsive piece of human garbage.
I wonder whether the only reason I havenāt descended to his level is purely due to the luck of not being in his circumstances, and I wonder to what extent I have already descended to his level. The play has showed me it doesnāt matter what you think and what you say⦠in the end itās what you are willing to do, your action or inaction that matters. I think in the end you have to do something. It will not be enough but it will be something.
I feel truly impacted by the themes of the play and the characters Tennant and all cast members brought to life.
We watched Around the world in 80 days series and loved it!! here is a bunch of Phileas Fogg studies because I'm in love, just look at him! also please watch it it's really stunningly beautiful and adorable and the music is amazing š
A step by step process of this will be available at my Patreon on december 1st!
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Yes!! YES!! They made it! They had me when he was going to meet Estella - and they really, truly had me when Fogg realized he had an extra day!
You get an extra day for going around the world the opposite way⦠one of my favourite facts! This is the best feel-good show ever!
I thought the parts set in America had some of the better stories and side characters. I believed Abigail and Passeportoutās love story, and Foggās story with Estella. I love how the ending was about their friendship. Foggās broken free now, and heās found friends he could really be happy with.
Iād meant to mention it earlier but I also liked how beautifully it was shot⦠and I found myself getting kind of titillated by the music and found out of course Hans Zimmer had helped write the theme.
David Tennant is very typically brilliant in this. You can see clearly how Fogg has grown, how heās made friends and what kind of person he is, and what fears heās overcome. I think heās created a whole new character that is different from people heās played before but you can root for and get to know. I really think itās one of his best.
Gather āround children its been 10 years since I watched Doctor Who, and Iām doing a rewatch. To preface this I am a black woman lol. Now that Iām an adultāI can finally articulate my feelings about how Ten treated Martha. When I was a teen watching it, I just felt vaguelyā¦icky. And now I know why
āI donāt know if yāall know about the concept of The Disposable Black Girlfriend, but Iām happy to introduce you. Shows in the early 2000s knew they needed to inject diversity into their predominately white casts, and many of them (Doctor Who included) went about this the same way. They would introduce the shiny new black woman. She would be stunningly gorgeous, incredibly capable, boundlessly intelligent, and reasonably (if not substantially) well off. While, in theory, this addition seemed like the ābreath of fresh airā a show needed, in practice it became one of the most insidiously racist tropes in recent memory. The root of the issue is how obvious it was to black viewers that black women were NOT in those writers rooms, and it was even MORE obvious these white writers did not engage with black women in any substantial capacity. Therefore, the Disposable Black Girlfriend was never like āthose black womenā or āother black womenā. She was inaccessible to all audience members regardless of race or gender.
You may be thinking ābeing inaccessible doesnāt make her disposable thoughā and I would thank you for your astute observation. The issue lies in the timing of her characterās introduction. She would always come in after the Main White Male Lead (or fan favorite) had a break up with The Ultimate White Woman. Fans are already primed to be against whomever is interrupting the True Love of these two characters. The Disposable Black Girlfriend was written to be perfect. Sheās better in every way, but all the viewers know is sheās still Not Right. She is a roadblock, a plot device. The Disposable Black Girlfriend was written in to be written off. Again you may think āthis happens to white characters all the time!ā, perhaps but fandoms are infinitely more compassionate to white roadblocks. Hell, they even become dearly beloved characters. White viewers feel wildly comfortable typing, writing, saying, shouting horrid abuses towards black characters. Being a black viewer in this time was AWFUL.
I specifically was affected by the ease with which white viewers justified their racism by saying āoh Iām not racist, I just hate this character.ā But even more so, as a young viewer it reenforced the rhetoric that black women can be twice as good but still not be enough. While young white girls got to see that, in time, love will always come (or comeback) to them. Black girls got to see that love doesnāt stay in our lives, only passes through. We are the motel someone stops through on their way home to love. We are the vacation someone takes to realize how good home is. We are lovely but unlovable. Black girls got to see that our endings are lonely. Because The Disposable Black Girlfriend always choses herself over being just another option.
Rewatching season three now hurts in such a poignant place, deep within myself. Every time I find myself saying āMartha deserved betterā, it feels as if Iām speaking to my younger self. We deserved better. Martha is the ultimate personification of black womanhood. We are taught to be our very best selves, but to also accept the bare minimum from others. Time and time again we are told to do all we can for othersāto care deeply and love freely, and we are expected to be humble and understanding when someone cannot reciprocate. We are, after all, hard to love. If someone looks upon us with affection, even for a moment, we should be abundantly grateful. We should take these mere morsels and pretend our bellies are full. All the while, steeling ourselves. Turning militant. Hardening ourselves to the world.
Itās so clear to me now, and it breaks my heart. Black womanhood is strong because we have had to fortify ourselves for our inevitable disposal. We make ourselves an asset, so when you toss us aside, you feel our absence. But never enough to care in the right ways. And, inevitably, Martha, I, all black women are called to choose ourselves to feel any value. I can chose myself many times over, that doesnāt make a loveless home any less lonely.
I have seen episodes 5 and 6, from Hong Kong to the island.
Itās amazing how David Tennant can create a character that makes me go, āNo! Donāt hurt that specific pompous English dude!ā
It kind of gave me the feeling of watching the Doctor with his companions, except Foggās not like the Doctor at all. His struggles are just as interesting, though, and itās heartening watching him grow and find courage despite his shortcomings. Itās moving that heās doing it because he values friendship and life, and because he once loved someone.
I think almost every character on this show has shown themselves to be more than two dimensional. Iām more invested with Abigail and Passepartoutās romance and their groupās friendship. I, too, wonāt forget the time on the beach.
I didnāt mind much the setting in Hong Kong, I found it not very deep but in line with the rest of the show. The story is still about the man overcoming his own stuff.. shame, anxiety and distance from other people out of fear⦠to better see the world and embrace life.
Iāve really liked this show. It feels exciting but not too stressful to watch and it makes me think about the things I regret doing, or could have done better, or could be doing or that Iām blind to⦠and it makes me feel inspired to change too.
Iāve followed the journey through episodes 3 and 4, to Egypt and India.
Just when I was warming up to the bastard. Fogg really straddles the line of being someone you can believe in and a complete shitter and Iām really starting to sympathize with the people around him. I want to believe in him but Iām always on the brink of being disappointed. Each time he rises to the occasion, though, I feel more certain that he is growing and he can become someone truly admirable.
Iām not sure they completely do the places they visit justice, because ultimately it isnāt about colonialism or one man overcoming his prejudices⦠itās about Fogg and his journey and the person he loves.
David Tennant sure is good though. He so good at these redeemable cowards, these likeable flawed characters. I felt it when he was talking about the person that heād loved and lost and greatly enjoyed it when he was talking to the cow. I can see how much the word ācowardā has an effect on him. Fogg is a whole person Iām becoming really invested in. I hope he finds Estella in the end. She isnāt passed away like I thought, and this seems to be that kind of show.
Next episode is in Hong Kong and it should be interesting. I shall say nothing until I have watched.
I have watched episode 1 and 2 of Around the World in 80 Days. Iām quite hooked. I didnāt know that I could believe in and root for a character thatās such an unconventional hero, but I think witnessing his doubts and his kindness and how he summons courage pulls me in. I think the other characters are handled well as well. I know itās not that kind of show but I was still worried for the little boy. A hot air balloon, a train, what next? Iām suddenly excited by the prospect of actually witnessing such a journey, itās become more real to me. Like everyone around Fogg and like Fogg himself, I am persuaded that he can really make this journey.
I donāt know much yet about Foggās past, but Iām already sad. I wish that someone was there to see all the things he is seeing. Something really bothers him. I feel his doubts about himself.. I feel like he does see the dangers of the world and find it hard to face, and I find it relatable.
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[Video Description: The Doctor Who logo, David Tennant is standing between the Reid brothers of the band Proclaimers. He is grinning and marching as he sings, and points delightedly at the singers next to him.]