AVP vs The Terminator

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Agreed. 55 is a good age to play him, especially after having relatively young actors since the mid-90s.

Peter Capaldi will be jawesome. I hope to god they model him after the 3rd Doctor in the same way Tennant took cues from the 5th and Smith from the 2nd.

Stealing my fandom. For shame.

Urge to kill rising.

Gtfo.

You say that like everybody DIDN'T know that and pester and cajole you about it for like two *vulgarity*ing years. Gosh, my faith in humanity is dwindling. Congratulations, Dragix. Keep pretending you got one over on the lot of us if you like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Q-J_oz6Zo So much yes.

Only the ruling council were planning on wiping out all life in the multiverse-- heck, it was basically just Rassilon bullying everybody else into following his orders. There were still billions of other, completely innocent Time Lords who got annihilated - people like Romana, the Doctor's family, etc. It was necessary, yeah-- to end the conflict that was swallowing up whole galaxies, stop Rassilon from following through with his plan, and destroy the Daleks once and for all (which worked out fantastically >_>), but the fact remains that he effectively killed millions of people. Genocide is pretty bad. And the Doctor isn't evil for doing it (needs of the many and all that), but it was technically a pretty damn evil act.

Time War. I win.

Attic theory. The moves he "assimilates" (so to speak) take the form of memories, and his actual, proper, real life memories get forced out because there's just not enough space in his brain. This was an actual plot point in... Avengers Academy, I believe it was. His earliest memory is of fighting Elektra in a bar somewhere. It's not how memory works, but it's how the character works. Horrible, unnecessary aspect of his abilities in my opinion-- a shallow attempt at adding depth to a character who's already got plenty (as was explored properly in his solo miniseries during the early 2000s). But, well, that's Marvel for ya.

Nooooo. Everybody is just talking about it closing down for the hell of it.

Why is Daredevil so out of place?

Yeah I didn't so much like it for the variety of Daleks shown. That was a bit disappointing. Also, Daleks are apparently Cybermen. Kinda defeats the purpose of wiping out all other life if you can just make 'em like you. Though I guess there is that whole purity thing.

Maybe when he's holding back. When he's gone all-out he's left her in the dust.

Icon's got physical ability, experience and intelligence over Supergirl. I think he'd win that particular confrontation.

Heh, I get ya, though I find the 11th more emotive myself. I've just seen a lot of people (online, mostly, most people I speak to IRL love him) calling him horrific compared to Tennant (though, thankfully, I've seen just as many people saying Smith trumps David too), and figured I'd share my opinion on the matter and why I think otherwise. Yeah, that I agree with. The Daleks have been embarrassingly useless since series 5-- Victory of the Daleks, while not terrible, featured a truly god-awful redesign of the Doctors' staple foe. Why fix something when it ain't broken? And by "fix", I mean beat with a hammer until it's hideous and unrecognizable. Doctor Who is supposed to be solid family entertainment - adults and late-teens can watch it and enjoy the acting, snappy dialogue, fantastic character development and humor that goes way over the kids' heads, while kids can watch it and hide behind their sofas at the sight of the monsters and aliens... thing is, the Power Rangers-esque Daleks pretty much just make kids laugh and adults scratch their heads and go "WTF is this?". And for god's sake, they need to do something! Like you said, they've just been skulking about the universe since 2010. Why haven't they attacked Earth? Why haven't they gone after the Doctor? Well, they can't now since they don't remember him. And I find it odd that the 11th is just letting them continue. I mean, these are the things that caused the Time War! The monsters that forced you to commit genocide-- twice! It's already been shown that the 11th Doctor hates the Daleks almost as much as the 9th did, so why hasn't he annihilated them yet? They've established a whole new paradigm now-- surely they can't be hiding. Nothing that big can hide from someone like the Doctor. Back in the 2005 finale, the 9th was all ready to wipe the Daleks out of the sky with that Delta Wave generator, so he definitely has the means to do so, and imo it's a bit unrealistic that he hasn't gone ahead and rid the universe of their filth yet. Although, I did love Asylum of the Daleks. It and Christopher Eccleston's Dalek are my two favorite Dalek episodes of the new series, and I see them as sort of linked-- AOTD builds upon a concept introduced in Dalek: What happens to the Daleks who go "wrong"? Who start to develop genuine feelings, to feel things they aren't supposed to? The whole "You are a Dalek" revelation was one of the few genuinely heartbreaking moments of the revived series, imo. Up there with the end of the Van Gogh episode and the aforementioned Dalek as a whole.

Lol, yep. My issue was, in New York there's always gonna be at least somebody looking at that thing, so how did it manage to haul its ass across the city? The idea of NY being a breeding farm for the Angels was cool though. The 9th was indeed hardcore! Even more so than the rest of them. And yeah, 4th is probably my third favorite of the lot. Just third cuz he started getting progressively less awesome in his last few years on the show. AND SIR, if you ever, ever watch an episode of Doctor Who... watch the Neil Gaiman episode. Pure gold. Heh. It may or may not be worth it, depending on whether you're willing to sacrifice the awesome CGI effects for a similar type of innovative writing. I do recommend the standalone movie from the 90s, at least-- was deeply flawed but entertaining, and Paul McGann was REALLY good as the 8th Doctor.

Nobody's gonna hit a blind guy. Right? Right?

So while browsing through some older topics (since the site is shutting down and all), I came across this thread, which gave me the urge to share a few thoughts on the show. Since I'm a fanboy and I didn't want to bump an old topic, I figured I'd make a new one for this dying site. SO, without further ado: 1. While I don't really like comparing the various actors who've played the role, Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor. I've gotten people telling me David Tennant is better without giving any real reasoning as to why, so I figured I'd just share why I prefer Smith. Tennant was very good (and, honestly, overall he might be a more talented actor than Matt by a small amount), but Smith plays the role itself better in just about every way imaginable, in my opinion. More emotive, compelling, funnier, less of a superheroic swashbuckler (something that really annoyed me about the Tenth-- though he still has some elements of this, it's toned down quite a lot) and above-all, he plays up the alien, nutty professor-esque card (similar to Tom Baker and Patrick Troughton, two of the best of the classic series). Tennant was nothing like that - rather, he was one of the most human-like Doctors. Seriously, he pretty much acted 99% human, if a hyperactive, bubbly human. Tennant was the one who could walk into a crowd of normal people and have them loving him within five minutes 'cause he's just plain witty and fun. Basically, Tennant did not come across as an alien personality-wise. At all. Just a normal, slightly-eccentric, highly intelligent bloke. With Smith, on the other hand, you can tell he's an alien-- as I said, cranks up the nutty professor aspect of the character. Thing is, though, while his eccentricity is more profound, his humanity isn't really any less so. He could also walk into a crowd of average people and have them loving him within five minutes (he pretty much did this in one of the episodes-- got a job in the shop, everybody working there knew and adored him by the end of his first day). He knows how to be funny, intelligent without coming across as condescending, and the eccentricity only adds to the likability factor. Essentially, even objectively, I think Smith is a superior Doc simply because he captures the pure essence of the character. He IS the Doctor - a madman in a box, so very clever and so very kind, with the mystery and wisdom and sadness and anger of a thousand years behind his lively persona. Tennant was more like an extremely funny guy who got really pissed off occasionally. Oh, and I've seen a few people complain Smith's portrayal is too childish, not intelligent or mature enough and the like-- that's not true. He's whimsical and eccentric, sure, but whimsicality and eccentricity do not equal stupidity. He's energetic, he's mad, and he enjoys what he does, but it's still made completely clear that he's an absolute genius, and he definitely knows what he's doing. 2. The premise of the topic I linked to (that Doctor Who has gone downhill since Matt Smith got the role) is one I wholeheartedly disagree with. Series 5 is my favorite of the revived series of DW-- it's nice and simple, honestly, I don't see where the confusion is coming from. Doctor regenerates, has a bunch of random adventures, Rory dies several times, cracks in time keep cropping up, turns out it's cause the TARDIS explodes, Doctor saves the multiverse by piloting a life support system of sorts into the heart of the exploding time machine and, well, Big Bang 2. It's not even proper sci-fi, it's just nice, silly, well-written fun. I'll give you 6-- they put far too much focus on the frankly irritating River Song, and it all got a bit convoluted around halfway through. Still, it had some of the best individual episodes of the revived series-- The Doctor's Wife, anyone? One of my candidates for best Who episode... ever. The Girl Who Waited and Closing Time were pretty great too. Series 7 was a return to form, in my opinion. They learned from the last season, dropping the overbearing plot arc (well, it was still there, it just built up to the final episode rather than having a lackluster climax halfway through the season then a more solid one six episodes later) and opting for more disconnected, individual episodes that stand perfectly on their own instead. 'Cause that's what Doctor Who is, really-- a madman and his companion(s) travelling around the universe in a box, having one random adventure after another. I honestly can't think of a single episode I didn't enjoy from this season, with the possible exception of the Rings of Akhaten (which was essentially a rehashing of series 5's second episode). Also, the Statue of Liberty being a Weeping Angel was stupid. Really stupid. Still, the episodes were well-written and the acting (as well as the chemistry between actors, particularly Smith and the new companion) was excellent. Plus... River Song only turned up in two episodes. Yay!

The time Nova burst into my home and attempted to assassinate me.

Liberty Prime's 40 feet high.

Somebody's late to the party.

He doesn't know the limits of the stuff that's been bonded to his skeleton for decades or the blade of one of his foremost enemies? Okay then.

Wolverine said it himself.