Spatch's twenty-four word review of "Human Nature"

[spatch]

If just ten seconds had been snipped from "Human Nature" it'd be in the running for the Best Freakin' Episode of the "New" Doctor Who So Far.







And I bet you can guess which ten seconds I'm referring to. can't guarantee spoiler-free comments, btw.

Comments

[zhym.livejournal.com]

I think you could make it perfect by snipping the two seconds it took Martha to say, "And it wasn't me."

They really really need to get over the whole crush-on-the-Doctor thing. I mean, he's old enough to be her great (x40) grandfather.

Speaking of which - someone on TVWOP pointed out, based on the previews for next week, if he has a child in 1913 that would be just about the right time to make Susan his granddaugter in 1963.

[spatch]

I think you could make it perfect by snipping the two seconds it took Martha to say, "And it wasn't me."

The entire emo-fest takes about 10 seconds, I think. And if it were gone, BOOM! Human Nature would be one of the most fucking awesomest episodes ever...

AND if we suddenly retcon Susan into the whole thing...

whoa.

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Also, I could have done without the many scarecrows. It's just not scary. One is frightening, many are just goons. And not the img-timeline sort.

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

I could have done without the 867,924th Rose reference as well as "...and it wasn't ME!", but I've pretty much given up on the former ever stopping.

[spatch]

"Who is that?"
"That was Rose."
"That's a very pretty drawing."
"She was my girlfriend. But now she lives in an alternate universe."
"Canada?"
"No, a real alternate universe. That's why I'll never see her again."

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

No, wait a minute--Joan is Rose's great-grandmother! Yes! It all ties together! Ah, whatever.

the actual dialog?

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

'scusee' he's not allowed to just throw around gfness now! The climactic episode of hemhawflubbing the Three Li'l don' count. I hate it when eps flip off a whole season+'s tension in glib backreferences like that.

This was a fangirl rant wasn' it... *hangs head* Also, it's true I've missed an ep or two.

Re: the actual dialog?

[spatch]

Oh, Ten never uses anything approaching the words "girl" or "friend", thankfully. But if RTD keeps insisting on throwing stupid-ass love triangles into the show, it might as well be.

Next season, Ten will be just like Captain Jack "Anything With A Pulse" Harkness.

HRAY

How this creative team can simultaneously breathe new life into an established science-fiction classic and dump large loads of hooey onto it is beyond me.

Re: the actual dialog?

[laura47.livejournal.com]

Please, "anyone who's gorgeous enough" is the actual designation for Jack's sexuality. :-)

[quodlibetic.livejournal.com]

I wish they's shut the hell up about Rose and get Martha over her crush and into platonic friend-ness. If this can happen in Real Life^TM, why not in Doctor Who Land?

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I thought you meant that the ten seconds would be the best episode, and got very confused about what that might be.

[jossish.livejournal.com]

They seem to do really well with episodes set in the past. I meant to come and post about how enjoyable it was on Saturday but I forgot.