Post #45,721
7/15/02 10:22:06 PM
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New Doctor Who show?
[link|http://www.orange-today.co.uk/entertainment/story/sm_620011.html|[link|http://www.orange-today.co.uk/entertainment/story/sm_620011.html|http://www.orange-t..._620011.html]]
Yes or no? The 40th Annerversary is coming up soon to Doctor Who. Looks like the BBC is in denial about a new show. With modern CGI, it would be pretty kick-*ss. But the old shows had more to do with plot development and acting than special effects based on the old cheesy effects on the old show.
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Post #45,779
7/16/02 12:36:47 PM
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Last new Who sucked
[link|http://odin.prohosting.com/after12/movies/drwho96.htm|Dr. Who: It's About Time] Of course, it was an American spin on it. The main thing I remember from watching it was all the "Check us out, we know our Who" scenes, the sonic screwdriver, jelly babies, etc.
Darrell Spice, Jr.
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Post #45,782
7/16/02 12:42:33 PM
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That was the American Movie
based on "Doctor Who". I treat it as an Alternative Universe version of Doctor Who. So bad, they had to send it to an Alternative Universe. ;)
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Post #45,800
7/16/02 3:42:20 PM
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it was more than a movie
it was the failed pilot for an American Dr. Who series. Kinda like how [link|http://members.attcanada.ca/~dtpltd/rdusa.html|Red Dwarf, "American Style"] didn't work out very well.
Darrell Spice, Jr.
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Post #45,807
7/16/02 4:37:23 PM
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Because the American scriptwriters and producers
and etc must be all on drugs or something. They think that they can mess with the original and make it better, and then it doesn't work. Sort of like when "New Coke" came out, they thought by changing it that it would be better. It failed and actually was awful.
Of course some conversions work like "Weakest Link" and "Fear Factor" and other shows that got Americanized.
To do a good "Doctor Who" or "Red Dwarf" spin-off you must stay true to their roots and keep the same type of characters without going off on a tangent too much.
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Post #45,863
7/17/02 4:57:33 AM
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Second on the sux
My now vague recollection was of the transparent sexual innuendo, and like so Much Murican stuff.. it was at a 12 yo level - so it wasn't even good innuendo. (Muricans, like the Puritans - haven't the foggiest about eroticism.. just porno IMhO)
Getting the audience to fantasize about the (Dr. + assistants) on off-hours, is to miss the Dr. Who milieu and just make it another US sitcom. Maybe the Brit version works simply because they (and most any other country w/ possible exception of Japanese) aren't obsessed with evading Puritanism by flaunting it. Usually inanely.
Nope.. I can't imagine a US Dr. Who ... only a {yawn} US Dr. Horny with toilet jokes a la SNL. {Ugh}
Ashton
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Post #46,343
7/22/02 8:07:19 AM
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To spoil all the fun...
...we could always go to [link|http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/news/index.shtml|the source]. Official denials aren't as much fun as rumours, however.
I do like the idea of Steps being cast as the cybermen however. Esp. if Robbie Williams and Kylie were the Dr and companion. It must be true, I read it on the BBC site...
On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
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Post #46,345
7/22/02 8:14:33 AM
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Kylie as the Doctor's companion?
Hmm... she'd be pretty sexy in those 70's outfits... :-)
Wade.
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Post #46,351
7/22/02 8:53:41 AM
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How about Hawking?
[link|http://www.b3ta.com/hawking/|[link|http://www.b3ta.com/hawking/|http://www.b3ta.com/hawking/]] Hawking and Darvos, sitting in a tree. :)
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Post #165,893
7/25/04 11:43:50 AM
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CCNA ( 640-801) Questions are Very Easy This Month at VUE Ce (new thread)
Created as new thread #165892 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=165892|CCNA ( 640-801) Questions are Very Easy This Month at VUE Ce]
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Post #165,895
7/25/04 11:47:38 AM
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CCNA ( 640-801) Questions are Very Easy This Month at VUE Ce (new thread)
Created as new thread #165894 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=165894|CCNA ( 640-801) Questions are Very Easy This Month at VUE Ce]
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Post #46,346
7/22/02 8:18:41 AM
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To spoil all the fun...
...we could always go to [link|http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/news/index.shtml|the source]. Official denials aren't as much fun as rumours, however.
I do like the idea of Steps being cast as the cybermen however. Esp. if Robbie Williams and Kylie were the Dr and companion. It must be true, I read it on the BBC site...
On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
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