Mabinogia

I loved Matchbox cars as a kid. I have always loved vintage cars. I also loved Barbie, GI Joe, playing spy, wearing princess dresses and tiaras. I was the girl in the frilly Easter Dress who was climbing trees because why should any of us have to choose? Because society, and media/entertainment/tv/movies tell us how we "should" behave? My role models are anyone I find interesting, creative, kind, fun and clever. I've looked up to male characters, female characters, animal characters, aliens, so long as they are doing things I wish to do or exhibit characteristics I wish to have, I find them good role models. Of course my fashion role models have a tendency to be a bit evil though. I've always loved a great dramatic dresser like an Alexis Carrington (Dynasty) or an Evil Queen/Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time). I don't want to act like these woman but man do/did I want their wardrobes.

This stuff breaks my heart. I think it's why there is so much gender identity conflict these days. We expect boys to only like boy things. Girls get it too, but to a lesser extent because while being a "tomboy" can get a girl teased, it's nowhere near as bad as what kids call little boys who dare to like something "girly". I hope that some day we get to the point where a boy liking or dressing like a girl character is met with "that's nice" rather than "what's wrong with him?" A good character is a good character regardless of color, sex, etc. and can be a good role model to anyone. I don't think anyone of any age should be ridiculed or mocked or harassed for looking up to a character that doesn't resemble them. It's called being open minded. Both nephew (andromeda331) and grandson (Dimity) sound like great kids for seeing beyond "girls are icky!" Keep nurturing that part of them.

That is very true. I think I tend to block that from my memory when i remember the 3rd season. lol The main thing I learned from Doctor Who is that a great writer doesn't always make a great show runner. Moffat wrote some AMAZING episodes. My all time favorite Blink, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Empty Child. he's great at one offs but tends to crawl up his own ass when given free reign.

Unless an actor is portraying a real person (I hate when an actor looks nothing like the real person they are meant to be portraying because I find it personally distracting), I really don't care what race/gender/whatever the person is so long as they can do justice to the character and are nice to look at. I'm definitely a I'm a shallowist when it comes to entertainment. I've learned to live with it. :) But, even as a little white girl I appreciated Lt Uhura and wanted to be her when I grew up. I personally never gave much thought to the fact she was black and I was white when looking at her as a role model, but then, I had the luxury of not really noticing because I was represented all over the place.

Given that the Doctor is a time traveler and is often wandering about in the Earthly past with it's many, MANY issues or women, people of color, people who are in any way not the typical "land owner" type, I think there is plenty of compelling reason to have a female Doctor or a black Doctor, or a gay Doctor, etc. To address how shitty our history has been to anyone who doesn't fit the landed gentry mold. I think the Rosa Parks ep was very well done in that the Doctor, a female white woman, had two POCs as companions, one a young black male, and boy did that not go over well in the Jim Crowe south when they wanted to all share a motel room. Because of the structure of the show (alien travelling through space and time) it is extremely well suited for breaking the mold of the character only having been played by standard white males. The Doctor basically "dies" and comes back in a new body over and over. While yes, for most of the shows run from the 60s to now, the doctor has been a mostly middle agedish white dude, it was never in the rules that he had to be. That's just how tv worked all that time, most leads were average white males. Personally I think the Doctor would want to come back as different types of people to have different experiences and that makes for interesting storytelling (if told by people who can write it well and aren't bogged down by their own agenda). It keeps the show fresh and modern. My dislike of the direction the show is going has nothing to do with what sex or color or orientation the Doctor is. It's why it's frustrating because I'd love to support the diversity of the show I just can't stand watching it anymore.

I love a smart criminal (in fiction, not real life!) but, other than the original, Holmes/Moriarty, I detest the personalized arch nemesis criminal. As you pointed out, Bundy skipped around from place to place, which was part of how he went on for as long as he did, because he didn't pick one particular cop and go around committing crimes specifically for that cop in some sort of mating dance. It just becomes silly when you have the same master criminal taunting the one detective (who is the lead of the show naturally) because lead detective, who is supposed to be the smartest, most dedicated detective to ever live, can't seem to catch this one specific person because.... ratings.

Yeah, I loved Broadchurch which made me excited to see Chibnall running Doctor Who. I think I just didn't think about what it was about Broadchurch that I loved. It was 100% Tenant and Coleman. They were gold. Not quite Tenant and Tate, but very, very close. I did like aspects of the story but it was mostly the partnership between Hardy and Miller that just clicked with me. I did hate the second season though, but the third season was outstanding. I think the third season might have been the best, but again, that was because of some outstanding acting. The woman who played Trish was absolutely brilliant. It's not an easy watch though. My UO is that I actually think Jodie Whitaker was great. Her character was annoying as a Monday morning, but I think she acted the hell out of the grieving mother. I also liked her as the Doctor. It was the incredibly unsubtle writing I didn't care for when she was the Doctor. Also, the three companion thing made it hard to really get to know any of the main characters. I also don't know if this one is unpopular or not, but I LOVED Missy. She is one of my all time favorite Doctor Who characters. I think Doctor Who more than any other show in existence is perfect for gender swapping, race swapping, whatever, because the Doctor is not human. The Doctor isn't male or female, he isn't black or white, he's an alien. I just wish they'd honor the decades long storylines that the recent crop of showrunners have all shit on and tried to outdo. (Clara, the first Doctor no longer being the first Doctor, taking Davros out of a wheelchair (a huge part of his character) because RTD doesn't think people are smart enough to realize that just because one villain is in a wheelchair it doesn't mean all people in wheelchairs are villains (he basically said that is the reason). I was hoping I'd like the newest season because the actor is great and a once beloved showrunner was returning but for me, I think I just prefer less heavy handed writing.

I have watched some British crime shows where they had bodies found long after death and the decomposition was pretty gnarly. I'm not at all squeamish about decaying rotting corpses, but there were some were I looked away for a moment.

My main problem with DW is the showrunners, each trying to outdo the last and their claim to be fans of the show and yet they are constantly rewriting it's history. The First Doctor is no longer the first doctor because one of the show runners wanted to "put their stamp" on the show and rewrote it's history. For me, a female Doctor wasn't the problem, it was Chris Chibnall's storytelling. And a black Doctor isn't a problem for me either, but OMFG is Russell T Davies driving the show into the ground. The problem is twofold. 1) Disney now basically owns it (they really should have stuck to theme parks and animation) and 2) RTD was given free reign. No one should be given free reign. We all need someone to be "um, you sure this is a good idea?" I was so excited when RTD was coming back as his first Who run was great. But he, like Moffat, needs boundaries or they go off the rails.

It reminds me of how the new Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa is accusing the droves of fans who are running in terror from the new season of racism rather than admitting that the show just sucks and it has nothing to do with who is playing the Doctor. Sometimes people don't like a show because the quality took a nose dive and it has nothing to do with any phobia or ism, it's just that some of us have standards and aren't going to like something just to be politically correct.

He has always made me feel... icky and I never really could say why. He just came across as kind of sleezy to me.

While I fully and completely support her decision (she's too good for this shit show) I would have watched the HELL out of Erica Kane slaying desperate fame whores left and right. lol

ok, fugitive is a whole other kettle of fish. Everyone knows that if you're a fugitive you have to buy some box dye at the local CVS, throw on a baseball cap and some glasses and no one will know it's you. I can't tell you the number of times I put on my old lady reading glasses and my friends were like "why are you talking to me like we know each other, I've never seen you before in my life!" (or maybe they were just trying to get rid of me...hmmm)

OMG I loved that movie! I knew that sounded familiar but I had to look it up. (I have a terrible memory, which is bad for real life but great for entertainment as I can watch a show over and over and it's almost like watching for the first time lol) Except Clue. I know almost all the scene's in Clue. And I'm close to knowing most of The IT Crowd. But then I've watched those dozens of times each. But also I'd make a terrible spy because I'd clearly forget all the codes and would wonder if you could fly with an umbrella or if the TSA now consider that a deadly weapon.

Yep, that's why you come up with codes. Maybe have a dog with you and pretend you're talking about the dog. Agent A: "Cute dog. I had one like that as a boy," (I'm your contact) Agent B: " I just got him, on the 25th." (the drop will be the 25th) Agent A: "Is this for first dog?" (where?) Agent A: "Oh, my bulldog Astor died 3 years ago, but I just got this puppy 12 days ago (it will be at 312 Astoria Blvd) " I see" (got it) Then they go about their lives. Even if someone who knows they are spies overhears them they will have to figure out the code. Now this code wouldn't be too hard to manage. As long as you avoid the really cryptic stuff like "the owl hoots at midnight" I think you'd be fine.

I think a walk and talk would be preferable to sitting on a bench because 1) harder to hit a moving target and 2) easier to tell you're being followed if the same person who was behind you on street A was still behind you 5 blocks later. When I worked in NYC and had to walk from the subway to work I used to pretend I was trying to evade someone who was following me and would often take different routes to work. I always wanted to be a spy, other than the whole possibly getting captured, tortured and/or killed thing.

My dream casting for Patience would be Katy Wix who played Mary in UK Ghosts and is a wonderfully understated hilarious. Since they had Matthew Baynton on already, they are not adverse to using a UK Ghosts actor. Of course I'm slightly biased as I'd like Katy Wix to be in everything I watch.

I mean, Gerry did manage to convince the viewing audience that he was this heartbroken widower looking for love rather than just a sleaze looking for fame and a good lay or two, so, actor of the year! But really, it saddens me to see him in the same category as legit performers. He's already a has been.

I just don't get the rational of it being okay to say fuck two times, but OMG three times will scar the kiddies for life!!!!! Either allow it to be said or don't. The idea of allowing it but only so many times is ridiculous.

Yeah, I think Isaac is nowhere near ready to be intimate. If he'd not had relations with his wife (I think it was implied but can't remember) then he's a centuries old virgin and I could see him being unsure. Also, wrt the idea that the guy he's been crushing on for over 100 years is interested, I think rather than "I gotta get on that" he's thinking "oh shit, what now?!??!!" since he probably never imagined Nigel reciprocated his feelings. Part of why I'd like to learn more about Nigel is to understand better his side of things. Was he also pining all this time? Was he aware of/crushing on Isaac in life too? Just how much experience had he in life? Honestly I see the fact that they are taking it slow as more a sign the show intends them to be long term while Thor and Flower, I get the feeling that they may or may not last and Trevor and Hetty are more just ghosts with benefits. And Nancy and Carol seem to be in a race to score the most notches on their bedposts. RE: Pete's ghost power, I wonder how long it will be before Sass has him passing notes to Shiki. (yeah, I'll still rooting for Sasshiki!)

Actually, if they had Isaac missing for a couple eps (he could have his own side story with Patience) it would be a good opportunity to see Nigel without Isaac. I like both Nigel and Isaac and I want them together but I do agree there is something missing in their pairing. While the lack of physical intimacy could be network based I do think it makes sense for their characters too. Nigel is a refined Brit who isn't given to public displays of emotion and Isaac has been closeted for hundreds of years and from the same era of not really showing displays of emotion in public. I do kind of hope that Isaac is trapped with Patience for at least 2 eps. It's not that I don't want him around, no one can gasp like our Isaac, it's that I'm curious how his absence would affect the group. As for pairings, the one I'd be least sad to see end is Thor and Flower. They have some sweet moments, but for the most part that one feels the most like "love the one you're with" arrangement.

Ghosts are like people, some are more aware of the world around them (Sass) some are only concerned with what affects them directly (Isaac) or peaks their interest (also Isaac but this time re: dinosaurs) and some just like to screw with people (Thor and his land ships). One thing this show does really well is gives each character their own personality and quirks. Some pay attention to the news while others just like reality TV etc. It is a show, though, so obviously it's not going to use real world rules and logic if breaking those rules and logic makes things funnier. Since the show doesn't have a strict rulebook, we don't even know if all the ghosts are stuck here for the same reason. Their "ghost powers" are likewise unique to each of them. Thor and Isaacs seem to be connected to how they died while Sass and Pete's seem to have more to do with who they were. I personally like that it's not one size fits all explanations. Makes things more interesting for me.

That is kind of surprising given how racy/dirty that show was. Honestly, I loved it as a kid so most of what they were saying/implying went way over my head at the time. Watching it back now (Pluto TV) often has reruns and I'll go on a binge because I love Brett and Charles being all drunk up on the top row and Dickie Dawson being all sexy on the bottom, I see just how far that show pushed the envelope that I'm a bit surprised the network pushed back on genitalia. I guess that was one step too far for them? Wonder if they'd have allowed any of the slang words for it as you could pretend they were referencing other things, like kitties or hot dogs haha

Yeah, he was going to abuse no matter what, it's just that his position allowed him to be more selective about his victims. I do think that he preferred "Hollywood hot" type women because there are some men who judge their success by how hot the women they can bed are. Those men are assholes, but they exist and I think he was one of them.

I imagine it is very hard not to get caught up in the bubble of romance the show creates. I actually think that the majority of those who make it to the end do believe they are in love with each other, but what they fell for was the fantasy surrounding the show. I mean, it's got to be really hard to not fall in love with a hot person of your sexual preference who takes you to private concerts, on helicopter rides, buys you expensive gifts, and does everything they can to woo you while looking camera ready at all times. But then, when the ring is on and the cameras are off reality sets in and they come to the painful realization that they know nothing useful about each other. I did mistakenly expect these older contestants to have the life experience to know better, but the fact that it seems Gerry and Theresa got engaged without actually ironing out what state they would live in shows they, as dozens of youngin's before them, got swept up in the fantasy and forgot that the marriage was going to take place in reality. (more Theresa than Gerry on this one, I think he was just living it up macking on as many women as possible and making promises he may have had no intention of keeping. He seems like a player to me.)