Watching Lost and Red Nose Day Thoughts

[amberfocus]

I want my brain back so bad.  I am watching dvd's of Lost because I can't follow a plot on something I haven't seen before.  That is how bad my mind is right now.  But something I've watched before I can just about follow.  I've tried reading, but anything more complicated than a cookbook (i.e. something with a plot) goes right over my head.

But Lost works.  More or less.  Baby!Ben just got shot by Sayid.  I'd forgotten about that particular storyline.  I like Baby!Ben.  He's adorable.

I want to write so much but my brain just won't do it.  It's very frustrating.  I've got so many open fics just sitting on my hard drive and actively mocking me.  I would love to offer a fic for the help Japan auction but I'm not sure I could carry a plot in a paper bag.  Did donate, though.

I finally got around to watching the Red Nose Day Doctor Who stuff and...eh, repetitive much?  I kept thinking, "Haven't I seen this plot somewhere before?"  Also, was thinking, "Two Amys?  I'd rather have two Rorys."  And then there were two Rorys so I smiled once.  Well, twice.  Unexpected House made me laugh, but not the rest of the schtick on female drivers.  If female drivers are so bad how come it is male drivers 16 to 25 who have the higher insurance rates?  Hmm?  Just for being male.  Yeah, I think that tells you right there who the majority of the bad drivers are, doesn't it?  So SM, take those statistics and shove them up your...well, you know, because you are wrong, wrong, wrong.  And why do I think SM put a glass floor in the TARDIS just so that one day he could have someone looking up someone else's skirt?  Does SM even have a female in his life?  Because I can't imagine one putting up with his blatant anti-woman attitude.

Eleven was kind of a big jerk.  Nine might have been condescending and Ten oblivious, but it was always obvious they cared about their companions and didn't find them inconvenient.  Eleven is starting to remind me of the negative things I didn't like about Six.

As for the putting on trousers line, how about Amy puts on trousers for the rest of her tenure so we don't ever have to deal with SM's stupid skirt jokes again?  Jeans are sexy (as opposed to bowties) and are harder to turn into a skeevy joke.

Why does the BBC let this man anywhere near one of its family shows?  He is clearly anti-family with his over the top adult humor.  I won't let my kids watch this special at all.  I hope he gets bored soon and moves on or the BBC wises up and hires someone else as showrunner.  I don't care if DW never has romance in it again, but I want respect for women and children, which has been sorely lacking since the end of DT's era.

Comments

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only one who was distinctly unimpressed by it. The sexism was completely unnecessary, and I was reminded of how much I dislike Eleven and Amy. Still like Rory, but that's all :(

And it was awful listening to/watching those opening titles again. I'd forgotten how bad that sequence is, since I've been rewatching some Nine and Ten lately.

[mkejenkins.livejournal.com]

Couldn't have said it better, hon. I just finished watching it. What a load of #*@&. I'm going to have to go on a marathon rewatch of Nine's season just to get that out of my system.

Hope you are feeling better soon. I'm just like you, I hate being sick. *hugs*

[jessalrynn.livejournal.com]

I don't understand. He has absolutely no respect for women, and technically even less for men, since he seems to think they can't behave for five seconds in a committed relationship (see THAT episode and his comments on the same). And, ok, he can write snappy dialogue. But everything else he writes is full of plot-holes and predestination, and even those choices that define people get made for them in his universe.

I don't like him, as a human being. I watched Coupling for a few episodes and thought "Yeah, this explains a lot." The main character meets the female lead in a bathroom while he's trying to have sex with a female minor lead (whom he does not even LIKE and is trying to break up with), and tries to ask her out, while literally in the middle of the act (he's left the one girl in the stall while he goes shopping in the vending machine. The female lead... well, there's an explicit reason I don't like River Song...

It ought to HURT for someone to think like this man does, and I really wish the people in charge of him would start making it hurt, especially in places it needs to do: IE - the wallet.

[kilodalton]

since he seems to think they can't behave for five seconds in a committed relationship

Oh but see, it can't be a committed relationship in Moffat-land because they weren't having sex. No sex, no relationship, see? No sex means they are just friends. =P =P

In all seriousness, I totally agree with everything you say x 1000! I can't even bring myself to watch Coupling ... I've heard enough about it to know that I won't enjoy it, it will just upset me =/ I can't believe that the BBC hasn't severely reined him in. The UK is such a progressive country in many ways - why they are allowing such overt sexism to be broadcast weekly in one of their top shows is beyond me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

Welllllllll to be fair I don't think even I would describe the Doctor and Rose in early s2 as a "committed relationship" at least in the traditional sense that people mean it, that sort of assumes that at some point they sat and talked about their feelings.

[kilodalton]

Oh yeah, totally, clearly.

I was sarc'ing bc that was another one of Moffat's comments from that same interview - that a relationship is not a relationship without sex, and is only a friendship. It's not a SEXIST comment per se, just another ignorant one to ad. To the pile.

[jessalrynn.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't either, but it was the way he handled the interview - as if he had written the Doctor cheating on his girlfriend and everyone wanted to know why and he was all "You ever met a man?"

God, have I been around teenagers too long...

[flydye8.livejournal.com]

I did enjoy the two short skits that SM created for the comedy special. I will say that the female driving joke has worn a bit thin because it has been done often. i have heard many comedians do the women bad driving thing.
As far as Rory and Amy I think that it is approriate they are still in their honeymoon stage of their relationship and of course they will be thinking about each other often. I know my hubby and I diid and still do 15 years later.
As far as Amy's short skirts well it is not the first time companions have been a bit revealing not only in the old Who but the New who as well. I mean there was a companion that wore an Amazon lether outfit and Rose on occasion wore her own bit of short skirts and sexy outfits.
I would say that Doctor Who has had its adult humor all the way back to CE time just look at Jack and his sexual ideas. I mean he was naked in the "Bad wolf" /"Parting of Ways" two part final and the whole innuendo about the Doctor Dancing.
I must disagree on Eleven not caring about his companions. I believe that he show great care for Amy and Rory during the last season. A two part mini for comedy that lasted what.. 10 min could it really show to much emotion...nah I don't think so.
Anyway I do hope you and your daughter are feeling better and are fighting off the H1N1 quickly.

[kilodalton]

As for the putting on trousers line, how about Amy puts on trousers for the rest of her tenure so we don't ever have to deal with SM's stupid skirt jokes again?



to your whole post but most especially to this!!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

Yeah what surprised me about the clip was how much of a dick I thought Eleven was being. The other stuff -- har har time loops and the casual "LULZ SEXISM" -- stuff, while it was varying degrees of annoying, didn't surprise me at all.

[stillbrainfried.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Sorry to hear that you're still feeling so bad. I hope you get better soon.

Slightly off topic, but don't get me started on insurance statistics. The European Court just forced insurance companies in the European Union to level the rates for car and life insurances for males and females, because different rates would be discrimination?!? Right. I'll stop here, otherwise you'll get a page long rant about that.

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

"Does SM even have a female in his life?"
I think I read somewhere he was married and had a son...

"Why does the BBC let this man anywhere near one of its family shows? "
Now, THAT'S THE QUESTION. And how so many people love & worship him is another good question...

[amyo67.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better really soon. I have been sending up prayers for your recovery.

Sending you *BIG HUGS*

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

I was getting more and more angry at the DW special, so I made a complaint to the BBC. Link goes to the complaint website, and you can make complaints from outside the UK. The more people who complain about this, the more likely the BBC is to respond.