Post by jjpor on Jul 25, 2008 16:49:05 GMT
So, I was watching “City of Death” for about the zillionth time the other night, and I thought I’d jot down some of my thoughts while watching it and do one of these commentary things that I’ve seen on here. Be warned, the below makes little coherent sense, but it amused me at the time…
Episode the First:
That spaceship model is really rather good, you know. Uh-oh, they should have listened to Scaroth!
Paris in the springtime. Marvellous.
Bouquet? Romana cracks me up in this scene. God, Tommy B looks rough – must be all that table wine…
My fellow Four/Romana shippers, that ain’t shipping, it’s canon! Just look at the two of ‘em!
That school uniform – so wrong and yet so right…
Really getting the most out of the location shooting, Lol. Whoever said that the words to the incidental music here are “Running through Paris/We’re running through Paris” is absolutely, hilariously, right.
OMG, that front door looks EEVVILL!!
Yay, General Veers in a 70s-tastic white Disco suit!
Hermann is so cool, and his Bond-baddie suit/uniform looks like one of the Master’s hand-me-downs.
Scarlioni is evil and loving it.
Lol – that sketch artist is a really bad actor! And that sulky look Romana gives him is excellent. Has anybody ever adequately explained just what the deal is with that sketch? I thought not.
Kerensky is either awful or awesome, and I honestly can’t say which. It’s an inspired bit of bad acting!
“Yes, today!” I love the way Julian Glover delivers that line, for some reason. His whole smiling baddie shtick is one of the things that make this story a classic.
Tom sounds like he’s making half these lines up as he goes along – and he quite possibly was!
God, Gallifrey truly is one of the most boring places in the universe – Nine was right to blow it up!
“Running through Paris/We’re running through Paris…” For, like, an hour or something!
And what the hell is Tom saying to Lalla as they’re walking down that street? Looks like a good story, whatever it is.
Adorable as she is, I think you’d quickly get sick of Romana as a travelling companion – she has to be right about everything.
Braxiatel Collection? Little did they know…
“Quite good?!” Hang on, that doesn’t look like the real Mona Lisa…
Lol – Romana’s worried the Doctor’s going to blow their cover in front of the natives. He’s not the grown woman wandering around Paris in a school uniform, is he? Very inconspicuous.
More shipping news: Dig the totally flirty look Romana gives Four when he agrees with her about the eyebrows.
Rule: no-one addressed as “Excellency” is ever, ever a goodie. Scarlioni knows his food and drink, though.
“Running through Paris/We’re running through Paris…” Padding? Much? Tom and Lalla having another good laugh about something.
Duggan: Worst. Private eye. Ever.
Sorry to be so obsessed with the shipping, but Romana seems quite…excited for a moment at the thought of the Doctor stealing bracelets off people.
“It _is_ a very pretty painting…” The reveal of Duggan’s gun sticking in Four’s back is hilarious.
He then marches them at gunpoint into a café full of people, none of whom seem to notice. Lol.
Rule: no-one who uses a long cigarette holder is ever, ever a goodie. You do have to sorta feel sorry for the Countess, though.
Cut to Four with gun to his head – excellent.
“I don’t know if you noticed, but he was just pointing a gun at me!” They can’t believe how stupid Duggan is.
“Scarlioni’s Angle?” “I was never much good at geometry.” Lol.
“Not good enough. Kill them.” Glover’s so casual delivery of this line is excellent. Scarlioni and Hermann both just love being bad.
Don’t want to harp on the shipping, but it looks like Romana is totally giving Duggan the eye at a couple of points. Maybe she’s just being friendly? There’s a fanfic there for whoever wants to write it.
Love the way Scarlioni’s thugs come in colour-coordinated pairs! Like socks!
So the Countess thinks Kerensky and her husband are at it?! Well, that’s how I interpret her jealous reaction here. Good to see that Hermann creeps her out, too.
And the question everyone asks at this point: just why does Scaroth take off his mask? Well, so there’ll be a cliffhanger, silly.
Anyway, I’ll do episode two when I’ve had a chance to type up my deranged scribblings.
Episode the First:
That spaceship model is really rather good, you know. Uh-oh, they should have listened to Scaroth!
Paris in the springtime. Marvellous.
Bouquet? Romana cracks me up in this scene. God, Tommy B looks rough – must be all that table wine…
My fellow Four/Romana shippers, that ain’t shipping, it’s canon! Just look at the two of ‘em!
That school uniform – so wrong and yet so right…
Really getting the most out of the location shooting, Lol. Whoever said that the words to the incidental music here are “Running through Paris/We’re running through Paris” is absolutely, hilariously, right.
OMG, that front door looks EEVVILL!!
Yay, General Veers in a 70s-tastic white Disco suit!
Hermann is so cool, and his Bond-baddie suit/uniform looks like one of the Master’s hand-me-downs.
Scarlioni is evil and loving it.
Lol – that sketch artist is a really bad actor! And that sulky look Romana gives him is excellent. Has anybody ever adequately explained just what the deal is with that sketch? I thought not.
Kerensky is either awful or awesome, and I honestly can’t say which. It’s an inspired bit of bad acting!
“Yes, today!” I love the way Julian Glover delivers that line, for some reason. His whole smiling baddie shtick is one of the things that make this story a classic.
Tom sounds like he’s making half these lines up as he goes along – and he quite possibly was!
God, Gallifrey truly is one of the most boring places in the universe – Nine was right to blow it up!
“Running through Paris/We’re running through Paris…” For, like, an hour or something!
And what the hell is Tom saying to Lalla as they’re walking down that street? Looks like a good story, whatever it is.
Adorable as she is, I think you’d quickly get sick of Romana as a travelling companion – she has to be right about everything.
Braxiatel Collection? Little did they know…
“Quite good?!” Hang on, that doesn’t look like the real Mona Lisa…
Lol – Romana’s worried the Doctor’s going to blow their cover in front of the natives. He’s not the grown woman wandering around Paris in a school uniform, is he? Very inconspicuous.
More shipping news: Dig the totally flirty look Romana gives Four when he agrees with her about the eyebrows.
Rule: no-one addressed as “Excellency” is ever, ever a goodie. Scarlioni knows his food and drink, though.
“Running through Paris/We’re running through Paris…” Padding? Much? Tom and Lalla having another good laugh about something.
Duggan: Worst. Private eye. Ever.
Sorry to be so obsessed with the shipping, but Romana seems quite…excited for a moment at the thought of the Doctor stealing bracelets off people.
“It _is_ a very pretty painting…” The reveal of Duggan’s gun sticking in Four’s back is hilarious.
He then marches them at gunpoint into a café full of people, none of whom seem to notice. Lol.
Rule: no-one who uses a long cigarette holder is ever, ever a goodie. You do have to sorta feel sorry for the Countess, though.
Cut to Four with gun to his head – excellent.
“I don’t know if you noticed, but he was just pointing a gun at me!” They can’t believe how stupid Duggan is.
“Scarlioni’s Angle?” “I was never much good at geometry.” Lol.
“Not good enough. Kill them.” Glover’s so casual delivery of this line is excellent. Scarlioni and Hermann both just love being bad.
Don’t want to harp on the shipping, but it looks like Romana is totally giving Duggan the eye at a couple of points. Maybe she’s just being friendly? There’s a fanfic there for whoever wants to write it.
Love the way Scarlioni’s thugs come in colour-coordinated pairs! Like socks!
So the Countess thinks Kerensky and her husband are at it?! Well, that’s how I interpret her jealous reaction here. Good to see that Hermann creeps her out, too.
And the question everyone asks at this point: just why does Scaroth take off his mask? Well, so there’ll be a cliffhanger, silly.
Anyway, I’ll do episode two when I’ve had a chance to type up my deranged scribblings.