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Post by Stripes on Aug 8, 2009 12:06:11 GMT
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Post by jjpor on Aug 8, 2009 13:58:21 GMT
Why, now that Ten is coming to an end and I'd decided that was probably for the best, is the world, the universe, whatever, so hell-bent on making me admire Tennant?? Even after the year-out thing?? The interviewer probably should have just stood back and let him do his thing there, because he was winning hands down. Funny guy - will be sorely missed.
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Post by merrythemad on Aug 8, 2009 15:25:15 GMT
I quite agree, I tihnk many old-school whovians got too used to being "nerds" and so when nuWho exploded onto the screen the initial knee-jerk reaction to being popular caused them to overlook DT as a Doctor, but honestly that renders many of us into the same category as those screaming fangirls, they like him cause he's cute and many people hated him for the same reason. The Tenth Doctor, is NOT my defining Doctor, he IS however, one of the best (i think this is hard to argue with but Im sure you lot will manage) and as much as I hate to be dropped in with screaming pulsating fangirls, I'll cry when he goes. In spite of this, I am excited to see the next Doctor and how things play out...(this is my first real-time regeneration remember).
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Post by primsong on Aug 8, 2009 16:26:13 GMT
May it be better than the Five-to-Six one was...oh heavens, the shock we had then.... >.<
You have a good point, I think, that there is a tendency to distance from Ten just i]because of the raging popularity thing, some of us really don't want to share a pigeon-hole with the scary fangirls of Who.
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Post by librarylover on Aug 8, 2009 19:05:37 GMT
"Breathe my fresh air." LOL Thank you so much for posting this! I'm looking forward to seeing him on Masterpiece Contemporary even more now.
I am sure I get classed with the fangirls due to my enthusiasm for DT, but I don't care. (I have not been a girl in many years, even if I do squee occasionally.) I knew and admired his work before Doctor Who, and he will always be MY Doctor. But, I love the ones who came before him too, and I'm sure that I will enjoy seeing what Matt Smith does with the role. I also really look forward to seeing what Moffat does with the series, since he is one of my favorite writers.
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Post by jjpor on Aug 8, 2009 21:02:57 GMT
So, er, as an ignorant UKian, is Masterpiece Contemporary something where PBS shows BBC programs under the apparent misapprehension that they are in some way "classy" because they're British? Sorry, don't want that to sound partronising or anything. it's just that I see precious little on British TV these days that I actually think is worth the notorious UK TV licence fee (apart from Doctor Who, of course!) ;D. Agreed on the comments regarding the oldschool Who fandom backing off a mile because Tennant has become so popular with, like, girls! That said, it shouldn't blind us to the very obvious genuine problems with a lot of Ten-era Who stories. That said, however, it shouldn't blind us to the fact that Tennant is a genuinely very good actor who has given Doctor Who his all (apart, maybe from the year-out thing!), out of genuine love for the show, whatever bum hands he may have been dealt by some of the scripts he has been given.
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Post by timeywimeyding on Aug 8, 2009 21:16:15 GMT
Woudnt expect to see tenn doing that...
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Post by clocketpatch on Aug 8, 2009 21:32:24 GMT
So, er, as an ignorant UKian, is Masterpiece Contemporary something where PBS shows BBC programs under the apparent misapprehension that they are in some way "classy" because they're British? -- I think that's the general idea, yes. --- Timeloop having actually watched the video edit... "I DEFINE popular culture" "I'm like a shark" *shark motions* "Gotta keep moving" "Breathe my fresh air" His Lou Reed band shirt under a suit jacket outfit which I could NOT stop staring at. I think I'm having the exact same reaction as JJ. I also feel bad for the obviously starstruck and somewhat obnoxious interviewer. I also want those above quotes on LJ icons. Woudnt expect to see tenn doing that... He apparently didn't expect to see himself doing it either...
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Post by librarylover on Aug 8, 2009 21:54:30 GMT
So, er, as an ignorant UKian, is Masterpiece Contemporary something where PBS shows BBC programs under the apparent misapprehension that they are in some way "classy" because they're British? Sorry, don't want that to sound partronising or anything. it's just that I see precious little on British TV these days that I actually think is worth the notorious UK TV licence fee (apart from Doctor Who, of course!) ;D. Masterpiece does show mainly UK productions. I think product from other countries may sneak in there occasionally too. Overall I would guess that US television is in much worse shape than UK TV. Networks run by corporations that live and die by their stock market price are not interested in making art. That is why so many shows on US TV are re-makes of shows that started in the UK . . . why have a fresh idea? Most of the best shows we have are on cable channels, and some of the most interesting are on subscription channels, so you pay more on top of your regular cable bill. I don't know what the license fee runs, but I bet I am paying as much or more, and still have hundreds of channels with nothing worth watching.
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Post by Stripes on Aug 8, 2009 22:52:59 GMT
So, er, as an ignorant UKian, is Masterpiece Contemporary something where PBS shows BBC programs under the apparent misapprehension that they are in some way "classy" because they're British? Sorry, don't want that to sound partronising or anything. it's just that I see precious little on British TV these days that I actually think is worth the notorious UK TV licence fee (apart from Doctor Who, of course!) ;D. Overall I would guess that US television is in much worse shape than UK TV. Networks run by corporations that live and die by their stock market price are not interested in making art. That is why so many shows on US TV are re-makes of shows that started in the UK . . . why have a fresh idea? They also steal reailty TV shows from the Netherlands.
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Post by clocketpatch on Aug 8, 2009 22:55:23 GMT
Overall I would guess that US television is in much worse shape than UK TV. Networks run by corporations that live and die by their stock market price are not interested in making art. That is why so many shows on US TV are re-makes of shows that started in the UK . . . why have a fresh idea? They also steal reailty TV shows from the Netherlands. Because foreign Reality TV is so much classier than domestic. !??
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Post by Stripes on Aug 8, 2009 23:01:46 GMT
They also steal reality TV shows from the Netherlands. Because foreign Reality TV is so much classier than domestic. !?? Big Brother and Survivor is better than A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila. It may also explain why my mum watches so much reality tv.... it's like a rule that is listed under the rule that all Dutch youth must love electro.
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Post by poetry on Aug 9, 2009 6:04:58 GMT
This interviewer is clearly overwhelmed by David Tennant. He must be quite...larger than life, in person. Man, DT's still going to be ubiquitous after Doctor Who. Let's hope he doesn't end up in a G.I. Joe movie -weeps over Eccleston's odious fate-
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Post by clocketpatch on Aug 9, 2009 6:12:40 GMT
Given that Eccleston's been in some rather eclectic things over his career, I'm not sure GI counts as odious for him, or as just more eclectic.
It's DT I'm more concerned on... I can easily see him being stuck in this Master Piece theater role for the remainder of his career, eventually becoming that grey old stalwart presenter who parents tell their children "used to be quite a looker, in his time" to the eye rolls of the children...
*shudders*
I'm not sure if that's a good fate or a bad one, but it nonetheless makes me unreasonably sad.
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Post by magnusgreel on Aug 9, 2009 10:19:00 GMT
I saw that DT could be a great Doctor in the 3-part conclusion to RTD Who s3. Apart from those though I don't like his stories. I had hopes for Moffatt, then saw an interview with him online where he listed all his reasons that DW is definitely a children's program. Then I put these remarks together with all the baffling decsions made over the course of RTD Who that aren't baffling anymore, when you look at New DW as being intentionly made for children.
I hesitate to say all this here. Anyway, it's probably best that I stay in the classic Who parts of the board for my own peace of mind, and I hope it won't be held against me. Some thoughts on all this are starting to come together in a sort of article I'm working on. All I'll say here and now is that I'm having a sort of parting of the ways with New Who.
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Post by merrythemad on Aug 9, 2009 15:04:24 GMT
parting of ways...was that intentionally ironic?
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Post by jjpor on Aug 9, 2009 16:14:44 GMT
I'm not sure if that's a good fate or a bad one, but it nonetheless makes me unreasonably sad. It's what the White Guardian meant in The Ribos Operation when he said that if the Doctor didn't want to go on the mission for him, nothing would happen to him...ever again... I think the thing is Eccleston was a well-known actor before he did Doctor Who, and is now continuing with his career as he had before (I mean, he was in Gone in 60 Seconds, so appearing in stuff like GI Joe is not a new experience for him); some of the stuff he's in is "beneath him" sure, but a professional has to work, and maybe he's one of those actors like Michael Caine who famously never turns down a job, despite most of them being things he could do in his sleep. And he isn't the only really good actor slumming it in GI Joe - poor old Dennis Quaid! It's Tennant who has the world at his feet, in a way that he probably would not if he had not done Doctor Who - it's all about whether he makes good choices next, and I hope he does, because he seems like a personable sort of guy, and is a good actor. The way the year-off from Who worked out for him suggests he has some canny management, so hopefully his future is in good hands. As for British TV versus American TV, well, as they say, 90% of anything is rubbish - I think the fact that only the good/popular things tend to get exported gives both sides of the pond a bit of an inflated idea of the quality of the other side's telly, if you see what I mean. And I see where Magnus is coming from, too; NuWho is definitely aimed at that Saturday teatime demographic, families with kids, and maintaining that audience and the clout that comes with being more or less the BBC's flagship at the moment comes before any other consideration. Which is why we get some truly frustrating head-scratching stuff in NuWho I guess. I stick with it, though, because I do find myself enjoying some of it in spite of myself; I guess I have low standards or something.
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Post by Stripes on Aug 10, 2009 1:10:03 GMT
G.I Joe is big budget action movie, which is better than the awful low budget comedy for teen age boys to laugh at while drunk.
David Tennant will never make it in Hollywood, there is something about him that doesn't fit for Hollywood. TV, British Movies and maybe some American movies that goes along the lines of movies like royal tenenbaums.
I see David going back to theater and slowly disappear in the spot light. I really don't think he will go very far after Doctor Who.
If he is happy doing theatre and PBS then go him!
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Post by clocketpatch on Aug 10, 2009 1:59:56 GMT
Whatever he does post-Who, I hope he finds it satisfying. Like Newton, I rather doubt he'll ever become a Hollywood big name, or even a respectable lurker like Eccleston (though life is full of surprises, innit?).
I also foresee that, as soon as Big Finish gets the license to do them, we will be getting monthly Tenth Doctor audios.
At least, I can dare to hope.
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Post by jjpor on Aug 10, 2009 21:08:19 GMT
I continue to be amazed by whenever I see Eccleston in a big Hollywood movie, because I still always think of him as the police inspector who Robbie Coltrane used to make look stupid in "Cracker" before SPOILERhis character got murdered by a pre-Trainspotting Robert Carlyle!SPOILER. And as Nine, of course! ;D
I think we'll see more of Tennant, not necessarily as the new king of Hollywood. I'd think there's more television and stage work ahead of him, and maybe supporting roles in films. I don't think we'll see him disappear or anything, though.
I think you're probably right about the audios, Clocket, at some point. I think he will maintain some sort of link to Doctor Who in the future however his career goes (or doesn't), simply because he is a fan. I mean, in that Comic-con panel, he was already thinking about what might happen to mark the fiftieth anniversary (you have to admire optimism!).
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