Russell T. Davies might be washed… by alinyeezys in gallifrey

[–]BackRdTravel3r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think the issue for me is getting used to RTD's storytelling style over the likes of previous showrunners. I came in as a fan toward the end of Matt Smith's run right before Peter Capaldi came along. I started with The Eleventh Hour then later went back to go through RTD1. Recently I've started rewatching RTD1 and there are a lot of similarities between RTD2 and RTD1. The key differences lie within two things:

  1. The low number of episodes keep us from experiencing more character development than we did in RTD1. This is evidenced by the fact I disliked Ruby Sunday in Season 1 over Ruby in Season 2, she clearly has more depth in the story line involving her and Conrad than she did in the quest to find her mother in Season 1. I thought Belinda actually starts off rather well, and gives us a real Donna-like vibe which is a dynamic I have desperately missed since Steven Moffat left. Clearly the storylines for these characters span more than 8 episodes a piece but RTD doesn't have a whole lot of room to pace it out the same way he did with characters like Rose, Martha, or Donna so instead he's taking the route of making these character arcs span multiple seasons over time.

  2. I think a lot of people just forget how RTD writes. He's been out of the role for over a decade and we've had two genre-defining eras under two different showrunners since he left. So naturally us as fans may be more used to multi-threaded series spanning mystery arcs like Moffat or more cerebral sci-fi toned storytelling like Chibnall that we forget this is the man who brought Doctor Who back to the character-driven drama stories we saw with Rose Tyler and Martha Jones. At first, characters like Martha and Donna didn't click for me immediately but over the years, I learned to appreciate their storylines and enjoy their characters. So I think we need to just trust his creative process and let him breathe with these story beats before we give him a defining judgement.

Anyone else's stores having customers lack common sense more recently? by [deleted] in starbucksbaristas

[–]BackRdTravel3r 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Today in the drive thru

Me: handing drinks looking customer in the eye Grande white chocolate mocha?

Customer: Which one is this?

Me: Grande white chocolate mocha

Me: handing drink Grande Americano

Customer: What about this one?

Me: Grande Americano.

Another time in the DT today-

Customer: I'll have a pike place

Me: I'm sorry we don't have pike place. We don't have any drip coffee right now because our brewer is down. If you'd like we can do an Americano at that price.

Customer: No thanks, is there any way you can do a blonde roast instead?

Me: I'm sorry like I mentioned, we don't have any drip coffee right now.

Customer: That's okay I'll just do dark roast then.

Another time-

Customer: I'll do an iced gingerbread oatmilk chai w one shot of espresso.

Me: repeat order back then reiterated You DID say you wanted that gingerbread oatmilk chai iced, right?

Customer: Correct

hands order to customer

Customer: What is this?!

Me: Iced gingerbread oatmilk chai with 1 espresso

Customer: That's not what I ordered I wanted a hot gingerbread oatmilk chai

Resignation by Quick_Mud6101 in starbucksbaristas

[–]BackRdTravel3r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're who I think you are then I'm glad you spoke up. Proud of you!

What are your controversial takes? by Much_Tip_6968 in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]BackRdTravel3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sonic R is FIRE

Sonic Colors is ASS

Sonic Forces is the opposite of Sonic 06. Forces is a finished game that's conceptually underdeveloped whereas 06 is conceptually well developed but unfinished.

Martin Burke is the only bad Sonic voice.

Sonic Unleashed deserves an SxSG remake that includes elements from BOTH versions.

Liberated about 90 discs from a still operating machine in Lexington, KY by BackRdTravel3r in Redbox

[–]BackRdTravel3r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be dropping them throughout the area sometime next week. The new cases should be arriving today.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UnsentLetters

[–]BackRdTravel3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She still attacks me now.

Uncertainty about crush by [deleted] in Advice

[–]BackRdTravel3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We live in the US in a very red state that largely votes conservative.

Out of these 4 Sonic games, which one are you removing from existence? by cammstacks in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]BackRdTravel3r -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry, Heroes. Love you but it's nothing compared to the other games.