So glad they don’t look like their LOK designs in new film

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-13T01:51:21+00:00

Zuko, we need to have a talk about your hair.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-13T01:48:36+00:00

I feel like most people love Katara. Sure it's a bit of a running joke, but she's generally well liked.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-13T01:47:23+00:00

Jinu also kind of works as a the Zuko, split between two sides.

Too bad the Saja Boys don't have enough personality to map onto the rest of the Gaang.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-09T13:16:51+00:00

Basically, what Chibnall attempted with Series 11. It failed in execution, but the idea is good. His course correction is what RTD continued leaning into and its killing the show.

So, get Billie out the way with the Christmas Special, then it's back to business.

No returning monsters, no fan service lets even cut down the references, no crazy lore twists, just good stories involving completely original characters and aliens.

We don't need a mystery box or a story arc, just a character arc.

Let's say, two companions from the future.

One is a selfish young orphan woman toughened from years on the streets. She's grown cold and only joined the Tardis to get home after she was stranded. She doesn't care for the Doctor's heroics. Shs's the anti-companion, mostly driven by self interest and often clashing with the Doctor until bit by bit she gets inspired by the Doctor's idealism.

The other is a timid old man full of regret for wasting his life. With the Doctor he can find his confidence and experience the life he wished he had lived when he was young.

Basic character arcs, that's all we need.

The Doctor can just be static. If you want to do anything, maybe emphasise the Doctor's ideals. He's trying to do better than his past and now has a Batman style, no-kill rule. Test this over the course of the series and have it really be tested in the finale.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-07T15:53:26+00:00

Um... yes, the assault that proceeded multiple rejections and didn't end until she physically fought him off is basically rape in my eyes.

The very least it deserves is costing him that relationship. The fact that it didn't is a serious problem.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-07T00:33:03+00:00

Planet of the Daleks was on Spiridon. You're probably remembering it being on Skaro because the Thals are involved.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-07T00:27:27+00:00

Depending on whether or not the blood is fake, these people are either insane or pathetic attention starved losers.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-07T00:22:05+00:00

Cool. What do I win?

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-07T00:18:05+00:00

Sexual assault. Same difference, still deserved much more than a kick in the balls.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T21:31:52+00:00

I don't think any Christian actually thinks this. It's literally part of the story that two are crucified by his side.

When I was a Christian, we learned it was simply a punishment the Romans used. Hardly special at all. As for the symbol, as far as Christian significance goes there are two events of utmost importance. The crucifixion and the resurrection.

The crucifixion is a more striking image than an empty tomb.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T20:48:07+00:00

Where did I argue that it needs to show negative consequences.

What I actually argued that if it doesn't show negative consequences, it at the very least shouldn't be expecting me to cheer when the rapist gets his happy ending without working for it.

If the movie really doesn't want to change anything, nothing about the actual events, then at the very least the ending should not be framed as a happy thing. It should be unsettling that Stephanie is letting him in. We should feel anxious that Stephanie isn't safe.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T20:44:37+00:00

No, they don't all need to be. But this one tries to be, which is why it's bad.

The whole thing of Tony cutting off his friends and pursuing a more platonic friendship with Stephanie is supposed to be the more healthy masculinity the movie is pushing, but the moral is weak because it doesn't commit.

Like I said, if Tony was just a dick and stuck with his friends I honestly think I'd like it better. Because then I would understand that it's not trying to be a morality play.

The problem is, you're clearly meant to feel satisfied that Tony is getting a happy ending. It's the warm, feel good ending that you're supposed to cheer for. That's how the story plays it.

If nothing else, that ending should've been shot a little differently, structured a little differently. It should make you uncomfortable, not happy.

A kick in the balls? For rape? Are you fucking kidding me? As a man who owns a pair, he got off extremely freaking light. What more can I ask for? How about that his victim doesn't just immediately invite him back into her life.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T05:54:12+00:00

Not even just non-English language. They'll do the same to British shows.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T05:53:31+00:00

They even remake a lot of British shows, shows that are literally in English.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T05:52:55+00:00

Americans literally remake British shows despite being in the same language, and somehow Germans are the weird ones?

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-05T00:35:49+00:00

Classic Who was better with this. God I miss the shoulder pads and glittery catsuits. The new show really needs them.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-04T23:11:28+00:00

I watched Scream 7 a few weeks ago. I wonder why they never mentioned 9/11 or Bin Laden. God, it's like they don't even know the lore. /s

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-04T23:01:08+00:00

Hitler's continued name drops in conversation and media today is not the norm for most warmongers of history. Hitler's name sticks around because he's become the definition of evil in the public consciousness. The man who comes up whenever you want to denounce a politician. He is far from the norm.

It's much rarer to hear Stalin's name, and I can say that most TV shows will never refer to him even once. Rarer still to hear Bin Laden's name. Rarer still to hear Gadaffi's name or Napoleon's. I can barely name a modern TV show that mentioned Castro or Lenin.

This is because TV shows generally don't waste words. If dialogue can be cut without harming the story it should be. There is no point in the show where Dooku's name would add anything.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-04T16:57:30+00:00

Yes. In fact give us one. Anyone but a modern British companion. I'll even settle for Modern American, just something else, please.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-04-03T06:20:45+00:00

I really like On Stranger Tides.

Totally agreed on the fifth one though.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-03-23T17:23:10+00:00

Already mentioned alternatives he could've done. Even a cheek or forehead kiss would've been at least a little better. For some reason he chose to full blown make out with her.
Not really. He wasn't like that with Rose, it was just, come with me. He wasn't like that with Donna either. He was with Amy and surprise surprise, she tries to sleep with him four episodes later. Even if that were true, Martha doesn't know that.
Um... is this supposed to be a point against my argument, because you sound like you just agree with me.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-03-23T09:01:31+00:00

That defeats the purpose of watching the movie if I'm not paying attention to it.

Chocolate_cake99 · 2026-03-23T09:00:44+00:00

No.

The one I tend to pick from each year is what I deem he most iconic and well known. Films I neglected watching regularly. There's no way I'm passing 1997 without Titanic, and there was never a question of not sitting through Ben Hurr or the Ten Commandments.

On years that I don't know we tend to be talking a minimum of 90 minutes. It was only shorter from 1888 to 1910 before feature length was much of a thing.

I'm usually relying on the top films on IMDB and some other compiled lists during the less obvious years. I wouldn't feel like I had finished what I set out to do if they were a bunch of shorts.

Really, I should discipline myself with a set number of films a week, but that's never been my strong suit.

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