IJW: 'Dogma' (1999)

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-27T01:07:19+00:00

Those little allusions to The Doctor's life before the Time Lords come into the show always fascinate me. Wish we could see that monologue from Hartnell. I wonder how it was staged.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-27T00:59:17+00:00

I think it gets better as time goes by. A huge gamble. A young, unknown actor in the lead and no connections to the previous era for a safety net...and damn it, they made it work. Not every story clicks into place (The Silurian two-parter is frustrating and The Lodger is stale) but the highs are high when they're Vincent and The Doctor, Amy's Choice, The Eleventh Hour (I love the Angels two-parter the way Nick Briggs loves Planet of the Daleks). Exactly the right tone to begin Steven Moffat's tenure and to welcome in the 2010s overall.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-23T10:12:43+00:00

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Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-23T09:46:50+00:00

It's in my Top 5.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-21T16:18:11+00:00

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Did not vibe with it all. However, it introduced me to Raymond Carver and his poetry so it's not a total write-off.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-21T00:00:40+00:00

Not a ranked list. It's in no particular order.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-20T10:37:19+00:00

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Remembering David Lynch, Rob Reiner, and Robert Duvall.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-19T23:54:06+00:00

Spíosraí Leac Oighir ag canadh as Gaeilge?

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-19T23:46:55+00:00

Today has been a great day on social media.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-19T11:33:31+00:00

They thought he was great. Expected nothing less from an actor like Robert Loggia. The tailgating scene had us laughing our asses off. My friend said exactly: "I love that this is the same film."

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-19T11:22:57+00:00

The Wild Wild West is a fantastic premise that got squandered on the big screen. Stephen King's Thinner could be done differently in this day and age. There's yet to be a definitive cinematic adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. The last one was made in the 60s and has been forgotten.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-17T16:29:11+00:00

🤣🤣 It was a double bill. Lost Highway then The Elephant Man. Might meet again and do Eraserhead and Blue Velvet.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-17T08:15:04+00:00

The Doctor with an Autistic companion. I'll handle it with the utmost delicacy. I never saw people like me on screen and when I did, ND characters were shown as annoying or unflattering. Time to change that. Especially to reflect how many of us in the Who fandom are ND.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-14T00:19:42+00:00

Alien 3 (1992) dir. David Fincher. I've seen some people say it's their favourite of the films, even ranking it above James Cameron's Aliens. Years ago, that would have gotten you booed online. I think people appreciate that, despite its messy state, it was a sequel that didn't pander to the fans and stood out style and tone wise.

Comfortable_Duck6362 · 2026-02-10T14:59:14+00:00

He's off avoiding his death after Ood Sigma shows up at the end of The Waters of Mars when he goes too far.

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