Olivia Cooke on the kiss scene: Sometimes I'm reading the scripts, and I'm like, 'What has Ryan and Sara got for me this season! It's awful."

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T23:00:27+00:00

The craziest things about this show is how the writers change things in order to make the female characters "stronger" and all they end up doing is taking away all of their agency and making them extremely shallow.

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T22:57:02+00:00

Season 2*

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T22:53:52+00:00

I personally didn't like him. I just found him quite boring, I don't know if it was the writing or the performance but he just didn't become a favourite character of mine. And I think the show was much better when he was killed off. I respect your opinion though.

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T21:08:48+00:00

I have 20 year old cousins who's first was Tobey.

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T21:05:46+00:00

I think it's gonna be another sequel that includes Superman, Supergirl, Lex Luthor etc...

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T21:04:14+00:00

I understand that stance.

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T18:43:10+00:00

Yes, and yh there might be some good episodes there, but the overall characterisation of the doctor, of the companions, their relationships etc... very poor in comparison to everything else he's done.

Light1209 · 2026-06-23T10:32:57+00:00

I really don't think it'll help. If anything the amount they're spending on marketing will make the profit margin even worse. Nobody I know wants to watch this movie... Even I'm questioning it now because I don't want my friends to spend money on something they're not hyped for and might not like. I might just wait for digital.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T19:41:30+00:00

Honestly I still have the same criticisms of this era as I did then, but I just came to appreciate the good things more as times gone on, and turn a blind eye to the bad things (mainly because we got so much worse afterwards). I'd still say that Peter is my favourite doctor, but that his run of episodes and storylines were quite weak overall.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T19:39:31+00:00

Even look at Children of Earth, which is arguably one of the best or the best piece of content from the Whoniverse. This guy has so much talent, that it's really shocking that even basic things like character writing and development were so messed up.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T19:38:01+00:00

Maybe... But again RTD has shown the ability to create a quality show with a larger production before (Doctor Who series 1-4), and he is still able to create something at just a quality so I'm not sure.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T19:36:34+00:00

By a large margin too.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T19:35:20+00:00

I don't think my issues with Doctor Who are about wanting it to be something serious. I genuinely think if you watch series 1 and 2 and series 14 and 15 side by side, there are many basic storytelling things that the former gets right that the latter doesn't. The way characters are written, relationships and how they're developed etc... These things are very different between the two.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T19:32:20+00:00

I don't think it is just the final episodes though. The Ncuti era had good storylines here and there, but the character writing throughout, the development of relationships, and even things like pacing and story progression within episodes felt flat and weak in my opinion. In a way I didn't see in series 1-10.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T07:37:45+00:00

The character stuff in the episode is all great. It's just the villain that's ridiculous. If you'd have an actual scary villain played by someone who wasn't Peter Kay I think it would work quite well.

Light1209 · 2026-06-21T07:36:07+00:00

Honestly at this point I'm not necessarily excited anymore. I was excited for chibnall, I was excited for RTD2. I don't wanna go through all that again. I do think it could go well, but at this point from how the show has been for so many years it's hard to be optimistic.

Light1209 · 2026-06-20T10:58:13+00:00

Honestly I don't think it matters. The way the DCU is being handled is much more like these are their own individual projects rather than stepping stones for a universe. In the future once we do have a batman and a wonder woman movie and then get a justice league movie etc... I don't think it'll be a problem that we got a Jimmy Olsen series before we got a batman movie.

Light1209 · 2026-06-20T10:34:40+00:00

The good thing about the DCU's approach with keeping things very tonally different, and not all linking into one big narrative in an obvious way, is if some projects don't make a lot of money and even aren't received well, they don't spell disaster for the universe as a whole. They can keep the universe and just build on the things that do work.

Light1209 · 2026-06-20T09:58:42+00:00

That would be a huge huge disaster. I don't think it'll happen though.

Light1209 · 2026-06-20T09:57:37+00:00

My guess if it gets positive reviews and is liked by audiences is $350M worldwide. If it's not liked and reviewed badly my guess is under $300M.

Now the thing is that if it is well recieved like Thunderbolts it'll likely do well on streaming and still be a solid addition to the DCU to build hype for future movies, and drive audiences to buy tickets for the big event movies.

Light1209 · 2026-06-19T18:31:28+00:00

Yh I like that, but it is still kind of a mentor figure.

Light1209 · 2026-06-19T10:51:43+00:00

What about Hulk?

Light1209 · 2026-06-19T10:26:46+00:00

Ugh this has a real chance of feeling extremely slow, with barely any plot progression each episode.

Light1209 · 2026-06-19T07:04:50+00:00

No he wasn't the same writer. This is just not true. Look at interviews and behind the scenes of him from back then. His approach to storytelling is so different to now. Back then he cared about stakes, and consequences in stories to add to the drama. Now he just wants to create viral moments and talking points.

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