Catching up! Contains comics and Doctor Who.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:40![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Oh, DC, what are you doing? I mean, I pretty much gave up on them after all the Batgirls disappeared/got de-aged and de-powered, but everything they're doing at the moment seems like it's CALCULATED to put me off. The Steph-(not)-in-Smallville débacle only confirmed my resolve not to buy any ongoings from them, because I just don't trust them. Instead I am reading back issues and following Saga, which is really good (the art is so beautiful!), but also currently on a break.
Feeling a bit swamped atm, what with one thing and another, but I was off sick yesterday so I have actually caught up with Doctor Who, woo! I had some issues with "Asylum of the Daleks", but I liked "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" and "A Town Called Mercy". The former was just a joy (a few quibbles aside), and the only bit I didn't like from the latter was the "I can tell you're a mother" bit, which made me roll my eyes. Mothers: not actually quantitatively different from women who are not mothers! ANYWAY. I did really like the Doctor handing Jex over. I've probably mentioned this before, but I love the idea that the Doctor isn't a good man because that's what comes naturally to him, but because that's how he chooses to be. The fact that he chooses to be compassionate and merciful, and to always try and find another way, means more to me if he sometimes almost doesn't. It also fitted with how EVERYTHING in the episode was morally complex. Good times. The trailer for next week's looks cool too! I am cautiously optimistic again. Hurray!
Feeling a bit swamped atm, what with one thing and another, but I was off sick yesterday so I have actually caught up with Doctor Who, woo! I had some issues with "Asylum of the Daleks", but I liked "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" and "A Town Called Mercy". The former was just a joy (a few quibbles aside), and the only bit I didn't like from the latter was the "I can tell you're a mother" bit, which made me roll my eyes. Mothers: not actually quantitatively different from women who are not mothers! ANYWAY. I did really like the Doctor handing Jex over. I've probably mentioned this before, but I love the idea that the Doctor isn't a good man because that's what comes naturally to him, but because that's how he chooses to be. The fact that he chooses to be compassionate and merciful, and to always try and find another way, means more to me if he sometimes almost doesn't. It also fitted with how EVERYTHING in the episode was morally complex. Good times. The trailer for next week's looks cool too! I am cautiously optimistic again. Hurray!