Showing posts with label Doctor Who. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doctor Who. Show all posts
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The Time of the Doctor. Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman.[/caption]
On the Christmas Day just passed, over 11 million people in England tuned in to the BBC to watch a time-traveling alien with a fondness for wearing fezzes, known only as "the Doctor" -- along with his fetching female sidekick -- save the known universe for the umpteenth time. In particular people tuned in to see the current actor playing the Doctor, Matt Smith, "regenerate" into Scottish actor Peter Capaldi.
I finally had my chance to watch the Christmas Day special, The Time of the Doctor, on New Year's Day. I found it exciting, heart-warming, satisfying, annoying and disappointing all at the same time, but then I'm a fan of the Doctor, not so much of actor Matt Smith or showrunner and writer Steven Moffat.
If you're asking yourself "the Doctor who?" Don't worry. The question is the answer.
The Time of the Doctor. Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman.[/caption]On the Christmas Day just passed, over 11 million people in England tuned in to the BBC to watch a time-traveling alien with a fondness for wearing fezzes, known only as "the Doctor" -- along with his fetching female sidekick -- save the known universe for the umpteenth time. In particular people tuned in to see the current actor playing the Doctor, Matt Smith, "regenerate" into Scottish actor Peter Capaldi.
I finally had my chance to watch the Christmas Day special, The Time of the Doctor, on New Year's Day. I found it exciting, heart-warming, satisfying, annoying and disappointing all at the same time, but then I'm a fan of the Doctor, not so much of actor Matt Smith or showrunner and writer Steven Moffat.
If you're asking yourself "the Doctor who?" Don't worry. The question is the answer.
The first three episodes of the new television series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are not encouraging. Series writers have under-done themselves by replacing the villainous Hydra organization with different adversaries for the TV version of S.H.I.E.L.D., namely, a lame ensemble cast, average scripts, and the Damocles sword of boredom.
My number one reason to watch Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was Agent Coulson. He lives! American actor Clark Gregg's portrayal of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson is a star-making role, on a par with Australian actor Hugo Weaving's Agent Smith in the trilogy of Matrix films. Gregg portrays the perfect, buttoned-down, Competent Organizational Man, at home with S.H.I.E.L.D., or the I.B.M. of the 1960s. Gregg's agent Coulson is always calm, cool, and collected, because he's very well trained, but he's no automaton. He has a brain, and a sly, understated, dry, sense of humour. This has been the role of Gregg's career.
I thought Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be first-and-foremost a starring vehicle for Clark Gregg's agent Coulson, but not quite. Figuratively, and literally agent Coulson is not the one driving this bus.
My number one reason to watch Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was Agent Coulson. He lives! American actor Clark Gregg's portrayal of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson is a star-making role, on a par with Australian actor Hugo Weaving's Agent Smith in the trilogy of Matrix films. Gregg portrays the perfect, buttoned-down, Competent Organizational Man, at home with S.H.I.E.L.D., or the I.B.M. of the 1960s. Gregg's agent Coulson is always calm, cool, and collected, because he's very well trained, but he's no automaton. He has a brain, and a sly, understated, dry, sense of humour. This has been the role of Gregg's career.
I thought Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be first-and-foremost a starring vehicle for Clark Gregg's agent Coulson, but not quite. Figuratively, and literally agent Coulson is not the one driving this bus.
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