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Saw this on Tuesday and loved it.

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If I named my cat Jozxyqk, then it would be valid.

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In episode four the Doctor gets eaten by a Grue oh shiiiiiiiiit

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Not strictly speaking necessary though, is it? We don’t know lots about huge swathes of the Doctor Who universe, it doesn’t diminish from the story any.

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Sonic the Hedgehog is a cartoon mascot who has long outlived his prime. Personally I’d feel better if they just retired him, at least for a few years.

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I’d rather play Left 4 Dead and watch Schindler’s List if it’s all the same to you.

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>>>>>> New Earth.

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The worst 2D-to-3D transition in videogames? Either “Bubsy 3D”, or “Simon the Sorcerer 3D’. or possibly “Lemmings 3D”, but I never played that one.

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> Surely he turned it off to stop Amy noticing it?

I get the distinct impression that the Doctor did notice it, and he’s making a sort-of mental catalogue of such cracks following the Multiform’s criticism of his ignorance on the matter.

Anyway: “The Eleventh Hour” was as perfect a piece of Saturday evening telly as one could expect, and if this is the shape of things to come then bring on the shape. Things are going to be very shapely indeed.

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Carl said…
deus ex machina

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong…

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I’m not sure how I feel about the new theme, but everything that came before and after it was spec-tah-coo-lah.

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Nobody plays World At War. That’s the crap one.

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Called it.

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> Also, remember this? In the same way that Shaun of the Dead was an expanded version of Spaced?s Resident Evil scene, maybe Scott Pilgrim?s fights could be seen as the logical conclusion of that scene?s use of videogame iconography? (The ?KO!? is straight from Street Fighter Alpha 3!)

Erm, you might want to read more of the comics.

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IMPOSSIBLE.

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Then you have no soul. The calm intro is a deliberate decision so that the outlandish stuff stands out more. It’s a common trait for comedy trailers.

Either that or you have ADD and all that gentle talking didn’t sate your need to see whizzing colours all the time forever.

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I watched it the other night. Interesting concept. Started off slow but got very good at around the 15-minute mark. it’s decidedly darker than anything Hynes has done before, mind. Very grim.

I’m not sure it would work as an ongoing series, though. Miniseries, maybe. Feature film definitely. I’m very keen to see where the show goes from this point onwards.

I can’t help but wonder if the show would have had a better timeslot had it been two prominent male comedians at the helm.

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Random Shoes has some good ideas in there, and for that I can forgive it.

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Y’see, I think that’s the strongest episode of the first season. The worst episode of Torchwood is clearly “Cyberwoman”.

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Den of Geek are a confederacy of dunces. As, by the way, are Digital Spy, who are doing stupid things like Select yearSelect Year20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002

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