Comments on: HAWPcast: Goddammit Yorda

By: regan strongblood

regan strongblood — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:36:15 +0000

Why dont you guys ever give Tom Baker any Dr who love???

By: Danny Araya

Danny Araya — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:24:25 +0000

Honestly I’m disappointed too about the things Moffat chose to prioritize, but I’m still enjoying Matt Smith’s interpretation. I’m sure I’ll get shot for saying this, but I don’t think the difference between Smith and Tennant is any less than the difference between Tennant and Eccleston.

By: Will D

Will D — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:29:19 +0000

@Ash
I figured as much, but I don’t agree about all the attention being a good thing. Those first few episodes I was annoyed as hell at the the zoom ins and the eerie music. Thought RTD’s little mysteries were more tastefully peppered in and not so much in your face. Even if the explanation for bad wolf was lame, the fact that we didn’t see it coming was fantastic.

@ Danny
Most of what made David distinctive was on his part, not the way the character was written. And I didn’t mean for it to sound like I was comparing Smith’s Doctor to just 10 and 9, I meant the whole run of Doctors. I really don’t get a feeling of “Okay, this is so Eleven, this one aspect is unique to him and him alone” from Smith. I dunno, maybe it’s what Anthony suggested, that Amy’s blandness is in turn making the Doctor seem bland, but I really find them both pretty flat characters, and some how the 3rd companion always seems more developed and believable compared to the two (River, Rory, and most recently, Vincent).

Can’t say that I’m happy about Moffat’s focus on the “adventure” rather than characters. I guess I don’t have to worry about the Doctor becoming a magical Tinkerbell Jesus because of all the kiddies at home thinking happy thoughts again, but still I think the stories have always been second string to the characters. But whatever, at the end of the day it’s just a tv show, and there are hundreds of episodes I can still enjoy.

By: BohBynes.

BohBynes. — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:22:33 +0000

I tried to make my Fable 2 character look like Snake, as soon as I did the mission where you get forcibly aged (Or age the poor young girl), I chose the good option, and my character looked like Old Snake. I just thought to myself “Finally… The circle is complete…”

By: Ptylerdactyl

Ptylerdactyl — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:56:15 +0000

The bears were on the island because the DHARMA folk brought them there to do weird ’70s experiments on them. These experiments have been hinted at as having to do with bear intelligence (for God knows what reason) and also acclimating species to environments ill-suited to them.

The numbers were just a code, chosen seemingly at an arbitrary whim, even though they were eventually revealed to be part of a universal pattern that echoed constantly in different places and times.

Lost’s foundation is understanding that most of the mysteries weren’t a product of Glowy-Whoa-y, Islandy-Whylandy stuff, but of what people were willing to *do* in order to manipulate or study that stuff. Every weird thing in the show not *directly* related to the underground font of energy was a direct result of people being bastardly, heroic, greedy, wonderful people.

By: Z80

Z80 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:41:43 +0000

As for a Half-Life episode, I feel compelled to write a script.

Except that that would be borderline fan fiction and it would be ye olde super-awkward tymes.

(I’m still probably going to do it at some point. :I)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:42:44 +0000

You may have enjoyed Ico more if you were playing the new game+ on the PAL version with someone else. Yorda can be controlled by a second player and her cut-scene dialogue gets translated. Could have reduced that feeling that you’re just dragging around a key instead of a person you should be caring about.

By: Danny Araya

Danny Araya — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:00:54 +0000

This reaction just confuses the hell out of me. Davies himself admitted that he really didn’t really write the role too differently for Tennant when he took over, so I don’t understand how everyone is saying that this new doctor doesn’t feel different enough, as if it’s a writing problem. In my opinion Matt Smith is acting extremely differently. Tennant’s doctor was more laid back and casual, hands in his pockets and big swaying movements. Matt Smith’s doctor is a bit stiffer, with lots of smaller fidgety movements. He’s also little mannerisms, like the way he bounces back and forth on the balls of his feet and the manner in which he twirls the sonic screwdriver (things Matt Smith deliberately worked in.) He’s also an angrier doctor with less patience than before which is not inherently a good thing or a bad thing, it’s just a different thing. I’m not sure how drastically different people want the doctor to be. Quirky, compassionate, kinda funny, intelligent, human-loving, these will always be qualities the doctor will possess. The only thing that changes are the superficial bits and the manner in which he expresses himself. His core remains the same.

Moffat’s concerns are less about deep character development and more about the sense of adventure and excitement. He has said repeatedly that he wants the kids who watch this show to feel like it’s THEIR Doctor Who. He’s not big on nostalgia either. I’m a little more upset about that because the character exploration and nostalgic bits are part of why I loved Davies so much, but I’m enjoying this new interpretation for what it is.

Steven Moffat Roundtable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnR1CZbvhEM

Russel T. Davies, David Tennant, and other peoples at comic con: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nQmwwKmLE

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:17:36 +0000

Anthony and I are guessing that the crack in the wall is just going to be a huuuuuge retcon of everything that RTD did in his season. It’s kind of nice that Moffat is drawing that much attention to it if that really is his intention, but it’s also pretty boring.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:45:42 +0000

I just started listening to the podcast, but I just wanted to let you know that I played a male in Fable 2 and I had everyone in love with me like Ash did. It’s very easy to do, just work on having a very high Charisma rating through your different clothes and hairstyles.