I agree totally. Anyway cybermen were never as scary as daleks. The faces on these ones are good, but they appear to be wearing flares - who in their right mind can be scared of something whose limb design reflects The Decade That Taste Forgot. The scariest cybermen ever got was in the old black&white days, when they had cloth faces and mouths in perfect 'O' shapes like inflatable dolls. We can only hope for some creepy deus ex machina to make the second episode better - like for example, Del-boy and Rodney running out the fog dressed as batman and robin to thwart Trigger's evil scheme. Now THAT would be some crossover.
Even the word 'cyberman' has lost its impact, it makes one think of unwashed geeks sitting at the keyboard trying to pebbledash their screens.
Early 70's fashion was dire - unless you liked knitted tanktops and collars which could shelter homeless elves from the rain. Or sawn-off white trousers with tartan trim (never liked the Rollers - was more of a Mud girl meself, I never shang-al-langed as we danced to the band, but I really loved those tiger feet). Styles did get a bit better post-punk - but it was terribly depressing opening your wardrobe and seeing endless rows of sludge-brown tiered peasant skirts.
Jonathan - as possessor of a devilishly stylish wardrobe (and heck the star of the blog and the Man of the Moment), your opinion is the most valid here. Clothes of the seventies - bad dream or just dreamy?
I was a child of the seventies. I loved flares and platform shoes (although they never loved me - long complicated story involving a girl called Kim Gough and not in the way you may think: where is she now and is she suffering as she so richly deserves?). I was also the possessor of many many tank tops. But I think the thing that sticks in my mind most about the seventies is that I was thin and could therefore wear anything. Sadly a state of affairs that has not been repeated in any subsequent decade. J x
I briefly considered looking up 'Kim Gough' on FriendsReunited to see if any of them have 'I am suffering, but I deserve it' in their biogs. But that would be far too stalk-y. But if she was foul to you, her karma will catch up and she will no doubt have married an unsuccessful estate agent with hypochondria and have diseased feet.
Fearful though I am of pointing out that the BBCs' projected core audience for Doctor Who is four to thirteen year olds (plus parents), I offer these two websites for those of you wanting more fanw*nkery fun;
For the official, BBC endorsed, super, flash version with 'Fear 'Factor ratings' by children go here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/
For utter Fanboy nerdiness and completely hilarious subjective 'reviews' of the new series (as it happens), go here. http://www.gallifreyone.com/
And - Yes - I have been to a Convention (never again) and Yes I do have signed photos of Colin and Tom Baker (from a friend) and Yes -I think the new series is great - though it is suffering from 'difficult second album syndrome.
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I agree totally.
Anyway cybermen were never as scary as daleks. The faces on these ones are good, but they appear to be wearing flares - who in their right mind can be scared of something whose limb design reflects The Decade That Taste Forgot.
The scariest cybermen ever got was in the old black&white days, when they had cloth faces and mouths in perfect 'O' shapes like inflatable dolls.
We can only hope for some creepy deus ex machina to make the second episode better - like for example, Del-boy and Rodney running out the fog dressed as batman and robin to thwart Trigger's evil scheme. Now THAT would be some crossover.
Even the word 'cyberman' has lost its impact, it makes one think of unwashed geeks sitting at the keyboard trying to pebbledash their screens.
Early 70's fashion was dire - unless you liked knitted tanktops and collars which could shelter homeless elves from the rain. Or sawn-off white trousers with tartan trim (never liked the Rollers - was more of a Mud girl meself, I never shang-al-langed as we danced to the band, but I really loved those tiger feet). Styles did get a bit better post-punk - but it was terribly depressing opening your wardrobe and seeing endless rows of sludge-brown tiered peasant skirts.
Jonathan - as possessor of a devilishly stylish wardrobe (and heck the star of the blog and the Man of the Moment), your opinion is the most valid here. Clothes of the seventies - bad dream or just dreamy?
I was a child of the seventies. I loved flares and platform shoes (although they never loved me - long complicated story involving a girl called Kim Gough and not in the way you may think: where is she now and is she suffering as she so richly deserves?). I was also the possessor of many many tank tops. But I think the thing that sticks in my mind most about the seventies is that I was thin and could therefore wear anything. Sadly a state of affairs that has not been repeated in any subsequent decade. J x
I briefly considered looking up 'Kim Gough' on FriendsReunited to see if any of them have 'I am suffering, but I deserve it' in their biogs. But that would be far too stalk-y. But if she was foul to you, her karma will catch up and she will no doubt have married an unsuccessful estate agent with hypochondria and have diseased feet.
Fearful though I am of pointing out that the BBCs' projected core audience for Doctor Who is four to thirteen year olds (plus parents), I offer these two websites for those of you wanting more fanw*nkery fun;
For the official, BBC endorsed, super, flash version with 'Fear 'Factor ratings' by children go here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/
For utter Fanboy nerdiness and completely hilarious subjective 'reviews' of the new series (as it happens), go here.
http://www.gallifreyone.com/
And - Yes - I have been to a Convention (never again) and Yes I do have signed photos of Colin and Tom Baker (from a friend) and Yes -I think the new series is great - though it is suffering from 'difficult second album syndrome.
Figros
(creator of the evil Laleks)
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