Welcoming the New Year
2nd January, 2010 - Posted by Administrator - 2 Comments
I recently revisited this blog, and realised how depressing all of last year’s entries were! I only really wote four or five, but not one of them was positive. I decided to delete the posts, because they were painful to read back – and if I can’t read my own blogs, why would anyone else want to? I’m going to try and be slightly more positive in this blog – not all the time, granted. But no more angsty vents. That’s my rule. Moaning about schoolwork and such is fine, but anything rambling on about how rubbish my life is is a no-no. Mostly because lots of people have it worse off than me. I guess I’ll still write the blogs, seeing as everyone should be allowed to vent, but I’ll private the entries, or something. =D
Doctor Who Spoilers
So, today is the second of January, 2010. I really hate the New Year – that’s another thing that depresses me, but this one is already turning out to be quite monumental. Yesterday was the episode of Doctor Who, where David Tennant’s Doctor regenerated into Matt Smith’s. I’ve not really shut up about it since, so I feel like I’m repeating myself, but it was just. So. Awesome. There was one flaw that I am tempted to point out, in my opinion, but I don’t really know if I’d have been happy with it changed, either. This was the section where Ten went around saying goodbye to all of his friends and companions. I found this collection of scenes to be so lovely and personal, and it seemed a good ending, but I thought that it took away from the ‘oomph’ that should have been placed on the regeneration. I thought that by the end of all the farewells I was just asking myself “how long is this going to take?“, which really isn’t an appropriate reaction because I – like many, many other people – loved David Tennant as the Doctor. I didn’t want to feel impatient about him leaving!
I don’t really understand why the Doctor went to see Verity Newman though. The Doctor didn’t even love Joan – John Smith did. And, fair enough, Joan had loved him so visiting her granddaughter was a nice gesture, but Verity didn’t know what he looked like. He could have visited her as Matt Smith and said “I’m the Doctor” and the reaction would have been the same. Of course, his personality might have changed and stuff, and if Joan was alive she probably wouldn’t feel the same, but Verity doesn’t know any of this. The Doctor could have used his time to visit other people, I don’t know who… but still.
I’m so rambling, now. :/ I’ll try and condense all the other good things into a list.
- Ten’s last words. Many people I’ve seen think the weren’t that good, but I thought they were brilliant. Partly because David Tennant does crying/emotional/upset scenes to superbly, but mostly because it showed us that the Doctor thinks like a human. It makes him a more relatable character, in my opinion. Of course, this could also be seen as a bad thing because… he’s supposed to be super awesome, we’re not supposed to relate to him. But, in what at the end of the day started as a children’s show, it puts across the message that even heroes get scared, and I love that.
- The rant and Wilf. In a way, I hated this, because saying Wilf was unimportant and deserved to be the one to die and all this was horrible. But, once again, relatability.
- John Simm. This man is a complete legend. His acting is absolutely awesome. I adore him as the Master… although I don’t know what happened to the Master. Did he get stuck in the Time Lock? I figure we’re not supposed to know. Leaving it open for a return, anyway.
- The Time Lady. My vote is on it being Susan. Lots of people have said Romana. Some people have said it might be Donna because the Doctor looked at her when Wilf asked who it was, but, in my head, he could have looked at her because Donna is Wilf’s granddaughter, as Susan is to the Doctor. Of course, Donna was also wearing a wedding dress at the time, so as far as we know it’s the Doctor’s wife, or something. I kind of doubt it, though, because wouldn’t she have been on earth with him in Classic Who? I don’t know, I can’t judge, I’ve only seen a few episodes of the classics. Hardly enough to make an opinion.
- Russell Tovey. Oh. My. Gosh. When I saw that bar with Jack I literally laughed out loud. It suits him so well. xD Russell is awesome, and even though I’m a Janto girl at heart, I could think of worse things than Jack/Alonso. xD <3
- The scene with the Doctor tied to the chair thing. lol.
I wouldn’t really count this as a good thing, to be honest, but the whole Mickey and Martha being married probably deserves a mention. I’m not sure if I like the pairing, I always imagined the both of them would just end up with randomers not a part of the whoniverse. I don’t know. Maybe it’ll grow on me. Hmm.
As for Matt Smith. ((I met him last Summer – just randomly, and didn’t have a camera or a pen or anything. Gutting much? But awesome all the same.)) I’m looking forward to seeing him in series 5. My hopes are high. He seems a very good choice for the role. I’ve seen the trailer for the next series and it looks very good, I’m especially looking forward to the weeping angels returning. I really don’t like this ‘gironimo’ deal though. xD
I think that’s it. If I’ve forgotten anything, feel free to let me know.
End of Doctor Who Spoilers
One awesomely significant thing, is that while myself and my family were watching the episode – it started to snow. It snowed on the first day of a new decade. How awesome is that? I wish I had gotten some video footage or something of the snow falling, but there was no way I was going to move away from the telly, and the snow had stopped by the time DW had finished. It stuck though, only lightly, but it’s not melted. My mother is convinced there’s more to come, but I’m not so sure. I hope it snows the day before we’re scheduled to go back to school. I suck at homework.
Anyway, yeah, would any of you be interested in my New Year’s resolutions? I’m not going to tell you all of them, but here are the ones to do with the internet, I’m probably not going to keep any of them though!
- I want to try and make more youtube videos. Animations, because I want to improve and it’s fun.
- Same with DeviantArt submissions, I really want to try and improve my artwork, so I plan to try out different medias – move away from collages, pencils and watercolours – and… yeah. I want a B in A Level art at least, so practising is always good.
- Blog regularly. Once a week at least, if possible.
Also, just remembered to say. A weird thing just happened, basically, I fell asleep, and woke up with a nosebleed and a fat lip. Any explanation ideas? My best guess is I bit my lip and the nosebleed was just a coincidence, but it’s a weird one, to be fair.
I’m going to shut up now, happy new year! Goodbye. xx.
2 Comments
Quinn Kobis
January 19th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Good evening. I’m having trouble with your blog. I can’t see the images. Is everyone having this problem? I have been having trouble with my notebook lately, so I’m not sure if its me or if its your blog. Thanks!
Administrator
January 19th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Hey Quinn. =) All the images work fine for me and the friends of mine who are online at the moment, but that’s only a small number of people, so I’m not 100% sure, sorry!
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