Doctor Who plans and other various notes:

[butterfly]

I watched the rest of "Doctor Horrible" and found it to be quite a good critique of the 'Nice Guy' and why he really isn't. That was enjoyable in a painful way.

I've made plans to do a rewatch of Doctor Who which will feature the following key elements in each episode review:

a) whether or not the episode passes the Bechdel Test (at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man).
b) clothes and their hidden meanings.
c) Bunnies! Okay, no. I lie. There will be no bunnies. There may be kitties.
d) the Doctor as Lonely God.
e) character evolution (and, related to that, relationship evolution). You might think that this would be related to d), but it really isn't.
f) foreshadowing and/or anvils.
e) squee about how pretty the show is (a section that can include: actors, lighting, color correction, editing, directing, writing and more).

Bought that Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking book that I've been wanting to read for ages. I'm looking forward to checking that out.

Comments

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

I watched the rest of "Doctor Horrible" and found it to be quite a good critique of the 'Nice Guy' and why he really isn't.
I saw this discussed on Feministe and (my icon aside) I love that take on it. Toward the end I really got the sense he and Hammer were two sides of the same coin. I also like how Whedon acknowledged in an interview/chat that his feelings for Penny aren't based on anything substantial about her.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I saw this discussed on Feministe and (my icon aside) I love that take on it.

That was really the vibe that I got from it. The only character in there who actually wanted to connect with people on a human level was Penny.

Toward the end I really got the sense he and Hammer were two sides of the same coin.

*nods*

Captain Hammer is the charming man who just wants to get into the girl's pants, and Doctor Horrible is the 'nice guy' who falls in love with a pretty face. Neither of them actually knew Penny as a person (that Billy thinks that Penny would want Australia illustrates how little he knows her).