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

[crossoverman.livejournal.com]

a) whether or not the episode passes the Bechdel Test (at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man).

If you find two of these scenes in all of New Who, I'll be very surprised. But I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing - difficult to expect a series where the two leads are a man and a woman to pass the Bechdel test every time.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I keep having to look up sales numbers for Blink. I've taken to writing "a billion."

[pluckyyounggirl.livejournal.com]

It really just is the prettiest, most high-quality show in pretty much all of the areas you mentioned. I love how much care goes into it & how high their standards are.

[deifire]

a) whether or not the episode passes the Bechdel Test (at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man).

I can't wait to see what you come up with! I always thought most of them didn't, which is why it surprised me that new Who got such a large number of requests in femslash08. And a whole lot of good fic as well. I've wondered if there's more interaction than I'm seeing, or if it's one of those elements fans are writing for themselves because they miss it on the actual show.

Let us know what you think of Blink, too! I just won a copy as part of a summer program at my public library, but haven't had a chance to crack the cover yet.

[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.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

Also, for the Bechdel Test, the two female characters talking to eachother have to have names.

b) clothes and their hidden meanings.

Ooooh...I am intrigued. *g*