Digifiend
Since: Sep, 2009
#4: Nov 30th 2012 at 7:45:08 PM
Some costumes were made for Sarah Jane Adventures then not used due to the death of Lis Sladen. So Wv A has the same advantage as SJA's first season.
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So, a new RTD show. Lots of promises, not that good an execution. A couple random thoughts, in no particular order.
Snark Bait aliens. The Racnoss (er, sorry, the Necross) seem designed to generate overdose of snark in everyone watching (or it might be just me, after long years on TV Tropes). Their fighting strategy seems to consist of stomping awkwardly around while their targets stand still. So far, they seem to be doing things For the Evulz. Clearly, the Ravnos (er, Necross) thought the Evil Overlord List was a list of things you shouldn't do as a minion to an evil Lord/King/Father/Jabba-wall-thing. For crying out loud, don't explain everything to your enemies! Or if you have to do that, just give them the summary of your plans, so the audience doesn't have to go through the same explanation four times. Also, you guys aren't Brian Blessed. You shouldn't try.
I'm calling it right now: wizards have ...the Magic. Everyone just calls it magic because they don't know, but the necromongers (Necross, damn it) have extracted enough to know that wizards aren't very physically impressive, but wizards have ...the Magic (...The Woodpecker, anyone?). Or conversely, the whole point of the show will be for Tom to stop using magic and start using ...the Magic.
And... Necross? How in the name of Unconquered Sun does that have any connection with what they do? The Extractor (it's a chamber that extracts ...the Magic ... 'To the extraction chamber!'? Anyone? No? Just 'To the Extractor'? ...Lame.) only makes people older.
Another thing - you get three spells a day? Who do you get it from? The all-powerful god of magic? Mother Earth? The Ministry of Spell Allotment? The GM?
On a more general note, the acting overall seems to consist of standing around looking wooden. Oh look, they're standing on the alien ship, listening to the aliens. Oh look, they're standing on the alien ship, talking to the aliens. Oh look, they're standing on the alien ship, watching the aliens instead of running away. Oh no, I forgot how to act! Oh no, there's some guys pointing a camera at me, better look like I don't belong here so they go away. Hey look, this is my constipated face.
The ending of the second part. Just... the ending of the second part.
And one last thing (feel free to correct me, because astronomy is not my strong subject) - you can't stay in a geostationary orbit if you're hiding from the Earth behind the Moon. You could, I guess, be in a selenostationary orbit (is that even a word?), but as far as I know, the Moon revolves around the Earth, so you will be constantly moving with respect to any single point on the Earth's surface.
Also, the show seems to be very good at overdosing me on snark. Could you tell?