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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This probably isn't a very original idea, but...could the Rani be Tecteun?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

shakes fist

EHLERRRRRRRRS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Archie Panjabi has oozed attitude in what little we’ve seen of her in the part so far

We haven't talked about this enough. She's positively magnetic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

The Rani is famously a scientist, and now she’s a scientist walking into a world where a Pantheon of Gods has been awoken, which is magic in the air. She simply finds it fascinating. To her, it’s a different form of science, she’s not there to reject it. She’s a true scientist with a very open mind. True scientists have open imaginations. Saying, “yes we can go to the moon,” “yes we can travel in time,” “yes, there’s anti-gravity.”

The problem with her experiments and her ideas is that she doesn’t care how many lives she loses along the way. We’ll see her running experiments on a massive scale. The very first scene of the two-part finale will really take people by surprise as to what she’s up to. And from then on, it never stops. It’s a huge extravaganza.

I was glad to read this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, I hope not. Even though the stuff with Ruby's mother didn't land super well, I liked the ideas behind it.

I feel like this is probably RTD pulling a George Lucas and making sure that like poetry, it rhymes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well it's a good thing it's the greatest piece of television ever produced, then!

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  • It's a charity special! A true sci-fi staple.

  • It's also a crossover with the classic soap opera "EastEnders", which I'm basically completely unfamiliar with, and will be disregarding from this point on.

  • Look, it's not good. The story is barely coherent, and that's being generous.

  • But it's hard to get too mad at it. It's a short, silly charity thing that takes as many classic DW actors as they could get, puts them in a blender, and calls it a day.

  • That said, since this thing aired during the "wilderness years" after the show's cancellation, I get why people dislike it so much. When this is all you can get...oof.

  • The Rani is handled almost exactly as she was in "Time and the Rani". For the most part, she's a generic bad guy out to get the Doctor(s). In the end, her goal is to gain control of evolution, which is basically the same motivation that she had in "Time and the Rani". It's not important, none of it matters, and it's another waste of the character's original potential.

  • I see conflicting reports that suggest that the villain of the piece was originally intended to be the Master, which honestly would have been a better fit.

  • #TeamBigRon

Edit: Most importantly, more disco theme songs plz.

 

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've never heard of these - wot in tarnation...?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A decent chunk of his argument is simply to push back against this...loudly.

Finally, it is time to start calling out a lot of provincial grievance for the rank bullshit it often is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can’t wait for your thought on “Dimensions in time” 🫤

I wasn't going to, but...challenge accepted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the Ottawa lumberjack look was always my favourite, especially with the never-produced helmet. A real shame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Why?

LOL, fair question. I guess I think it it adds legitimacy to the league as a truly national concern.

I wish Atlantic Canada had a version of the New England Patriots

Yep - I think there needs to be a team in Halifax or wherever, for exactly the same reason.

 

Note: the link is to a ranking of these uniforms, which is objectively incorrect but at least there are pictures.

Back in 2014, the CFL unveiled alternate "Signature" uniforms for each team. They ranged from "WTF" to "spectacular," and I think I'd rather leave it to the group to decide which are which.

The Redblacks were originally supposed to have plaid helmets to go with these uniforms, but from what I remember there was some kind of production issue or something, and they were never produced.

A collage of the Ottawa Redblacks' signature uniform, complete with lumberjack-style plaid helmet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah...it's a shame. As much as us Westerners get sick of Toronto being the centre of the universe, I think it's essential that the most populous city in the country has a successful CFL team.

 

I don't actually think this has come up here yet, but flag football will be part of the 2028 Olympics, and former Winnipeg/Ottawa coach Paul LaPolice will be coaching the Canadian men's team. There will also be a women's team, coached by University of Montreal head coach Rachel Lessard.

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