TV

[davidn]

Happy Feet is the most disturbing film that I've ever seen. When Whitney and I put it in the DVD player this evening we were expecting a family film about tap-dancing penguins. Instead, we were treated to an uncomfortably sexual musical with overtones of religious persecution, narrated by Robin Williams doing an impression of Barry White. Featuring tap-dancing Hispanic penguins. And it was written by someone called George Killer! That tells you all you need to know.

And no matter how emotive an episode of Doctor Who may try to be, I just can't take anything seriously when it has Dougal Maguire as an anthropomorphic cat.

Comments

[davidn]

Yes, they haven't quite mastered "not giving away the entire surprise of an episode" yet.

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Other concepts to grasp "not overusing villains", "making the audience believe that the enemies can be wiped out".

I was gutted to hear that Stephen Fry's had to drop out of writing an episode due to scheduling.

[tweeasfuck.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard that, but now I'm a bit gutted too. Maybe next series.