Opinion

[lolotehe]

I'm so mad, I can't even think about it right.

I decided, hey, there's a neat biopic about William Hartnell and what it took to get "Dr. Who" started. You know what? It was a great little drama. Hells yes, I was in it. I loved it! I was thinking, ya know, I'm going to make copies of this and give it to friends, because they would dig it. This is so good, I want to share it with people.

And then, it happened.

Everything was going along just fine, and there was a super-dramatic moment, and then fucking Matt Smith was on the screen. There we are, watching a perfectly serviceable drama about the first series of "Dr. Who" and--for some inexplicable reason--Matt Smith is on my screen.

Now, let me say this: I was raised on "Dr. Who". My very first television memory was watching "The Hand of Fear" on a black&white TV on the dining room table. OK? "Dr. Who" is MY FIRST TV MEMORY. I take this shit seriously.

So, this Christmas, I'm at Mom's and they're doing a huge countdown to "oh, boo-fucking-hoo, Matt Smith is going away". Yeah, see, I don't really care. I kinda stopped watching "Dr. Who" when Matt Smith became The Doctor because I really have no investment in manipulative bullshit.

Yeah, and so I'm gonna be a fan-boy about this. If you tell me it's a biopic of William Hartnell, and I give you an hour and a half of my time, with the understanding that it's a biopic of William Hartnell and the staff involved in first putting "Dr. Who" on the air, then you don't get to betray me at the end and shoe-horn your tenny-weeny-twee-buttfuck whatever into my story.

Would you like to know who's interested in William Hartnell? HINT: people who do not give fuck one about Matt Smith. Mention the name Terry Nation and let me squee about how Daleks are about to show up. Show me a Menoptra or two, but seriously, why did you think I wanted to see Matt Smith's stupid fucking face at that particular moment?

I really wanted to share this with folks. I really really did. But I swear, there's that few seconds that shit on everything. I don't feel good telling people to watch this, now. I feel like I have to share with a caveat of "oh, btw, 1:20 in, major blow BS."

I can take paper-mâché sets. I can take rubber costumes. I can't take exploitative bullshit.

You have lost me forever, BBC. You almost had a good thing there.

I can't trust you anymore.

Comments

[mousit.livejournal.com]

Plus "shoehorned" is a great word to describe it. Not only did they have to stick him in there in the first place, but he's added with complete carelessness. Did you notice when they cut to him the second time he's just pasted right over the console like he's standing in front of it? Jesus, it's shitty on shitty. "Just throw him in there real quick guys the kids will never notice."