‘This is no madness this is England’
Nov. 18th, 2024 05:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo this weekend I continued the Who ray run with Silver Nemesis.
Silver Nemesis is the 25th anniversary special and it’s also a cyberman episode. But the problem is it’s not very good at being either.
In the anniversary front it’s kinda undermined by Remembrance Of The Daleks, since that featured both locations from the first Who episode, was set in the year it came out and, of course, featured the daleks. Nemesis, by contrast, doesn’t feel like an anniversary episode (bar the mention of a 25 year orbit).
As a cyberman episode, they’re undermined by not being the sole villain (instead sharing it with neo Nazi’s and Lady Peinforte) and their weakness to gold is taken to an almost ridiculous extreme. (The weakness previously is that it’s to gold dust getting into their systems, here all you need is a gold tipped arrow or even coins and a slingshot!) While getting them back for the silver anniversary was a good idea this just… wasn’t it for them.
Them having competing villains presents another problem. There are now three enemy factions, each competing to get the titular nemesis. However that definitely feels like there’s too many, especially with only three parts. It doesn’t help that Lady Peinforte is a new person who has familiarity with the doctor, knowing far more than she should and it’s not really explained why or how.
Here are fun parts though, the locations are good and Lady Peinforte’s interactions with her manservant (who is not handling being in a new time very well) are funny (though the is a needless feeling segue with a woman who gives them a lift) and Ace is pretty good in this too.
I think what doesn’t help is that it feels like it hits a lot of the beats that Remembrance does. The core thing in both is multiple factions trying to get their hands (or protuberances) on a gallifreyan weapon that the doctor has left on earth (or in orbit in this case) and the end result is the doctor tricking them and using said weapon to defeat them. It’s especially obvious as season 25 only has four episodes so to have two so similar is really noticeable.
Ah well. Last ep is The Greatest Show In The Galaxy but between them I need to watch the rest of the Silver Nemesis special features and Noroi.
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After watching Solver Nemesis I was able to finish the sims 4 reaper event and then I felt a lil more energised/motivated for Sunday.
So of course my hazy head returned about half way through the day, making me annoyingly drained. Bleh.
This morning I had to go back to Sainsburys cause mum got some clothes that needed returning and ugh, I wasn’t feeling up to it, but I pushed myself to go. (Mainly cause of bad weather reports for the rest of the week.) I was able to get the Doritos off op at the nearby Tesco and a snuggly capybara plush but when I got back I was tired and flop.
Annoyingly I came back to find there was a package that wasn’t delivered. I dunno what it is exactly (nothing I’m expecting has been sent) so I am a bit puzzled. It’s gonna be redelivered tomorrow so I guess we’ll see.
I was gonna add something else but now it’s completely gone from my head. Ah well.
I’m gonna snuggle with Midna, finish watching the unhinged Seapeekay vod from yesterday, finish the Silver Nemesis special features and then? We’ll see.
Silver Nemesis is the 25th anniversary special and it’s also a cyberman episode. But the problem is it’s not very good at being either.
In the anniversary front it’s kinda undermined by Remembrance Of The Daleks, since that featured both locations from the first Who episode, was set in the year it came out and, of course, featured the daleks. Nemesis, by contrast, doesn’t feel like an anniversary episode (bar the mention of a 25 year orbit).
As a cyberman episode, they’re undermined by not being the sole villain (instead sharing it with neo Nazi’s and Lady Peinforte) and their weakness to gold is taken to an almost ridiculous extreme. (The weakness previously is that it’s to gold dust getting into their systems, here all you need is a gold tipped arrow or even coins and a slingshot!) While getting them back for the silver anniversary was a good idea this just… wasn’t it for them.
Them having competing villains presents another problem. There are now three enemy factions, each competing to get the titular nemesis. However that definitely feels like there’s too many, especially with only three parts. It doesn’t help that Lady Peinforte is a new person who has familiarity with the doctor, knowing far more than she should and it’s not really explained why or how.
Here are fun parts though, the locations are good and Lady Peinforte’s interactions with her manservant (who is not handling being in a new time very well) are funny (though the is a needless feeling segue with a woman who gives them a lift) and Ace is pretty good in this too.
I think what doesn’t help is that it feels like it hits a lot of the beats that Remembrance does. The core thing in both is multiple factions trying to get their hands (or protuberances) on a gallifreyan weapon that the doctor has left on earth (or in orbit in this case) and the end result is the doctor tricking them and using said weapon to defeat them. It’s especially obvious as season 25 only has four episodes so to have two so similar is really noticeable.
Ah well. Last ep is The Greatest Show In The Galaxy but between them I need to watch the rest of the Silver Nemesis special features and Noroi.
***
After watching Solver Nemesis I was able to finish the sims 4 reaper event and then I felt a lil more energised/motivated for Sunday.
So of course my hazy head returned about half way through the day, making me annoyingly drained. Bleh.
This morning I had to go back to Sainsburys cause mum got some clothes that needed returning and ugh, I wasn’t feeling up to it, but I pushed myself to go. (Mainly cause of bad weather reports for the rest of the week.) I was able to get the Doritos off op at the nearby Tesco and a snuggly capybara plush but when I got back I was tired and flop.
Annoyingly I came back to find there was a package that wasn’t delivered. I dunno what it is exactly (nothing I’m expecting has been sent) so I am a bit puzzled. It’s gonna be redelivered tomorrow so I guess we’ll see.
I was gonna add something else but now it’s completely gone from my head. Ah well.
I’m gonna snuggle with Midna, finish watching the unhinged Seapeekay vod from yesterday, finish the Silver Nemesis special features and then? We’ll see.
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Date: 2024-11-22 02:26 pm (UTC)I did! And she’s with me again right now, curled on my lap🖤🤍