tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post1345005666933257260..comments2024-03-15T00:14:51.739-07:00Comments on Classical Gallifrey: Serial 118: KindaGungaDinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571959874070196405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-72519970262642439472016-09-25T11:38:16.558-07:002016-09-25T11:38:16.558-07:00It has been reported this story was originally wri...It has been reported this story was originally written with Tom Baker in mind but got rewritten and restructured for Peter Davison and I do wonder if Kinda would have worked as a Tom Baker story who knows Elton Lalehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449566364067586873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-82344553671670034902016-05-17T09:09:07.392-07:002016-05-17T09:09:07.392-07:00Superb review. Kinda is not just superb Who but su...Superb review. Kinda is not just superb Who but superb television full stop. So many good things here, but I must mention Simon Rouse. The best guest performance ever in Who, "You can't mend people!". Just wonderful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346691185588271651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-87633980404942461352012-02-26T14:39:20.480-08:002012-02-26T14:39:20.480-08:00Excellent review! :-) Your analysis is excellent. ...Excellent review! :-) Your analysis is excellent. You made me want to watch this one again. i don't have the DVD and i had no idea that they did CGI to replace the snake. That's neat. Maybe some day i'll have the DVD. i grew up watching on fuzzy tv, which is frustrating. i don't mind that Doctor Who was low budget. i get it. i look past it (easier done as a kid, though).<br /><br />One comment: the Mara/Aris situation with the fake "nature made" bio suit robot vehicle thing wasn't about a legitimate desire to use nature to make technology to destroy the Earth people. It was the Mara misleading Aris into believing he could do something about his resentment of the invaders by building his own robot machine. It was an abuse of Aris' negative emotions and his naivety about what technology is. What does the Mara get out of this? Chaos and suffering. That's what gives the Mara form. See Snakedance (one of my favorites because it is a sequel to Kinda and offers a little more explanation to the origins of the Mara, making it less mystical and magical, despite outward appearances of mysticism/magic, which always works for me).dysamoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10297987530825303618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-89732214217617221942012-02-18T07:36:17.239-08:002012-02-18T07:36:17.239-08:00Great serial. Great review. I'm only surpris...Great serial. Great review. I'm only surprised, Matt, that your insight into Tegan's visions -- and particularly how they reflect her suspicions and fears about the Doctor -- don't give you greater empathy for her character. To his great credit, Bailey pretty much explains why she's such a bitch this first season. And admittedly, the REAL reason is because that's how she was conceived, so that's what the Season 19 writers were given to work with, and Saward didn't have the vision, aptitude or drive to actually refine her character as the season went along. But "Kinda" allows me to forgive a lot of Tegan's insolence. I also never had a problem with the "crowded Tardis" of Season 19; rather than getting a shapely companion, Davison acquired a family -- a very, very dysfunctional family. For me, it makes Season 19 a nice change of pace; you can pick your friends, but you're stuck with your family. Tegan was the oldest child: a brat and a flirt; pretty, bossy, and self-entitled. She was just like my older sister, who could be loads of fun, but man, the world revolved around her. (My brother, the middle child, is as dull as Nyssa. Oh crap, that makes me Adric...)TommyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-22524883644114450542012-01-07T10:43:00.903-08:002012-01-07T10:43:00.903-08:00Thank you very much! And by the way, the story rea...Thank you very much! And by the way, the story really REALLY holds up it does. I'm sure you'll love it even more this time!GungaDinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571959874070196405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-40474745350155270802012-01-06T12:15:51.009-08:002012-01-06T12:15:51.009-08:00Wow, that really makes me want to watch the story ...Wow, that really makes me want to watch the story again :) (last time was two years agao, a day before Richard Todd died...).<br /><br />Yes, I think I'll just watch again.juliaL49http://49suns.denoreply@blogger.com