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Doctor Who: The Sound of Drums (2007)
different and refreshing
''basically...end of the world'' This episode begins with uneasy humour and ends with league of gentlemen-esq humour, though the tone is incredibly dark. Whereas last season's finale saw millions of daleks hovering above Caray Wharf and slaughtering countless humans, this story sees that element of catastrophe being upped a notch. It was surprising and unexpected. If you thought it was one thing, it was something else. RTD could have used cybermen, daleks, gelth or another recurring villain, but chose to do something new. Oh yes, and the Tyler's would not have done what the Jones's have done, which adds a soap opera element, but is immediately overshadowed by the fact that the Master has been manipulating event son Earth without arousing any suspicion. The Sweeney-esq shootouts and the rather humorous treatment of the gassing scene is a classic example of how originality can make the simplest techniques entertaining.
This episode is not camp, but is so much fun to watch. The contradicting use of music with 'here come the drums', the tense but highly amusing chase sequences all build up to something unexpected. And what the show deals out best comes in a big way at the end of this week's episode.
This, unlike some other eps this season, gets my approval
Doctor Who (2005)
The names Bond, Doctor Bond....
The series first interested me when Paul McGann took the role. Awesome TV movie, good story and effects. Watched a few old stories, appreciated it and took an interest. There was also the thought that after Eccleston's portrayal, the BBC wouldn't get complacent...
We now have a formula for the episodes already, where a sinister threat becons, mystifies and menaces, and is then revealed to be a hard done by alien. Forgive me if the notion of an alien with Maureen Lipman's face living inside a television isn't quite scary, or inspiring. It robs people's faces, but we're in Doctor Who. Why not just devour them? Because the writers do not need to push anymore boundaries. Why? Because the BBC are happy with viewing figures. Now, about the BBC not getting complacent. It has in their hands what could be an unsettling, yet darkly comic sci-fi show which only seems to try to canonise a character who's becoming a Bond-like hero. It will soon become cheese.
Indeed, these comments will be discarded for now, because the show's "doing so well". But what happens when fans old and new begin to tire of the concept that exists now. It would probably be many years before another revival of the series were possible.
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Ridiculously hilariously scary!!!
Teen horrors irk me and sequels are generally irritating. Not this one, with it's spectacular imagery, such as the theme park at the beginning, making you wonder "isn't this supposed to be predictable and clichéd". What occurs at the beginning is an example of how the film rattles the cages of those safety zones you'd rather be kept locked away. The director obviously intended there to be fun frights from start to finish (you will never listen to Ronan Keating's "Life is a Roller-coaster" quite the same again). Without giving anything away, the director delivers the frights like a bullet to the head. Even when you know something is coming, the anticipation of what is about to happen to our lovable teens is equally unpleasantly enjoyable. Take a group of mates along. You will all agree that it makes the deaths in 2005's "Doom" look like an episode of BBC's "Casualty".
Pet Sematary (1989)
Did Stephen King really write the screenplay?
How on Earth can you take seriously a film about a doctor deciding to *spoiler alert*spoiler alert*** resurrect his family by putting them in an Indian burial ground? What made the film more ludicrous than anything was the fact that with all the historical knowlegde Jud had, why he didn't just let the family cat be buried in Pet Sematary itself and let it be. The child zombie wasn't frightening and the apparition of Rachel's sister had the resonance of a joke out of the 'Scary Movie' series. Laughable. I watched it alone, in the dark, at night for maximum effect. I slept like Gage would have before he was killed, like a baby. Apart from some impressively sinous and well shadowed nightmare scenes, the quality of the narrative and connections between the characters left me as unsettled as the ghost of Proscow. Do not insult my intelligence by telling me this is for horror fans, because I'm a horror fan myself. You want a good horror from Stephen King, try 'The Dead Zone' or 'The Shining'. Proper unsettling films