en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2372022 Comments by nextboy1 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2013/01/mark-re-watches-lost-the-constant/#IDComment545024664 I'm sorry? Mark ReWatches The Constant?? Oh HELLZ YES This is more than likely my favourite episode of any television show ever. At some point I need to make an actual top 10 or something, but this would be the first thing I say. It's beautiful. Everyone has gushed about it here already so I probably don't need to, but yeah, I just love how it can be watched as a standalone story (within reason) but also takes the show into new areas, while calling back to others. I remember watching this in real time when I was a student and just being blown away by how good television could actually be. Ok, so random Rot13 flailing: Urael Vna Phfvpx UBJ QB LBH OR FB TBBQ? Nyfb, Qnavry Snenqnl! 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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:41:04 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2013/01/mark-re-watches-lost-the-constant/#IDComment545024664 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-doctor-who-liveblog-the-snowmen/#IDComment528653688 Brilliant! So many nods and winks to the 50th already, and Clara is looking like she'll be great, I'm already completely sold on the mystery, kept me awake for ages until I realised that there's no point even thinking about it because Moffat will be holding back all the information we would actually need to figure anything out Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:48:39 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-doctor-who-liveblog-the-snowmen/#IDComment528653688 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-doctor-who-s07e05-the-angels-take-manhattan/#IDComment525387590 Mark, your thoughts are so in-sync with mine I often question my ability to form autonomous thought. This episode was trying so hard to be sad it failed to realise that making new rules why people cannot see each other any more does not equate to emotional resonance, just no. There were some nice bits, and I liked the way it was shot and the general style, but the story was pants. Also, Statue of Liberty angel looked and was just awful, it wasn't funny, it made no sense, and didn't add anything. I nearly always defend Steven Moffat's era of DW (S5 remains by far my favourite series) but I do seriously worry if these 'bookmark'-like images are going to keep showing up in place of ACTUAL CONTENT. I wouldn't mind so much if they were actually kind of 'cool' in some way, but this was, again, just pants. Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:11:55 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-doctor-who-s07e05-the-angels-take-manhattan/#IDComment525387590 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-angel-s05e15-a-hole-in-the-world/#IDComment512338747 Similar story I guess, I remember my mum walking in while I was watching the last few minutes of Doctor Who "Doomsday" a couple of years ago. She had never watched any of the show, I was going through it for the first time, but we just sat in silence and sobbed for a good few minutes. Sometimes TV hurts. Naq lrf, Furyyf jnf zber cnvashy sbe zr gbb Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:04:14 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-angel-s05e15-a-hole-in-the-world/#IDComment512338747 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-angel-s05e15-a-hole-in-the-world/#IDComment512335552 V qvq abg xabj gung! Naq abj V nz qrinfgngrq gb guvax gung Nzl Npxre pbhyq unir orra nyy bire guvf fubj gjvpr naq qbar nznmvat guvatf va f6. V fhccbfr ng yrnfg jr trg n ovg bs fjvgpuvat nebhaq gb pbzr Thu, 6 Dec 2012 23:58:21 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-angel-s05e15-a-hole-in-the-world/#IDComment512335552 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-angel-s05e15-a-hole-in-the-world/#IDComment512332648 Oh, hey y'all. it's been a while. So, this episode happened. I watched it a few weeks ago, I remember painfully rot13ing my grief during a completely unrelated Buffy episode. I almost forgot it was coming up though, I must have perception filtered it from my mind because fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that hurt (nygubhtu cbffvoyl abg nf zhpu nf furyyf). I was numb watching Fred's slow decline. I'm glad she went down fighting, but bar Wesley she was my favourite Buffyverse character, and now she's gone. Has Amy Acker ever won any awards? She's incredible, not only to act out Fred's end, but then to become someone completely different INSTANTLY, it's amazing. Also, basically in Amy Acker awe-land at the moment thanks to Dollhouse, and I did wonder if this storyline was going to sync up with Epitaph 1 on this site after I watched it last week (V'z ernql sbe zber thfuvat gbzbeebj, bu zl Tbq fur vf fb tbbq. Unira'g frra shegure guna gung va Qbyyubhfr lrg gubhtu) RIP Fred, heart = squelched Thu, 6 Dec 2012 23:53:14 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/12/mark-watches-angel-s05e15-a-hole-in-the-world/#IDComment512332648 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e11-briar-rose/#IDComment502991129 THIS EPISODE! Even after Gina Torres and Nathan Fillion played baddies in the Buffyverse, I somehow still was completely unprepared. I saw Alan Tudyk's name, still no clue, watched his brilliant comic sidekick routine, loved it, still no clue, and then THAT TWIST. All the awards. I have no bad words to say, the season arc on this series has been so good and so much better than I thought it would be. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:38:25 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e11-briar-rose/#IDComment502991129 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e08-needs/#IDComment497438245 I've nearly caught up. Man I'm loving this show. I really thought they were going to get away y'know, pretty foolish in hindsight, but I thought there was going to be a shift having rogue actives. Also, do we actually know at this point why Ballard is obsessed with Caroline? Is he just trying to be a hero? Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:32:24 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e08-needs/#IDComment497438245 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e04-gray-hour/#IDComment483484044 I did love that Dichen got to play an Australian in the last episode! Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:19:37 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e04-gray-hour/#IDComment483484044 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e04-gray-hour/#IDComment483483579 She was on Neighbours during my studenty Neighbours-obsessed days, and myself and all my housemates HATED her and were so glad when she left the show to go and try and be a 'real' actress in the states. Turns out, she is pretty darn great in this! She played Katya Kinski, and wow I'm remembering far too much detail, but she had siblings Rachel and Zeke who were also pretty unbearable Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:18:46 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e04-gray-hour/#IDComment483483579 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-angel-s05e04-hell-bound/#IDComment482463141 hands down the most scared I've been in the Buffyverse, and that includes Hush. I just am so impressed with how terrifying they managed to make this, to the point where I had to look away at times because it was clear something was coming up and I watched this at 1am in a pitch black room. Sounds like a criticism, it's not, this episode was incredibly well done. Add to that, we get Spike showing us why he's worth continuing with after his story apparently ended in Sunnydale, and Fred being incredible, and at this point I was completely sold on this season. Brilliant. Tue, 6 Nov 2012 22:10:54 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-angel-s05e04-hell-bound/#IDComment482463141 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e02-the-target/#IDComment479911252 My word I enjoyed that! The Hunger Games/Lost-esque contained story was terrifying and suitably creepy, the Alpha flashbacks have created a genuinely intruiging mystery, and the handler guy is coolness personified, what a badass. I'm completely sold on this show so far. Sun, 4 Nov 2012 00:18:53 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/11/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e02-the-target/#IDComment479911252 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e01-ghost/#IDComment476590251 aaand it looks like I'm late to the party thanks to daylight savings! whoops Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:52:10 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e01-ghost/#IDComment476590251 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e01-ghost/#IDComment476587433 I have this very minute finished watching my first ever episode of dollshouse, I'm going to try very hard to stick to the schedule and not jump ahead for this show, especially after watching what was what I thought I very solid pilot. So, I knew that: Elisha Dushku was in it Joss Whedon wrote it That guy from Cabin in the Woods was in it Some Whedon-verse people would probably show up It was about clones or something? It's so exciting going into this having now watched Buffy, Angel and Firefly, and already I can see this show has it's own personality, and it's dark. It took me a while to get what was going on, were they saving memories up to sell to billionaires for fantasies or something? Then I realise that these 'dolls' are being given whole new personalities and then forgetting them all over again, and I'm very excited by the concept and COMPLETELY freaked out by it. I mean, that is some serious morality bending there. I'm especially creeped out by Elisha Dushku's vacant 'doll' face. Amy Acker I love you, and please be in this show more I thought the plot was decent, and I like how there's already characters getting into trouble for investigating or challenging the mysterious dollhouse. The concept of these memory/personalty malfunctions is clearly going to be important, and it is frightening and disturbing that Echo (great name, is it actually hers, or just her 'doll'?) can actually begin to feel the genuine fear of a past victim of abuse. Even more disturbing, as Mark said, is where do they get these personalities and memories. I think the mystery that grabbed me most though, and makes me want to watch on, is who Echo 'really' is. I was thinking how fascinating it will be to explore that, and why she's there, so when we got to the last scene and we see that someone seems to be wondering the same thing, or maybe looking to 'rescue' her, I nodded along and thought, "yeah, I can get on board with this". Brand new show to watch, yes! Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:47:06 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-dollhouse-s01e01-ghost/#IDComment476587433 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment476178106 :-D And he will mine and he will be my squishy Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:00:05 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment476178106 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment475912238 I love this episode. I love this series. I love what this show is choosing to be right now. I do not love how they put James Marsters in the credits. I mean, really? Contractual obligations were more important than a decent shock ending? Having said that, when I watched this it was very late and I had actually forgotten all about him until that last scene, so I guess it still kind of worked... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:46:02 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment475912238 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment475911116 I think I see it as a kind of perception filter/muggle protection type deal where everything is as it was, but their mind just conveniently side-steps Connor whenever he comes into it. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:43:42 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment475911116 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment475908529 I had no idea he was dead. Devastating. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:38:35 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-angel-s05e01-conviction/#IDComment475908529 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-predicts-angel-season-5/#IDComment475904771 Holy smokes I love this season! Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:31:06 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-predicts-angel-season-5/#IDComment475904771 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-s07e21-end-of-days/#IDComment471927244 Agreed. The whole scene was a mess. It was like they quickly dumped a load of his emotional baggage in the Angel finale so he could be all chipper for the Buffster. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:06:45 +0000 http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/10/mark-watches-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-s07e21-end-of-days/#IDComment471927244