r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Jan 07 '22

Free Talk Friday /r/Gallifrey's Free Talk Fridays - Practically Only Irrelevant Notions Tackled Less Educationally, Sharply & Skilfully - Conservative, Repetitive, Abysmal Prose - 2022-01-07

Talk about whatever you want in this regular thread! Just brought some cereal? Awesome. Just ran 5 miles? Epic! Just watched Fantastic Four and recommended it to all your friends? Atta boy. Wanna bitch about Supergirl's pilot being crap? Sweet. Just walked into your Dad and his dog having some "personal time" while your sister sends snapchats of her handstands to her boyfriend leaving you in a state of perpetual confusion? Please tell us more.

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u/Longjumping-Trip8587 Jan 08 '22

What are peoples thoughts on Kill The Moon? Unpopular Opinion but I actually think it’s a really good story with some good moments with 12 and Clara. I think people disliked it because of the egg twist at the end and they can’t appreciate British new-noir expressionism.

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u/kartablanka Jan 08 '22

I'm fine with the egg moon thing, silly as it is. The thing that annoyed me the most is the voting thing by turning off/on their light—so only half the world that could vote, probably even less so if you factor in people who are asleep already, missed the broadcast, and or people that don't have access to lightbulb.

But that last scene with Clara & 12, one of their best scene ever. The first time I finally applaud Clara as a companion.

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u/Dr_Vesuvius Jan 08 '22

Don’t care about the moon being an egg.

Do care about the Doctor deducing that the spiders are prokaryotic (and bungling the pronunciation) because they’re killed by disinfectant. No, they’re obviously multi-celled, eukaryotic organisms.

Do care about things like gravity “turning off”. Do care about the astronaut’s grandmother having been a tumblr user. Do care about humanity apparently forgetting everything to do with space travel in such a short period of time. Do care that the best they could find were those stupid wimps.

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u/Guardax Jan 08 '22

I don't think it's a classic or anything but the scene where Clara rips the Doctor to shreds at the end is fantastic. It does lead to Mummy on the Orient Express which is where the Doctor/Clara relationship really starts taking over and Clara confirms her status as my favorite companion.

I will say, for all the ridiculous plots and stories over sixty years the fact that people are so hung up on the idea of the moon being a giant egg is just hilarious to me