HipPriest

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[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The picture is not flattering either, she looks haggard and confused. And what's going on with her hand? Begging for a private eye bubble

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean I always found his cartoons annoyingly unfunny but I don't think there's anti-Semitism in this one. The general state of newspaper political cartoons actually being funny is pretty pathetic, they're still about as good as The Day Today's physical cartoonist Brandt.

But back on topic I it certainly looks like there's no grounds for anti-Semitism for this one.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm guessing the 2 uses you already know are 'joke' and 'to retch/nearly vomit'?

Another meaning of 'gag' is to physically tie something around their mouth to stop them from speaking (like in films when people get material or tape in their mouths to muffle their cries for help in a kidnap scene? That material would be the 'gag')

Obviously in this instance it's not a literal gag, although I'm sure there's plenty of people who wish it could be. A 'gagging order' is a metaphor for not being able to speak about things

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oof - I'm quite happy with recons but for some that would be a tough call... :p

Also you'd miss out on the first Dalek adventure. It's not the best maybe but it's probably the story that saved the show and gave it mainstream appeal.

I am a big fan of 60s historicals though and Marco Polo is where the first TARDIS crew feel like a unit.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I mean my options as a fan growing up in the wilderness years was basically whatever I had on video/whatever I could borrow or copy off someone else.

And my options now as a father are quite limited to 'does it have Daleks/Cybermen in?' That said he watched Midnight recently. He thought it was really funny.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I think a lot of the 14th pictures released so far generally have him looking shocked/clueless/mildly confused... But yeah that one is definitely not flattering!

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Late to the party, sorry but... It's an awful serial. They had a decent idea, dropped the ball completely, and did it properly with The Mind Robber a few years later.

I'm looking forward to seeing what RTD does with the toymaker, I feel sure he'll make it into something interesting!

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

If it's a permanent fixture it could be a Britbox killer for me... I suspect it'll just be for the anniversary period.

Still great news though!

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The linked article probably hypothesises it best by saying the caste system has things in common with Hitler's racism (with the Jews as the untouchables and the Aryans as the high castes); but it genuinely seems like one of those cultural quirks that doesn't have a particular reason.

They sell Hitler mouse mats.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This is about misinformation on social media plays a part in war and journalism

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Slightly off topic but it's interesting that in India they don't really get the hate for Adolf. Mein Kampf still sells well over there.

(https://m.timesofindia.com/india/why-hitler-is-not-a-dirty-word-in-india/amp_articleshow/63955029.cms)

I'm white British so when I went out to India for my honeymoon years ago I was thinking maybe there'd be some residual anti-colonial feelings, despite my Asian friends telling me that's nonsense. In fact, when they realised I wasn't Australian but actually a genuine English person they wanted photos taken with me as proof they'd met someone British in real life, or let their kids say hi to an English person. World's a very funny place sometimes

Sorry, very off topic

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

See I got the impression when watching it was kind of like she was told to 'just play it like you're a female 10th doctor, yeah, that'll do'. Which was really a shame because she could have owned her own character you know?

I actually thought her best episode was the one with the Daleks and the time loop in the warehouse (Eve of the Daleks I think). Her run got overshadowed by the whole timeless child thing which was more fanwank than anyone needed or asked for. Not that Moffat or Davies had individual episodes which were just as bad for continuity stuff but it felt like a lot of the 13th Doctor stories were arc obsessed. Maybe Flux didn't help.

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