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ravereviewsbybloom · 6 days

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Oops, I fell behind, here are my doctor who mini-reviews

Space Babies is an odd choice for an opening episode, swinging between some quite serious topics and very silly humour. But given that same inconsistency is what made the Aliens of London two-parter what it is, it's hard to complain. Other than that, it does fulfil its role fairly well, with Fifteen and Ruby getting to show off how kind and clever they can be. It also manages to make some quite cutting points about abortion and childcare, with the premise of a baby farm abandoned and left running due to space capitalism being compared to Ruby's own experience with the care system. It might not be anyone's favourite episode, but it works.

The Devil's Chord sets itself up as a more common type of episode, the classic New Who Celebrity Historical, this time featuring The Beatles! Except… not. The celebrities of this episode take much more of a background role due to the Big Bad's actions, which as well as being a fun twist on the formula, neatly sidesteps the issue of licensing any Beatles tracks. With everything Murray Gold brings to the new series, it's a surprise nobody's done a music-themed episode before, and it's a lot of fun. And then there's the matter of The Maestro, a gorgeously camp villain who absolutely steals the show. I loved the reappearance of The Toymaker in last year's specials, and it sounds like there's an entire pantheon of scenery-chewing evil gods. They're an interesting contrast to the Toymaker too, where the toymaker was a huge racist the Maestro mocks someone for misgendering them. It's a fun romp with a beautifully memorable villain, what more can you ask?

Boom is probably my favourite episode of the season so far, and I'm not surprised since I've always liked the way Moffat writes characters and themes. The episode starts off as a flashy military SF, but it quickly becomes clear that it's actually a tightly plotted bottle episode. It's a fun subversion that could easily make the episode feel disappointed, but in this case the minimalist cast really helps the characters and setting shine. It's a criticism of capitalism and the military that doesn't pull its punches, focusing on the human cost of the commercialisation of war. Needless to say, it is extremely my jam. The nineteen-year callback to the Villengard corporation is a nice touch too.

73 Yards is… quite something. It's the season's requisite doctor-lite episode, and I'm definitely expecting to see a Ruby-lite episode later in the season to match it. It's another odd choice to put an episode like this so early into fifteen's run, but it's a great opportunity to showcase Ruby's character. It would be an interesting episode purely on that element alone, but I feel like the elephant in the room is that it's a very weird episode. The revival series is no stranger to spooky, dreamlike episodes, and this episode might be the closest that it's ever got to feeling like one of my weird nightmares. It reminds me of Midnight, being an episode where the "monster" goes unexplained and the real danger is human cruelty. It's beautiful, and terrifying, and I have no idea what I just watched.

So, what do all these episodes have in common? Not much, which is always good. Doctor Who's main strength is in its variety, and we've had four different stories in four wildly different genres. There definitely are some common themes, however. The dynamic between parents and their children comes up frequently, as does a character stepping on something. The season's myth arc is already clear, it's the mystery of just who Ruby's mother is and why snow keeps appearing. But I think the most defining part of this season so far is just how subversive every episode is-the monsters aren't really monsters, the historical episodes aren't really historical, and the military SF romp is actually just a sad story about capitalism. It reminds me a lot of how series 1 of the revival deconstructed a lot of the classic series' tropes, and I'm really happy to see some of that weirdness come back. I can't wait to see where the rest of the season goes.

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questionable-child · 3 years

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Honestly I’m very bored right now so I might just do a FNF mod review right here and now. Just saying some of these I haven’t played because I only play the mods through unblocked games websites and some might not be on them. I have seen play throughs though.

FNF Minus Mod: 8/10 Very good! Pretty much it’s a mod where the characters are changed to look like their battle icons in the original game. Everyone looks super cool! My favorite redesigns are definitely Pico and Lemon Demon though. They made Pico a cool reptile person and he’s wearing a cute dinosaur hoodie! Lemon Demon looks actually intimidating, with long limbs that look static like a broken TV, and he wears a bloody straitjacket. My one complaint is that the songs are the same as the normal game, and I think it would be better if there were new songs to fit the new characters’ personalities. For example, Spookeez and South fit the Spooky Kids because they sound playful and, well, spooky. The new designs have Skid as a creepy ink monster and Pump as a puppet who’s being controlled (or being held captive) by Skid. I think that more intimidating songs would fit better, like maybe for the first song it sounds cheery and playful at the beginning, but gets more eerie as it goes on. Also, being able to change your character to Highlighter Dude is pretty cool, but it didn’t work for me.

FNF But Bad 9/10 I don’t really have any complaints with this one. It’s hilarious, and there is a lot of detail in it! The whole game has been redone to be absolutely horrible in every aspect. All the characters look like they were made in MS Paint, besides Senpai, whose whole week looks like the graphics were from an old NES. The voices for all the characters were redone too, so they sound absolutely ridiculous. Let me tell you, the first time I tried playing it I almost died from laughing at it. Maybe my humor is just broken, but from the backgrounds to the changed song and week names, this mod never fails to give me a good time.

FNF Starcatcher Mod 7/10 The best part of this mod by FAR is the character designs. There isn’t a single design in this mod that I don’t absolutely ADORE! Pico is a badass cyborg, the Mom and the Dad are aliens with new gorgeous outfits, Boyfriend has a cute little astronaut helmet, Girlfriend is also an alien but is also adorable, and honestly I have no idea what the Spooky Kids are supposed to be, but they look cute! The backgrounds are also sick. In Week 2, you can even see the Eyes of the Universe from Spooky Month in the background! My main issue though is the songs. They just aren’t my thing I guess. They’re actually remixes, but they’re barely recognizable. I didn’t even know they were remixes until I got to the good part at the end of Spookeez. (Which they made less good somehow??) They also made another song for week 2 called Sugar Rush, which is cool that they did, but I didn’t really like it either. As much as I love the designs, they aren’t everything and in the end, the music is the most important part of a FNF mod in my eyes.

FNF HD 6/10 This is the only mod on this list that I couldn’t play, but that’s fine. The mod is what the title implies, but it also has STORY! If you didn’t know, I have an insatiable desire to know every bit of story about my favorite games, so this mod having dialogue was a real treat…….at the start, at least. The mod itself is pretty much just the normal game, but with more detail in the art. I kind of prefer the normal game’s art though. It does have two new mechanics: 1. In week 3 Pico actually shoots at you in Blammed, and you have to click a note to dodge them or else you lose half your health, and 2. There are street lights that you have to dodge in M.I.L.F. I don’t really remember how you dodge those though. One small problem is that in M.I.L.F there is an annoying whistle sound that lets you know when to dodge the lights. I get that it’s necessary to let the player know, but it doesn’t sound good at all. In Blammed the gunshot sounds go with the song, you know? Now with the dialogue. It has it’s moments, but most of the time, it’s annoying, or over the top dirty for no reason, or even both. Week 4 is a prime example of all of these problems, but is even worse because it had some heartwarming potential. Both Girlfriend and Boyfriend are also kind of jerks, too. Girlfriend sends Pico to what she says is the Shadow Realm, but without suffering, so pretty much hell without the pain. The guy is messed up, sure, but maybe call the police so he can go to jail and be, like, alive? And she also says that Pico belongs to her? Is he her slave? That’s messed up, man! She also calls Skid and Pump “Freaks of nature” when they are literally CHILDREN, WHY DID YOU EVEN SAY THAT??? Speaking of the children, here’s a positive thing, the dialogue did make them even cuter somehow. Like, they already had 20/20 Head Pats on my cutest video game characters rankings but they made me wanna put em higher. And is it just me, or does Boyfriend talk about Girlfriend more like a carnival prize than a person? Here is a direct quote to prove my point. “Not so fast! You guys ain’t earn her like I did, she’s all mine!” I know there are other ones, but I don’t feel like treating my stupid mod reviews like Restate Answer Explanation Conclusion paragraphs, I like having fun, after all. Boyfriend’s dialogue sprite also look sort of weird. I don’t know what it is about them but they just do. Anyway I’m stopping because I am tired.

#fnf minus mod #fnf starcatcher #fnf hd #fnf but bad

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two-are-the-trees · 7 years

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Things to watch for Halloween!

If you are like me, and think horror movies are often not very well constructed and hard to sit through, or if horror movies are just way too scary for you, then you probably want something else to watch to get the Halloween vibe without diving into the horror genre. So I thought I would put a list out there of some spooky-but-not-quite-scary movies and shows that are perfect for Halloween. If anyone has any suggestions of their own, please feel free to share! Also, I’m not going to include Nightmare Before Christmas and the popular Tim Burton movies like Beetlejuice because, come on, they are classics!

1. Coraline/Corpse Bride: I’m lumping these two in together because so many people already know about them but for those that still haven’t seen either, I have to make a quick pitch for them! Both of these films are stop-motion animated and they are both gorgeous. Corpse Bride is classic gothic with a Victorian setting and the gloomy yet also whimsical aesthetic of Tim Burton. It’s fun and even extremely heartfelt at times. Coraline is a funky, unique take on a “mirror world” story with some really impressive designs and memorable characters and imagery that gets surprisingly creepy as the film goes on. These are two of my favorite movies ever and the favorites of a lot of others as well!

2. Over the Garden Wall: This miniseries has gotten quite a large following on the internet since it premiered but I feel like not enough people have seen it for how amazing it really is. It is unlike any other piece of media I’ve seen, blending modern humor and stylistic homages to the Edwardian period and 1920’s-30’s animation. It can be watched periodically or all in one sitting and it’s fun, mysterious, creepy, beautiful, somber, and heartwarming all at once. The colors are muted but perfect for the feeling of chilly autumn, the backgrounds are gorgeously painted, and the characters are not only unique but sometimes extremely unsettling and creepy (in a good way). The music is also incredible, incorporating early forms of jazz to send the entire show back in time to the days of black and white cartoons. This is one of the most perfect examples of a modern Gothic work and fans of old animation will really appreciate it.

3. Extraordinary Tales: This animated anthology of Edgar Allen Poe’s works will get any fan of gothic literature excited. Each tale is animated by a different animator and narrated by a different voice actor (and there is a pretty impressive voice cast attached to this film). All of the different styles of animation capture the individual unsettling qualities of the stories, with some really interesting innovations in the imagery as well. There are some genuinely heart-pounding moments and I recommend doing what I did the first time I saw it and watch it in the dark with some candles to really set the gothic mood.

4. The Twilight Zone (the old show, not the new show or the movies): What is great about The Twilight Zone is that each episode is a self contained short story so you can jump in anywhere in any season and most episodes you pick will be good. There are some more thrilling episodes and some more somber ones, but you can always explore the titles to see what grabs your eye. The show is an amazing mixture of Sci-Fi and Gothic so you get episodes spanning from demons to aliens to curses to robots. The black and white picture and the old-fashioned ‘50s and '60s acting gives even the most over dramatic moments a sophisticated air and the stories are extremely mysterious and often have twist endings so that you really want to see through to the end. Narrator and writer, Rod Sterling, is a spectacle all his own; as my dad says of him, “he always used to creep me out. It’s like he knows something. He’s too comfortable with all this weird stuff.” It’s name says it all, The Twilight Zone resides in its own special realm of the uncanny and ominous. A list of my favorite episodes may come in the future if anyone wants recommendations!

5. Hocus Pocus/ Monster House: Again I’m combining two things because these stand out from the rest in that I wouldn’t consider either of these films Gothic like the rest of the things on this list. These are definitely comedies first and foremost, but they don’t skimp out on the dark and creepy elements. Hocus Pocus is an amazing throwback to the 90’s with ancient witches meeting 20th century technology. The cast is hilarious and endearing without being too childish and there are too many iconic moments to count. It’s fabulous, scary, funny, and captures all the fun of Halloween. Monster House is an off-the-wall type of animated comedy with the most interesting premise by far: you guessed it, a Monster House. But the movie is actually quite a bit more complex than it seems with some really suspenseful moments, impressive cinematography, and a deep and moving story behind it all. At the forefront, it’s fun and exciting with constant scares and an amazingly hilarious script.

6. Paranorman: I didn't discover this one until recently but it is truly one of the greatest. The story has the creepy stop-motion animated stylings of Laika (the company that produced Coraline) which makes the zombies and curses present in the film all the more unnerving. What is truly special about this movie, however, are the layers of the story that are slowly revealed as the film goes on, starting as a fun and creepy adventure with nods to classic horror films to a deep and complex look at some of humanities most atrocious issues. There are no clear answers in the film and the problems seem to get more difficult the more our main character learns. The journey the characters take is heartbreaking, terrifying, and even touching and you leave the movie feeling truly changed. It's an amazing Halloween tale and an important film for our time.

If you want to know more about any of these shows and movies, drop me a message and enjoy getting thoroughly spooked 😈

#Halloween #coraline #over the garden wall #corpse Bride #the Twilight Zone

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