Downloading Doctor Who

As it will take some time, I can put down some thoughts.

( Rampant Speculation and Random Thoughts. Spoilers abound. )

We shall see what we shall see, but after the Ghana-USA match.

Star Trek Dance Party Tik Tok

This is deeply terrible and awesome at the same time.

Sharing a Narrative Viewpoint

Brought on by a discussion on another blog, I've been thinking about narrative viewpoint and whether I'm just viewing this from a lens of too much male privilege.

Do you assume that in a story you are *meant* to empathize/identify with the main character/protagonist. Please note that I am not saying you *will*. Do you go into a story and when it becomes clear the story is about some central character, assume that you are meant to be identifying with this character somewhat? Or do you think authors/filmmakers do not intend this to be the case?

Doctor Who 5x13 - The Big Bang

You know how every RTD finale had all this build up and then you were let down by the stupidity of how it got resolved?

Moffat isn't RTD

I felt like this kid.

Toronto G-20 Violence

Since I don't really trust much reporting on these things, is the alleged BlackBloc-led smashing of windows and rioting any kind of focused protests or just the random thuggery it is being labeled by official sources?

Were they storming the security fence or directly challenging the "round people up law"?