I disagree with the ross and carol thing. Ross had every right to be angry. she cheated on him with another woman. Doesnt matter what sex the person is or is into she cheated. she should of broke up with him, then have a lesbian relationship. On top of that Both Carol and her partner/wife were horrible people. They were rude and obnoxious especially her partner. Then wanted to cut him out of his of the different aspect of having a child, like the name, and up bringing. No wonder Ross was angry. Both Carol and her partner were not great people and to many let them off due to their sexuality. Hell after being so rude and obnoxious he supported them in their marriage and wedding. Hes not the bad guy here
Personally, I viewed it more as putting the time war behind us. We'd seen all the drama that we were going to get out of it and it was getting a bit stale. I think it was a good move to bring back Gallifrey because it meant that we could open up the show to new possibilities. A lot of us hadn't seen any classic who, so the idea of the time lords being back and Gallifrey being a potentially recurring location felt new to me at the time and it was exciting. Obviously, what they ended up doing with that potential is another matter, but that isn't a problem with this story.
Personally it's specifically these specials (except the next doctor) that I always come back to, they're easily my favourite thing from the whole series. Midnight, The Ood episode, 42, and a couple others I can't remember as well. Apparently people hate 42 as well that's probably up there with the waters of mars for me.
I just discovered your channel. I’m always happy to find another Number 9 fan. Now that the series is over I have to say that Thinking Out Loud is still my favorite. Not that it’s the best episode so much- that would be too hard to quantify. But it still affects me and makes my heart pound.
Matt Leblanc is a great comedic actor , I loved episodes and the way he played his character. Sadly friends is now very dated but episodes always seems fresh. Matt always seems a decent guy , hope his success continues and he has a happy life.
1:17 that's another that slightly bothers me; when reviewers pinpoint or automatically blame a specific person for the show going in a different direction without some background insight or speculation.
To be fair, comedy, drama and horror are fairly close. There's plenty edits of comedic scenes with the sound editing switched out and the palettes changed to be horror scenes, and they still work. I mean lots of comedians use their terrible life experiences (or families) and turn those into jokes. It makes sense to have a "miserable" comedy. And I quite enjoyed it, but that might be because us Swiss aren't a very warm or optimistic people, either.
Adults seem to forget this was for children and when I saw this story as a 7 year old in 1987 after school at about 5:30pm in Australia the canmibalistic old ladies terrafied me, as did the cleaning robot which murdered them. None of that was camp it was terrafying. So it did its job. And the Kangs were cool cos they did gave their own culture and idiom though i dont know why they were all women and no men.
You didn’t show the one where the queen is waving out the window and the hand is black…..or the one where you can buy a plot of land but it’s literally 1x1 square foot of land. I was a kid and I loved the Goodies!!
I watched this show when I was about 13 because I liked RTD's doctor who and it hit me hard then, when I didn't really understand the world as fully. I don't think I could watch it now without spiraling into a pit of hopelessness haha It's a fantastic show, but so vivid and intense I have half the scenes forever etched into my mind. Anytime I think too hard about the episode where Danny drowns and Viktor has to tell the family I start tearing up
as a queer person, ive always thought the criticism of friends' poor telling of lgbtq issues and homophobia is unfounded. we view it through a modern lens of tolerance; the writers even portraying how some of the characters intolerance is wrong was incredibly progressive for the time. did they talk about it wrong sometimes? sure. but you have to remember almost no one was talking about it or if they did, talked about gay ppl very negatively. perspective is everything.
@ 0:45 you say you tend to think that people just agree with things they read on the internet without thinking about them too much. I immediately agreed with this.
Actually no idea what it was, and I live under a sufficiently insulating rock that I had only ever heard the name from dating profiles I swiped past. I clicked on this video hoping it would tell me what it was. So thanks, actually, summarised very well.
i remember watching this show on tv as a kid before i really understood what death was. the dad passing away and being absent for the remainder of the show was my first real experience with grief and loss and it stuck with me for a long time. looking back on it now after having lost a parent it hits even harder
I think this was quietly a thing in the 90s. Create a show that was extremely broad on a surface level but had some weight and darkness beneath said surface. The ultimate for this was One Foot in the Grave. Even to this day I meet people that think it was a naff broad sitcom "for old people" and I just think nooooo that's such a bad take, it's arguably the most existential sitcom that's ever been made with some seriously heavy content. Hell even the Brittas Empire has a bit of bite to it when you delve into it on the rewatch.
It's quite amazing that you don't get anything out of Nine Lives Kat even though it's one of my favourites that I find interesting and moving! It's what's great about inside number 9, something for everyone.
You mention that you can’t imagine a show like this being made in the USA, but honestly this sounds a lot like the UK white-collar version of Married: With Children; it had a similar vibe, until it became more deliberately absurd in the later seasons
I would like to add some contrast for Lisa's intellect- it's often observed that more community based cultures who have to prioritize education have kids who speak in complete thoughts or with complexity. Maturity does occur with trauma, but when that trauma is tied with access to education, you often see children having streams of consciousness near what is expected of an adult. I don't know the show well enough to say whether Lisa is accurately intellectual for her environment/what she has access to, but children in these spaces nowadays- at least, the ones who love video essays- are probably getting that extra hand holding over literacy that they need. I wonder if we will see some demographics of Gen Alpha possessing far more mature thought processes in the coming years, and what environmental factors caused them to turn to learning via videos like this. Source: I was a documentary-brain as a child, and I can only imagine what video essays could have done for my contextualization of the world, but at least I'm learning now!
I will be using this as a tool to help teach prevention vs. reaction alongside general media literacy. I've been applauding as I watch, thanks for taking us not only back to English Lit, but giving us a more digestible way to understand the material
