Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda

I found a link with information on Barbara Benedetti’s Doctor in Ryan Johnson’s series:
http://www.eskimo.com/~rkj/doctor.html

They of course have all the low-budget trappings/kitsch of fan-made films. The best parts are probably the beginning of “Wrath of Eukor”, Michael Santo’s acting in “Pentagon West”, and “Broken Doors” which is arguably the strongest of the stories.

(not intended as a political statement nor intended to imply any historical significance)

ahughes03 said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

I still expect there to be a quick glitch near the start, plus problems in reel 1 with contrast. And of course fur balls and mouse droppings.

We come for the glitches/contrast issues, but stay for the mouse droppings…

I like that slogan! “Come for the glitches, stay for the mouse droppings.”

Got the old TMPGEnc to work with Mpeg2 using a virtual machine and running XP mode. It’s clunky but it works. Should have tried that before.

SilverWook said:

Ok, let’s try and keep this civil and non political. If I have to lock a Dr. Who thread I’m going to feel rather embarrassed about it.

Ok, I’ll stop discussing the topic in question. It’s a non issue anyways, imo.

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Would it bother you if it were a black doctor? After all, all the doctors have been white for 50 years.

believe it or not, I don’t think racial switch would bother me so much. But would still bother me, after over 20 regenerations of various characters seen in both new and old Who, that not once did race change.

So much for “color blind”?

Canon has one n.

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

You really should see Ryan Johnson’s doctor. I know it’s not “canon”, but the woman who played the doctor was quite good, it wasn’t a joke, and it was 30 years ago. There were 4 episodes, the 4th one being the best.

Ryan has a website that can be found with a modest bit of googling.

not cannon. So I really don’t care about it.

Geez, you totally miss the point. I’m not saying it’s canon (one N, btw), I’m saying that with good story and acting it has been shown that a female doctor can work fine.

… cannon,

Proof that you didn’t read my post. 😃

oojason said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

You really should see Ryan Johnson’s doctor. I know it’s not “canon”, but the woman who played the doctor was quite good, it wasn’t a joke, and it was 30 years ago. There were 4 episodes, the 4th one being the best.

Ryan has a website that can be found with a modest bit of googling.

I am intrigued - will certainly give it a go.

The first episode is weak (except for the initial regeneration scene which is great). Episodes 2, 3, and 4 are better. By the 4th episode they’re looking quite professional.

I just hope Jodie Whittaker gets some decent stories and lines

Yep, THAT is what will determine it’s success or failure.

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

You really should see Ryan Johnson’s doctor. I know it’s not “canon”, but the woman who played the doctor was quite good, it wasn’t a joke, and it was 30 years ago. There were 4 episodes, the 4th one being the best.

Ryan has a website that can be found with a modest bit of googling.

not cannon. So I really don’t care about it.

Geez, you totally miss the point. I’m not saying it’s canon (one N, btw), I’m saying that with good story and acting it has been shown that a female doctor can work fine.

One of the reasons I have no problem with it, is that the nature of the doctor’s character has nothing to do with gender. There has never been any machismo, nor sex-appeal… unlike characters such as James Bond or Superman.
And companions have been of both genders.

You really should see Ryan Johnson’s doctor. I know it’s not “canon”, but the woman who played the doctor was quite good, it wasn’t a joke, and it was 30 years ago. There were 4 episodes, the 4th one being the best.

Ryan has a website that can be found with a modest bit of googling.

Would it bother you if it were a black doctor? After all, all the doctors have been white for 50 years.

Warbler said:

Its stupid and done not for quality of the show or for the fans, but to please the feminists.

So certain are you.

(double post)

Ryan Johnson’s excellent fan-made Dr Who films from the 1980s featured a superb Doctor played by a woman. No problem AFAIK.

I actually still have my old Windows2k machine and could use that. I was trying to avoid that because it’s slow as molasses, plus it’s a pain to drag out all the pieces and set it up. In my email to Pegasus I told them I may have to do that, in the hopes that the embarrassment would spur them into finding a solution. 😃

By the way, TMPGE actually does mostly work in Windows 7, it’s just the mpeg2 plugin that fails.

I still expect there to be a quick glitch near the start, plus problems in reel 1 with contrast. And of course fur balls and mouse droppings.

One of the problems I was having relates to my encoding software. MovieStudio uses MainConcept, which was producing inferior results to my old TMPGE. But TMPGE no longer works starting with Windows7, and is now embedded in a new Pegasus product. I couldn’t get that product to properly set the pulldown flag without changing framerate. I wrote to Pegasus 2 years ago and they said it wasn’t possible. So I’ve been wrestling unhappily with MainConcept. I tried writing again to Pegasus (now 2 years later), and this time they responded with what might be a solution. I’m out of town for the weekend, but I’ll give it a try on Monday.

Been running some encodes over the past few days. Sorry for the lack of notices. But I’m back on it now.

I disagree with Ventura frequently, but he works hard, takes the job seriously, thinks for himself, is smart, and doesn’t just blindly follow a party line. He also seems to be getting increasingly liberal. He’s also an eloquent and charismatic speaker.

As for celebrities in politics, I’ve been very impressed with Franken, and - suprisingly (to me) - pretty impressed with Ventura.

I think it’s a bit more nuanced. Scientists never claim to “know” the answer, they admit that they could be wrong and that the current state-of-the-art is really just a strong belief. It is religion that claims to “know” the answer. Faith is assuming something is right - belief is thinking that something is right, but realizing that it might not be. The latter is closer to science.

It’s still an odd definition. I’m not sure why “solving the problem” is in there, and science is much more than belief - it’s belief with a systematic basis for that belief.

That’s a strange definition.

Finally sat down and watched first three episodes - just finished “Thin Ice”. So far, best season in years.

Again, the problem isn’t being color blind. It’s trying to cut the discussion by claiming to be color blind.

I don’t think there is any way that any of us can truly know whether or not we are color blind. We all think we are, but there are a lot of things about ourselves that we don’t know. And even if we were, saying so is unconvincing - especially to people of color.

She’d probably do less damage as President, than she’s doing as Secretary of Education.