Heath Ledger found dead

[Ironwood]

Yes.  I'm sure many would agree with you.  Everyone has their own favourite.  Personally, while I find Tom to be the best of the lot, I think that Ecclestone did miracles for The Doctor.

But this 'Colin Baker' fantasy is a repeated joke on the internet, I think, since such a thing didn't exist.  I'm not quite sure where people are getting it from, but it DIDN'T HAPPEN.  EVER.

Christ, next you'll be expecting me to believe Bonnie Langford was an assistant or something equally lunatic.

[DraconianOne]

Christ, next you'll be expecting me to believe Bonnie Langford was an assistant or something equally lunatic.

What?




WHAT?

[Ironwood]

It' OK, it was just a dream.  Go back to sleep....

[HaemishM]

Baker was the best Doctor, but the Tennant run has had much better writing, IMO, mostly because it's a much more modern, naturalistic series. The first Tennant season was just note perfect. Blink was one of the best written pieces of anything ever.

As for Craig being a better Bond than Brosnan, let's be fair. Brosnan never had a good script. Ever. All his scripts had the same shitty, overdone formulaic gadget cliches that the worst of the previous Bond movies had had. The writing on Casino Royale was just loads better, truer to the literary character and that made Craig a much better Bond, because he had something supporting him. I think Brosnan could have done a great Bond, if they'd have just removed all the stupid shit from those movies. And boy was there a lot of stupid, View to a Kill type shit.

[Signe]

Does Colin Baker even act any more?  I think the has been community would be in big trouble if shows like The Bill and Casualty ever closed up shop. 

[Ironwood]

He used to be a regular on London's Burning with the guy who played Blake.

Both of them got REALLLY fat.

[dusematic]

Baker was the best Doctor, but the Tennant run has had much better writing, IMO, mostly because it's a much more modern, naturalistic series. The first Tennant season was just note perfect. Blink was one of the best written pieces of anything ever.

As for Craig being a better Bond than Brosnan, let's be fair. Brosnan never had a good script. Ever. All his scripts had the same shitty, overdone formulaic gadget cliches that the worst of the previous Bond movies had had. The writing on Casino Royale was just loads better, truer to the literary character and that made Craig a much better Bond, because he had something supporting him. I think Brosnan could have done a great Bond, if they'd have just removed all the stupid shit from those movies. And boy was there a lot of stupid, View to a Kill type shit.

Fair point, but look at all of Brosnan's movies.  They've all been pretty shitty, except the Thomas Crown Affair was alright.  But then, that was basically a James Bond movie.

[stray]

Famke Jansen was probably the sexiest bond girl to date (and sexiest villain to boot), so I can appreciate at least one Piece Brosnan movie.

[Abagadro]

Fair point, but look at all of Brosnan's movies.  They've all been pretty shitty, except the Thomas Crown Affair was alright.  But then, that was basically a James Bond movie.

The Tailor of Panama and The Matador were both good if you ask me. I also thought he was brilliant in both.

[ahoythematey]

He was pretty good in Seraphim Falls.

[Tale]

Baker was the best Doctor, but the Tennant run has had much better writing, IMO, mostly because it's a much more modern, naturalistic series. The first Tennant season was just note perfect. Blink was one of the best written pieces of anything ever.

Out of curiosity, not criticism - how much exposure to Tom Baker era Dr Who have you had on your side of the pond?

It was always on TV in Australia when I was a kid because the ABC (govt TV) played a lot of BBC stuff.

[Tebonas]

I saw that shawl and the strange blue box on our Austrian television one night when I woke up in front of the TV set. I thought for a long long time it was a strange dream. Until the new Doctor Who started and I realized a science fiction series with a strange blue box actually exists.

Parts of one episode. That was my exposure prior to the Eccleston era.

[Murgos]

Fair point, but look at all of Brosnan's movies.  They've all been pretty shitty, except the Thomas Crown Affair was alright.  But then, that was basically a James Bond movie.

The Tailor of Panama and The Matador were both good if you ask me. I also thought he was brilliant in both.

I haven't seen The Matador but Tailor of Panama was pretty good, mostly because of Geoffrey Rush but Brosnan didn't suck either.

[HaemishM]

Baker was the best Doctor, but the Tennant run has had much better writing, IMO, mostly because it's a much more modern, naturalistic series. The first Tennant season was just note perfect. Blink was one of the best written pieces of anything ever.

Out of curiosity, not criticism - how much exposure to Tom Baker era Dr Who have you had on your side of the pond?

A shitload. More so than any others that I know of. I used to watch it every weekday on PBS faithfully. They kept showing through the Peter Davidson era, and then I lost touch with the series. I'm catching up with what DVD's I can. The only criticism I have of the Baker era is that it's violence and situations are very much a part of that time period, including some of the subtle and not-so-subtle sexist attitudes and ways to deal with death. Still good, but sometimes it's a bit like watching Robotech on American TV compared to anime on DVD.

[Tale]

Rerail: with this "Heath took drugs" video going around, something has been puzzling me. Media everywhere are saying Ledger confesses to taking drugs in the video, and sure enough he says "I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years."

He was 28 when he died. Either he's saying he started smoking five joints a day when he was 8 or younger, or he's exaggerating, most likely he's acting, or he's quoting someone. Seems like it shouldn't have been taken at face value.

- Edit - turns out the video is 2 years old, so that translates to starting at age 6. There is no way he's talking about himself.

[stray]

Just rounding it the number probably, and slightly exaggerating. He probably just meant that he's smoked a lot. I started smoking weed at 12. I'm 30. If I still smoked, i'd say I was smoking for 20 years.

[edit] read the edit.. maybe he was just fucking with people. i know i would if i was famous

[UnSub]

Just rounding it the number probably, and slightly exaggerating. He probably just meant that he's smoked a lot. I started smoking weed at 12. I'm 30. If I still smoked, i'd say I was smoking for 20 years.

[edit] read the edit.. maybe he was just fucking with people. i know i would if i was famous

He was very likely exaggerating.

However, he went to Guildford Grammar, a private boys' school with lots of country boys and lots of open space that is pretty close to Midland and the foothills here in Perth. Guildford kicked out a good number of boys while I was going to a comparative school when they got caught as part of general drug intolerance policies. It isn't hard to find mull in Perth (and how do I know this particular quote is going to turn up on a US news bulletin somewhere???).

Plus then he went to Sydney when he was 16 and started acting and we all know what THE KIND OF PEOPLE actors are like.

EDIT: to add that I've got no idea of if Ledger used mari-juana at Guildford or in Sydney or anywhere. Just that the opportunity existed in numerous places.

[stray]

I was into the whole acting thing, a little around that age and after. I don't know about Sydney, but as far as knowing what kind of people actors are like, they're not wild or whatever you're getting at. The majority are insufferable, boring, thespian faggots. For lack of a more polite description. 

[UnSub]

I was into the whole acting thing, a little around that age and after. I don't know about Sydney, but as far as knowing what kind of people actors are like, they're not wild or whatever you're getting at. The majority are insufferable, boring, thespian faggots. For lack of a more polite description. 

Having had friends who were big into putting on local theatre productions: yeah, I generally agree. But the availability of 'light' drugs was plentiful.

THE KIND OF PEOPLE was a comment that could have been in green. Or any other colour that is meant to represent attempted comedy. Teal? Periwinkle?

[stray]

Don't think there's a color for "humor"! The fault is mine alone.