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Doctor Who 14x02/1x02 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Doctor Who 1x02 "The Devil's Chord" Full Reaction - Sesskasays

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sesskasays

I would like everyone to know that when this reaction edit got blocked, the BBC cited the content as S14 E2 lol

Thomas Corp
>>137803390

Well, that just raises further confusion. Sorry to hear they’re giving you some trouble, Jess.

Josef Schiltz
>>137803390

One day, they may realize the value of these reactions. Somehow though, I doubt it. Spike Milligan had a phrase to bear in mind regarding the BBC - with whom he had a love-hate relationship. He said, "The BBC. Hold it up to the light, not a brain in sight!"

Thomas Corp
>>137803390

Hear, hear about the value of the reactions Jess has. Though considering the things I’ve read about what the Monty Python fellas said about the BBC aligning with the words of wisdom Spike espoused, sadly that might take the BBC a while to see the value of the fantastic reactions Jess has.

Thomas Corp

Jess, just from your reaction to the opening scene of the introduction to Jinkx Monsoon eating up the role of the Maestro, not to mention feasting on vastly more scenery and raw ham than any past Doctor Who villain, (still wrapping my head around that achievement) culminating in your statement, “OOOOh! I love it! I love it! I love it! And so far, Jinkx, you are EATING UP this role!”, it made me diabolically cackle as I knew this reaction would be such a lovely treat this Sunday afternoon. And it makes me very happy to see that you so absolutely adored the episode. It is amazing how the consensus view of the fandom is that Maestro might just be the hammiest Doctor Who villain ever, which considering the competition, takes some doing. I’m inclined to agree. My thought being you take Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine, Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart in Theatre of Blood, and Daniel Day-Lewis in, well, basically anything, but let’s say his characters Bill the Butcher and Daniel Plainview in Gangs of New York and There Will Be Blood respectively, combine them all together, the result of that would STILL not be as overwhelmingly hamtastic as Maestro. “So camp, and so terrifying” as you describe, that’s fine by me. I think this situation called for ensuring Sesska’s Spa in the TARDIS was kept safe and as far away from Maestro as possible. Because you know that Sesska and her little green friend, Freddy, both keep music alive and well in the Spa. Hence, we do not need Maestro getting their hands on said music in Sesska’s Spa. When you asked if the Devil’s Chord meant the Devil would enter the room, my response was, “If they were going to go that route, could we get Tim Curry as old Scratch? Pretty please, with sugar on top?” I share your passion for the focus on the arts as this episode did. We had a shared feeling on that one. The way you describe your love of dancing and the feelings it incites, that’s me as well with theatre, though it has been far too long in my case. So, I concur that this episode resonates. I would have been perfectly fine if you did get emotional over Maestro’s scenes if for no other reason than sheer adoration for the perfection that was the performance Jinkx gave. You spoke of camp. You know me and my favorite character being Emperor Palpatine. Christ, you should see my reactions when I see that man ham it up to absurdly campy levels, I sob my eyes out in pure, euphoric joy. So, I wouldn’t begrudge you tears over Jinkx killing it as Maestro. My other major highlights of the episode/reaction. How you say, “What do we do?” like you’re there. I love that, Jess, shows your great investment in the proceedings. Lovely sartorial commentary as is your tradition. Lovely moment when you expressed how you would force the Doctor to stay with you at all times if in fact the Doctor has made you the blood in the water to attract the villain. As to Ruby saying the Doctor was scaring her some, I quip, “Give it a few months, you’ll get used to it. Or have a psychotic episode.” I was also encouraging the Doctor and Ruby to fight the good fight by yelling, “So, pitch in, muddle through, pip-pip and the whole schmear! Ours not to reason why, ours not to let this be the day the music died!” That final battle was something, culminating in that GLORIOUS moment when Maestro rocked out to Danse Macabre and your beyond DELIGHTFUL reaction to that. We have a shared favorite in Danse Macabre. My favorite of all music is The Imperial March, and basically everything by John Williams. Danse Macabre is up there high, as is the Swan Theme from act two of Swan Lake. Your small quip about the One who Waits being Amy, that would be a fantastic twist. I applaud your trying to pay attention to the musical number. I tried much the same, though alas, sensory overload kicked in some. I share your view on skipping the next time previews because you wish to go in fresh. And I heartily concur about the goddman skip intro function which is NOT something to indulge in. We shan’t and we won’t skip the intro. To do so is blasphemous as shit. I also got momentarily sidetracked by the Doctor mentioning everyone wanting to see the Titanic, saying, “Wait, everyone wants to go see the Titanic? ...Why in pluperfect hell does everyone say that?” Love the further hints of Ruby’s story, second the loving of a good season long arc. I am most intrigued of the hints of Susan being something that will likely be tackled. Because you wouldn’t drop that in there unless you have a plan to follow through on that. Maybe not this season, maybe not even during Ncuti’s run. But now the idea is there on the table for whoever wants to do it. Oh, this reaction was such wonderful loveliness, Jess. I thank you most sincerely.

Josef Schiltz
>>137803390

Jess's reactions are always fair, balanced and enthusiastic. The BBC should really be paying her! However, as it is, she is an independent reviewer and that is more likely the best. As for them seeing the value of what she is doing, I'm not going to hold my breath. They've not really changed in attitude since the 50s in their arrogant self-importance. I am reminded of something that Six said of the Time Lords in a scene with Lynda Bellingham, which was far from complimentary. Enough said. As Jess said in her reaction to The Three Doctors, when the scene shifted to Gallifrey, "Ohh. These bundles of joy!"

Thomas Corp
>>137803390

That’s quite apt, the description “These bundles of joy”, as that is what was my descriptor for the troublesome students that Mom had over her close to forty years of teaching. Some years worse than others, and I know she’s been taking well to retirement these last six years now. Jess is always fair, balanced, and so enthusiastic and wonderfully heartfelt in her reactions. If the BBC cannot appreciate that, that is their misfortune.

Thomas Corp
>>137803390

She taught science. More precisely sixth grade science. Er, year seven I believe is the UK equivalent. She does miss it at times as she loved what she did. The bureaucracy and the aforementioned bundles of joy, not as much. She does fondly reminisce about the students that made the strong positive impressions.

Ryan

"The Beatles, why have I never done that before?" Yes, this show most definitely never had anything to do with Jimmy Savile, just shut up! I'd never heard of Jinkx Monsoon before the casting announcement, but this definitely has me interested in checking out more of her stuff (I hope I'm getting that right, since it's how I've seen people refer to Jinkx despite the Maestro pointedly being a "they"). Everything you could want from a child of the Toymaker, and I'm now super excited to see where else this conceit could go. And we're all agreed that the One Who Waits is Susan, right? No way RTD would just randomly bring her up here after nearly two decades of letting her fate after the Time Lord genocide twist in the wind, if it wasn't going anywhere.

Thomas Corp
>>137823786

I also was unfamiliar with Jinkx Monsoon prior to this but talk about a hell of a first impression and I too am most curious to see more outstanding work from Jinkx. In terms of pronoun preference, I looked that up as I was worried that I’d say something wrong as well. What I read says that Jinkx identifies as they/them outside of drag/costume and she/her whilst in drag/costume. In the show, like you note, Maestro is quite pointed about being referred to as they/them. Maestro was most certainly a chip off the old block, and yeah, this concept is most intriguing. So, Jess made the joke about Amy being the One who Waits, and you’re saying Susan, which I could see happening. We are going to see Susan in some capacity I would wager if nothing else. As you and I both observed, it’s too conspicuous and notable a mention of Susan for the first time in a while that it seems highly unlikely that we won’t see her somewhere down the line. Whether she is the One who Waits, whether Amy is the One who Waits, or it is someone else, like when I speculate in most things, I’m keeping my options open and am just here for the ride, which thus far has been terrific sharing it with Jess and you guys.

Ryan
>>137823786

I just watched Purple Noon, and I'd love to see the reactions of someone watching this one with no idea where it's going or what the Ripley books are, where for 45 minutes it seems to be a bog standard French New Wave slice of life film with these two guys bumming around Europe, and then out of nowhere one of them kills the other. Alain Delon may just be tied with Andrew Scott for the best performance of the role, and it was surprising to see just how much the show borrowed from this one.

Thomas Corp
>>137823786

Purple Noon’s my favorite of the Ripliad films and high on my list of favorite films, period. Glad to hear you saw and enjoyed it. Yeah, the way it sets itself up, you would love to see someone go into it completely blind with no knowledge of Tom Ripley or any of the stories that feature him. I’ve loved all the onscreen portrayals of Tom that I’ve seen, and I’ve seen all of them, save for the film with Barry Pepper as Tom. Alain Delon is a really fantastic portrayal of Tom, easily one of the more magnetic. I recall reading that Patricia Highsmith heartily approved of Alain as Tom, and the film in general, save for the one aspect.

Ryan
>>137823786

The part that struck me the most is that this version of Dickie (and I could never get used to the French-ified name they gave him) is easily the one who most deserves what he gets. Being a published writer myself and knowing full well the sweat and tears that goes into putting a book together, his throwing Blanche's manuscript in the ocean had me screaming "You MONSTER!" My one complaint is it made absolutely no sense she'd forgive him for that so quickly. Which makes it kind of odd that this is the one time Ripley seemingly goes down for that murder, though there's still some wiggle room with how we don't actually see the arrest happen. Kind of the opposite of the Damon film, which is played like he's gotten away with it, but if you think about it for just a couple minutes, his chances of getting away from that boat are pretty much zero.

Thomas Corp
>>137823786

Yeah, Dickie, (agree on the Frenchified name by the way) throwing out the manuscript, is a “You BASTARD!!” type of moment. I think it speaks more to the time it’s set and made that he’s forgiven far too quickly. You point out the wiggle room of we never do actually see Tom get arrested; this is why I don’t share the common criticism of the ending, much though I am sympathetic and understanding to those who expressed disappointment with it such as Highsmith herself, and Roger Ebert even drew attention to it, saying “Purple Noon ends as it does only because Clement doesn't have Highsmith’s iron nerve.” Whereas, yeah by contrast, the Minghella directed adaptation with Matt Damon as Tom, when you stop and think about it, Tom’s proverbial goose is proverbially cooked. Even if he DOES somehow evade justice, which wouldn’t be ENTIRELY impossible, it would result in heightened scrutiny from the law for the rest of his life. To say nothing of the soul-crushing loneliness he’s now stuck with, which is entirely his fault.

Josef Schiltz
>>137803390

Mm. Science does come with it's own particular set of challenges. She has my admiration for her years at the bench! I have to laugh at my own memories of my science teacher, Mr Green, simply because, like my family, he had jet black hair and my mother's maiden name was Green. I asked him if he was one of ours. He smiled - quite genially, I thought - and said, "I don't think I want to know!" I, unabashedly, drew a caricature of him on my science book. He quite liked it! I was actually asked a little while later, by the headmistress, if I would spend some time doing a whole page of teachers in various situations about the school. This she framed and had up in her office. My small moment of recognition and joy.

Josef Schiltz

Well, all the artforms are externalizations of inner emotional need. A catharsis. The artforms that we have are accepted and long encultured languages which are patterns and pattern recognition is much upon which we as human beings rely upon for the basic functioning of our existence. From what we see, Maestro is all for pattern degradation, in a way, much like Davros' reality bomb. Of course, when artists have stepped out of the accepted forms, we have anything from mild controversy to outright hostility and anger - as happened with the impressionists back in the late 1800s who faced harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France and as with Jazz with it's improvision over traditional structure which was seen as barbaric and immoral. They were initially seen as destructive, but they are a distinctly neurodivergently distinct form of language which had to be learnt in order to be appreciated. New Doctor, new companion, new patterns.