It definitely sounds like RTD is back.... for better and for worse.

I am glad that Ncuti’s Doctor and Ruby appear to have more chemistry than they did in the Christmas special because, whew... that was a rough one to sit through.

I feel like RTD (and really all the show runners) could use a Classic Who script editor…

I’ve only watched the first 2 episodes so far (pretty good!), but one of the hardest tricks for me will be pulling off changing Iroh from a comedic character to a character that is the moral center of the show over the next season. Sun-Hyung Lee is a great comedic actor, but I’m not sure if he’s going to be able to…

The only thing I can say is, overall I enjoyed it.

The 8 episode format is detrimental to attempts such as this. The team behind this show really love the original and wanted to do it justice. But needing to cover all important moments in this format, didn’t leave much room for scenes that showed the characters’ feelings and motivations, which resulted in so many…

It’s a great excuse to watch the original cartoon again.

I speak wine and food fluently. In several languages. But just the nouns. 

I 100% knew from day ONE of the announcement Villeneuve would captain the production he’d hit that shit out of the park. Never a moment of doubt.

Of course, even if you get the pronunciation right, the French will roll their eyes at your awful American accent.

I guess I’m more of an oenophile than I thought, because I’ve never had any trouble pronouncing those, and I failed French. Twice.

“All of these varieties are French, a notoriously tricky language for Americans to get right”

I didn’t know you were a coin-us-sewer

Anytime I can post this:

There’s a winery in Sonoma called Gundlach Bundschu that produces a gewurztraminer. It used to sell posters that pictured a motorcycle cop pulling over someone in an older car that said “Sonoma Valley Sobriety Test: if you can’t say Gundlach Bundschu Gewurztraminer, you shouldn’t be driving.”

I have a friend obsessed with Malort who decided we all needed bottles for... I’m not sure if he thought the rest through.

Malort: A liquid Gypsy Curse that’s been bottled?

It’s kind of the soda version of Malort. Herbal and bitter.

I guess I’m in the minority in that I liked it. But I also have learned to like bitter tastes in things, and can appreciate the undernotes even if there’s a lot of bitter.

I suppose this would be an excellent non-alcoholic aperitif, in that after drinking it, whatever you taste next will only improve things.