Sarah Jane Adventures - The Lost Boy (part 1)
Gah. The "Sarah Jane Adventures" are a strange mix. Ok, so it's even more obviously a kiddie show than the current Doctor Who, which is good and bad. At least they don't have the lame juvenile sexual innuendo of RTD's DW, but then they have to do the idiot kid show things (skateboards! "Girls?!"!!! Family Issues!!! Silly All-knowing Computer!)...but that's ok.
Just PLEASE stop with the damn Slitheen! I don't like the Slitheen. They're not as clever as you think they are. They don't look as good as you think they look. Yeah, yeah, an evil alien clan that specializes in hiding inside human suits. Keep them inside...they'd look scarier. At least they stopped with the fart jokes this time.
I really liked the first part of this episode. It's very daring in some ways that nuWho didn't manage to be. It hit Sarah Jane in two (three?) vulnerable spots, which we were lulled into thinking were "safe" by genre convention. First they finally let Maria's dad in on the Cool Secret Stuff. Threatened to take Maria away. So we're set up when they actually DO take Luke away. I was thinking at the time "I hope this isn't a trick by some alien to kidnap Luke"...
...and it was, and about that time the story started going downhill. Even worse with the "Oh, it's the Slitheen again" reveal...bratty Slitheen kid is ok (as a human. Just looked silly in the alien costume)...stupid Slitheen...
But then they hit Sarah Jane at the other "assumed safe" bit: Mr. Smith is in on the plot! That's like the TARDIS turning evil (which they haven't done in nuWho yet). Wow.
...so I suppose we'll hit a reset at the end... but I hope not. Get Luke back, but Maria's dad still knows what he knows. And maybe lose Mr. Smith. Stupid looking alien computer anyway...find out where it came from (I'd been assuming the Doctor had something to do with it), dump it. Get K-9 back (ok, not likely...I just like the silly tin dog a lot better than Mr. Smith.)
Just PLEASE stop with the damn Slitheen! I don't like the Slitheen. They're not as clever as you think they are. They don't look as good as you think they look. Yeah, yeah, an evil alien clan that specializes in hiding inside human suits. Keep them inside...they'd look scarier. At least they stopped with the fart jokes this time.
I really liked the first part of this episode. It's very daring in some ways that nuWho didn't manage to be. It hit Sarah Jane in two (three?) vulnerable spots, which we were lulled into thinking were "safe" by genre convention. First they finally let Maria's dad in on the Cool Secret Stuff. Threatened to take Maria away. So we're set up when they actually DO take Luke away. I was thinking at the time "I hope this isn't a trick by some alien to kidnap Luke"...
...and it was, and about that time the story started going downhill. Even worse with the "Oh, it's the Slitheen again" reveal...bratty Slitheen kid is ok (as a human. Just looked silly in the alien costume)...stupid Slitheen...
But then they hit Sarah Jane at the other "assumed safe" bit: Mr. Smith is in on the plot! That's like the TARDIS turning evil (which they haven't done in nuWho yet). Wow.
...so I suppose we'll hit a reset at the end... but I hope not. Get Luke back, but Maria's dad still knows what he knows. And maybe lose Mr. Smith. Stupid looking alien computer anyway...find out where it came from (I'd been assuming the Doctor had something to do with it), dump it. Get K-9 back (ok, not likely...I just like the silly tin dog a lot better than Mr. Smith.)
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