Comments by First Aid Kit

1. Doctor Who Review: Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

   4/14/2013 5:36 PM
   
   I liked the episode overall. There was an element of imminent and real danger, Clara was instrumental in showing the humanity in the otherwise deadly alien creature bent on destroying the world and making us relate to him in the way that the Doctor never could (despite being the hero of the series), the Doctor himself provided knowledge and sense of direction as to what was happening and why, while also sharing with us bits of history. Overall the episode was great. Some things I did find odd. Namely:
   -The Doctors reaction to dismantled bodies. These were people who were murdered, how and why was the Doctor OK with that? Even if the Ice Warrior showed mercy in the end, this seemed to be an odd piece of the episode and not something that the Doctor would have treated so lightly in his past incarnation.
   - TARDIS translation matrix working while the TARDIS itself was at the opposite pole. Maybe it's a clue to Clara's mystery somehow...don't know.
   - This was also another case when the Doctor proved helpless and Clara came to his rescue (it seems to be a thing with her, isn't it). In effect, it was Clara who established a connection with the Ice Warrior and found something that "melt" his heart and through that emotional intelligence saved planet Earth, when the Doctor's solution was to sacrifice the entire fleet. Maybe it is just me, but it seems that while the Doctor's past companions brought out and showed the humanity of the Doctor, Clara seems to underline just how alien he really is.

2. Once Upon a Time Review: Dangers New and Old

   10/14/2012 11:15 PM
   
   Which is basically the reason I love this show. I can see something very profound in it, while also enjoying pure entertainment that comes from Snow White battling it out with Aurora. I love these Disney princesses who refuse to be victims of circumstances and are ready to fight for what matters to them. I just love the badassy princesses.

3. Once Upon a Time Review: Dangers New and Old

   10/14/2012 11:12 PM
   
   Is it just me or does it seem that "parents and children" is becoming an undercurrent theme of the series? "Buffy The Vampire slayer" was a coming of age story that showed the heroine's struggle for survival from high school all the way through trying to make it as an adult without major screw ups (sometimes not so successfully). "Once Upon A Time" I think is borrowing from Buffy in a way that it is trying to explore something that is fundamental to human psychology which is the relationship we all have with our parents through allegorical tales of supernatural fights with swords and arrows and evil sorcerers. But despite the ogres and magic, in the end of the day, it gets to the core of something that is very realistic and profound and that is how the relationship we have with our parents shapes us as human beings.

4. Doctor Who Review: Amelia's Last Farewell

   9/30/2012 12:25 PM
   
   @Acolyte Huli, the Angels were first introduced in season 4 of Doctor Who in the episode "Blink". Last night's episode actually stayed true to that introduction because this is exactly how we learned the Angels kill you when this monster was first shown in the series: they throw you back in time to live out the rest of your life, but you die in the present and the Angels feed of your life energy.
   
   I don't believe Rory and Amy died in that 1938 hotel. They jumped off a hotel rooftop thereby creating a paradox (Rory died both by suicide and by touch of the Weeping Angel - and you can't die twice in 2 different ways) that was powerful enough to make everything that was shown about 1938 to never have happened, including the hotel. Supposedly, according to Amy's letter, she and Rory have lived their lives well and had a good life, so she must have found him wherever in the past the Angels have thrown them.

5. Doctor Who Review: Amelia's Last Farewell

   9/29/2012 11:24 PM
   
   Emotionally, it was an episode designed to tug at your heart strings and to make you cry. And it delivered that pretty effortlessly. I do love how Matt Smith can transition from the silly, cookie, ridiculous Doctor to someone who makes you feel just how hard it is for the Doctor to see the people he loves leave him (yet again).
   
   I have a feeling that the Doctor cannot go back in time and see Amy and Rory because he would risk interfering with his own timeline and every time that happens, the world is in grave danger basically. It is one of the rules of the show. The Doctor cannot interfere with events in his own life. River does not have that restriction so she has more flexibility to move around in her timeline without taking a risk of causing some major cataclysm.

6. Doctor Who Review: The Power of Three

   9/22/2012 10:42 PM
   
   This was probably my least favorite episode of the season. I think it started out great. Invasion of Earth episodes are always fun. But then it lost focus. Maybe it should have beem a two parter or maybe certain things were unnecessary like Doctor painting fences and playing wii, but there should have been more conflict and more Doctor brilliance. I miss the Doctor being brilliant. Like he was in the Christmas Invasion (in series 2). And that Doctor spent most of the episode in a coma...

7. Doctor Who Review: The Doctor, The Doctor and The Gunslinger

   9/16/2012 5:00 PM
   
   I loved this episode. It felt like a mini movie. Can't wait for next week's!

8. Doctor Who Review: The Doctor and His Gang

   9/8/2012 11:13 PM
   
   Doctor Who is about the only show I know that can combine silliness, heartbreak, and sexual inuendoes into an hour long adventure through space and time while also making a statement about evils of inhumane greed AND tops it off with the Doctor doing something he has done before when seriously pissed off: playing a judge and an executioner. Basically, a great episode that leaves you full of emotions for hours later and one of my new favorites. And how awesome were all of the Ponds?

9. True Blood Review: What If God Was One of Us

   8/6/2012 12:23 AM
   
   I think it is safe to say Eric and Bill will never be bffs ever. But I was touched that at least Eric cared about Bill though stupidly as it turned out to be. Or not. You really can't read Bill's mind there. Maybe he is just playing Salome. Bill is a master deceptor after all. Regardless, I felt underwhelmed by this week's true blood. Lilith storyline is just not working for me. I like Salome. I like Nora. I liked Roman. Hate Lilith and her blood. Wish they left religion to humans and just played pure politics as far as vampires were concerned. I mean they do. I just don't like the whole Lilith driver behind it all.

10. Firefly Confirms 10th Anniversary Comic-Con Panel

    6/27/2012 9:09 PM
    
    My inner geek just erupted into a million happy pieces

11. True Blood Review: Law & Disorder

    6/17/2012 10:34 PM
    
    I feel like I can pretend season 4 never happened. Now, this is more like True Blood.

12. True Blood Review: A Case of Anemia?

    6/10/2012 10:06 PM
    
    Loved Bill and Eric. Hope to see their relationship develop further.

13. Once Upon a Time Review: True Love's Kiss

    5/14/2012 2:27 AM
    
    In the second season, I wonder what would happen to the stories in the book. Yes, magic is back, but now you have familiar self aware characters stuck in very unfamiliar and unpredictable stories. It is exciting and scary at the same time.

14. Sherlock Review: "The Hounds of Baskerville"

    5/14/2012 12:22 AM
    
    The Hound of the Baskervilles has always been my least favorite Sherlock Holmes story. The ending always felt like a let down to me. I'm speaking about the original. That being said, I really enjoyed Mark Gatiss' take on the story. It was scary and clever and very well executed and in the end, even though nothing in the episode made sense, it all made sense. Even though you KNEW from reading the books there was no such things as giant mutant hounds, the acting in this episode made you believe that maybe JUST MAYBE something like that was possible. The episode kept me on the edge, so I agree, 3 stars seems a bit low, especially considering that I think it was a better episode than the one preceding it. Well, next week's episode better get 5 stars..though I'm rather sure it will (provided that the reviewer can collect all the emotions that will be shattered into a million pieces).

15. Sherlock Review: Know When You're Beaten

    5/6/2012 11:16 PM
    
    It was the 3rd or 4th time I've seen this and I sill found the dialogue and suspense brilliant as ever. I also think this episode set a stage for what will be explored throughout the continuation of the whole series (which sadly only has 3 episodes): whether Sherlock actually can connect to someone emotionally. In Scandal in Belgravia he appears to not understand emotional vulnerability to the point of cruelty (poor dear Molly Cooper), but he gets attached to a relative stranger who challenges his brain. At the same time he feels very protective of Mrs. Hudson and throws her attacher out of the window (awesome moment). The guy is an enigma, but is oh so much fun to watch.
    
    As for "And now my brain hurts" - that's a very common side affect of watching anything written by Steven Moffat.

16. Gossip Girl Sneak Peek: Dair Sex Fail!

    4/1/2012 1:25 PM
    
    @PTY, honestly, I don't think this is about Brooklyn (I just thought the noise was a funny distraction, because it sounded very familiar). They need to drag Dan and Blair hooking up through the episode, because they need an episode.
    
    As for your comment about marriage, I'm still not sure what possessed Blair to marry Louis in the first place. She nearly ran off with another man, lost a baby, admitted to anyone who would listen that she didn't really love Louis, perhaps started to develop feelings for a third man - basically her life got very complicated in the couple of months before marrying Louis. In what universe did she think this marriage would work out great? I don't take this marriage thing seriously, because obviously it was not the writers' intent to demonstrate the sanctity of marriage in any way on Gossip Girl (to expect the show to treat it otherwise is to disregard the weird circumstances under which Blair married Louis in the first place).
    
    As for Serena walking in on Dan & Blair - the girl did it SIX times. One would think one time would be enough for Dan and Blair to be a little more careful. But this is Gossip Girl.

17. Gossip Girl Sneak Peek: Dair Sex Fail!

    3/31/2012 11:15 AM
    
    "They get turned off by a car alarm? If they were really so hot for each other and after so many failed attempts is it possible that something like that stops them?'
    
    You don't live in Brooklyn, do you? Those things can be quite irritating. A lot irritating actually. I honestly don't know why people are so upset. This is a TV show not known for any particular depth or consistency or the bigger meaning behind its stories. People searching for right and wrong in it (and apparently finding it) IMHO are wasting their time. If you don't like it, switch the channel (that's what I did when Chair heavy episodes were on). What's the point of complaining and especially arguing with fans of the opposite ship about something that none of us have the power to change?

18. Doctor Who Season 7: First Trailer!

    3/26/2012 7:00 PM
    
    Can't wait!! I miss the Doctor's nutty adventures!

19. Jenna-Louise Coleman Cast as New Doctor Who Companion

    3/25/2012 1:35 PM
    
    Silly me, I don't want ANYONE to get killed. Hasn't the Doctor suffered enough pain losing so many people he loved over the years? The Ponds are his family. I don't know if I could bear for the Doctor to lose his family yet again. Although we do know that River Song dies, and in a way that already tells you that the story with the Ponds ultimately can't have a happy ending. *Shakes both fists* Moffat!!!!

20. TV Fanatic Staff Round Table: Childhood Favorites

    2/2/2012 12:07 AM
    
    I can't believe Buffy isn't on the list. Definite childhood and adult favorite! Also love Beverly Hills 90210, E.R., the X-Files, and Xena, Warrior Princess.

21. Gossip Girl to End With a "Gasp" Monday

    1/29/2012 6:56 PM
    
    "are saying that chuck is not a good match for blair? do u only pay attention to the bad chair scenes and not the good? chuck and blair are true love they make sacrifices for each other."
    
    It's not that I only see the bad parts. I used to be a Chair fan. But the bad parts were so big that they completely killed this couple for me. I guess, what I'm saying really goes beyond Blair's romantic endeavors. It's about the writers taking responsibility for the type of shit they write and knowing when to let go, which I find the writers often don't do. Instead they destroy the couple and then continue to justify its existence on the bubbly premise of some epic love...except they got nothing to substantiate it with because the characters' actions can be seen as anything but love. That's why I don't ship Chair. And if Dair are treated the same way, I wouldn't ship them either.

22. Gossip Girl to End With a "Gasp" Monday

    1/29/2012 2:51 PM
    
    Blair and Chuck are equals and if they both don't let their dark sides take over their relationship could work.
    
    But you see, it doesn't quite fit, does it? Chuck did let his dark side take over the relationship more than once. And sometimes Blair too. I'm not saying it's bad television or bad drama. What I'm saying is that I find it fundamentally wrong to call what Chuck and Blair have "love" either in real life or anywhere. Art is about expression of something that is rooted in reality. You can't really separate the two so much as to say I can accept it in a TV show but not accept it in real life. At least I can't. I can appreciate the drama. I can appreciate the conflict. And I can even appreciate the ridiculous plot lines. What I can't accept is saying love is what Chuck and Blair share. Because love can't be this evil. It just can't be. Call me an old fashioned romantic.

23. Gossip Girl to End With a "Gasp" Monday

    1/29/2012 1:20 PM
    
    Ilovechair, you bring up something that is basically a problem with how relationships are portrayed on this show and indirectly the reason i refuse to ship chair. I am very much against what this show has done with the concept of love. I don't care how evil or flawed the person you could be, by nature of it, if you love someone I cant believe you would use someone in the same way Chuck did Blair in season 3. You say Dan would not forgive Blair if she used and manipulated him. My question is and why should he? I would never in a million years comuld imagine that Blair would forgive Chuck. I hate that this show throws epithets like great and epic love, but the actions of these characters in no way can be interpreted as love. Basically if Chuck and Blair are what epic love is, then i shall prefer to be single forever.

24. Gossip Girl to End With a "Gasp" Monday

    1/29/2012 12:00 PM
    
    Ilovechair, I disagree with your statement that Dan idealizes Blair. I think he is very well aware of who Blair Waldorf is (many times being the participant of her schemes) and what she is capable of. He said it himself he loves her in spite of who Blair Waldorf is because he can't turn off his feelings for her. I also don't think that Blair loves the damaged part of Chuck. She is only with him and willing to give him a chance when he shows the signs of a decent human being capable of goodness. She prefers to see the best in Chuck the same way Dan prefers to see the best in Blair. Who is to say, using your argument, that Blair doesn't idealize Chuck?

25. Gossip Girl to End With a "Gasp" Monday

    1/28/2012 10:35 PM
    
    Blair marries Louis (as planned), but then God throws a thunder ball at Chuck at the very moment Blair says "I do" with an exclamation "gotcha, sucka!"