Doctor New

This isn't strictly comics, but I may just talk about all things "geeky" and "nerdy" in here, including the use of quotation marks and the new, talked about reboot of Doctor Who, starting with a movie by David Yates.

One link of many: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15730665

Now, I have nothing against Mr Yates. His Harry Potter films, the last four of the series, were half-triumph, half-tolerable. He knows how to make a British feeling film. However, I do not feel that he is the man to take upon the task of an unneccessary reboot. It would be too kitsch and too simple. Another factor is whether he can actually get actors to act as apart from the already seasoned actors in the films i.e. none of the kids bar Rupert Grint, the acting was sub-par. Not that Doctor Who is know for its acting.

Also, he may have taken upon a doomed task. Reboots are the latest trend in popular media. Spider-Man has recently been rebooted, as has the Hulk (sort of), in the cinema. Batman will be after the Dark Knight Returns. Hell, the whole DC line of comics was. However, Doctor Who has nearly 50 years of history behind and while it may be slightly convoluted, the majority of Doctor Who fandom love that about it. I bet even some of the modern fans took into Doctor Who extremely quickly in the Russell T. Davies years as there was no origin episode where we see the Doctor steal the TARDIS or something else reasonably dull. Never mind the Doctor's ability to regenerate taking the need for reboots completely away. Yes, he may only have 13, but there's definitely a way out of that, I'm sure.

Yeats knows the score with translating a major franchise, just not terrifically. Never mind that Doctor Who is intrinsically more complex due to the time and space factor. More complicated than magic, yes. It's just money being thrown around at a time of there being no money. See the cancellation of Confidential and various other news reports on the TV show to find out what I'm talking about.

This blog has an immense amount of spelling mistakes, I feel. Hmm.

Anyway, I do not think that this is a good idea, especially as it will be seperate from the TV show. Two different continuities do not make anything easier. Whatever. Peace out.

And the cast and crew of the show must be feeling great about their futures as well.