seeing the news about wilf passing away today while we’re still a year away from the 60th. this is like with elisabeth when she had died right before the 50th.
this is going to hurt when we see wilf one last time.
Rest in peace, Bernard Cribbins.
I know that did so much more than just Doctor Who, my parents grew up watching him in The Wombles & Jackanory, but it means the world to me that I got to grow up watching him play Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who. Honestly, what a legend.
Partners In Crime was the first episode I ever saw of the show as a young child & I’ve loved it ever since & a big reason for that was down to how much I loved Donna’s grandad, Wilfred Mott, who was always the best tv grandad.
Thank you, Bernard Cribbins, rest in peace.
The myth, the legend, Wilfred Mott is back!
Ok so in "The End of Time" Wilfred Mott sees the 10th doctor at Donna's wedding and is basically like "See? Nothing bad happened to you, buddy! You're still in the same body!" but then 10 says he'll still regenerate, just not yet.
It would be so hilarious (to me personally) if Wilfred greets the Doctor in the 60th specials with that same idea, like "haha its been like 10 years and you're fine! You are still the same!" and then the Doctor is just like:
thinking about the moment when the 'In memory of Bernard Cribbins' text comes at the end of the 60th anniversary episode, where he will have made his final appearance as Wilfred Mott, I'm going to be a wreck.
Absolutely devastated to hear Bernard Cribbins has passed away.
RIP Wilfred Mott. You showed a generation of Doctor Who fans what the perfect grandad looks like <3
Loved this exchange about set memories.
RIP Bernard Cribbins ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Don't listen to "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" now unless you're okay with getting teary eyed
He didn't have to get all chromed up. Like literally how do you watch what happened to Maine and not see a cautionary tale there. I mean I get it because there's this constant underlying theme of desperation and the stakes only getting higher and more demanding as technology advances and she seemed so far away but it was only because she was trying to protect him and she could never actually leave him and he was trying to do the same and--and--
Ok so I finished watching Edgerunners and here's my short review. There'll be spoilers up ahead so be warned!
Oh! Just to narrow my questions down into one may I ask your thoughts on the Edgerunner's crew? :0c any stand out favourites?
I like pretty much all of them (Pilar less so, because he’s skeevy, but he also kind of fits for the setting so *shrug*). I think what I liked about the whole crew is that, even though there is definitely a strong attachment and solidarity there, you're aware, the whole time, that each member of the crew is ready to break off for the sake of their own survival in some degree. There's connection but there's also a persistent emotional guardedness. They won't call themselves a found family because it's simply too dangerous to assume that---but that's part of the tragedy of every time one of them gets killed off. A lot of this connection initially comes off in a sort of, "hey this city won't take mercy on you so don't expect it from me" but there's this... aggressive intimacy about it: Kiwi's willing to knock Rebecca out of commission if it means keeping her from killing herself by avenging Pilar. Dorio punching Maine out to keep him from trying to fight while clearly incapacitated from that one EMP. It's these weird gestures of loyalty and care from a place that has lost all language for that because so much is beyond anyone's control at any given time.
Dorio knows Maine is well past gone, but she keeps trying to pull him back, until it kills her. Rebecca literally saying "We're having a moment, here!" before getting killed by Adam Smasher. And then you have that moment where Lucy is able to get David to snap out of his own Cyberpsychosis long enough for him to save her and say goodbye. They only seem to register their own connections and how far they’re willing to go for each other when death seems imminent.
Also I like Falco because they basically just shoved Cole Cassidy into Cyberpunk--Matt Mercer included. And it’s interesting that the older, only minimally cyberized, low-key guy survives, and even then he loses his cybernetic arm. I think there’s probably a metaphor here about allowing capitalism and machinery to literally consume your body to survive.
studio trigger making cyberpunk edgerunners was the perfect choice because it's their typical setup of the kid who's been an outsider their entire life rebelling against the system and even though it's made clear at every turn that David can't win and you KNOW he can't win because this is a prequel you keep believing that he might be able to do it and that love and friendship will save him because this is a trigger anime right? and then in the end it hits even more that he really couldn't.
I didn't think it was possible to hate Smasher more and then I watch Edgerunners. Gonna do a 2077 playthrough and beat the everloving shit out of him.
It's what David deserves
finished cyberpunk edgerunners so if anyone needs me i’ll be crying in the corner for the next week while listening to “i really want to stay at your house” on repeat
me realizing Becca possibly got her Gorilla Fists just to match David's:
Dreams: The expression of the self / The destruction of the self - Interpretation of David Martinez
Cyberpunk Edgerunners revolves heavily around dreams. Most of the residents of the dystopian tech and corporate hell dream about something. That might be about achieving or becoming someone, or getting something. A dream might be big or small. Nevertheless everyone has dreams. However our main protagonist, David Martinez, is an exception to some degree. He likes certain things and wants certain things, but what drives him forward are the dreams of others.
The narrative explores what happens to those who dream or are driven by the dreams of others. Should David have chosen a dream of his own, or is it fine to be driven by others? To go even further, is it even possible to reach your dream in Night City? This pondering is interesting because I think dreams can be understood like this: dreams are an extension or an expression of yourself. After all it is something that you wish for and it is a reflection of yourself in someway.
The first couple of episodes illustrate this thematic by introducing David and Lucy. David seems to be interested in the live of Edgerunners and maybe wants to be one. He is a fan of the Edgerunners Brain Dance series after all. However despite this David is living the dream put forth by his mother, Gloria.
Gloria has worked herself near to a state of collapse, so that she would get David to school. She achieves this and continues to work to pay for David´s education. By doing this Gloria hopes that the education will give David a fighting chance in the Cyberpunk world of Night City. Gloria wants David to climb the corporate ladder and reach the top of Arasaka Tower, one of the largest corporations of the world.
A little bit further after forging a bond with Lucy, the mysterious hacker girl points out different elements about David´s way of live. When asked why David stayed in school for so long while knowing that he would never fit, David responds that this was her mother´s dream. Lucy mentions that while this is the case, this is not David´s dream. He and her mother are different people and David should find a dream of his own. Why should one work for the dream of someone else? I think to illustrate this point Lucy shows David her own dream.
A wish that she would be able to go to Moon, and escape Night City. Her own dream is an intimate, amazing place. Having dream of your own can be fun and fulfilling.