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The Doctor Who theme tune?

I liked DXBs poll so much I thought I'd start a thread!

Personally I'd like to see a Strontium Dog special, with loads of rare stories from Starlord, specials etc, plus a feature on the the development and design work (Ezquerra said he still had sketches from back then).  Then theres the games and spin offs - why didnt Titan do more books etc?  whats the REAL story behind Alphas death (Alan Grant has about 5 different versions! :))

a Starlord special could feature strips from the comic, a TPO special on Starlord, the VCs based future shock with Gary Leach art (the VCs were originally planned for Starlord after all IIRC), some stuff on Robusters maybe those Alan Moore stories? (or would that Pee off Mills AND Moore?).  Was John sanders porkying when he said he fought to save 2000AD in the merger, when I've seen tales that the only reason 2000AD survived as the main title was it was against publishing practice/IPC policy/the Law to merge a higher priced comic into a lower priced one and keep the higher pried one running...

So much that could be done...suggestions here (and on the poll)

The Wilderlands storyline was collected by Hamlyn

Calm down T4E - it might be genuine, and if the fear of Scoj ends up running away potential readers then wheres that getting us?  The ever watchful Dante will keep us safe from harm :)

NobodyUK - The best thing to do is to buy this weeks, and if you have a comic shop nearby, they are likely to have 1350 as well - an ideal issue to start with, and all new stories.

If you like what you read, theres a plethora of reprints, as well and the monthly Megazine to dip into - The Meg is a bit of a relaunch issue this month

Heh - I kind of thought you'd see through my shabby argument there, Steve! :)

Still, it's hard to be snobby about anything when you can then enjoy some idiot playing the spoons and falling down stairs "hilariously" - but as you say - contradictory opinions and loves are what make us all so inneresting -  
Some of my favourite people in the world have opinions I could quite happily strangle them for!

pootle

Hmmm - I could certainly see your arguement that fantasy stuff doesn't say anything about the human condition if you weren't defending Star Wars - the MOST shallow of all fantasy universes - and at its most shallow in AOTC.  Maybe LOTR doesn't say anything about the human condition as you see it?  Ideas of duty, of comradery? (What is the human condition explored in AOTC - stroppy teenagers?) Now I'm not sure how well these come across in the book, rather than the film, it's been a long time since I read them.  And in a sense, the book wasn't written to explore the human condition - it was written as a 'replacement' mythology - you might take the books stance as old-fashioned jingoist bollocks, just as I see Star Wars as some deeply dodgey new age pamphlet with explosions. It all comes down to a deeper level of personal, political viewpoints, which I think colour everyones enjoyment of stuff.

One example is the film "Almost Famous" - about rock stars in the early 70s - I've heard people slag it off (with some justification) because it glosses over the drugs and excesses of the times.  Personally, I see it as love letter to the times, and if I want a brutal 'realistic' warts n all protrayal, I'll watch something else. Sure, its a fantasy, but whats wrong with that? (In a sense, you could argue that portraying a more noble or idealised view of things is more condusive to the "human condition" that constantly showing people as nasty and self serving). Presumably that's part of the charm of Star wars - the noble, celibate priesthood battling evil.

And attacking peoples taste in books because they are not "literature" is a bit rich from someone willing to stand up and say they like McCoy, but that's a whole other arguement! :)

I can see why nostalgia might affect peoples viewings of the new films.

Personally, I had never seen the poriginal trilogy til I was an adult, and found them mildly entertaining, with some good performances and characters, though a lot of interminable new-age gobbledegook.

The 'new' ones are offensive on so many levels - the actors seem to be drugged, the storylines non existent, and so bereft of likeable characters or indeed spectacle - so theres a lot of CGI - it shows, by God does it show.

There are no nostalgia goggles to blind me of the "brilliance" of the first ones - but that said, I don't like Indiana Jones movies, so what do i know

you could argue that the entire premise of Star Wars is that democracy is bad and bound to be corrupted - trust to the powerful elite Priests and their superior mystical "chosen by God/the universe" powers and everything will turn out fine...

You could mention the massively obvious (more obvious than anything in LOTR AFAIK) Christ analogy with the virgin birth...

but I won't! :)

It's definitely all about taste and a lot to do with early childhood influences  - we can't even all agree that Dredd was a rubbish film - Personally, I didnt like the right wing subtext! :)

Fair enough, but if you are going to mine out the subtext of Fantasy stories, doesnt Lucases quasi-Religious "Jedi" claptrap irritate you even more - it's OK to kill dozens of lowly paid stormtroopers, but to kill the man behind it all is a no-no?

"The dubious political message and Right-Wing Christian preachiness behind it all just reinforces it's standing as a movie i shall never watch again"

What is the dubious political message?  Where is Christianity mentioned in it (it's a hell of a lot less preachy than Pat Mills pagan stories)?

I'm not having a go here, I genuinely don't see these things in it - Sure, you could extrapolate the fact that he was writing as a member of a middle class, post war, Christian society - does that make his books worthless?  They're not some Holy Bible to me (though defending the new Star Wars films is the act of a man blinded by Faith if ever I saw it :)), just some mildly entertaining books that made entertaining films.

I cannot see the right wing message in Tolkein...unless by Right Wing you mean a sentimental attachment to an 'English' way of life that has nothing to do with racism or Nazism as far as I can see.

Hobbits like to keep themselves to themselves and potter around in gardens - the bastards!

"I do however think it's easy to find anything in a narrative if you look hard enough."

Heh, with the new star Wars films, you don't even have to look that hard -  Jar Jar, the evil rice eating aliens....

Most likely just comic book shops PVS - its a Twomorrows publication, like the recent Alan Davis book

Erm... from his comments, I think he's aware....