So....now what?

[Daniel Orduna]

its no difrence 2 mexican fans, we dont have turtles in our
walmart target ,or any toy store, so its not biggie to me,
the only bad things is that theey do sell tales of the tmnt in mexico
so the only thing that I can do, is not miss any comic from now on

honestly I dont like that mirage is not longer in charge of the turtles

I love the turtles, they got me into drawing , becuse of that, I am studing animation, I like to call myself the biggest mexican fan,


ps jester...congraaaats u got married

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I've been entertaining doing the same thing myself. Though I've never like, sat down and watched a whole episode of any Dr. Who ever, the glimpses I've seen of the latest stuff do compel me. And I'm very much the kind of guy that will refuse to see any new stuff unless I've seen everything that's come before it.

If you're brand new to it, I'd highly recommend you start with the current series (season 1 is with Christopher Eccelston, then then the rest with David Tennant). You can get through it all pretty quickly as each season is only 13/14 episodes (or, in the case of the most recent "season," 5 episodes). Because the show is a relaunch as much as it is a continuation, they're pretty good at explaining stuff with the assumption that you've never watched Doctor Who before. As the series progresses, they bring back more and more elements from the old series and start throwing in more things that you can appreciate if you're familiar with the old (there's a First Doctor reference in season 4 that still makes me laugh). Although I do find myself confused once in awhile and have to fire off questions to a friend who is much more versed in Who than I.

If you like the new series enough, only then would I recommend going back to the very beginning. For me, part of what I loved about watching the First Doctor stories was seeing that, holy crap, all the stuff I'd become familiar with from watching the current series had been there from the beginning. I honestly find it to be quite brilliant (not that I was expecting it to be a completely different show, but given the amount of time in between I guess I was expecting more to be different). And because those early episodes are so different in style and tone, being able to appreciate that adds something special to them (which is not to say that they are otherwise bad, because I'd say that most of them are amazingly good).

Or, if you just want a taste of the old series, it'd probably be best to do so with the Fourth Doctor/Tom Baker.

I pose this to Rose, mostly. How many episodes/boxsets/what-have-you are we talking about here? And is it all readily available?

The new series is 5 simple box sets (or will be - the newest one is released in February). Getting into the old stuff is much more complicated, though, as not everything has been released on DVD and much of the early years is missing completely. And with just a few exceptions, there aren't box sets. Since each story is actually a serial comprised on multiple episodes, it's generally one story/serial per DVD release (to be fair, they do a REALLY good job with them all). Netflix is the way to go with those. You'll have to look into other means if you want to give absolutely everything a taste, though.

[Daniel Orduna]

maybe ILL focus on the collection section a post my new stuff

[discordiatookie]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Although I do find myself confused once in awhile and have to fire off questions to a friend who is much more versed in Who than I.

I gotta friend called Scott who is my Doctor Who 'guru'. Guy has grown up with the programme all his life and is an absolute nut for it. I blame him for my addiction. Just working my way through collecting the DVDs myself, although i'm nowhere near complete, but I have picked up mosta the box sets that have been released so far (damn, Key To Time is so expensive! Gotta save!)

Apologies for going so far off topic there.

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I'm actually planning a massive pancanon re-read. Work my way through the Mirage stuff using DrSpengler's chronology. From there rewatch as much of the old toon as I can find, then working my way through the Archie stuff, followed by the live action timeline. And so on down the line....

Considered posting a call here, see if anyone wanted to join me and discuss stuff as we went, but...wasn't really sure if there was any interest, as I'm sure this is stuff that's all been done here before.

Reckon i'd be up for that, if there was a thread for it. Get it started!!

I don't have everything, ie all the wee side stories, etc, but I do have most though! Sounds like it could be alotta fun.

As for me, i'm gonna be concentrating on (in my TMNT world) my original art collection, picking up what I can when I can. Also gotta thing just now for random TMNT items, such as watches, badges, household items, etc. Preferably OT, and if it has 'Hero' instead of 'Ninja' all the better...

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Daniel Orduna

ps jester...congraaaats u got married

Congratulations from me too!