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[mrv3000]

How reliable is The Sun? Is that a real paper or a tabloid? No clue. ETA: Am told The Sun is pretty much shit but can get things right on occasion. Hmm.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2006410849,00.html

Sounds like David Tennant will only be on through S4. So he made it one more year than BP. Seriously, what *is* it about this show and people ditching it? They're so gung-ho when they sign up but quickly take off. How can I be excited about a show when actors are blazing fire trails to get off of it? That it's just some stepping-stone to stardom?

I think I give up.

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[makesometime.livejournal.com]

The Sun is not reliable. But sometimes right.

That doesn't help, does it?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Heh. Not much. :D

[makesometime.livejournal.com]

At least everyone else answered far better!

My sometimes right was based on the fact that they - I think it was them - spoiled me for the kiss in The Parting of The Ways. I've still not forgiven them.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Bleh. :(

[jennylouise123.livejournal.com]

Reliable? The Sun? Hahahahahahahahaha. There's tabloids...and then there's The Sun ;)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

HA!!

[misssimm.livejournal.com]

Never listen to The Sun, the number of times they did the whole 'Billie's going!" "Billie's staying!" "Billie's going!" "Billie's staying!" Thing was ridiculous.

The only paper less reliable than The Sun is The Star. Also known for this sort of drama.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Oh brother. BAH.

[t-a-n-g-o.livejournal.com]

I don't think you can get any more tabloidy than the Sun! I should wait until it's announced on the BBC website.

I do agree about actors leaving the show, each series is going to end up with a new main character, there's no reliablity....

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I don't think you can get any more tabloidy than the Sun! I should wait until it's announced on the BBC website.

Yeah, that's probably wise.

I do agree about actors leaving the show, each series is going to end up with a new main character, there's no reliablity....

Right. No permanence. You start getting attached to one actor, and POOF, they vanish. Whatever, man.

[ex-spockette108.livejournal.com]

The Sun is very much a tabloid (it has pictures of topless girls (they're almost always still teenagers) on page 3, if that gives you an indication to the kind of quality), so I'd take anything they say with a grain of salt.

Personally, I don't really see David Tennant leaving anytime soon - he's too much of a fanboy. :)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

The Sun is very much a tabloid (it has pictures of topless girls (they're almost always still teenagers) on page 3, if that gives you an indication to the kind of quality), so I'd take anything they say with a grain of salt.

Oh, lovely. Not.

Personally, I don't really see David Tennant leaving anytime soon - he's too much of a fanboy. :)

Well, that's what I thought too, but, you know, actor first.

[icepixie]

I feel like in the UK, TV series (not just DW, but all of them) do tend to be seen as a stepping stone to movies and/or critically-acclaimed miniseries that get massive ratings. I don't watch a lot of Brit-produced shows, but of the ones I've seen, they all seem to have a pretty high turnover of actors/characters. Either that or they make about three episodes a year so that the actors can do other things for most of the year.

I think maybe actors in that industry are more concerned with variety of roles than their American counterparts? In interviews I've read, they all seem to harp on that. I have no idea what might cause that...maybe there are more people competing for fewer jobs in Hollywood than in London? (The BBC certainly seems to find ways to reuse just about everybody...)

*shrug* I dunno. It's weird, particularly as the TV series over there have half the episodes of a typical American series. You'd think there would be less turnover...

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what might cause that...maybe there are more people competing for fewer jobs in Hollywood than in London? (The BBC certainly seems to find ways to reuse just about everybody...)

You know, that could have a lot to do with it. Maybe over there as an actor it is easier (and more of the mind-set) to do lots of different things. Where over here it's a lot more brutal and so actors tend to hang on to things when they've got a steady gig. Not always the case, but more often than not.

It's weird, particularly as the TV series over there have half the episodes of a typical American series. You'd think there would be less turnover...

Right.

[icepixie]

Where over here it's a lot more brutal and so actors tend to hang on to things when they've got a steady gig.

Yeah, maybe. And I think the contracts over here are for much longer periods of time.

I think also there's a much greater emphasis on theatre in the UK drama schools--and far more Brit actors appear to get their start on stage than do Americans--which may lead to more of a "variety is better than a steady gig" mentality.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Well, that's nice for them, but as the viewer it's making me wrinkle my nose at the show in general.

[noblealice.livejournal.com]

Lol, did you read the horrid post about Billie hating Freema? Saying that she views her like the new girlfriend of an ex and wants to scratch her eyes out everytime she sees a new picture. It was so awful and slanderous and fake. I think it was The Sun also. :)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Didn't read it. *rolls eyes* Give me a total break.