Very funny thing I've noticed in my classic Doctor Who rewatch when I've checked how I've rated each serial with two others have, I've tended to delight in the shitty practical effects while others have totally trashed them. Lots of "despite the effects, blah blah blah..." when I'm over here having a grand ol time.
Like, you're watch 1970's Doctor Who for goodness sake, monsters made from green bubble wrap are to be expected or even celebrated!
Maybe it's because I have a fondness for B SciFi movies and 60/70's-era Godzilla, but I'll take rubber dinosaurs over the deluge of cg visual vomit made by overworked and underpaid artists we've gotten in the Marvel-age of SciFi.
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getting on the Izzy snake bandwagon because I'm obsessed
In my mod AU Ed and Stede live out in the countryside (in my mind it's just off the east coast of Australia but that's just because that's the same area we lived when I was little) which of course means snakes. everywhere.
So of course when Izzy comes up to visit at some point he catches a glimpse of some kind of snake (presenting all sorts of issues for Ed and Stede).
warning: there will be pictures of snakes below the cutoff!
Thankfully, though they live on a lot of land intended for livestock, they only have the one or two that Ed insisted on purchasing as pets, so an infestation of mice, and the Eastern Brown Snake that follows (the second most venomous snake in the world), isn't very likely.
One day, unfortunately during one of Izzy's extended visits, Ed goes into the garage to get his car and he finds a Diamond Python all cuddled up around the wheels.
(This actually happened to me once!)
The car isn't as much of an issue - he can just take Stede's - but the garage connects to the house with a very flimsy door, and even if it's non-venomous and and docile, he really doesn't want it slithering inside.
He leaves the garage door open while he's at work, but the thing is still cuddled under his 4-wheel drive, so he and Stede have to call WIRES and distract IzY somewhere far away from any windows (because if he sees the WIRES truck he'll know there's a snake and throw a tantrum if he can't go down and pet it (which will not be happening under any circumstances)).
One day while walking in the undeveloped bush on their property (which is a lot, full of birds and plants and life) Izzy randomly perks up out of his little sulk and excitedly begins tugging on Ed's arm, pointing down to a little patch just off of the track.
There's a Red Bellied Black Snake (which I reckon would be one of Izzy's favourites) coiled up in the sun, staring right at them. Ed yelps and grabs Izzy's hand.
He tries to tug Izzy back down the path (because he knows those things, and those things bite) but Izzy wants to sit and watch it and dogs his heels in. Ed has to resort to hauling Izzy over his shoulder and booking back out of the bush.
(look how cool these guys are! they're venomous but not very aggressive, and give birth to live babies! we used to see them at school a lot)
Occasionally little harmless snakes will slither up into the trees beside their houses, and Izzy will sit right in front of the window, watching it intently.
He's so obsessed with it that he refuses to leave until it does - meaning Stede has to drag his play mat to whatever window he's situated beneath and get him his iPad and blankie so he doesn't have to take his eyes off of the snake, and Ed has to feed him his dinner and change him while he's just staring at the poor little snake trying to have a sleep beside him.
(non-venomous, a non painful bite, and calm around humans. they're a gorgeous snake)
The worst, and the only time Izzy didn't yell and cry until he could go and see the snake, was when there was a brown snake on the roof.
Ed had been outside feeding their chickens when he'd spotted it, splayed out on their roof.
He heads straight inside after locking the chickens up, putting towels over the cracks under the back doors and putting the grate over the fireplace in case in somehow manages to slip down the chimney (typically they don't go inside houses, but Ed isn't taking any chances).
Stede goes out to take a look when he gets home with Izzy, but Izzy dutifully sits in his little chair and watches warily as Ed and Stede call WIRES.
Stede scoops him up and takes him away while the snake handlers come and get it, but they watch from an upstairs window as they load it into the truck and drive off of the property.
(Brown snakes are the second most venomous snake in the world, aside from the Inland Taipan (also an Australian native). They typically live in populated areas, and while they prefer mice to eat (making farmland perfect) they will sometimes slither onto suburban properties and hang out. They are aggressive, and should be left alone.) Someone I grew up with had this happen to them when we lived in the city!
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