Looks like I managed to kill yet another thread with my posting. My record remains unchallenged! ______________________________ [email protected] "You can be the captain, and I will draw the chart..."
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [The Unique Geek] Dr. Who season 6 opener Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:29:33 -0400 Hmmm. Well, I'm reserving my *full* judgement until part 2, but so far this playing out to be my least favorite Moffat storyline. Here are some of my initial thoughts: 1. Part 1 is just all over the place. If its meant to draw new viewers in (as all the build-up and retrospectives on BBC America were meant to do), it has probably alienated (see what I did there?) half of those newbies who finally have decided to take the plunge after nearly 50 years of avoiding. I'm talking to you, Serv. The plot is just ALL OVER THE PLACE. I do like a little bit of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff in my episodes, but good grief! It was layered on pretty heavily between the main storyline, the River Song timeline, and the new aliens in 1969 stuff. Pick a sub-plot and run with it. 2. New aliens that make you turn into a Late Stage Alzheimer's patient WHEN YOU STOP LOOKING at them. So, are we to surmise that these aliens are in league with, or perhaps some other form of Weeping Angel, or does Steven Moffat just like that plot device when writing horror. "Don't look away..." 3. The pacing was a little slapdash. Lots of misdirection (which is fine), but for a season opener he should have just written a solid Moffat-ish story line that would tee up for the rest of the season. What we got was a "Stay-tuned-folks, next week is totally going to be worth it. Promise!" I may be bagging on it a little harshly, which I don't mean to. But I think I've just been disappointed by one too many of the Chrsitmas Episodes that have left me a little cold. Perhaps I'm just suffering from Event Fatigue in Doctor Who, and I like the standalone stories- moreso than a hamfisted effort to queue up the upcoming season's story arc. But, hey, I could be wrong... we'll see Saturday. Marc Sheppard was pretty cool, though. Oh- and note to British writers: The basement of a building near Cape Kennedy is completely under water. Patrick ______________________________ [email protected] "You can be the captain, and I will draw the chart..." > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:08:16 -0400 > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Dr. Who season 6 opener > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Are we going to talk about this? I prefer with SPOILERS. So, if you > haven't seen it yet I recommend turning away. > > - > - > - > - > - > - > - > - > - > - > - > - > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
