Pat...it's a dr who thread...who cares. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Patrick Pence <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
