7X05 The Angels Take Manhattan (Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS!)

[Ghost Bones]

Admiral2 wrote:

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Those of us from New York prefer the authenticity, regardless of how much of it could have been faked in the UK. Did you not see the special that came before the show? DW filmed here and the sets got mobbed by american fans. That alone is worth the price of plane tickets and cargo charges, AFAIC.

You're not paying for it though are you, the license fee payer is.

[Sindatur]

Ghost Bones wrote:

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You're not paying for it though are you, the license fee payer is.

Actually, if I recall correctly, BBCA is picking up about 50% to most of the budget for the "American" episodes, so, even if you're not getting the episode for free, you're getting a higher budget episode for less, I think

Of course, one could still argue they would've preferred an episode with smaller budget that they paid a higher percentage of in order to keep it on your home soil with CGI.

I wonder if they could do the CGI Central Park Icons + all the Weeping Angels on a budget 100% homegrown?

[Ghost Bones]

Where's the souce for that?

[Sindatur]

Ghost Bones wrote:

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Where's the souce for that?

BBCA Funding is an assumption, based upon S6, I am not stating it as fact, I am stating it as a question, if it still holds up in S7? Does it? Or did Moffat fund this one by himself, in addition to the Spain Location shooting for A Town Called Mercy? If Moffat's taken all this onto his own budget, I'm rather impressed with how he's stretched the Dollar, as I'm sure DoaS was CGI expensive, in addition to Location shooting in Spain and America, plus all the Daleks in the first episode. Matter of fact, the only episode, I think wouldn't be budget breaking (Unless you have Budget light episodes to steal from) is The Power of 3, as the Cubes were all so similar, they probably were cheaper in volume then they look.

Some may not like the Episodes that were Produced, but, I think they had a High quality of stretching the Budget

[Mr. Adventure]

Doesn't mention the percentage but it does talk about co-producing the series 6 episodes (also Primeval and Being Human).

http://press.bbcamerica.com/press-release.jsp?id=22529

[STR]

Judge Death wrote:

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^I thought it was called Freedom Tower as well

They stopped calling it that when NY Gov. Pataki left office. That was his name, and it was steeped in the same kind of half-baked jingoism that brought the world "freedom fries". The building is 1 World Trade Center, as opposed to the complete 7 World Trade and also-under-construction 4 World Trade Center (2 & 3 are stalled due to economy, 5 is in the early planning stages, there is no 6).

And this episode was really awful. Seems they were just itching to get rid of A&R so they could get started on the "real" episodes. They spent the whole episodes talking about plot devices, rather than using said devices to tie up character or story arcs. The plot devices don't even gel with previous appearances of the same plot device, I know this show isn't about 100% continuity (it's part of the fun), but I expect things to be self-adhering in the same episode. Meh. Just...lots of wasted time and potential.

[Mr. Adventure]

At least the jingoism has its heart in a better place than Freedom Fries which was just a vindictive take that at the French for not backing the invasion as we wanted.

[Alidar Jarok]

Guy Gardener wrote:

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Did Freedom Fries ever take?

Not really. It was more a punchline for stupid congress than anything else.

[Professor Zoom]

Ghost Bones wrote:

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You're not paying for it though are you, the license fee payer is.

Perhaps you should take it up with the BBC then. They think its a good expenditure of the money. Considering it raises the awareness of their franchise.

Doesn't the BBC get a cut of DVD sales of Doctor Who? Perhaps it's a wise investment of the license fee.

[Samurai8472]

The Wormhole wrote:

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EDIT: Just checked in from the other thread. Apparently, that's the new Freedom Tower under construction where the WTC was.

I thought it was easily to spot. I visited it over the summer and the half completed glass on one side has become a trademark of it

[Ghost Bones]

Mr. Adventure wrote:

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At least the jingoism has its heart in a better place than Freedom Fries which was just a vindictive take that at the French for not backing the invasion as we wanted.

Americans should just start calling them "chips" then, like us British who did back it.

Professor Zoom wrote:

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Perhaps you should take it up with the BBC then. They think its a good expenditure of the money. Considering it raises the awareness of their franchise.

Doesn't the BBC get a cut of DVD sales of Doctor Who? Perhaps it's a wise investment of the license fee.

But the BBC should be making programmes aimed at the audience who pays for it, not for potential audiences elsewhere who don't fund it. If they could have saved money by not going on this vanity trip to New York and achieved the same result then that's what should have been done.

[Mr. Adventure]

Ghost Bones wrote:

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Americans should just start calling them "chips" then, like us British who did back it.

Yeah, but then we'd have to call our chips crisps and we're just too lazy.


BTW, I think only politicians and political pundits ever called them Freedom Fries, not your average American Joe.

[RoJoHen]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure regular American citizens just called them Freedom Fries to mock the term "Freedom Fries." Nobody ever actually called them that for real.

[Skywalker]

Renaming everyday food items is a time-honored tradition in this country. Anyone want some liberty cabbage?

[doubleohfive]

You're not wrong. French toast was originally "German Toast" before the war.