I sometimes wonder if I'd be like Bones if I'd stuck around for all the series of nuWho and kept posting on here about it.
I'm watching the show still and enjoy it to some extent, but I think that it has lost a lot of the 'magic' it had in the Russell Davies years.... it's kind of lost it's heart and soul, that's the only way that I can explain it. it's not just Rory that's a bit 'limp' and 'wet', the series as a whole is getting a bit that way.![]()
Hmm. I'm gonna say no.Erm, ok.
...so are we pals then?
Oh really? That sounds like a real open mind there.The problem is, condemn RTD for melodrama as much as you like, but he made it interesting, impossible not to be drawn in.
Who's presuming? You're stating as fact something I disagree with (and making assumptions about the casting that are unfounded btw (Twilight, really?*)). Yes, obviously the show under RTD appealed to a lot of people. I even found the odd enjoyable ep, and even enjoyable moments in the worst eps. But to say that it was impossible not to be drawn in is hyperbolic at best.Now, now. It's rude to presume.
Take this quote. You say you're open minded, and that you hope the new series ends up growing on you. But in the next sentence, you're not saying "I'm just not feeling the characters atm", you're unambiguously dissing it. It's not just a difference of opinion, it's "his characterization just isn't terribly strong".I'm quite open minded, in fact, because I'm willing to change my mind. I really do hope Smith and Moff's new take wins me over. So far, though, his characterization just isn't terribly strong.
This choice is a mistake that in my opinion they wanted to make. They knew at the beginning of series one Eccleston would be leaving and Tennant would replace him, and they know that this CBBC presenter will either not appear as the 11th Doctor due to an outcry, we have at least 6 months before any filming is going to take place, or he will flit in and out like Eccleston. This is just another manipulation of the audience that Davies and his team is famous for and good at. If they don't want him to fail then what they haven't realised is on the whole kids like adult heroes adults like adult heroes, and the only time both groups like young heroes is the young hero is very young and he needs protecting and guiding by an ageing mentor, as in BBC Merlin, the Doctor is the mentor not the mentored. But I suppose if you've worked on three separate projects with Billie Piper as he has, she probably put in a good word for him. But as I said at the start this smacks of a manipulation to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLG0F7suqSIWhy must people always say something like that when agreeing with me? You should be glad to be agreeing with such a well-respected figure.
Nice to see you're developing a sense of humour about these things![]()
Well it isn't exactly a competition he could lose.The Unquiet Dead vs. Victory of the Daleks: Gatiss for the win, zombies beat Daleks.
Don't worry, I don't think it's possible to post that Frasier clip in any kind of seriousness Starkers.
Well it isn't exactly a competition he could lose.The Unquiet Dead vs. Victory of the Daleks: Gatiss for the win, zombies beat Daleks.
I'd have to go with Rose here. The Eleventh Hour was typically 'nuwho' with spaceships surrounding the Earth, celebrity cameos and societal critique with camera phones and blasé reactions to the incredible.Rose vs. The Eleventh Hour
End Of The World wins it for me. Could've done without the video game sequence of running through the fans though.The End of the World vs. The Beast Below
The Unquiet Dead, obvz.The Unquiet Dead vs. Victory of the Daleks: Gatiss for the win, zombies beat Daleks.
Slitheen FTLSlitheen 2 parter vs Angels 2 parter
Delek is up there with best episodes in WHO's history, let alone nuwho.Dalek vs. Vampires of Venice
The Long Game was a bit of a misstep for me. It didn't even work as a setup for Bad Wolf other than "Oh, we're on the same space station."The Long Game vs Amy's Choice
Father's Day
Might have to give this one to Father's Day, but it's hard to compare the two when one is a two-parter. I imagine as a whole I'll prefer the Silurian story.vs. The Hungry Earth
: (^ Coming to a time-travel show near you soon.... Mr James Corden.
I'm just still waiting for it. For the record, it's too early just yet to decide on any pronouncement so bold as Moff is doing a bad job or that Smith was miscast in the lead role. I'm not all that terrifically won over by Smith yet, but I'm quite willing to give him a chance to prove himself. It may take well into the next season before he completely settles in. That's happened in the past. Again, no problem.
So, yeah, I think it will take a while for the new series to find its feet, and I really hope it does, but it hasn't happened yet. Overall, the current season's episodes have been fairly decent all in all. I'd recommend, if I had Moff's ear getting rid of Gatiss and Roberts in terms of script writing, but it's early days and you never know who may crop up.
So far, my take on the new series is "fairly decent".
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