Re: Hells yeah! Moffat does it again!
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Hells yeah! Moffat does it again! 'Blink' wins Hugo!
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Re: Hells yeah! Moffat does it again!
Oh, that makes sense. I didn't realise the Hugos had such a small votership (is that even a word?); I guess a lot of them are Moffat fans!
Re: Hells yeah! Moffat does it again!
The amount of people who are eligible to vote in the Hugos and the amount of people who actually do vote are usually quite a bit different.
Here's a pretty good run-down of how the process works.
And a rundown of the voting tally on the 2007 final ballot
Yes. You are seeing double-digit voting in spots. It's convoluted, esoteric, and makes most people's heads ache, but even 500 first place votes can walk away with an award these days. And from what I've read, the average WorldCon attendance lately is between 4,000 and 6,000 people. (Yeah, they're small cons if you're used to Comic Con or Dragon*Con.) So, you're talking thousands of fans who are eligible to vote, but only a small percentage actually take that opportunity. Why is anybody's guess.
The amount of people who are eligible to vote in the Hugos and the amount of people who actually do vote are usually quite a bit different.
Here's a pretty good run-down of how the process works.
And a rundown of the voting tally on the 2007 final ballot
Yes. You are seeing double-digit voting in spots. It's convoluted, esoteric, and makes most people's heads ache, but even 500 first place votes can walk away with an award these days. And from what I've read, the average WorldCon attendance lately is between 4,000 and 6,000 people. (Yeah, they're small cons if you're used to Comic Con or Dragon*Con.) So, you're talking thousands of fans who are eligible to vote, but only a small percentage actually take that opportunity. Why is anybody's guess.
Re: Hells yeah! Moffat does it again!
Just one example -
Last year I showed Blink to two friends of mine who aren't even Sci-fi enthusiasts, let alone Dr. Who fans. One has only the very vaguest memories of the Tom Baker era of the show, the other can't stand most sci-fi and will not watch Dr. Who, period. However, I took a punt as I believed they would be intruiged by the ideas present.
I wasn't wrong.
They both adored Blink in spades. They thought it could have, and should have been a movie in it's own right. Literally, they would not stop going on and on about how brilliant they thought it was. To this day, when they speak of the episode (and they bring it up often) they call it by it's proper title - they always call it "Blink", not "that Dr. Who episode", not "that story with the statues", but "Blink" everytime. It may sound hard to understand but they truely do speak of that story with awe.
I tried showing them Midnight, and they thought it was cool in an almost "Twilight-Zone-y" sort of way, but they always keep coming back to Blink as the benchmark and have both seen it 3 times now - and even then, they both still jump, startled by the statues. And they are both in their mid-30's.
I know of no other Doctor Who story which has this kind of effect. And I believe it speaks volumes really, about how utterly brilliant it is.
Just one example -
Last year I showed Blink to two friends of mine who aren't even Sci-fi enthusiasts, let alone Dr. Who fans. One has only the very vaguest memories of the Tom Baker era of the show, the other can't stand most sci-fi and will not watch Dr. Who, period. However, I took a punt as I believed they would be intruiged by the ideas present.
I wasn't wrong.
They both adored Blink in spades. They thought it could have, and should have been a movie in it's own right. Literally, they would not stop going on and on about how brilliant they thought it was. To this day, when they speak of the episode (and they bring it up often) they call it by it's proper title - they always call it "Blink", not "that Dr. Who episode", not "that story with the statues", but "Blink" everytime. It may sound hard to understand but they truely do speak of that story with awe.
I tried showing them Midnight, and they thought it was cool in an almost "Twilight-Zone-y" sort of way, but they always keep coming back to Blink as the benchmark and have both seen it 3 times now - and even then, they both still jump, startled by the statues. And they are both in their mid-30's.
I know of no other Doctor Who story which has this kind of effect. And I believe it speaks volumes really, about how utterly brilliant it is.
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Re: Hells yeah! Moffat does it again!
Yeah, "Blink" doesn't come anywhere near "Human Nature" in terms of quality.
But "Blink" wasn't really about anything. I mean, there's this random girl who randomly investigates this randomly abandoned house, she loses a friend and cries for about two seconds, meets a guy, falls for him in the same amount of time before losing him, and yet again she doesn't seem to feel too bad about it, investigates this mystery that's cropped up around her, solves it, doesn't want the brother of her dead friend until randomly meeting the Doctor and then deciding to grab his hand and start a relationship....
"Blink" was good fun, but there was quite a bit about that episode that was dramatically arbitrary, and there was no deeper theme to it.
Yeah, "Blink" doesn't come anywhere near "Human Nature" in terms of quality.
But "Blink" wasn't really about anything. I mean, there's this random girl who randomly investigates this randomly abandoned house, she loses a friend and cries for about two seconds, meets a guy, falls for him in the same amount of time before losing him, and yet again she doesn't seem to feel too bad about it, investigates this mystery that's cropped up around her, solves it, doesn't want the brother of her dead friend until randomly meeting the Doctor and then deciding to grab his hand and start a relationship....
"Blink" was good fun, but there was quite a bit about that episode that was dramatically arbitrary, and there was no deeper theme to it.
Re: Hells yeah! Moffat does it again!
I'd hardly describe Sally as having "fallen" for DI Shipton. She's charmed and flirty and flustered, but that's not even remotely close. The rest of your summary is similiarly exaggerated.
I'd hardly describe Sally as having "fallen" for DI Shipton. She's charmed and flirty and flustered, but that's not even remotely close. The rest of your summary is similiarly exaggerated.
Re: 'Blink' wins Hugo
YES!
As much as Paul Cornell's utterly excellent 2-parter was, "Blink" did the impossible and managed to better it during those magical 3 weeks of Who. Definitely the best 45 minutes of TV last year, and there was no doubt in my mind that it would win Moffat a third Hugo.
Not bad for the creator of "Chalk".
Roll on next year with Silence/Forest?
YES!
As much as Paul Cornell's utterly excellent 2-parter was, "Blink" did the impossible and managed to better it during those magical 3 weeks of Who. Definitely the best 45 minutes of TV last year, and there was no doubt in my mind that it would win Moffat a third Hugo.
Not bad for the creator of "Chalk".
Roll on next year with Silence/Forest?
Blink scared the hell out of me on first watching, absolutely brilliant.Similar threads
