10-05-2014, 04:17 PM
I'm still a couple of weeks behind viewing this season - not looking forward to any ep with Clara's terminally annoying brats involved. I still haven't got over the trauma of that pile of stinking shit Gaiman's Cyberman episode turned into. :/
I like JLC, but not the whole super speshul snowflake trope that Moffatt has bought into. It smacks of pandering to self-insert Mary-Sue fandom. And I am pissed off with the kiddification of Madam Vastra et al - just think what Gatiss could do, if they let him write a proper Victorian penny dreadful series. Instead of smutty predatory lesbian jokes and the comedy potato-head.
The problem with Who is that it was originally designed to be an educational history show, visiting different eras, hence the inclusion of Susan as audience expy and the whole initial school setting. Then Daleks happened, and it all got a lot more fun. The viewing audience skews a bit older, now, so it doesn't need the entirely twee idea the BBC has for 'family' viewing. The scripts have tried to be a bit too clever, sometimes, and the time slot doesn't allow for it to quite come off. Having said that, it does look like Capaldi is bringing it back to more of a drama, and less of the star-crossed lovers story lines we've had. (Ten was brilliant when he was being insane, less so when he was emo boy. Ditto Eleven. And I'm not forgiving the show for Donna any time soon. Or River Song - her entire life was literally all about the Doctor, and then she ended up spending eternity as a digital babysitter? F.T.S, seriously.)
This thread is dangerous. Four was my Doctor, and I have Opinions.
I like JLC, but not the whole super speshul snowflake trope that Moffatt has bought into. It smacks of pandering to self-insert Mary-Sue fandom. And I am pissed off with the kiddification of Madam Vastra et al - just think what Gatiss could do, if they let him write a proper Victorian penny dreadful series. Instead of smutty predatory lesbian jokes and the comedy potato-head.
The problem with Who is that it was originally designed to be an educational history show, visiting different eras, hence the inclusion of Susan as audience expy and the whole initial school setting. Then Daleks happened, and it all got a lot more fun. The viewing audience skews a bit older, now, so it doesn't need the entirely twee idea the BBC has for 'family' viewing. The scripts have tried to be a bit too clever, sometimes, and the time slot doesn't allow for it to quite come off. Having said that, it does look like Capaldi is bringing it back to more of a drama, and less of the star-crossed lovers story lines we've had. (Ten was brilliant when he was being insane, less so when he was emo boy. Ditto Eleven. And I'm not forgiving the show for Donna any time soon. Or River Song - her entire life was literally all about the Doctor, and then she ended up spending eternity as a digital babysitter? F.T.S, seriously.)
This thread is dangerous. Four was my Doctor, and I have Opinions.