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Just watched the second half of the finale. Moffat could have done better, and it didn't quite live up to the first half last week, but there were some moments of pure magic.
But there's a question that's still bugging me:
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06-27-2010, 12:04 PM | #22 |
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That's actually a really good question.
Oh wait no - didn't the Doctor say at the end that he didn't know what had sparked it all in the first place? I think it'll continue in the next series... |
06-29-2010, 07:05 AM | #23 |
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The tardis bit was not resolved.
And good grief, what a twisty bit of story telling. My brain hurts.
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06-29-2010, 10:15 AM | #24 |
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Well, that's a relief. I just missed them mentioning that it hadn't been figured out.
Yes, indeed; soooo timey-wimey! They charged a bit too gleefully into the absurdities of time travel for my taste, to be honest.
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06-30-2010, 01:30 AM | #25 |
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But, but... FEZ!
I liked it, but I think I have to re-watch... I'm sure I missed stuff.
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Fezes are cool.
I liked it too; the mop scene was the funniest I've seen on the show for some time, and the something old at the end was pure magic. I may just have some residual resistance to the wibbly-wobbliness of Whovian time travel. I mean
At that point, there's NOTHING you can't do!
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i really liked this season. the finale wasn't entirely satisfying, but i think that's a good thing: there are many things yet to be resolved later on. moffat is certainly better at writing finales than r. t. davies, though. i'm watching the whole series a third time atm (yes, i'm slightly obsessed), and it's still so great.. 8D
fish-custard for everyone! 8D
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Am I behind things in Arizona? has the new season ended yet? The next one up for us is the staircase one. We just finished watching the Van Gogh one - invisible (except to Vincent) monster - way to save on the special effect budget! Nice concept, though, although I thought the bit about taking him to the museum at the end was a bit treacle-y (and I thought they couldn't travel along their own timeline or whatever - but as they say, timey-wimey explains all! )
(The Van Gogh episode actually played a week and a half ago, though - I taped it because we were on vacation, but the next one up on real-time is the staircase one, I think - is there another one I've missed?) There was a nice quick little reference to past doctors when he took a pic of himself and showed it to the ID mirror thing - saw a coupla past docs, although not Tennant ... Gee, makes me want to go back and watch Blink ...
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As for crossing time-lines, all I can say is: brace yourself for the finale.
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OOOOKAAYYYY!!!
:: (-_-) :: (bummer that we're so behind the times here in AZ! I hope the staircase one is good - it look like it could be good .... *crosses fingers*)
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I thought it was a very good series and the finale added to it. I'm not going to slag off RTD because he resurrected (regenerated?) the whole thing in the first place and he contributed some great episodes ("Turn Left" is a dark little classic that foreshadows "Torchwood: Children of Earth", for instance). But his finales were just too damn grandiose and portentous. The subject of Moffatt's finale was as grandiose as it gets but it didn't seem that way because he focussed on just a few people.
Moffatt said from the start he wanted a fairytale-like quality to this series and I think he succeeded. The resolution, and Amy's part in it, was, like Gwaimir said, magical. Matt Smith probably had the toughest ever act to follow and did the best ever job at doing it, Karen Gillan is immensely popular with my family's three young critics AND upsets the Daily Mail, so she's doing something right (and oh my word she's nice to look at...). And for those of you who have seen the finale episode, check this out, it's excellent in a timey-wimey way... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladewood/4745071483/
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Nice one, Draken (re: link). Agree w/ you on RTD finales. God, they were cheesier than a dominoes stuffed cheese pizza. :/
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Turn left was a fabulous episode, as was it's twin, Midnight. Didn't he write the Waters of Mars special, too? Another genuine creep-fest.
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To my mind, that one goes both ways. He certainly has upped the ante with supporting characters (most notably Captain Jack), but at the same time, having all the sexual tension between Rose and the Doctor introduces a heteronormativity, where before the Doctor was (usually) portrayed as asexual. So, ya win some, ya lose some.
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It was the heavier implications of how society started to fall apart that made the episode, for me! It's something that sci-fi can do but not enough, in my opinion: use the rationale of a world where alien invasions/time travel/whatever can happen and use that to examine what makes real-life people and societies tick. Like I said, "Turn Left" is in some ways a dry-run for "Torchwood: Children of Earth" in that respect.
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Yeah, that was a fun dynamic!
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