Braving Last of the Time Lords now
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hmpfOkay. These eps make me nervous, which is why, I guess, I'm actually posting about them here.
I'm about seven minutes into LotTL now and I thought I should maybe say something positive here for a change, so: I love the glimpses of commando!Martha. :-)
ETA:
Okay, 13 and a half minutes in now. So, physically being 900 years old makes you grow all tiny. Right.
ETA:
17 minutes. *groan*
I don't know what they were aiming for with tiny!Doctor, but it sure failed.
ETA:
1.) Every time they show the Doctor I just have to laugh. Not in a good way, though. More in a, "what were they thinking?!" way.
2.) It's kind of sad, because there are things here that could be interesting. The Master, saving and destroying humanity at the same time - that *is* potentially quite interesting.
ETA:
Arrgh. Nearly all the dialogue here is painful. And... "Hide her!" - *throws jacket over Martha* - Yeah, that will work. *snerk*
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Minute 32. Gah. And no, the chorus doesn't help.
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God, it's getting even *more* ridiculous!
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Floaty glowy Doctor! Floaty glowy bowlegged Doctor, even. What is he doing, riding an invisible horse?
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Dialogue and failing pathos continue to be painful. Would I had the Doctor's power to forgive; maybe then I could forgive RTD for this scene.
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The Doctor wanting to "keep" the Master (reversing the Master's pet metaphor): another one of those bits of interestingness hidden in this disaster. The idea of the Doctor finding a new purpose in life in "caring for" the Master boggles the mind. In an interesting way.
ETA:
Okay, decent death scene with some interesting bits. But could you please hold back on the triumphant score for the Star Wars funeral? Because, really. Not the right mood, right now. Of course, the whole ep is slathered in over-the-top mood-cue music.
ETA:
It's kind of terrible, laughing about Jack becoming the Face of Boe. Shame on you, Doctor & Martha. In fact, the whole scene leading up to that was wrong, too. Too much levity, of the wrong kind.
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For that matter, do the last humans just remain trapped at the end of the universe, forever? That's kind of horrible, too. Not that this incarnation of the Doctor isn't prone to doing horrible things...
ETA:
Okay, done now. Whew. Back to work now.
I'm about seven minutes into LotTL now and I thought I should maybe say something positive here for a change, so: I love the glimpses of commando!Martha. :-)
ETA:
Okay, 13 and a half minutes in now. So, physically being 900 years old makes you grow all tiny. Right.
ETA:
17 minutes. *groan*
I don't know what they were aiming for with tiny!Doctor, but it sure failed.
ETA:
1.) Every time they show the Doctor I just have to laugh. Not in a good way, though. More in a, "what were they thinking?!" way.
2.) It's kind of sad, because there are things here that could be interesting. The Master, saving and destroying humanity at the same time - that *is* potentially quite interesting.
ETA:
Arrgh. Nearly all the dialogue here is painful. And... "Hide her!" - *throws jacket over Martha* - Yeah, that will work. *snerk*
ETA:
Minute 32. Gah. And no, the chorus doesn't help.
ETA:
God, it's getting even *more* ridiculous!
ETA:
Floaty glowy Doctor! Floaty glowy bowlegged Doctor, even. What is he doing, riding an invisible horse?
ETA:
Dialogue and failing pathos continue to be painful. Would I had the Doctor's power to forgive; maybe then I could forgive RTD for this scene.
ETA:
The Doctor wanting to "keep" the Master (reversing the Master's pet metaphor): another one of those bits of interestingness hidden in this disaster. The idea of the Doctor finding a new purpose in life in "caring for" the Master boggles the mind. In an interesting way.
ETA:
Okay, decent death scene with some interesting bits. But could you please hold back on the triumphant score for the Star Wars funeral? Because, really. Not the right mood, right now. Of course, the whole ep is slathered in over-the-top mood-cue music.
ETA:
It's kind of terrible, laughing about Jack becoming the Face of Boe. Shame on you, Doctor & Martha. In fact, the whole scene leading up to that was wrong, too. Too much levity, of the wrong kind.
ETA:
For that matter, do the last humans just remain trapped at the end of the universe, forever? That's kind of horrible, too. Not that this incarnation of the Doctor isn't prone to doing horrible things...
ETA:
Okay, done now. Whew. Back to work now.
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Date: 2011-01-08 03:33 pm (UTC)It being RTD, I think he just wanted to work some Gollum/Doby style CGI into the show one way or another.
Floaty glowy Doctor! Floaty glowy bowlegged Doctor, even.
That's Tinker!Doctor in the fandom as in Tinkerbell what with the
"clap if you believe in fairies""Think Doctor all at the same time if you believe in the Doctor" nonsense.It's kind of terrible, laughing about Jack becoming the Face of Boe.
RTD has gone back and forth on whether or not Jack becoming the Face of Boe is actually canon or just a joke. Considering a) Jack's failure to show any kind of response to Martha's mention of the Face of Boe's dying words in "Utopia" and b) RTD's having said the books are canon along with the series, I prefer to think Jack was just having the Doctor and Martha on. In one of the Ninth Doctor novels Jack is already well aware of the existence of the Face of Boe.