[Feeblez] wrote:Snakey wrote:Harlequin wrote:[Feeblez] wrote:I thought last weeks episode was pretty good, but tonight's episode was UTTER SHITE!
Can you explain why you felt this?
Yeah, I don't get that either. This one may not have been the greatest thing ever, but it was ok. Whereas last weeks... I'd have been happier if I'd never seen it.
Well i don't think i need to explain myself, it's just a matter of taste, but i will try, just this once...
You don't need to at all. I'm just curious
[Feeblez] wrote:A child actor with really bad delivery, (especially when talking as the alien), adult actors who aren't much better, slow and un-inspired cliche ridden plot, too far fetched and silly. (trapping the tardis in a piece of paper, drawing the world, cheap and pointless olympics tie in, scribble monster, etc.)
Fair enough. I still enjoyed it myself, though
[Feeblez] wrote:Overall i thought it was visually quite dull making the production values seem rather poor, especially when compared to every other episode.
I thought it was a good attempt at traditional pre-CGI
Doctor Who techniques, myself. I get the feeling that these last two episodes were made particularly cheaply because much of the budget was saved for
The Impossible Planet and the upcoming finale.
Ollie wrote:What the hell was that? I feel quite insulted! The pod can be recharged by the Olympic torch because some TV presenter (who btw still thinks the torch is bigger news than an entire stadium of people vanishing into thin air) says it's a "torch of love"? Fuck off! What sort of a bullshit can't-think-of-a-proper-ending shenanigan was that?
It's live telly. The presenters have to find
something to talk about
The torch was a focus of positive emotion for many millions of people around the planet. Perhaps this can be better understood by those of us who've performed on stage. Have you ever wondered why so many actors had lonely childhoods? And the portrayal of emotions as a form of energy isn't new even to proper SF
Snakey wrote:Somehow, I won't be surprised if, come the end of the series, there's still only 3 episodes that are actually good.
If you like
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit and also like the finale then that's four episodes at least
Dio wrote:That episode continues this series' worst moments: not enough of the bloody Doctor and Rose always saving the day. Empowered companions are not a bad thing but stop making all the stories about her!
She's become far more than just a 'companion' and there's a good reason for her having been the focus of the season
IronGiant wrote:Harlequin wrote:The
Sapphire and Steel elements were also evident, of course, but with one major difference: I understood what was going on in
Fear Her
I think that was *partly* what caused the problem for me, ie there was nothing whatsoever that fired my imagination or left me mulling over the episode afterwards (escept in a negative way). It was all spelled out, all neatly wrapped up. Now I'm not against things being understandable, but it has to be imaginative, well plotted, well written, well acted, well directed AND with great characters and an emotional attachment ....... this was neither of those.
And it has to be understandable by the entire audience, from five year-olds upward. I often found S&S incomprehensible when I was in my
teens
DutchLlama wrote:The doctor might *THINK* that he was the only one to survive. That doesn't necessarily make it true.
Some pages back, I wrote:SimonB wrote:"Trapped in his Tardis caught in a dematerialising loop so not currently "in" the universe thus assumed dead".
Or in a different universe, as we've already visited.
Hmmmmm...
You're giving me ideas here. Stoppit!
DutchLlama wrote:BTW: I didn't see
Mickey and Pete Tyler
in it.
Did you miss
this frame?
* Checks post... *
Och, Doctor, that's a big one!
H.
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