[TV] Doctor Who

[Morrus]

Another disappointing episode for me.

I thought it was fantastic!

 

[Felon]

Another disappointing episode for me.

I hate it when they take a creature and dramatically change its premise, almost beyond description. It is even worse when it is something from one of the best ever Dr Who's (Blink). Back then the angels fed on temporal energy by displacing people in time, now they break necks. Back then, the WHOLE POINT was that they couldn't move when being observed and this was the point of the final finishing them off - the tardis disappeared, leaving them watching each other, thus freezing them stone for ever. This episode we see angels looking at each other, eyes open all the time.

Pah.

Foolish re-writing of an excellent concept.

I liked the episode, but I agree that it was unnecessary to reneg on the concept of the weeping angels. The whole scene where they're not attacking Amy while her eyes were clearly closed was nonsensical.

But other bits, like using gunfire to create split-second illumination, and the bit where the captain got grabbed and there was nothing they could do about it, were brilliant.

 

[Fast Learner]

While it was a shame they changed the angels, I loved the episode.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I thought it was fantastic!

Even with the utter change to the weeping angels, so that they in no way matched their original conception?

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

I hate it when they take a creature and dramatically change its premise, almost beyond description. It is even worse when it is something from one of the best ever Dr Who's (Blink). Back then the angels fed on temporal energy by displacing people in time, now they break necks. Back then, the WHOLE POINT was that they couldn't move when being observed and this was the point of the final finishing them off - the tardis disappeared, leaving them watching each other, thus freezing them stone for ever. This episode we see angels looking at each other, eyes open all the time.

Pah.

Foolish re-writing of an excellent concept.

I liked the episode, but I agree that it was unnecessary to reneg on the concept of the weeping angels. The whole scene where they're not attacking Amy while her eyes were clearly closed was nonsensical.

But other bits, like using gunfire to create split-second illumination, and the bit where the captain got grabbed and there was nothing they could do about it, were brilliant.

While it was a shame they changed the angels, I loved the episode.

I agree with pretty much all the comments above, including Morrus!

I really enjoyed the episode - using gunfire, the final save was clever (although it could have done with final reminder to keep watching the Angels so they couldn't escape whilst falling) and the death of the priest was great too.

Did NOT like the Angels moving in stone form - it totally negated the ending of Blink as pointed out above.

And Amy leaping on the Doctor was priceless. No moping around, Rose-style. She knows what she wants and she wants it now!

 

[Mallus]

Even with the utter change to the weeping angels, so that they in no way matched their original conception?

I think it depends on if you're in it more for the characters or the concepts. I favor the former, mainly because a life of reading/watching science fiction has taught me neat concepts rarely, if ever, hold up under any real scrutiny, especially when writers use them more than once.

This is probably because the writers create the rules that their fantastic creations operate under depending on the needs of the particular story. So long as things remain close enough, I'm okay w/it.

Really, so long as we get good guest characters like River, Octavian, even Angel Bob, and the Doctor has lines like "A forest in a bottle in a spaceship in a maze. Have I impressed you yet Amy Pond?" and "If I always told you the truth, I wouldn't need you to trust me", I'll keep eating this shi stuff up.

 

[Morrus]

Even with the utter change to the weeping angels, so that they in no way matched their original conception?

I thought it was fantastic!

 

[Doug McCrae]

Pratchett vs Who

 

[Herschel]

I loved it also. River became a favorite from the Library Episode and hasn't diminished in my eyes. The Angels are nifty and though I liked the time displacement attacks better, they were still pretty darned menacing.

When Matt Smith had the moment explaining to May she couldn't open her eyes I could see David Tennant in that sequence which really makes teh transition/regeneration seem natural and fitting.

And Octavian's "farewell" wa stremendous. Amy is rounding out in to a great companion also.

As for changes in "canon", does anyone really think there will be only 13 doctors if teh show is still successful? The Master was supposedly out of regenerations when Eric Roberts faced Paul McGann.

 

[Fast Learner]

Pratchett vs Who

Good insight from Sir Terry, with a solid explanation of why I still love the show and, likely, why some folks don't.