Moffat! <3
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be_themoon+ omg, Remix done and out to beta turned in! WOO.
+ TeeVee. Criminal Minds - lovely. SPN finale - good and also really mindscrewy. Doctor Who "Amy's Choice" - lovely.
+ Speaking of Doctor Who. This is some lovely meta on the differences in writing style between RTD and Moffat, and pretty much pinpoints why I love Moffat's style so much more. <333 What it boils down to for me is, I have huge issues with people trying to manipulate me emotionally (so many issues with that, I can't even), and that's what RTD frequently feels like he's trying to do.
I love all of Doctor Who on a shallow level, but I've only had major fangirl attacks over Series 1 and 5 of nu!Who. I'm also a fan of the careful plotting and the myth arc and the fairy tale references, and Matt Smith's version of the Doctor makes me want to dance around in glee. I think I've mentioned bofore how his delivery of the "only me now" line about the Time Lords in The Beast Below got to me on a much deeper level than any of Ten's emoting did, and I felt similarly about his treatment of the Dream Lord in this episode. beautifully done and my hat off to Smith, along with his crazy flailing about that turns into extremely effective acting. His 11 is a thing of genius and beauty, all old professor who thinks he's totally cool and is kind of crazy and utterly mad, but also extremely clever and perceptive and scary.
Going back to Moffat v. RTD, I think I can put it best like this. I'll watch RTD when I want to sob my way through catharsis and then be perfectly fine a day later. I'll watch Moffat when I want consistent characterization and long-term beautiful plotting and episodes that'll stick with me for a long time. and also PERUVIAN FOLK BAND OH AMY (she FAKED LABOR as a shut the fuck up to the Doctor I LOVE HER). Rory/Amy is a pair of people with lots of issues, and I like that Rory says they have to grow up. I hope they do, together and with the Doctor. If Rory gets killed of/kicked off/written off, I cannot even convey the depths to which I would be pissed. (The end of my comment on the meta was: I think what I'm saying here is, I dislike childishness when it feels selfish and a little spoiled, and I think that's the feeling I get from RTD and Tennant's run. So while many of the episodes are great fun to watch and I <3 Martha and Donna and Rose and Mickey and frequently Ten, I really didn't have the emotional connection with RTD's run that I do with Moffat's (so far). All of which is still holding very true.)
+ Did Pirates of Penzanze today, and it came off okay. I think I even did all right myself! So yay for that. :D
+ TeeVee. Criminal Minds - lovely. SPN finale - good and also really mindscrewy. Doctor Who "Amy's Choice" - lovely.
+ Speaking of Doctor Who. This is some lovely meta on the differences in writing style between RTD and Moffat, and pretty much pinpoints why I love Moffat's style so much more. <333 What it boils down to for me is, I have huge issues with people trying to manipulate me emotionally (so many issues with that, I can't even), and that's what RTD frequently feels like he's trying to do.
I love all of Doctor Who on a shallow level, but I've only had major fangirl attacks over Series 1 and 5 of nu!Who. I'm also a fan of the careful plotting and the myth arc and the fairy tale references, and Matt Smith's version of the Doctor makes me want to dance around in glee. I think I've mentioned bofore how his delivery of the "only me now" line about the Time Lords in The Beast Below got to me on a much deeper level than any of Ten's emoting did, and I felt similarly about his treatment of the Dream Lord in this episode. beautifully done and my hat off to Smith, along with his crazy flailing about that turns into extremely effective acting. His 11 is a thing of genius and beauty, all old professor who thinks he's totally cool and is kind of crazy and utterly mad, but also extremely clever and perceptive and scary.
Going back to Moffat v. RTD, I think I can put it best like this. I'll watch RTD when I want to sob my way through catharsis and then be perfectly fine a day later. I'll watch Moffat when I want consistent characterization and long-term beautiful plotting and episodes that'll stick with me for a long time. and also PERUVIAN FOLK BAND OH AMY (she FAKED LABOR as a shut the fuck up to the Doctor I LOVE HER). Rory/Amy is a pair of people with lots of issues, and I like that Rory says they have to grow up. I hope they do, together and with the Doctor. If Rory gets killed of/kicked off/written off, I cannot even convey the depths to which I would be pissed. (The end of my comment on the meta was: I think what I'm saying here is, I dislike childishness when it feels selfish and a little spoiled, and I think that's the feeling I get from RTD and Tennant's run. So while many of the episodes are great fun to watch and I <3 Martha and Donna and Rose and Mickey and frequently Ten, I really didn't have the emotional connection with RTD's run that I do with Moffat's (so far). All of which is still holding very true.)
+ Did Pirates of Penzanze today, and it came off okay. I think I even did all right myself! So yay for that. :D
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Date: 2010-05-17 05:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-17 05:43 pm (UTC)I'm really, really enjoying this season for being able to enjoy the show on more than a shallow level, and like you said, slowly enjoying things. That I am adoring Rory and Amy and Eleven, and have been wanting a three-person TARDIS for a while now, is helping too, of course. :P
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Date: 2010-05-17 05:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-17 05:58 pm (UTC)I'm totally a shallow viewer when it comes to the pretty - what I meant by shallow was more watching it only for the surface plot and never quite feeling safe digging below for characterization and motivations because odds are they wouldn't fit other things we already knew.