Doctor Who - 5x13 - The Big Bang

[duskwillow]

I'm spending all of my free time these days watching World Cup.
But I can't skip making Doctor Who finale post. :D

Comments

[gildinwen]

What I really loved about the finale, was that it stayed true to the fairytale quality of the series without drifting in melodrama, like RTD' (god bless'im) would have done.

Because of course every fairytale has to have a happy ending. And theirs is only the beginning.

I loved the romance of Rory being the boy who waited 2000 years watching over the love of his life.That Amy *chose* him.

That the Doctor was the most feared being in the cosmos, and the trickster god- and Moffat made him that without the tinkerbellJesus effect that we've seen.

And Matt in that scene with little Amelia made my heart hurt.

And River. Oh River. Donna will always be THE HBIC to me but River is fast approaching her level of awesomeness. Making a *dalek* beg for *mercy*. Hell Yeah!!!

I also loved this theme. That being grown up doesn't mean you have to let go of your childhood fantasies and simple joy at everything. You can still have those magnificent adventures when you're older ( or in the Doctor and Rory's cases ancient) After the bittersweet-downright heart breaking finales of RTD, this was refreshing and just full of joy.....

[duskwillow]

What I really loved about the finale, was that it stayed true to the fairytale quality of the series without drifting in melodrama, like RTD' (god bless'im) would have done.
Yes! I also loved the smaller, more intimate feel, and absence of CGI crack. The stakes were much higher, what with the whole of creation ending, yet The Moff still managed not to take it over the top.

I loved the romance of Rory being the boy who waited 2000 years watching over the love of his life.That Amy *chose* him.
Those two developed so well as a couple this series, with Amy's Choice being a turning point. I love how she figured out how Rory is the one she wanted, and how a random human guy was the one picked over the Doctor. And how she accepted him as Auton, and how his love for her inspired him to be human "because he wasn't". Those kids! ♥ After everything they've been through this season, they deserved their happy ending!!

And River. Oh River. Donna will always be THE HBIC to me but River is fast approaching her level of awesomeness. Making a *dalek* beg for *mercy*. Hell Yeah!!!
I so want to know what it says in those records about River to get Daleks spooked like that! Ha ha!!
She really is a badass, like a mix of Donna and Jack. It just doesn't get any better than that. :D

I also loved this theme. That being grown up doesn't mean you have to let go of your childhood fantasies and simple joy at everything. You can still have those magnificent adventures when you're older ( or in the Doctor and Rory's cases ancient) After the bittersweet-downright heart breaking finales of RTD, this was refreshing and just full of joy.....
Yesyesyesyes!!!
I love that the Doctor is able to bring out the kid in everyone.
And how they're allowed to be happy.
And that getting married does not mean you have to settle down, but you still get to have adventures.
And we have a married couple on TARDIS, just how cool is that? :)

[gildinwen]

People say that they didn't like it because they had gotten used to RTD's Doctor- but that's why I did like it.

RTD and Whedon believe in the bittersweet ending, but life isn't all *rock fall- everyone dies*. And it's not better way of story telling nor is it more sophisticated. All too often RTD's "bittersweet" ending seemed like angst for the sake of angst, and that's bad storytelling.

Moffat shows us that a good story can have it's ups and downs, and still have a joyous ending see: Superman.

And I'll stop rambling now!!!

[duskwillow]

I couldn't agree more, I'm over RTD and has been for a long time. Like you said, he often does angst for the sake of angst, and it doesn't feel organic at all. It's like he tried to outdo himself with every finale, and got lost in shiny CGI instead of being honest to the story and his characters.

RTD and Whedon believe in the bittersweet ending, but life isn't all *rock fall- everyone dies*.
The thing is, for me Whedon does it in an honest way. When he kills a character it makes sense, on his shows actions have a price and there are consequences and causalities.
But Rusty is just bloody lazy and not capable to write a proper story to get a reaction out of the audience so he goes for emotional manipulation. Ianto's death for example, which was completely stupid (as they walked in without a plan after setting that situation up for days), and it served just to shock and be a cliffhanger. Meh.

Moffat shows us that a good story can have it's ups and downs, and still have a joyous ending see: Superman.
I know, I love that!
I'm sick of the trend that's been going on the last few years to kill off characters before hiatus or in season finale, just to have a big event everyone will talk about. You can achieve all that and get the audience interested, without killing anyone, if you're creative enough.
And I love The Moff for always leaving hope, even when he does kill someone (like with River in library episodes).