I actually completely agree with everything you said. I am loving Eleven, I accepted him much faster than I thought I would have, especially after having Ten for years.
I think I'll get use to the new intro (theme and logo wise), I think it just took me by surprise.
Plus, Amy Pond (both Police Amy and little Amy) is amazing!
I find Eleven so easy to love, it makes me happy. :D And he's pulled off the transition nicely, which I didn't expect at all!
Amy is pretty great, too. And she's gorgeous, oh man.
I can get used to the logo - I find it pretty cool, actually, and I understand the intention behind its creation - but the music is really don't nothing for me. :/ I hope I start feeling better about it soon!
I found that watching the new epiosde, I was more prepared for the music and I liked it better (although, the old score is still my favourite).
Eleven is awesome. I actually adore him. He's similar enough that it's not a shock to the system but different enough to be his own character and not Ten 2.0 (or 3.0 if you factor in the Ten clone).
Matt Smith is absolutely the driving force of this series so far, I think. I'm really, really pleased with what he's been doing! Amy/Karen Gillan is iffy, and the plots haven't worked for me yet, but Eleven is fantastic. And the writing for him is spot-on.
I loved the new episode. I was being cautiously optimistic, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was so nice returning to the "fun adventures with Doctor and companion" model. I liked both Eleven and Amy. Matt managed to infuse his portrayal with Doctor-y quirks without being too much like Ten. I'm digging Amy too. She's bold and brash without being stereotypically "girl power". They have really great chemistry.
I've heard that criticism of Moffat before and I find it kind of curious. Just out of curiosity what is it, exactly, about the way he writes female characters that you don't like?
The "fun adventures with Doctor and companion" model is really awesome! Feels like we're back to the essence of Who, without the overarching storylines and all that heartache, haha. I love Matt as Eleven a lot, surprisingly. He's doing a great job of becoming his own without being dictated too much by the slightly limiting writing, I think
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Ahh I see. I will say that when Moff was writing under RTD he did have a tendency to sideline the companions during his episodes (Rose during "Girl in the Fireplace" Martha during "Blink", and even Donna during "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead" to some degree). But he also gave Rose pretty good stuff during "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances". I think part of it is that he enjoys writing his own characters more, which is why I have a bit more faith in him running his own series with his own creations.
I can sort of see what you mean about some of his female characters feeling one-note, although I did like Reinette if not River Song (but that was more because of her personality rather than any Ten/Rose-related feelings). RTD did have a better aptitude for creating one-shot characters that were compelling. I think some of Moff's characters take some warming up to. What did you think of Elizabeth X in "The Beast Below"? She was pretty interesting to me, but Sophie Okonedo is also fiiiiiierce.
The Empty Child two-parter is so fantastic that I forget it's Moffat, honestly. :P But you're right, that makes sense. I both love and dislike a lot of things about the first two episodes right now, but I've decided I'm going to stop judging his writing until the finale of this series, so I can look at it as a whole. And it must be difficult to revamp something that absolutely has to change but absolutely must stay the same, as well, starting from scratch with characters and everything.
Elizabeth X was awesome, but if you say the actress is awesome, then maybe it goes back to the Sally Sparrow/Carey Mulligan thing?
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I think I'll get use to the new intro (theme and logo wise), I think it just took me by surprise.
Plus, Amy Pond (both Police Amy and little Amy) is amazing!
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Amy is pretty great, too. And she's gorgeous, oh man.
I can get used to the logo - I find it pretty cool, actually, and I understand the intention behind its creation - but the music is really don't nothing for me. :/ I hope I start feeling better about it soon!
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Eleven is awesome. I actually adore him. He's similar enough that it's not a shock to the system but different enough to be his own character and not Ten 2.0 (or 3.0 if you factor in the Ten clone).
Well done, Matt Smith.
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I've heard that criticism of Moffat before and I find it kind of curious. Just out of curiosity what is it, exactly, about the way he writes female characters that you don't like?
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I can sort of see what you mean about some of his female characters feeling one-note, although I did like Reinette if not River Song (but that was more because of her personality rather than any Ten/Rose-related feelings). RTD did have a better aptitude for creating one-shot characters that were compelling. I think some of Moff's characters take some warming up to. What did you think of Elizabeth X in "The Beast Below"? She was pretty interesting to me, but Sophie Okonedo is also fiiiiiierce.
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Elizabeth X was awesome, but if you say the actress is awesome, then maybe it goes back to the Sally Sparrow/Carey Mulligan thing?
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