Part 2 of how I fell to the dark side
aside: "Bubble bloodbath" is quite possibly the best term EVAR. This was after FOX canceled everything not already nailed down yesterday. BUBBLE BLOOD BATH. LULZ
I also watched the "Forest of the Dead" (part 2 of River's intro).
I suspect it probably it's even more hella tragic in hindsight than it was the first time around. Then, it could've only been a mystery, but now? All of you, who watched in proper order, you're the Doctor, watching this stranger save you and you'll get to know her better. But I'm River, not knowing the ending only the middle(well, that's a lie, I *knew* what happened in the ep. y'all are not THAT slick with the SPOILERS, but still, I managed to forget). So man, it hurt to see now that I know and love her.
However, I have a timey-wimey thing in my head. I realize, btw, that I'm saying nothing new here. I'm just trying to work it out.
Okay, so Ten/Eleven will have known all along what will happen, and will at some future point know when because he takes her to say goodbye. In this ep, Ten meets her for the first time, and River is at the very end of their relationship, obv since she's dying. And "her" Doctor doesn't show up to her message because he knows that his past-self will be there. His future self sends the screwdriver with her because he knows that's how he saved her a bit of her.
I hate paradoxes. BECAUSE -- YO BAD SELF FUTURE DOCTOR, you know everything about the library. YOU CAN DO MORE to stop or fix it. I appreciate that you prevented River from totally ceasing to exist, which is good, but she's STILL DEAD. If TIME CAN BE RE-WRITTEN, THEN DO IT.
I AM NOT PLEASED.
Of course, this works in opposite as well, since River obviously knew about both the events of Impossible Astronaut as well as presumably the change from Ten to Eleven. ANd I know from 'Vincent' that some things apparently ARE immutable, but, that doesn't mean you don't frakkin TRY.
Sorry, me and my stubborn humanity will be over here fuming about how the universe is unfair and stomping my foot. A LOT.
...
But okay, I realize now that the reason Tennant wasn't doing it for me in the first ep was that Ten was just too crazed and not badass. I'm quite a bit more down with him now, after Forest of the Dead, when he showed a lot more range and was a hardcore badass. So there's that. Crazed is a fun attribute, but there needs more steel under there. So far, it seems like Matt Smith makes Eleven more... open in his dangerousness, whereas Ten keeps it more in his pocket and pulls it out when necessary. In retrospect that factor is probably why I fell off the train during Nine -- the ratio of Silly to Badass was tilted the wrong way for me. It's kind of passe to like the heroes, but I just don't find clownishness all that appealing. (and I'm sure at least one of you is thinking - 'WTF? Nine wasn't like that at all'. And maybe you'd be right, but that's the impression I have in my head of the half-dozen eps I saw).
Also. I still can't believe Matt Smith is ONLY 28. I know it, I read it, and I still can't believe it. It's both amusing and yet so true when River tells Ten that he's so young in the Library.
I also watched the "Forest of the Dead" (part 2 of River's intro).
I suspect it probably it's even more hella tragic in hindsight than it was the first time around. Then, it could've only been a mystery, but now? All of you, who watched in proper order, you're the Doctor, watching this stranger save you and you'll get to know her better. But I'm River, not knowing the ending only the middle(well, that's a lie, I *knew* what happened in the ep. y'all are not THAT slick with the SPOILERS, but still, I managed to forget). So man, it hurt to see now that I know and love her.
However, I have a timey-wimey thing in my head. I realize, btw, that I'm saying nothing new here. I'm just trying to work it out.
Okay, so Ten/Eleven will have known all along what will happen, and will at some future point know when because he takes her to say goodbye. In this ep, Ten meets her for the first time, and River is at the very end of their relationship, obv since she's dying. And "her" Doctor doesn't show up to her message because he knows that his past-self will be there. His future self sends the screwdriver with her because he knows that's how he saved her a bit of her.
I hate paradoxes. BECAUSE -- YO BAD SELF FUTURE DOCTOR, you know everything about the library. YOU CAN DO MORE to stop or fix it. I appreciate that you prevented River from totally ceasing to exist, which is good, but she's STILL DEAD. If TIME CAN BE RE-WRITTEN, THEN DO IT.
I AM NOT PLEASED.
Of course, this works in opposite as well, since River obviously knew about both the events of Impossible Astronaut as well as presumably the change from Ten to Eleven. ANd I know from 'Vincent' that some things apparently ARE immutable, but, that doesn't mean you don't frakkin TRY.
Sorry, me and my stubborn humanity will be over here fuming about how the universe is unfair and stomping my foot. A LOT.
...
But okay, I realize now that the reason Tennant wasn't doing it for me in the first ep was that Ten was just too crazed and not badass. I'm quite a bit more down with him now, after Forest of the Dead, when he showed a lot more range and was a hardcore badass. So there's that. Crazed is a fun attribute, but there needs more steel under there. So far, it seems like Matt Smith makes Eleven more... open in his dangerousness, whereas Ten keeps it more in his pocket and pulls it out when necessary. In retrospect that factor is probably why I fell off the train during Nine -- the ratio of Silly to Badass was tilted the wrong way for me. It's kind of passe to like the heroes, but I just don't find clownishness all that appealing. (and I'm sure at least one of you is thinking - 'WTF? Nine wasn't like that at all'. And maybe you'd be right, but that's the impression I have in my head of the half-dozen eps I saw).
Also. I still can't believe Matt Smith is ONLY 28. I know it, I read it, and I still can't believe it. It's both amusing and yet so true when River tells Ten that he's so young in the Library.