But I'd figured it out halfway through the season and really was hoping RTD was more imaginative than me, because he totally faked me out in S1.
• BP brought the emotion (although I'm mightily teed off that we're deprived of her remembering PoTW, the vortex, Bad Wolf, and the kiss) • Ten set my teeth on edge less than usual • Yvonne kind of rocks • Have always had a thing for Pete (although real!Pete was sweeter) • Liked the wall • Trashtalking Daleks vs. Cybermen!
But it was all a little pat. First reaction was kind of "meh".
Consolation thought: No Rose in alt!universe (not counting little yappy dog). And no Daleks. So mebbe...Nine?
I've read other peoples reviews and I can totally see why some are unhappy with Rose's resolution. The last time we (possibly ever) see her is crying her eyes out. I think what they should have done was Rose kind of left her head after the Doctor disappeared and then hug her mom. Even some Rose haters were like, she should have gotten something better, instead, as some pointed out, she's all messed up and it's probable to think she's gonna kill herself.
Now, I wouldn't go so far to agree with that because I reconcile with the shots of her alone on the beach and she looks resolved, defeated but she's going to move on (I mean the shots from the beginning of "Army of Ghosts" and the very beginning of this on).
Damn it, I'm still torn.
Ten set my teeth on edge less than usualI really loved Ten here, and I think I'm the only one in love with the very end with the bride. I don't know why, but I needed that bit
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It's the way of the ending, really, isn't it? I thought they were going to end with the image of the two of them on the opposite sides of the wall, and then the Doctor walking away - and I was fine with that, even a little weepy. That was good. I liked that.
What really has me torn is the epilogue/goodbye. Billie acted her socks off in that (she always does), and I don't mind them having some touchback. And aesthetically, I like the idea that it's a fairy-tale world (complete with rose-tinted filters fercripessakes!) and Bad Wolf Bay; however emotionally, I would have preferred that we saw her going on with her life in a more proactive, adult, less "little-girl" way. We could have seen a montage of her at work - echoing how we met her, but in a much more grown-up, purposeful way - and maybe she gets a call on her phone, or a message rather than this voice in her dreams (or I wouldn't have minded if we got an intermingling of the two voices, as a subtle resonance). Maybe even an e-mailed message/goodbye. So again, I get the hologram
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I thought they were going to end with the image of the two of them on the opposite sides of the wall
I would have been good with that. I thought that was really well done too. Although, I started to get weepy when the Doctor first saw the Daleks. I just wanted to give him a big fat hug.
What really has me torn is the epilogue/goodbye.
I think for people who aren't shippers, that's what has them torn as well. And even from a shipper POV (my own) I have problems with it. Although, to be perfectly honest, I loved that Rose said I love you and again, the Doctor didn't. I think that was perfect because it sort of makes everyone happy. The shippers get to feel that yeah, the Doctor was going to say I love you and the non-shippers get the idea that he was going to say "Rose Tyler, I like you" or something. So, I really liked that.
I was crying at the end because Billie was crying - it was totally a sympathetic reaction, because part of me was cringing.God, I had tears running down my cheeks, it was really heartbreaking. But for
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I know what you mean.
It was okay, it was a resolution.
But I'd figured it out halfway through the season and really was hoping RTD was more imaginative than me, because he totally faked me out in S1.
• BP brought the emotion (although I'm mightily teed off that we're deprived of her remembering PoTW, the vortex, Bad Wolf, and the kiss)
• Ten set my teeth on edge less than usual
• Yvonne kind of rocks
• Have always had a thing for Pete (although real!Pete was sweeter)
• Liked the wall
• Trashtalking Daleks vs. Cybermen!
But it was all a little pat. First reaction was kind of "meh".
Consolation thought: No Rose in alt!universe (not counting little yappy dog). And no Daleks. So mebbe...Nine?
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Now, I wouldn't go so far to agree with that because I reconcile with the shots of her alone on the beach and she looks resolved, defeated but she's going to move on (I mean the shots from the beginning of "Army of Ghosts" and the very beginning of this on).
Damn it, I'm still torn.
Ten set my teeth on edge less than usualI really loved Ten here, and I think I'm the only one in love with the very end with the bride. I don't know why, but I needed that bit ( ... )
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What really has me torn is the epilogue/goodbye. Billie acted her socks off in that (she always does), and I don't mind them having some touchback. And aesthetically, I like the idea that it's a fairy-tale world (complete with rose-tinted filters fercripessakes!) and Bad Wolf Bay; however emotionally, I would have preferred that we saw her going on with her life in a more proactive, adult, less "little-girl" way. We could have seen a montage of her at work - echoing how we met her, but in a much more grown-up, purposeful way - and maybe she gets a call on her phone, or a message rather than this voice in her dreams (or I wouldn't have minded if we got an intermingling of the two voices, as a subtle resonance). Maybe even an e-mailed message/goodbye. So again, I get the hologram ( ... )
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I would have been good with that. I thought that was really well done too. Although, I started to get weepy when the Doctor first saw the Daleks. I just wanted to give him a big fat hug.
What really has me torn is the epilogue/goodbye.
I think for people who aren't shippers, that's what has them torn as well. And even from a shipper POV (my own) I have problems with it. Although, to be perfectly honest, I loved that Rose said I love you and again, the Doctor didn't. I think that was perfect because it sort of makes everyone happy. The shippers get to feel that yeah, the Doctor was going to say I love you and the non-shippers get the idea that he was going to say "Rose Tyler, I like you" or something. So, I really liked that.
I was crying at the end because Billie was crying - it was totally a sympathetic reaction, because part of me was cringing.God, I had tears running down my cheeks, it was really heartbreaking. But for ( ... )
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