today's the day we save the world
IT'S FRIGGIN' MOFF TIEM NAO.
(Doctor Who spoilers. Ye be warned.)
I love Stephen Moffat. I loved him before, and at this point I would happily fangirl him to the end of the world, which, with the Doctor around, is in about twenty minutes. And, for the record, let me state that I was skeptical about Eleven. Part of the problem was that the Debacle Formerly Known As The End Of Time left me with a bad taste in my mouth (metaphorically speaking. I didn't actually eat it). I love love love Ten, most of the time, and I hated his last episodes so much that I didn't even cry. I've ranted about this before. A few times. Maybe five.
Anyway, so I went into this with low expectations, despite the fact that I knew I liked Moffat (Blink being probably my favorite DW episode) and I'd checked up on Matt Smith in other (JJ Feild-related) things and knew that I didn't dislike him. And then they blew my mind a little.
Matt Smith still strikes me as oddly young to be playing the Doctor (he's only two years older than me, for Pete's sake) but he handles it well. There's a few channeling-Ten moments which come off as creepy; not sure if it was meant to be creepifying, but creepifying it definitely was. (He repeats Ten's last lines, for instance, in Ten's voice) And as irritated as I was with how Eleven came off right after his regeneration (as a cheap Ten rip-off) I'm now ready to lay the blame on RTD. Because they kept the same tone in the beginning, but segued it into something original. And I like him. I genuinely like Eleven, from at least the point that he showed back up at Amy's house, twelve years late. And I like Amy, too, which isn't unusual, because I'm one of the rare fangirls that doesn't stomp all over companions. I also think it's hilarious that Moffat obviously knows that fans are going to be pairing Amy and Eleven, so gives the fangirls something to go on.
"And now you're taking your clothes off."
"Turn your back, if it embarrasses you."
"*whispers* Amy... aren't you going to turn your back?"
*eyes firmly fixed on half-stripped Eleven* "Nope."
What else, what else. The ending made me cry. Seriously. I didn't cry all the time that Ten was dying, but the part where they showed the holograms of all the past Doctors had me sniffling. I love when they do that, though. I like the thought that they're not really gone, that somewhere in the present regeneration is the remnants of all regenerations past. I'm sentimental like that, I guess. Anyway, I loved that part.
*sniff*
And then the awesomely long and complicated and exciting promo happened, and BILL NIGHY. BILL NIGHY, GUYS. BILL. NIGHY. SQUEEEE.
In short, I'm excited about the show for the first time in two years. And I can't wait for next Saturday.
ETA: Oh, and, in re: characterization, was I right, or was I right?
(Doctor Who spoilers. Ye be warned.)
I love Stephen Moffat. I loved him before, and at this point I would happily fangirl him to the end of the world, which, with the Doctor around, is in about twenty minutes. And, for the record, let me state that I was skeptical about Eleven. Part of the problem was that the Debacle Formerly Known As The End Of Time left me with a bad taste in my mouth (metaphorically speaking. I didn't actually eat it). I love love love Ten, most of the time, and I hated his last episodes so much that I didn't even cry. I've ranted about this before. A few times. Maybe five.
Anyway, so I went into this with low expectations, despite the fact that I knew I liked Moffat (Blink being probably my favorite DW episode) and I'd checked up on Matt Smith in other (JJ Feild-related) things and knew that I didn't dislike him. And then they blew my mind a little.
Matt Smith still strikes me as oddly young to be playing the Doctor (he's only two years older than me, for Pete's sake) but he handles it well. There's a few channeling-Ten moments which come off as creepy; not sure if it was meant to be creepifying, but creepifying it definitely was. (He repeats Ten's last lines, for instance, in Ten's voice) And as irritated as I was with how Eleven came off right after his regeneration (as a cheap Ten rip-off) I'm now ready to lay the blame on RTD. Because they kept the same tone in the beginning, but segued it into something original. And I like him. I genuinely like Eleven, from at least the point that he showed back up at Amy's house, twelve years late. And I like Amy, too, which isn't unusual, because I'm one of the rare fangirls that doesn't stomp all over companions. I also think it's hilarious that Moffat obviously knows that fans are going to be pairing Amy and Eleven, so gives the fangirls something to go on.
"And now you're taking your clothes off."
"Turn your back, if it embarrasses you."
"*whispers* Amy... aren't you going to turn your back?"
*eyes firmly fixed on half-stripped Eleven* "Nope."
What else, what else. The ending made me cry. Seriously. I didn't cry all the time that Ten was dying, but the part where they showed the holograms of all the past Doctors had me sniffling. I love when they do that, though. I like the thought that they're not really gone, that somewhere in the present regeneration is the remnants of all regenerations past. I'm sentimental like that, I guess. Anyway, I loved that part.
*sniff*
And then the awesomely long and complicated and exciting promo happened, and BILL NIGHY. BILL NIGHY, GUYS. BILL. NIGHY. SQUEEEE.
In short, I'm excited about the show for the first time in two years. And I can't wait for next Saturday.
ETA: Oh, and, in re: characterization, was I right, or was I right?