'it's been a long time comin'/goin' to be a long time gone'
Well....that's been something of a hiatus. The short version:
DW 50th anniversary: perfect; loved it; amazing. Moffat solves the Time War and half provides the rest of the stories for the next 50 years. Also--Tennant and Smith should take it on the road. Well, truthfully, Smith and anyone could take it on the road, but the 10/11 thing was a joy.
DW Christmas: Oh, my word. Matt Smith--did you have to make everyone watching cry as hard as you did during the read-through? Ditto to the 50th. Moffat--I'm impressed; I'm not sure that more pressure could be applied, and you came through. Classics. And Clara replaces the receiver on the door of the TARDIS, and Handle's last words are a reminder about the re-routing, and filming spoilers reference a last phone call from Eleven to Clara while he's regenerating and Moffat wrote it all in except the actual scene and Jesus how good a writer is he??????????????????
Sherlock: not fond of "The Empty Hearse," although I liked the idea of Watson's punching Holmes out for the deception. Worst Sherlock episode: "The Blind Banker"; next, "Hounds of the Baskervilles"; next, "The Empty Hearse." Sorry, Gatiss. "The Great Game" was one of the best, but the others fail, in my opinion. The problem, I think, is tone: Gatiss' work is uneven because his grasp of tone is uneven. Master moment, as an example: Eleven's farewell to River--Moffat is astonishing (and intimidating) in his ability to write scenes that can incorporate a disparate group of moods; actors and directors also have an influence--but the material has to be there. Gatiss.....not so much.
"Sign of Three"--much better, albeit I'm not liking this season's Mrs. Hudson. Mary--love. Mrs. Hudson: why?
"His Last Vow": oh, hi, Steven Moffat! Yes.
CoS closing: unintentionally funny, and a reminder of how odious people can be.
The speed dating equivalent of reactions/thoughts/opinions.
DW 50th anniversary: perfect; loved it; amazing. Moffat solves the Time War and half provides the rest of the stories for the next 50 years. Also--Tennant and Smith should take it on the road. Well, truthfully, Smith and anyone could take it on the road, but the 10/11 thing was a joy.
DW Christmas: Oh, my word. Matt Smith--did you have to make everyone watching cry as hard as you did during the read-through? Ditto to the 50th. Moffat--I'm impressed; I'm not sure that more pressure could be applied, and you came through. Classics. And Clara replaces the receiver on the door of the TARDIS, and Handle's last words are a reminder about the re-routing, and filming spoilers reference a last phone call from Eleven to Clara while he's regenerating and Moffat wrote it all in except the actual scene and Jesus how good a writer is he??????????????????
Sherlock: not fond of "The Empty Hearse," although I liked the idea of Watson's punching Holmes out for the deception. Worst Sherlock episode: "The Blind Banker"; next, "Hounds of the Baskervilles"; next, "The Empty Hearse." Sorry, Gatiss. "The Great Game" was one of the best, but the others fail, in my opinion. The problem, I think, is tone: Gatiss' work is uneven because his grasp of tone is uneven. Master moment, as an example: Eleven's farewell to River--Moffat is astonishing (and intimidating) in his ability to write scenes that can incorporate a disparate group of moods; actors and directors also have an influence--but the material has to be there. Gatiss.....not so much.
"Sign of Three"--much better, albeit I'm not liking this season's Mrs. Hudson. Mary--love. Mrs. Hudson: why?
"His Last Vow": oh, hi, Steven Moffat! Yes.
CoS closing: unintentionally funny, and a reminder of how odious people can be.
The speed dating equivalent of reactions/thoughts/opinions.