in praise of the first half of utopia

Jun 18, 2007 09:49

i'm about tired of seeing people complain about the beginning of utopia. (spoilers for the ep. here.)

the basic complaints seem to be that it's a boring quarry, a familiar sci-fi set-up, too planet zog, etc. the first problem with this is that anyone who's watched the latter half of series 1, or torchwood, is only paying attention to all of that a ( Read more... )

utopia; analysis

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shishmish June 18 2007, 15:23:40 UTC
it's a boring quarry

Quarry! Has to be a first for the new series right? More quarrys = more alien planets...plz?

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tlr3 June 18 2007, 15:35:47 UTC
not the first! impossible planet/satan pit.

they'd been avoiding quarries, a little. but they seem to have realized why they were used so often before. . .

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shishmish June 18 2007, 15:40:43 UTC
*facepalm* I forgot about that one!

They've been avoiding quarries like the plague, which is sad because quarry stories were so good and provided, like they did in Utopia, an alien landscape.

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tlr3 June 18 2007, 15:42:57 UTC
yeah. . . they seem to have realized now that the lighting and the acting and the angles (and the effects) are what make it work or not.

the problem with quarries in the old series was when they were used in a lazy way.

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shishmish June 18 2007, 15:49:42 UTC
True, but I loved them.

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