Comments | anon_aspasia: Who the hell is Eleven?

anon_aspasia

Who the hell is Eleven?

May 10, 2010 17:10

Being on the wrong side of the pond, I've only seen the first four episodes of Series 5. (The temptation to acquire others is strong within me, though, particularly given what I've heard about them improving.) I realize that, as a DW newbie, I'm barely entitled to have an opinion, but I can't keep from chiming in on some of the discussions that ( Read more... )

possible tl;dr, series five, whovian musings

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papilio_luna May 10 2010, 22:41:53 UTC

I'm getting a clearer fix on him, since I'm on UK pace and are several episodes ahead of you. But yeah, right around the point where you are now, I was still going "But WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!!?"

Moffat's strong suit was never, and apparently will never be, subtle characterisation. That's RTD's speciality.

Though as I've gotten to know Amy a bit better, I've actually found that that's not such a good thing as I am sort of deciding that I don't like her. Which pains me because I have loved all the new Who companions to ridiculous amounts.

And then there's this whole tone of "If you think you know what's going on and who these people are, well, we've got 85 tricks up our sleeve and by the end of the season your mind will be blown and you'll have been totally wrong." Which: no. I hate that. It's a cop-out dressed up as being clever. Let me get to know these characters organically instead of purposefully being ~mysterious~ and witholding all the important information so you can go "HA HA FOOLED YA!" at the end of the series.

anon_aspasia May 15 2010, 05:05:19 UTC

Thanks for replying...I appreciate it. Sorry for my delay in responding; I was out of town for a bit and didn't have much time online ( ... )