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duskwillow

Doctor Who - 5x13 - The Big Bang

Jun 27, 2010 00:31

I'm spending all of my free time these days watching World Cup.
But I can't skip making Doctor Who finale post. :D

( OK, kid. This is where it gets complicated. )

!: squee, tv show: doctor who

Comments 4

gildinwen June 26 2010, 23:46:59 UTC

What I really loved about the finale, was that it stayed true to the fairytale quality of the series without drifting in melodrama, like RTD' (god bless'im) would have done ( ... )

duskwillow June 28 2010, 00:07:29 UTC

What I really loved about the finale, was that it stayed true to the fairytale quality of the series without drifting in melodrama, like RTD' (god bless'im) would have done.
Yes! I also loved the smaller, more intimate feel, and absence of CGI crack. The stakes were much higher, what with the whole of creation ending, yet The Moff still managed not to take it over the top.

I loved the romance of Rory being the boy who waited 2000 years watching over the love of his life.That Amy *chose* him.
Those two developed so well as a couple this series, with Amy's Choice being a turning point. I love how she figured out how Rory is the one she wanted, and how a random human guy was the one picked over the Doctor. And how she accepted him as Auton, and how his love for her inspired him to be human "because he wasn't". Those kids! ♥ After everything they've been through this season, they deserved their happy ending!!

And River. Oh River. Donna will always be THE HBIC to me but River is fast approaching her level of awesomeness. Making a *dalek ( ... )

gildinwen June 28 2010, 12:08:32 UTC

People say that they didn't like it because they had gotten used to RTD's Doctor- but that's why I did like it.

RTD and Whedon believe in the bittersweet ending, but life isn't all *rock fall- everyone dies*. And it's not better way of story telling nor is it more sophisticated. All too often RTD's "bittersweet" ending seemed like angst for the sake of angst, and that's bad storytelling.

Moffat shows us that a good story can have it's ups and downs, and still have a joyous ending see: Superman.

And I'll stop rambling now!!!

duskwillow June 30 2010, 19:10:37 UTC

I couldn't agree more, I'm over RTD and has been for a long time. Like you said, he often does angst for the sake of angst, and it doesn't feel organic at all. It's like he tried to outdo himself with every finale, and got lost in shiny CGI instead of being honest to the story and his characters.

RTD and Whedon believe in the bittersweet ending, but life isn't all *rock fall- everyone dies*.
The thing is, for me Whedon does it in an honest way. When he kills a character it makes sense, on his shows actions have a price and there are consequences and causalities.
But Rusty is just bloody lazy and not capable to write a proper story to get a reaction out of the audience so he goes for emotional manipulation. Ianto's death for example, which was completely stupid (as they walked in without a plan after setting that situation up for days), and it served just to shock and be a cliffhanger. Meh.

Moffat shows us that a good story can have it's ups and downs, and still have a joyous ending see: Superman. I know, I love that ( ... )