Interesting. I loved the first two and merely liked the third. Though I wouldn't be able to explain why or defend it. Because I am not that thinky when it comes to my TV. :)
I think maybe I'm just kind of tired of the Daleks being cockroaches and there always being OMG ONE GROUP SURVIVED and the Doctor is always shocked, like...how many times do you have to find stragglers and anomalies before you accept that there's no such thing as 100% eradication of a threat? Like..maybe he has to believe it's over so he doesn't feel compelled to devote all his time and travelling to tracking them down. But it'd be nice for him to once just acknowledge that "yeah, there are probably some more scattered about that I didn't get."
I enjoyed the episode, but I must admit I liked the first one better. I am intrigued by what appeared to be a crack in the wall behind the TARDIS when they left, because it looked like the dimensional crack in Amelia's bedroom. That might be related to the difference in history.
I was hoping that they would completely obliterate the Daleks somehow, because they feel so over-used, but I did like the way the Doctor totally wigged out about them.
I am really looking forward to next week's episode! Hee! I have found it interesting that most of my British friends adore River Song, and many of my American friends are somewhere between eh and animosity. I wonder where the underlying cultural thread is there. (I am of the *shrug* mentality where she's concerned, myself.)
I am intrigued by what appeared to be a crack in the wall behind the TARDIS when they left, because it looked like the dimensional crack in Amelia's bedroom.
We saw the crack at the end of TBB, as well. It was along the side of the "ship" in the last shot of the episode. ::ominous music::
Re: River Song...
I try and remain neutral about her, because I find the way my irritation presents itself is a terrible melange of Mary Sue-ism and general Female Character Hate. And seeing as I'm not usually one to indulge in the latter, I'm very intrigued by why she fosters that in me.
I think she just managed to hit every single trigger for those two tropes. The Doctor is in love with her in the future? CHECK! Smug attitude? CHECK! Shiny piece of tech she has no business owning and only adds to her SPESHULNESS? CHECK
( ... )
The clue about Amy not remembering the Daleks was, for me, the only interesting thing in this episode. Everything else was on a scale of meh to cringe.
My opinion of the season thus far has been going down, not up. I thought Eleventh Hour was great, TBB was good but none of the character interactions made sense to me, and VotD was just dire and again: character interactions, we can haz some? Please?! I'm going to need Amy and Eleven to have a chat that exists for reasons other than just expositing the plot real soon, because I still have no idea who either of these people are. And if I don't know who they are, I don't know why I should care about them. *grumps*
because I still have no idea who either of these people are. And if I don't know who they are, I don't know why I should care about them.
SUPER WORD.
I have no emotional investment yet either, and it's driving me nertz. Especially because intellectually, I know he's still The Doctor, but...not yet? But some after this ep? Does that make sense?
I actually liked Amy using luuuuurve to diffuse the bomb. Out of the blue, it would have made me go o.O, but the context worked for me. The Doctor was like "Hold onto your PAAAAAIN for it will keep you alive," and that clearly was not working, so Amy was all "Okay, how about the opposite?!"
I liked the episode as a set-up for things in the indeterminate future (the Daleks got away! Amy doesn't remember things!), but as a stand-alone episode, I thought it was a bit meh.
The Doctor was like "Hold onto your PAAAAAIN for it will keep you alive," and that clearly was not working, so Amy was all "Okay, how about the opposite?!"
Add in the shapeshifters procephy about silence coming.
Amy herself, as one commenter noted, may very well be a magnet for wrongness. Ledvenworth seemed too perfect, too ideal. Like it wasn't even real. Same commentor has also noted that its pretty obvious that Victory was a bad rewrite of a script for Ten and Donna.
Here's another question. Where were Amy's parents that night she met the Doctor for the first time? There's was quite a bit of noise so why didn't they come and investigate? Were they asleep? Maybe if they both took dramamine, which I doubt.
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I think maybe I'm just kind of tired of the Daleks being cockroaches and there always being OMG ONE GROUP SURVIVED and the Doctor is always shocked, like...how many times do you have to find stragglers and anomalies before you accept that there's no such thing as 100% eradication of a threat? Like..maybe he has to believe it's over so he doesn't feel compelled to devote all his time and travelling to tracking them down. But it'd be nice for him to once just acknowledge that "yeah, there are probably some more scattered about that I didn't get."
Plus the new Daleks look fucking ridiculous.
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I was hoping that they would completely obliterate the Daleks somehow, because they feel so over-used, but I did like the way the Doctor totally wigged out about them.
I am really looking forward to next week's episode! Hee! I have found it interesting that most of my British friends adore River Song, and many of my American friends are somewhere between eh and animosity. I wonder where the underlying cultural thread is there. (I am of the *shrug* mentality where she's concerned, myself.)
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We saw the crack at the end of TBB, as well. It was along the side of the "ship" in the last shot of the episode. ::ominous music::
Re: River Song...
I try and remain neutral about her, because I find the way my irritation presents itself is a terrible melange of Mary Sue-ism and general Female Character Hate. And seeing as I'm not usually one to indulge in the latter, I'm very intrigued by why she fosters that in me.
I think she just managed to hit every single trigger for those two tropes. The Doctor is in love with her in the future? CHECK! Smug attitude? CHECK! Shiny piece of tech she has no business owning and only adds to her SPESHULNESS? CHECK ( ... )
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There were some fun moments in this one, and I really like that ominous revelation, but the rest of the ep was just okay. SO TIRED OF DALEKS!
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My opinion of the season thus far has been going down, not up. I thought Eleventh Hour was great, TBB was good but none of the character interactions made sense to me, and VotD was just dire and again: character interactions, we can haz some? Please?! I'm going to need Amy and Eleven to have a chat that exists for reasons other than just expositing the plot real soon, because I still have no idea who either of these people are. And if I don't know who they are, I don't know why I should care about them. *grumps*
But, of course, YMMV.
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SUPER WORD.
I have no emotional investment yet either, and it's driving me nertz. Especially because intellectually, I know he's still The Doctor, but...not yet? But some after this ep? Does that make sense?
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I liked the episode as a set-up for things in the indeterminate future (the Daleks got away! Amy doesn't remember things!), but as a stand-alone episode, I thought it was a bit meh.
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That's a very good point. Well played.
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Amy herself, as one commenter noted, may very well be a magnet for wrongness. Ledvenworth seemed too perfect, too ideal. Like it wasn't even real. Same commentor has also noted that its pretty obvious that Victory was a bad rewrite of a script for Ten and Donna.
Here's another question. Where were Amy's parents that night she met the Doctor for the first time? There's was quite a bit of noise so why didn't they come and investigate? Were they asleep? Maybe if they both took dramamine, which I doubt.
Something is rotten in Whoville.
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Dead. She lives with her Aunt, who was out at the time. It's part of their dialogue over fish custard.
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