They tried too hard to make it appeal to Americans and it ultimately fell flat. Should've kept it in the UK tbh.
I don't know if I'm late on this but I feel Moffat progressively forgot the entire concept of the Weeping Angels. "Blink" set up the angels in the first place, but then in "The Time of Angels" apparently the Angels can still do stuff to you in a picture or any archival thing of it. If that was true, then wouldn't those pictures of the Angels back in "Blink" be a problem? Also there's the whole deal about Angels snapping necks and moving while the audience watches them that also ruined things.
In "The Angels Take Manhattan" it looks like Moffat was trying to go back to the Angels origins, but failed to do so. There's so many times when characters don't look at the angels and they don't do anything, and he made them so they just weren't scary anymore, just obstacles. The only part that was suspenseful was when Rory was in the basement with the baby angels, but if you think about it, considering how dark it was, Rory would've been touched by them a hundred times by the time he was rescued. They did a terrible job of reintroducing them to the audience (well most fans would know of them already, but I'm sure there were a few that just began watching the show) and blarhaghgh
I really didn't like that episode, so many things wrong with it. It's a shame really that Amy and Rory had to go that episode and not the Power of Three, but I guess their departure was the episode's only saving grace.
It's all coming together...
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[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;38266309]Related image:
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What about this one?
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[QUOTE=Grizz;38265718]It's all coming together...
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Fun fact: Neil Gaiman has his own law named after him
“Picking up your first copy of a book you wrote, if there’s one typo, it will be on the page that your new book falls open to the first time you pick it up.” - Neil Gaiman
[QUOTE=DoctoWhen;38261136]I'm mostly annoyed with the new season because things are happening too much in the States, I was OK with A Town Called Mercy (cowboys and Doctor Who, meh I could take it) but The Angels Take MANHATTAN , NOPE NOPE, I get this feeling the whole thing is becoming too Americanized to please the masses and get more viewers in the States (since there's has been a sudden explosion of whoovians in North America) And you can't make doctor who an american thing, it would be terrible ! I'm hoping that will not continue.
Also A Christmas Carol was the most unoriginal thing I've seen in my life, you do not take a classic tale and make it time travely and stuff, old Christmas episodes were better, the panic and the tragedy ending well. With the last two ones, I never felt the feeling of Christmas being ruined by X thing and The Doctor has to save it, they are too childish, and fairy tale-like, if the doctor will continues being a 900 year old Mary Poopins, I'll be really sad[/QUOTE]
What, like the one set on the titanic spaceship? Because that isn't taking a famous story and adapting it in any way
or the one with a christmas tree that tries to kill them which was class a stupid
lets face it, as far as the standard of christmas specials go, the first matt smith one was actually alright, it was well acted too at least. They're all incredibly stupid though. I like these ones because they adapt these old things, its kind of nice to watch, little less serious and a bit more christmassy
this applies to the first one, the bill bailey one was bad
[QUOTE=Karmal Khan;38269719]What about this one?
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"Something about him screamed, my future"
[QUOTE=killerteacup;38272186]What, like the one set on the titanic spaceship? Because that isn't taking a famous story and adapting it in any way
or the one with a christmas tree that tries to kill them which was class a stupid
lets face it, as far as the standard of christmas specials go, the first matt smith one was actually alright, it was well acted too at least. They're all incredibly stupid though. I like these ones because they adapt these old things, its kind of nice to watch, little less serious and a bit more christmassy
this applies to the first one, the bill bailey one was bad[/QUOTE]
"DUHH, HOW DO THINGS GET ANYWHERE?"
"HURRR, THE [I]MOTHER[/I]SHIP DURR."
"HUHUHUHUHUHUHU WE FUNNY."
I haven't been following the new series. I've gathered from the last few pages that it isn't as good as the previous ones. Is that correct? I'm about to start watching them, regardless.
Eh? Series 7 has been great so far.
[QUOTE=Grizz;38280032]Eh? Series 7 has been great so far.[/QUOTE]
Oh okay, guess I misunderstood some posts.
It's all cool, except for one episode.
I know they haven't been in that many episodes, but I'm sort of sick the angels/statues.
[editline]2nd November 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Karmal Khan;38269719]What about this one?
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God, Colin looks nothing at all like that now, but he sounds the same. I always thought it was funny how he'd always correct Perry or whatever her name was.
[QUOTE=Ezhik;38283136]It's all cool, except for one episode.[/QUOTE]
Which one would that be? Angels?
yep
I don't think Manhattan was a bad episode, it was just that we were all hyped up about it being the best episode of all time. it wasn't, it was mediocre. I personally wish it was a two parter, but apparently Moffat is too lazy to ever do two parters again.
[QUOTE]it was just that we were all hyped up about it being the best episode of all time. it wasn't, it was mediocre[/QUOTE]
That bandwagon must have thankfully passed me by..
[QUOTE=ElectronicG19;38287169]I don't think Manhattan was a bad episode, it was just that we were all hyped up about it being the best episode of all time. it wasn't, it was mediocre. I personally wish it was a two parter, but apparently Moffat is too lazy to ever do two parters again.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't hyped at all, it was just bad
Power of Three is the worst episode so far imo, it just doesn't go anywhere
I'm rewatching The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, and was wondering if anyone knows a piece of music at a certain point in Journey's End.
It's just after the human Doctor is created and is naked and the TARDIS is "destroyed". I can't tell which it is on the soundtrack, but I'm probably just not looking hard enough. I can't find a clip on YouTube either to show the scene.
I guess it kind of reminds me of 1:32 onwards
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVPI_0RXyUU[/MEDIA]
Go to gr8music42's channel and look for the relevant series playlist, he has all the soundtracks.
Don't you guys hate people who think Doctor Who sucks, when they have only watched the first episode of the new series? (i.e. My friends all hate Doctor Who, and they have only watched the first episode of the new series.)
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woot 100 posts!
Which first episode though
If it was eleventh hour they're insane, if it was the dalek one then they're probably right.
holy fuck i might be a little late on this (first time watching through doc. who in total) but what the face of bo says gave me the goose bumps, damn
[QUOTE=killerteacup;38296086]Which first episode though
If it was eleventh hour they're insane, if it was the dalek one then they're probably [b]still wrong.[/b][/QUOTE]
fixed.
Also I think he means the one with 9 and Rose.
Some Gaiman praise, always worth it.
[QUOTE]I’m telling you nothing about Jenna. Other than I loved writing dialogue for her, and I loved hearing her say it at the table read.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Rapist;38298383]fixed.
Also I think he means the one with 9 and Rose.[/QUOTE]
i loved it :c
did a nice job of introducing the main idea of the show, then expanded as it went
[QUOTE=Grizz;38280032]Eh? Series 7 has been great so far.[/QUOTE]
Fan boys can't tell the difference between minor criticism and serious flaws and instantly hate a whole series based on the first.
[editline]3rd November 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=CoolCorky;38289237]Power of Three is the worst episode so far imo, it just doesn't go anywhere[/QUOTE]
It's one of the two this series I've regularly re-watched. Highly enjoyed it.
[editline]3rd November 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=ElectronicG19;38287169]I don't think Manhattan was a bad episode, it was just that we were all hyped up about it being the best episode of all time. it wasn't, it was mediocre. I personally wish it was a two parter, but apparently Moffat is too lazy to ever do two parters again.[/QUOTE]
Problem is even if it was a 2-parter, Moffat would just make it more and more complicated. The man needs to seriously stop trying so hard. His desire to be so unique all the time is probably why we suddenly have no story arc or cliff hangers.
[editline]3rd November 2012[/editline]
And pointless mid series breaks. American shows do it and it works as they have like 22 episodes. You can't do it with 13 episodes it's weird.
[editline]3rd November 2012[/editline]
The reasoning for it is bull too. They say it's so they can have big game changing episodes mid series but so far the Mid-cliff-hangers have felt tacked on to a typical episode.
I don't hate or dislike Moffat Who. I just have complaints. Like anything.
Having sailed on board the Titanic with The Doctor's new companion earlier this year, [b]Celia Imrie[/b] will be guest starring in the first episode in 2013, written by Steven Moffat.
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Look what I found. Pretty neat.
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