Best thing about Moffat anger is how different it is from Davies anger. Russell's political statements feel more pointed, whereas episodes like Boom and The Beast Below are screaming gremlins, lashing out in unexpected directions.
Interesting! I sometimes think its the other way round, myself. Some of Russell's stuff definitely points in a specific direction but then you get Bad Wolf or the Giggle where the directions do go in unexpected directions. I'm never 100% sure what point he's making when he has 9 declare that he made this world, beyond the immediate dramatic beat, but sometimes that's all you need.
It felt like Moffat on autopilot bringing out his old tricks! I've pretty much said this everywhere but it was like Moffat dusted off a 12/Clara draft from 10 years ago and added what few character quirks we have from 15 and Ruby into the mix! Still a good episode but not the best Moffat story, for me that has to go to Blink!
I think I respectfully disagree. The Thoughts and Prayers stuff is definitely new. Some people have said it borrows tricks from stuff like Inside Man (tho I have not seen that show yet so I can't ascertain that.) Absolutely still the same old Steven tho. But hey, I like his work, so I can't complain that much
Moffats version of the Doctor and companions are still the best in the show. Every time he writes for them you just sit back and realize he gets the archetypes so well.
I feel like... I didn't love this as much as most people, felt like 15 felt like he was written like 11, but like... Still really enjoyed it? It was nice.
Most people seem to have heard Capaldi but I hear ya. I'm biased cause 11 is my favourite, but Gatwa manages to make so much of it his own- acknowledging that he's hot in the middle of his badass Doctor monologue is such a great beat
I feel this one is too soppy and melodramatic even for doctor who lol. Like the daugher being completely unfazed by her dead ai dad by the end and then the snow drop at the end made me roll my eyes. I just dont buy any of that being a happy ending. Meanwhile the ending of silence in the library is also horrifying in an irl context but i just find it easier to fall in the fairytale logic of that episode.
I _don't_ think it's oversignified, I *_do_* think it's oversimplified. His account of the Military Industrial Complex is, uh, not how it works at all? It's the spooky scary version of it that people think of when they don't know anything about it. But it just doesn't function like that. (Specifically, it has very little influence on foreign policy decisions, such as when to start or continue conflicts - deterrence is pure game theory. It has quite a lot of influence on specific things related to procurement and funding _domestically._ Which is a completely different problem, and a very real one.)
A Moffat episode is like good comfort food.
Best thing about Moffat anger is how different it is from Davies anger. Russell's political statements feel more pointed, whereas episodes like Boom and The Beast Below are screaming gremlins, lashing out in unexpected directions.
Interesting! I sometimes think its the other way round, myself. Some of Russell's stuff definitely points in a specific direction but then you get Bad Wolf or the Giggle where the directions do go in unexpected directions. I'm never 100% sure what point he's making when he has 9 declare that he made this world, beyond the immediate dramatic beat, but sometimes that's all you need.
Honestly, Moffat's old tricks are better than most writers' whole bag.
NOT EVEN THE RIGHT HAT had me cackling
ooo i loved the editing especially, great video!
It felt like Moffat on autopilot bringing out his old tricks! I've pretty much said this everywhere but it was like Moffat dusted off a 12/Clara draft from 10 years ago and added what few character quirks we have from 15 and Ruby into the mix! Still a good episode but not the best Moffat story, for me that has to go to Blink!
I think I respectfully disagree. The Thoughts and Prayers stuff is definitely new. Some people have said it borrows tricks from stuff like Inside Man (tho I have not seen that show yet so I can't ascertain that.)
Absolutely still the same old Steven tho. But hey, I like his work, so I can't complain that much
Tonally, it does remind me a lot of Inside Man! Specifically that series also had entire scenes built only on unresolved tension.
Moffats version of the Doctor and companions are still the best in the show. Every time he writes for them you just sit back and realize he gets the archetypes so well.
I feel like... I didn't love this as much as most people, felt like 15 felt like he was written like 11, but like... Still really enjoyed it? It was nice.
Most people seem to have heard Capaldi but I hear ya. I'm biased cause 11 is my favourite, but Gatwa manages to make so much of it his own- acknowledging that he's hot in the middle of his badass Doctor monologue is such a great beat
I feel this one is too soppy and melodramatic even for doctor who lol. Like the daugher being completely unfazed by her dead ai dad by the end and then the snow drop at the end made me roll my eyes. I just dont buy any of that being a happy ending. Meanwhile the ending of silence in the library is also horrifying in an irl context but i just find it easier to fall in the fairytale logic of that episode.
I _don't_ think it's oversignified, I *_do_* think it's oversimplified. His account of the Military Industrial Complex is, uh, not how it works at all? It's the spooky scary version of it that people think of when they don't know anything about it. But it just doesn't function like that. (Specifically, it has very little influence on foreign policy decisions, such as when to start or continue conflicts - deterrence is pure game theory. It has quite a lot of influence on specific things related to procurement and funding _domestically._ Which is a completely different problem, and a very real one.)