tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344853420220777382.post1220682007617985070..comments2022-04-08T14:37:55.402-07:00Comments on Iceberg Ink: Doctor Who: The Snowmen (review)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344853420220777382.post-49366035348148878192013-01-11T11:35:01.163-08:002013-01-11T11:35:01.163-08:00Nice speculation and it does seem to have enough t...Nice speculation and it does seem to have enough timey wimey-ness to fit Moffat's style..Aarg!now I'm doing it, that phrase is pernicious. <br /><br />I still worry the denouement will be cobbled together like my least favorite episode of all time TWORS. To do it proper justice it needs to be a three part-er or a simpler story. Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565528263575285123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344853420220777382.post-82595120827906269092013-01-11T10:09:03.377-08:002013-01-11T10:09:03.377-08:00Ah, but did you read my theory of how it could wor...Ah, but did you read my theory of how it could work and still fit Moffat's storytelling?<br /><br />http://icebergink.blogspot.ca/2012/11/doctor-who-crackpot-theories-50th.html<br /><br />:)GunMetalBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374362891687088611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344853420220777382.post-55635228275717688422013-01-11T10:06:29.557-08:002013-01-11T10:06:29.557-08:00I love his episodes during RTD run when they are v...I love his episodes during RTD run when they are viewed alone. Later I noticed a couple things that bug me have their roots in those episodes. <br /><br />1) Cute, quotable phrases: "wibley wobbly timey wimey" was really funny in Blink. Not so much when it was repeated in several additional episodes by 11th, then it morphed in "humany wumany" and I gagged. Same with "spoilers" and "Hello Sweetie" <br /><br />2) Most of the complaints about the sexualization of the doctor stem from things in Moffat's episodes. In Dalek the word "love" was used, but it was in TEC/TDD and GITF where "dancing" was used as an innuendo. That was the first time it was implied the Doctor did anything physical along those lines. Then Moffat really poured it on in TWORS. <br /><br />3) Can you imagine what a mess the 50th could become with the time paradoxes of multiple doctors added to Moffat's already excessive love for the idea. I'm picturing multiple TARDISes weaving around each others timelines dropping props ala Big Bang cubed.<br /><br />I still watch but I am preparing myself to be disappointed, I can't tell you how much I hope I am wrong. I want to love the 50th<br /><br />Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565528263575285123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344853420220777382.post-2513203583671446182013-01-11T06:46:26.550-08:002013-01-11T06:46:26.550-08:00Indeed. I think I owe Moffat a LITTLE bit of leewa...Indeed. I think I owe Moffat a LITTLE bit of leeway, if only for brilliance like PRESS GANG, COUPLING, and SHERLOCK (all in their entire Series runs), and for DW episodes like BLINK, THE DOCTOR DANCES, THE SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY AND THE FOREST OF THE DEAD. He's an imperfect showrunner, and more of a hit and miss writer than I previously thought...but when he really concentrates (SHERLOCK) he pulls out some of the finest television on the box, barnone. <br /><br />So I'm always torn...this year being the 50th is going to be my acid test with Moffat and DW...and by that rationale I kind of have to start out giving him the benefit of the doubt and extending him my optimism. <br /><br />Series 6 is a mess, but it DOES have redeeming eps...Series 7 is better (not by much) with only ASULYM and SNOWMEN redeeming it so far. I have bigger hopes for the rest of the Series.<br /><br />At any rate, I think we can be guaranteed multiple Doctor stuff for the 50th...and that will make me sublimely happy...along with the recently announced Big Finish Audio special (THE LIGHT AT THE END) which will contain Doctor's 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8 (plus their main companions) AND The Master...I hope, HOPE we are in for a treat this fall.GunMetalBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374362891687088611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344853420220777382.post-1369698827509941052013-01-10T21:31:45.057-08:002013-01-10T21:31:45.057-08:00I envy you your optimism, but we just got off a st...I envy you your optimism, but we just got off a storyline about who is River Song. Before that it was a storyline about who is Amy and how is she related to the crack in her wall? I am not looking forward to a who is Clara/Oswinn storyline. Especially as it tends to end in cop-outs. Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565528263575285123noreply@blogger.com