Saturday Squee Post: Night Terrors

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

What did we think of that then?

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[rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com]

Crud. I had spent a fair amount of time composing a reply then the internet ate it. :(

I hadn't thought of the point about not getting another "Blink," but it's an (unfortunate) good one. (and don't even get me started on the weeping angels episode last season. It made me so mad.) :( Hopefully some other really good writer will come along? IDK. I really like the larger plot arc this season, those first two episodes were amazing, but, yeah, there's been some pretty serious water-treading. The worst part about this episode, though, is that the narrative thread of last week was still so open-ended and demanding-of-resolution, it didn't make much sense that they'd just go gallivanting off (essentially) purposelessly. And given that the doctor didn't initially know that the kid was a Tesla, we don't have that as a justification like with the Flesh episodes.

Richard Curtis episode? You mean from last year?

See, I think there could've been a lot more for them to do; next week is the last episode, yet there's way more than 1 ep of material left to cover, even by a normal show's pace. I pretty much agree with you about looking a bit silly as they go around doing fairly unnecessary things that don't really have much impact on anything, just think that the issue is that they should've had more to do, rather than less time to do the same amount of stuff. Also, we should really have found out the real purpose of the Miracle several episodes ago. Like, it's supposed to be all sinister, but as of yet we really pretty much have nothing to go on other than that they're secretive and making a lot of money off it; I presume that the institutional murder and the economic depression are collateral damage rather than intended consequences. (Unless burning someone alive who can't die creates a disembodied consciousness that can be utilized as a resource, this is really my only idea) Also I think Ester plays off Jack much better than off Rex and I'm annoyed that they seem to have slated Jack in 'gay' rather than bi/queer, but w/e.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

I've heard that this week's episode was swapped in the running order with "Curse of the Black Spot" (another meh episode) and that's why there's no reference to previous events in it, with the exception of the ending. Still, a line or two somewhere about previous events would have been nice.

The weird thing is, if you look on other communities, there are a lot of people who loved this episode because it WASN'T a continuation from last week and it wasn't a timey-wimey River thing. So the show has to play to two audiences at the moment, to some extent. Personally, I would be happy to see them junk the stand-alone episodes and just give in to the overall arc, but there'd be uproar in some quarters because there wouldn't be any convenient jumping on point for new viewers.

We're one week behind with Torchwood in the UK, so I don't know what happens in episode 9, but so far I'm struck by how little Torchwood are actually achieving themselves and how much information is falling into their laps. It makes them seem rather ineffectual. I've actually reached the point now where I'm not really bothered about the team itself, I just want to see how all the politics of it works out and What Jilly Does Next. Both of which will probably be dispensed with now in order to wrap it all up. Meh.