09-15-2007, 09:48 AM
> I didn't think the revelation was such a thoughtless throwaway, but to each his own.
I don't think that it was a "thoughtless" throwaway. It had the feel of something written by a committee.
It was such a badly out of place statement that after the revelation, they felt the need to have the Doctor and Martha explain it to the audience. It's as if a couple of middle-school kids wrote that part.
Professional writers shouldn't have to sink to "explaining things" in a dramatic work. Not since Shakespeare.
It happened again in the finale, but to such an extent that it actually had me guffawing incredulously.
They made up a device that was discordant with the character they used it on (seemingly because they couldn't come up with a motive otherwise). Then having stripped that character of any integrity, they had him expound on the device, repeating how it motivated him over and over again, as if the repetition could somehow legitimize their mistake. It started a fascinating cascade of exposition. Eventually, every significant character actually voiced where they were and what motivated them.
Portions were mindlessly fun, but geez, overall... by the end it was practically a narrative.
I'm glad they're taking 2009 off. I hope that the show gets a solid revamp during the break.
I don't think that it was a "thoughtless" throwaway. It had the feel of something written by a committee.
It was such a badly out of place statement that after the revelation, they felt the need to have the Doctor and Martha explain it to the audience. It's as if a couple of middle-school kids wrote that part.
Professional writers shouldn't have to sink to "explaining things" in a dramatic work. Not since Shakespeare.
It happened again in the finale, but to such an extent that it actually had me guffawing incredulously.
They made up a device that was discordant with the character they used it on (seemingly because they couldn't come up with a motive otherwise). Then having stripped that character of any integrity, they had him expound on the device, repeating how it motivated him over and over again, as if the repetition could somehow legitimize their mistake. It started a fascinating cascade of exposition. Eventually, every significant character actually voiced where they were and what motivated them.
Portions were mindlessly fun, but geez, overall... by the end it was practically a narrative.
I'm glad they're taking 2009 off. I hope that the show gets a solid revamp during the break.