Post 2 of 3: Reactions to Doctor Who

[neadods]

No plot talk, and not a lot to say either; there are moments of glee (Rory gets the best line EVER in "In all fairness, the universe did explode") and moments of "okay, now you're both setting up and paying off distant plot points."

But on the whole, I found it choppy and unsatisfying. Yes, I know it's an unfinished story; it's most likely not going to be resolved until the end of the season. The whole season, not the mini season.

And wow, is that a British view of America. I'm more amused than anything else, but the entire country isn't really vast, paranoid, and gun happy.

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[neadods.livejournal.com]

Or, really, any build-up of the Silents as a villain

I have to watch the confidential and find out if it's The Silents or The Silence. I kinda dig the second, so until corrected...

But regardless, WTF with "Our planet was taken over by the Silence" and "The Silence is coming"? We've just had proof that you don't actually *know* when your planet is taken over and apparently the Silence has been there for forever and a day, so it's hardly com*ing* unless -- and oh, lordy, someone has probably already done it - there's Rule 34 fic out there already.

I wish Moffat had gone to some effort in this episode to make the Silents any sort of deal.

Seriously! Lookie, big bad! All gone now.

My problem is, the more I think about it, the more the problems with it overwhelm what I enjoyed about the episode. Which is, alas, pretty much how I feel about last season too.

[tiggerallyn.livejournal.com]

I keep using "Silents" because of the closing credits to "The Impossible Astronaut," which list Marnix Van Den Broeke as "The Silent."

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Ah.