tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post2667211893410288043..comments2024-01-09T12:26:53.045+00:00Comments on Howeswho: End of Ten and Starter for ElevenDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13752147546933122889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-70181789274903134172010-04-04T19:17:41.702+01:002010-04-04T19:17:41.702+01:00I thought the Title sequence was pretty awesome my...I thought the Title sequence was pretty awesome myself, I'll have to let the new theme sink in before i can give a proper verdict but it's not a real big issue with me.<br />I didn't watch the episode in the best of circumstances but agree with the broad strokes of your own review... it wasn't bad but not enough plot to sustain a full hour, I'm sick to the back teeth of the formula as well - alien invasion of earth with spaceships zooming through the air about to destroy everything... it's pants.<br />The series has been reworked directly for the CBBC/Harry Potter audience and the adult audience seem curiously uninvited by the new casting and format, I'm not outraged or anything as i accept this series is no longer being made with the mikes of me in mind but it seems strange and ill-advised to aim it so young and exclude the adult audience from consideration. Even the superb Harry Potter films aren't that <i>youth audience only</i> orientated.<br /><br />The smugness of it all is a worry as well, the direction might be slicker & tighter etc but i was uncomfortable at the youthful geekiness of the Doctor and his smack-talk to the 'eyeball-of-Doom' about his resume as earths protector. The sonic screwdriver is an awful enough plotdevice but If everything is that easy and simple in the Doctors world that he can just scare off any opponent as easily and clumsily as this i just give up...! That sort of laziness and arrogance should have been out the door with the previous administration.Dave Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712176963061935401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452303.post-36615019206669485142010-04-04T19:01:31.732+01:002010-04-04T19:01:31.732+01:00Nice you hear from you again, David. I had suspect...Nice you hear from you again, David. I had suspected you had been frozen by the harsh winter; a bit like Davros at the end of "Destiny of the Daleks".<br /><br />I felt the "T.E.O.T. stories has a few great moments : Tennant & Cribbins acting, Euros Lynn's direction and some scenes were poignant,(Ten's farewell to Rose.) But overall it seemed limp, cobbled together &, like a lot of RTD's stories, a lot of build up for very lttle pay-off at the end.<br /><br />I'm not keen on the new titles or theme music but we'll wait and see as it took me 2 seasons to adjust to the last set.<br />I loved "The Eleventh Hour"- a punchy, wiity, dramatic story with a plot that made sense. (It has a "Jonathan Creek" feel - complex but complex in a necessary way that isn't forced.) Most importantly it felt like "Who", unlike a lot of stories since "Last of the Timelords" that have seemed like superhero movies in tone.<br />Matt & Karen were great, so all round a good show. I think we'll see a very dark, very complex season one.<br /><br />Hopefully, the series will hit the heights of series 2 & 3.<br /><br />Let's hope the casual viewer likes it as they govern the show's future, unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com