the big bang

[ghanimasun]

I actually went out in public today...twice actually! But these real life things are not important....



I've just read two completely different reactions to this last episode on just my flist. Love it? Hate it? I don't know.
I'm good at being middle of the road gal, and I'll say... It was not as bad as I could have imagined but it also wasn't as crazy awesome as I'd hoped it could be either. Mostly I liked it. I think? I now totally love 11 (and I am still annoyed that I like him. Damn him!) and I think I like River Song now? Because I was getting all emotional when I thought she might die for like 5 seconds (Yes I know we've seen her die already, whatever). Also so glad that even though time was rewritten Amy, Rory, the Doctor and River still remember the past season. At least....I think that's what happened! I have been drinking yummy beer tonight so I don't know if I was able to appreciate everything to the fullest extent. Just so glad Rory is not an auton and alive, and that Amy's background was kind of explained. And hopefully they are both full time companions next season! I'm not saying I love them both, but I don't hate them either. And I'm still trying my best to like Amy as much as I can. (Which is, I think, not the way I should react to appreciate a compaion).
I think what bugged or confused me most was the Doctor re-entering his own timeline and interacting with himself. I was under the impression that that was a big no-no in terms of DW canon but I'm not really sure.

Comments

[naushika.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a big no-no to interact with yourself in the same timeline. It generally makes big bad booms happen. The Doctor even demonstrated that, when he touched the two sonic screwdrivers.. they had a mini-splosion. But I guess it can all be explained away because HE'S THE DOCTOR AND KNOWS STUFF AND CAN BREAK ALL THE RULES! Heh.

[ghanimasun]

Yeah I was wondering about that, I'm definitely going to have to watch this one again because of all the different stuff going on.

[plastichangers.livejournal.com]

I'm sorta middle of the road too, although a bit more towards the "meh" lane. :p I just wasn't wowed and it feels pretty obvious now that Moffat is going to be more about fun and silly rather than emotional impact and storylines that make somewhat sense. Which is fine, I like that too, but that puts Doctor Who with Psych and Leverage rather than True Blood and Farscape.
I like 11 too, and Amy, although I'm still neutral to Rory and hate River Song. But I'm not connecting with it like I used to, so that's sad. Think it's time I rewatched s1-4 again.

[ghanimasun]

I think you're definitely right about the lack of emotional impact and the more I think about it the more disappointed I am really. I find myself having to read into things more and really wring out a lot of feeling for the characters when it was once so much more natural and easy.
I think I definitely could go for a rewatch of some 1-4 seasons as well. There's so much good stuff in there!