I was going through my LJ memories and found I had this post in there because I hadn't watched any of this series when you posted, so I saved it for later review... and hey, it's later, right? Way later. ;)
Gotta say, kinda spot on for me. I wanted to like it, but it seems like they kept a lot of the worst stuff from before and just made it younger. I liked the concept of Amy in general, but sometimes she was so annoying and waffle-y about what she wanted, I was ready to slap her silly.
I'm not much of a fan of River Song (too damn smug for my tastes, plus I'm done with the "I'm so mysterious!" characters who mostly rely on that for interest), so I wasn't too thrilled by her return. And it sounds like we'll be seeing even more of her next series. Yay.
I did like bits and pieces, so I have hopes it will come together better in the next series. One "might be good, might be bad" change will be instead of one series long arc, they'll have one for about half the series, then begin another one.
I liked the Bad Wolf arc back in the day, but it seems like they've been repeating themselves so there's no surprise. It's like watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie with a "twist" at the end; you expect it, therefore, no twist. It almost seems like they feel they have to do it, but there's no subtlety to it.
Also, if I saw the crack in Amy's wall (or wherever it happened to be in an episode) one more time, I think there would have been a crack in my TV with my remote sticking out of it. ;)
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Date: 2010-11-12 03:01 am (UTC)Gotta say, kinda spot on for me. I wanted to like it, but it seems like they kept a lot of the worst stuff from before and just made it younger. I liked the concept of Amy in general, but sometimes she was so annoying and waffle-y about what she wanted, I was ready to slap her silly.
I'm not much of a fan of River Song (too damn smug for my tastes, plus I'm done with the "I'm so mysterious!" characters who mostly rely on that for interest), so I wasn't too thrilled by her return. And it sounds like we'll be seeing even more of her next series. Yay.
I did like bits and pieces, so I have hopes it will come together better in the next series. One "might be good, might be bad" change will be instead of one series long arc, they'll have one for about half the series, then begin another one.
I liked the Bad Wolf arc back in the day, but it seems like they've been repeating themselves so there's no surprise. It's like watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie with a "twist" at the end; you expect it, therefore, no twist. It almost seems like they feel they have to do it, but there's no subtlety to it.
Also, if I saw the crack in Amy's wall (or wherever it happened to be in an episode) one more time, I think there would have been a crack in my TV with my remote sticking out of it. ;)