The Angels Have The...
New who time again!
OK, first off, I do have to say that I've been increasingly of the opinion that the Weeping Angels would have been much better off as one-shot villains, even though I do understand the hard-to-resist desire to keep bringing them back. That said, they can, at least be interestingly creepy/spooky when used well, and this episode did a pretty good job with that. The overall look and feel of it was fairly cool, although at the same time I was finding it a little hard to just relax and enjoy it on its own terms, as I may be getting a bit impatient at the pace at which the overarching story is playing out, and how little we saw this time out of the Ravagers and whatever the hell they're up to.
Various disconnected thoughts:
I had kind of wondered what would happen if an angel got the same person a second time, and "No one survives it twice" was a satisfyingly chilling answer to that.
Professor Jericho was marvelous, and marvelously acted.
The idea of a rogue angel was kind of interesting, as we've had little sense of them as individuals before now.
So, The Division apparently is an incredible omnipresent boogeyman of an organization that operates through all of time and recruits even Weeping Angels (who, up until now, have seemed more like forces of nature than anything, y'know, recruitable). Cool, epic, impressive, and scary? Or over-the-top and suspension-of-disbelief breaking even just by the very fact that we've never heard of them before? I genuinely don't know, although my ability to choose to see it as the former is annoyingly hampered by it being tied up with the whole Timeless Child thing I still don't like.
I do, however, still like Dan, with the endless barrage of questions and his "I have very dry eyes!" I am finding him increasingly relatable.
OK, so... the Doctor apparently just turned into an Angel? I have no idea what to make of that, but it at least looked very impressively dramatic.
Also, go, Vinder. You got this, buddy.
And, yeah, that's all I've got really. Somehow, having just a bunch of disconnected thoughts at this point seems appropriate enough. Will they all come together eventually? Will this story? Stay tuned, I guess! I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about any of it, but for the moment, I may be feeling impatient, but at least I'm not feeling bored.
This entry was originally posted at https://astrogirl.dreamwidth.org/1017128.html. Comment here or there, whichever you like.
OK, first off, I do have to say that I've been increasingly of the opinion that the Weeping Angels would have been much better off as one-shot villains, even though I do understand the hard-to-resist desire to keep bringing them back. That said, they can, at least be interestingly creepy/spooky when used well, and this episode did a pretty good job with that. The overall look and feel of it was fairly cool, although at the same time I was finding it a little hard to just relax and enjoy it on its own terms, as I may be getting a bit impatient at the pace at which the overarching story is playing out, and how little we saw this time out of the Ravagers and whatever the hell they're up to.
Various disconnected thoughts:
I had kind of wondered what would happen if an angel got the same person a second time, and "No one survives it twice" was a satisfyingly chilling answer to that.
Professor Jericho was marvelous, and marvelously acted.
The idea of a rogue angel was kind of interesting, as we've had little sense of them as individuals before now.
So, The Division apparently is an incredible omnipresent boogeyman of an organization that operates through all of time and recruits even Weeping Angels (who, up until now, have seemed more like forces of nature than anything, y'know, recruitable). Cool, epic, impressive, and scary? Or over-the-top and suspension-of-disbelief breaking even just by the very fact that we've never heard of them before? I genuinely don't know, although my ability to choose to see it as the former is annoyingly hampered by it being tied up with the whole Timeless Child thing I still don't like.
I do, however, still like Dan, with the endless barrage of questions and his "I have very dry eyes!" I am finding him increasingly relatable.
OK, so... the Doctor apparently just turned into an Angel? I have no idea what to make of that, but it at least looked very impressively dramatic.
Also, go, Vinder. You got this, buddy.
And, yeah, that's all I've got really. Somehow, having just a bunch of disconnected thoughts at this point seems appropriate enough. Will they all come together eventually? Will this story? Stay tuned, I guess! I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about any of it, but for the moment, I may be feeling impatient, but at least I'm not feeling bored.
This entry was originally posted at https://astrogirl.dreamwidth.org/1017128.html. Comment here or there, whichever you like.