Season Five: Bored Now

[jmatonak]

I'm really not digging the new season thus far, and I can't put my finger on exactly why.



Each episode has watchable bits, and Karen Gillan has extremely pretty hair. But, for the most part, the season has been a big snore.

Is it too much of a kids' show? Well, the rainbow of Daleks was pretty annoying, although to be honest the physical redesign bothered me more than the recolor- that weird blocky thing the zap gun and the plunger come out of? Was that always there? (And, since the Dalek casing is a machine, why did they need genetic... never mind. That Progenitor thing is a jerk, I guess.)

Is it that the Doctor is full of himself? Yeah, kind of. That trap speech in episode 4 was a groaner. But all the Doctors are like that, even my beloved Ninth. (I almost typed "Nine." Heh.)

I don't understand it. The Empty Child was awesome. Blink was a lot of fun. What, if anything, changed? Is it just me? (Probably.)

(crossposted)

Comments

[jmatonak.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm not even impressed by the oh so holy Blink.

I liked it, but I have to admit a lot of that was down to Sally Sparrow. I wouldn't call the episode "holy", certainly.

As far as the Special Fairy Princess goes... I think Alex Kingston did a good job with the material she was handed, but that entire secret agent bit in the beginning was extremely grating. I'm not sure if that's the writing or direction or what.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think Blink started okay, even good, but fell apart at the end, and I *really* disliked the whitewashing of the suffering of the other kidnappees. Without that, it would have been a flawed episode but pretty decent overall for a Doctor-light episode. But that left a nasty taste in my mouth.

The holy part is referring to all the people who think it's the best and scariest Who episode ever.