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icepixieI got anise hard candies in a pretty little box from the bookstore yesterday. Yes, I realize I'm the only person in the world who likes licorice-flavored things. Whatever; more black jellybeans for me!
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Stephen Moffat may be the new Justin Monjo.
Well, y'know, not a shippy way. In a level-of-awesomeness way, though...yeah. Definitely. 'Cause whoa, coupled with "School Reunion," this was definitely a one-two punch in the gut for rabidly single-minded Doctor/Rose shippers, but it was probably the best episode of the season so far in a lot of ways.
- The ticking in Reinette's bedroom at the beginning? CREEPY. Creepy in the same way the phantom typing in "The Doctor Dances" (or maybe it was "The Empty Child"...somewhere in that two-parter) was creepy. Sound can be way more terrifying than sight, and they definitely used that well here. Hail Moffat!
- The clockwork monsters were perhaps a little cheesy here and there, but not too bad. As the Doctor said, they were actually kind of beautiful. (He's saying that a lot this season about monstrous things. I think it may be a theme. Shhh, don't tell.) The sequence when he takes off the leader's(?) mask and it slowly winds down before they all "die" was lovely. Although the "wind you up" pun was truly awful.
- The horse was random, but pretty awesome and hilarious. Aw, poor DT had to ride another horse! (If you haven't seen them, try to track down the outtakes from Casanova. He had issues with horses there.)
- The Doctor...does Vulcan mind melds now? Ooookay. It seemed a bit crutch-like to get him and Reinette to the closeness they needed to be at for the ending to work, but does open interesting possibilities for later. If Rose finds out, for instance, and gets even more jealous than she already is--that could be fun.
- OMG the costumes. And the set. AMAZING. *spent a day at Versailles last year and would like to go back*
- Loved the whole "slower path" thing, although it did make it hard to buy that the Doctor would begin to care for Reinette so quickly since he'd only known her for a couple hours, really. I'm not absolutely certain he fell for her, really, although she apparently did for him. I dunno, that random kiss she gave him (after seeing him twice? When she was seven?) and the letter seemed a bit forced on her part as well. *shrug* I swear to God, this is not my shipper glasses being locked in palce, but it really did seem like the whole romance angle was a bit forced there. Caring for a lot, sure, but romance...nah. I'd buy it a lot more without the whole time crunch thing, I think. I did enjoy his little schoolboy-with-a-crush antics on the palace lawn, hiding behind the balustrade and all. *g*
- "None of [the years] show on your face." Nor on yours, Louis. Or Reinette. Makeup could have done perhaps a bit more there...just a thought...
- And for pretty much everything else--repercussions for Rose/Doctor, connections to "School Reunion," and various other bits--I'm going to direct you to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrv3000's post here, because she said it much better than I could.
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I've been blazing through the Eighth Doctor audios over the past two weeks. I'll be making a big ol' commentary post come...soonish. Possibly tomorrow. Although at some point I really ought to finish those two essays for the Mongolian Empire class... *sigh*
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Stephen Moffat may be the new Justin Monjo.
Well, y'know, not a shippy way. In a level-of-awesomeness way, though...yeah. Definitely. 'Cause whoa, coupled with "School Reunion," this was definitely a one-two punch in the gut for rabidly single-minded Doctor/Rose shippers, but it was probably the best episode of the season so far in a lot of ways.
- The ticking in Reinette's bedroom at the beginning? CREEPY. Creepy in the same way the phantom typing in "The Doctor Dances" (or maybe it was "The Empty Child"...somewhere in that two-parter) was creepy. Sound can be way more terrifying than sight, and they definitely used that well here. Hail Moffat!
- The clockwork monsters were perhaps a little cheesy here and there, but not too bad. As the Doctor said, they were actually kind of beautiful. (He's saying that a lot this season about monstrous things. I think it may be a theme. Shhh, don't tell.) The sequence when he takes off the leader's(?) mask and it slowly winds down before they all "die" was lovely. Although the "wind you up" pun was truly awful.
- The horse was random, but pretty awesome and hilarious. Aw, poor DT had to ride another horse! (If you haven't seen them, try to track down the outtakes from Casanova. He had issues with horses there.)
- The Doctor...does Vulcan mind melds now? Ooookay. It seemed a bit crutch-like to get him and Reinette to the closeness they needed to be at for the ending to work, but does open interesting possibilities for later. If Rose finds out, for instance, and gets even more jealous than she already is--that could be fun.
- OMG the costumes. And the set. AMAZING. *spent a day at Versailles last year and would like to go back*
- Loved the whole "slower path" thing, although it did make it hard to buy that the Doctor would begin to care for Reinette so quickly since he'd only known her for a couple hours, really. I'm not absolutely certain he fell for her, really, although she apparently did for him. I dunno, that random kiss she gave him (after seeing him twice? When she was seven?) and the letter seemed a bit forced on her part as well. *shrug* I swear to God, this is not my shipper glasses being locked in palce, but it really did seem like the whole romance angle was a bit forced there. Caring for a lot, sure, but romance...nah. I'd buy it a lot more without the whole time crunch thing, I think. I did enjoy his little schoolboy-with-a-crush antics on the palace lawn, hiding behind the balustrade and all. *g*
- "None of [the years] show on your face." Nor on yours, Louis. Or Reinette. Makeup could have done perhaps a bit more there...just a thought...
- And for pretty much everything else--repercussions for Rose/Doctor, connections to "School Reunion," and various other bits--I'm going to direct you to
mrv3000's post here, because she said it much better than I could.*
I've been blazing through the Eighth Doctor audios over the past two weeks. I'll be making a big ol' commentary post come...soonish. Possibly tomorrow. Although at some point I really ought to finish those two essays for the Mongolian Empire class... *sigh*