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ladyofleithianGenerally doing okay. Had a bit of a rough morning (my mom even got a bit concerned about my mood being a tad low and everything), but it picked up later, which was definitely good. :) Also got to watch THE VAMPIRES OF VENICE. Didn't expect to love it, but...lo and behold, it was awesome!
I think what I loved about this episode the most was its sheer cheese factor. The good kind of cheese. There were points that were kind of silly, but they were the intentional sort of silly. For example, Rory and Amy trying to lie to the...head vampire fish-alien woman. (Yes, vampires are apparently aliens. These vampires, at least these vampires are) And when Rory first steals a disguise from someone else in order to get in, the guy he stole it from is wearing Rory's T-shirt. That part just cracked my brother up to no end. Also, the beginning with the Doctor popping out of the cake at Rory's bachelor party (now I know where the popping-out-of-the-cake joke comes from. :) and Eleven's hilariously awkward That Came Out Wrong regarding Amy. Also, a quote that sums up a lot of what I say/write: "Funny how you can say something in your head and it sounds fine..." I think it's why I love DOCTOR WHO; I mean, I also love seeing the aliens and different planets and the badass companions and the feels and whatnot, it's really things like this that really give the show a very real, human touch. It's also really why I don't mind the domestics as much as others do; it really gives it background and detail and dimension and such. (I do pray that I'm making sense here) Hitchcock did once say that fiction is life with the dull parts cut out, but honestly? The domestics make the world feel real, the characters all the more real, because...well, they have lives outside the Doctor. They have little character moments, such as Jackie worrying about Rose possibly losing her humanity, Donna and Wilf, Donna talking with Sylvia in "Turn Left", Martha and her mother in "42"...things like that. In both dramatic and humorous moments, I think the little details just add more to DOCTOR WHO than some might give it credit for.
(I should really start up a list of "Things DOCTOR WHO has taught me about writing". Because...well, I feel a lot like all the companions must have felt at one point traveling with the Doctor. Like I've seen so many incredible things, not an episode that's let me down, and nothing else can compare. I only hope I can capture that in my writing also -- inspiring my audience, taking them on adventures...things like that)
But back on topic.
Other really funny bits in the episode included Rory taunting that one vampire-fish-person with a Your Mom joke -- I think just the fact that it pissed the creature off just enough to get away from Amy is just amazing. XD Also, fighting off the vampire with a broomstick. I mean...goddamn, a broomstick. XD That is both the most awesome and the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. XD That and after Amy, being her awesome self per usual, turns the creature to dust by using the light reflecting off the mirror of her makeup kit, she starts going all "Why did you have to use the cross against it?" and Rory is like, "Am I up for review now?" Oh, Rory. XD Also, near the beginning of the episode, when the Doctor uses the psychic paper in order to get in, and the guy viewing it starts referring to Eleven as "Your Holiness". XD Just...probably my favorite moment of the episode, and that says volumes! :D Also, the whole bit about Eleven and Casanova. I love when the show pulls Beethoven Was An Alien Spy in general, but add in the fact that David Tennant once played Casanova in a series written by Russell T. Davies and...yeah, even more hilarious than it already is. :) Also when Rory and Eleven are arguing about being Amy's "boys". Which...honestly, you two are. You three are the closest of friends (or one of the closest) and...well, I miss you like crazy. So sweet, sort of sad in hindsight, and funny at the same time.
And in between the silliness, we had some seriously dramatic moments. The death of Isabella, for example -- also frightening considering...death by drowning is one of my very real fears. Same with burning alive. Made even more powerful when Eleven tells off the leader with "You didn't even remember her name". It's such a simple line, but it says so much. Not to mention...the Doctor? He remembers those names. Every last one of them. And I'm certain what happened with Isabella is going to be another thing that weighs on his conscience, the poor man. Another thing that Davros is likely to taunt him about should they meet again, because Davros is a dick that way. (See the "how many have died in your name" speech in "Journey's End") Not to mention the leader's end, when she dives into the water, telling the Doctor to remember her, to have another dead race weighing on his conscience. (And the Doctor saying earlier he's...sort of learned to live with Gallifrey, basically)
Not to mention her saying, basically, that at least she didn't kill her own race. Which...ouch. I think it's made worse because...well, he did it so the Time Lords wouldn't destroy creation. That fact, plus what they did to the Master (I dunno; I guess there's something about cruelty to children of any kind that gets to me), really just adds a whole new layer of tragic over it, considering everything that could have been avoided. That and the leader had some good intentions what with fleeing the Silence (BTW, they are building up the Silence *amazingly*. It really feels like the stuff with "Bad Wolf", "Torchwood", "Mr. Saxon", the disappearing planets, and the four knocks from the previous seasons. DOCTOR WHO is just really good with arcs, IMHO), etc. And the ending shot with the keyhole of the TARDIS looking like a crack in the universe was wonderfully creepy. Not to mention Isabella's father sacrificing himself to stop some of the aliens, and Rory being accepted aboard the TARDIS. Honestly, it was an amazing episode. Only complaint? When it ended.
So overall? Loved it. Definitely a must-see.
I think what I loved about this episode the most was its sheer cheese factor. The good kind of cheese. There were points that were kind of silly, but they were the intentional sort of silly. For example, Rory and Amy trying to lie to the...head vampire fish-alien woman. (Yes, vampires are apparently aliens. These vampires, at least these vampires are) And when Rory first steals a disguise from someone else in order to get in, the guy he stole it from is wearing Rory's T-shirt. That part just cracked my brother up to no end. Also, the beginning with the Doctor popping out of the cake at Rory's bachelor party (now I know where the popping-out-of-the-cake joke comes from. :) and Eleven's hilariously awkward That Came Out Wrong regarding Amy. Also, a quote that sums up a lot of what I say/write: "Funny how you can say something in your head and it sounds fine..." I think it's why I love DOCTOR WHO; I mean, I also love seeing the aliens and different planets and the badass companions and the feels and whatnot, it's really things like this that really give the show a very real, human touch. It's also really why I don't mind the domestics as much as others do; it really gives it background and detail and dimension and such. (I do pray that I'm making sense here) Hitchcock did once say that fiction is life with the dull parts cut out, but honestly? The domestics make the world feel real, the characters all the more real, because...well, they have lives outside the Doctor. They have little character moments, such as Jackie worrying about Rose possibly losing her humanity, Donna and Wilf, Donna talking with Sylvia in "Turn Left", Martha and her mother in "42"...things like that. In both dramatic and humorous moments, I think the little details just add more to DOCTOR WHO than some might give it credit for.
(I should really start up a list of "Things DOCTOR WHO has taught me about writing". Because...well, I feel a lot like all the companions must have felt at one point traveling with the Doctor. Like I've seen so many incredible things, not an episode that's let me down, and nothing else can compare. I only hope I can capture that in my writing also -- inspiring my audience, taking them on adventures...things like that)
But back on topic.
Other really funny bits in the episode included Rory taunting that one vampire-fish-person with a Your Mom joke -- I think just the fact that it pissed the creature off just enough to get away from Amy is just amazing. XD Also, fighting off the vampire with a broomstick. I mean...goddamn, a broomstick. XD That is both the most awesome and the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. XD That and after Amy, being her awesome self per usual, turns the creature to dust by using the light reflecting off the mirror of her makeup kit, she starts going all "Why did you have to use the cross against it?" and Rory is like, "Am I up for review now?" Oh, Rory. XD Also, near the beginning of the episode, when the Doctor uses the psychic paper in order to get in, and the guy viewing it starts referring to Eleven as "Your Holiness". XD Just...probably my favorite moment of the episode, and that says volumes! :D Also, the whole bit about Eleven and Casanova. I love when the show pulls Beethoven Was An Alien Spy in general, but add in the fact that David Tennant once played Casanova in a series written by Russell T. Davies and...yeah, even more hilarious than it already is. :) Also when Rory and Eleven are arguing about being Amy's "boys". Which...honestly, you two are. You three are the closest of friends (or one of the closest) and...well, I miss you like crazy. So sweet, sort of sad in hindsight, and funny at the same time.
And in between the silliness, we had some seriously dramatic moments. The death of Isabella, for example -- also frightening considering...death by drowning is one of my very real fears. Same with burning alive. Made even more powerful when Eleven tells off the leader with "You didn't even remember her name". It's such a simple line, but it says so much. Not to mention...the Doctor? He remembers those names. Every last one of them. And I'm certain what happened with Isabella is going to be another thing that weighs on his conscience, the poor man. Another thing that Davros is likely to taunt him about should they meet again, because Davros is a dick that way. (See the "how many have died in your name" speech in "Journey's End") Not to mention the leader's end, when she dives into the water, telling the Doctor to remember her, to have another dead race weighing on his conscience. (And the Doctor saying earlier he's...sort of learned to live with Gallifrey, basically)
Not to mention her saying, basically, that at least she didn't kill her own race. Which...ouch. I think it's made worse because...well, he did it so the Time Lords wouldn't destroy creation. That fact, plus what they did to the Master (I dunno; I guess there's something about cruelty to children of any kind that gets to me), really just adds a whole new layer of tragic over it, considering everything that could have been avoided. That and the leader had some good intentions what with fleeing the Silence (BTW, they are building up the Silence *amazingly*. It really feels like the stuff with "Bad Wolf", "Torchwood", "Mr. Saxon", the disappearing planets, and the four knocks from the previous seasons. DOCTOR WHO is just really good with arcs, IMHO), etc. And the ending shot with the keyhole of the TARDIS looking like a crack in the universe was wonderfully creepy. Not to mention Isabella's father sacrificing himself to stop some of the aliens, and Rory being accepted aboard the TARDIS. Honestly, it was an amazing episode. Only complaint? When it ended.
So overall? Loved it. Definitely a must-see.
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Date: 2013-03-27 07:20 am (UTC)Just wanted to say hello and that I miss you :) And sending hugs!
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Date: 2013-03-27 12:07 pm (UTC)Thanks. :) *Sighs* I've just been so overwhelmed lately -- and not really in a good way. So much is happening that it's like...stop the world, I need to catch my breath. There's school, and there's just been so many things happening, that...well, it's bizarre.
And good to see you again. I've missed you too. *Hugs more*