Well, those have made it be that I can no longer watch it, so I guess at least I had warning (previous creepy episodes resolved that which made it creepy in ways that meant they _stopped_). *wry*
Ah. I'm sorry to hear that. I personally am rather a fan of Steven Moffat's style - he also did The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink (The angels have the blue box!), and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (which was also creepy, but it introduced Jack Harkness!)
He also created/wrote/produced Coupling, which is just about the first sitcom I ever actually liked, and a few other random cool things.
Moffat will be taking over from Russel T Davies as head writer/executive producer in 2010.
May I ask what about this that made it creepy did not resolve?
Girl in the fireplace did not, oddly, creep me out. The others did.
Also, I hate Coupling, because I dislike intentionally emotionally uncomfortable situations in TV. There's enough of those in reality for me. :)
It did not resolve because, unlike in empty child and blink, the creepy things were not neutralized. The child got resolved and fixed. The angels got stuck staring at each other. The damn darkness things just have a result of 'run', which is no solution at all.
Ah, but that makes it a plot arc! They will be building from it, and it's a connector, not an unfinished loose thread. Like the random appearances of Rose throughout the season.
As far as Coupling, I actually severely dislike those situations, too, and can't stand run of the mill sitcoms (or even romantic comedies). Coupling overcame that objection entirely by means of sufficient quirk-level of characters, and good writing. The only other relationship sitcom that has measured up for me thus far has been How I Met Your Mother.
plot arc: indeed! And the Rose aspect of it is just fascinating. Unfortunately, the way my brain works, creepy unresolved is problematic for me. *shrug*
Coupling is _indeed_ fabulous. Coupling is what Friends wants to be when it grows up. Wispfox, if you would like to borrow it, I will gladly push it on you.
Never, ever, watch the (appropriately) aborted American version. American actors somehow lack the subtle timing and delivery that the show requires.
Seconded. Although I do understand the reluctance, and I'd be the last person to do the "try it, you'll like it" approach. All I can say is that I don't hate it, myself (although I only watched it until the point that Jeff got replaced, and haven't gone to the trouble of tracking down the later seasons because what's the point without him.)
And agreed about the US atrocity. (It appears that Moffat has cloned the series in Greece last year. I am vaguely curious how that went.)
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Date: 2008-09-09 01:49 pm (UTC)He also created/wrote/produced Coupling, which is just about the first sitcom I ever actually liked, and a few other random cool things.
Moffat will be taking over from Russel T Davies as head writer/executive producer in 2010.
May I ask what about this that made it creepy did not resolve?
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:01 pm (UTC)Also, I hate Coupling, because I dislike intentionally emotionally uncomfortable situations in TV. There's enough of those in reality for me. :)
It did not resolve because, unlike in empty child and blink, the creepy things were not neutralized. The child got resolved and fixed. The angels got stuck staring at each other. The damn darkness things just have a result of 'run', which is no solution at all.
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Date: 2008-09-09 04:00 pm (UTC)As far as Coupling, I actually severely dislike those situations, too, and can't stand run of the mill sitcoms (or even romantic comedies). Coupling overcame that objection entirely by means of sufficient quirk-level of characters, and good writing. The only other relationship sitcom that has measured up for me thus far has been How I Met Your Mother.
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:13 pm (UTC)Never, ever, watch the (appropriately) aborted American version. American actors somehow lack the subtle timing and delivery that the show requires.
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Date: 2008-09-09 04:08 pm (UTC)And agreed about the US atrocity. (It appears that Moffat has cloned the series in Greece last year. I am vaguely curious how that went.)
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