Doctor Who -- Tooth and Nail

[jack]

Yay! I liked this one. I hadn't expected to -- Queen Victoria and a Werewolf sound like a cliched recipe for disaster, but I thought it was good. I didn't love Tenant as much as Eccleston, but he seemed normally natural and occasionally glorious this time. It was sometimes funny, and mostly -- amazingly, excluding a few flat jokes -- felt real.

Next time: Woo! GILES!

Also, what's with Opus Dei? This is before the sect, whether you think they're a sinister cabal or not, isn't it? I admit it's cool but why does every pseudochristian masonic assassin organisation pick on Opus Dei as a defining characteristic?

ETD: ETA: I'm not so sure about either series idea of story arcs though. Is this tied in to Bad Wolf? Either way, while I applaud trying to make a story arc, I fear all their efforts feel forced.

Comments

[oedipamaas49.livejournal.com]

huh? I didn't notice any opus dei. Sure you weren't mishearing 'lupus deus est', which is what the wolf-cultist was chanting.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Oh. Then I probably was. Oops. I need *sleep* :)

[sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to download it :)

Eccleston had such bad press (and someone I know who worked on that series was unimpressed too), but I liked him very much. Not as much as Tom Baker or Peter Davison, but much more than some others.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Opinion is divided, watching the previous series may be better recommended.

What was said about Eccleston? I mainly only heard from people I know, who almost all seem to have enjoyed watching him.

I'm confused every time I see your name; it's just the same length as mine, and my brain seems to parse "15 letters wide, coloured as followed link" as "my name" whilst never actually reading it. It's weird :)

[sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com]

Several people described his style as "gurning", and apparently he didn't seem to be taking it seriously on set - or at least, his heart wasn't in it. Critics were not kind, either. But, as I said, I thought he was very good.

I'm confused every time I see your name
I'm sorry, sir, didn't you order the female alter-ego?

Interesting, though - your brain sees it in numbers, and mine sees that the shapes are similar but not enough for confusion :)

your brain sees it in numbers

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. Number was just a convenient shorthand for width, and having approximately the same shape[1], which is what I think my brain was seeing.

[1] Approximately the same number of tall letters for instance.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

"Gurning"?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

"make a grotesque face : [as n. ] (gurning) gurning is one of the fair's most popular competitions. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: dialect variant of grin." (From NOAD2.)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Men always partake of birds who use words... :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

apparently he didn't seem to be taking it seriously on set - or at least, his heart wasn't in it.

Hmmm. That would fit with leaving worrying about being typecast. I try to avoid learning too much about actors and authors personally, it always leads to mixed feelings :)

Critics were not kind, either.

Oh. I didn't see many reviews. I wonder if they were people who grew up with Doctor Who and felt this sullied it, or just that it didn't have artistic merit? :)

But, as I said, I thought he was very good.

You don't have to agree with me, but thank you for reminding me :)