Re: Asylum of the Daleks

[nobleplatypus]

In bullet point format, because I am waiting for food om nom nom.

- OSWIN. WHAT. WHAT WAS THAT. I was not expecting Jenna Louise-Coleman to show up so soon, and now I'm really curious as to how she's going to end up as the companion.

- Still not on board the Amy/Rory ship; still not emotionally invested enough in their relationship to do much during the whole reconciliation thing besides a) think it was pretty gross of the Doctor to presume they needed reconciling at all and that it was his job/duty/place to 'fix' them; and b) throw up a little in my mouth at the whole infertility subplot. (Not because I necessarily think it couldn't be a cover for more serious issues, but because I don't particularly trust Moffat to write a female character with that kind of subtlety.)

- I do think it's pretty awesome that they churned out a Dalek story that didn't make me wince. I am not a fan of the Daleks--I think they're overused and underscary. But this was pretty effing cool. ESPECIALLY THE PART ABOUT OSWIN. In short, I think the only dalek episode worth watching is one in which they aren't actually 'proper' daleks for whatever reason.

- I'm kind of stupidly excited for next week's apparent mash-up of "Doctor Who" and "Night at the Museum."

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I'm stoked for the angels and just sad it's not airing a week earlier so it can land on my birthday.

[nobleplatypus]

At least it's going down in NYC. I can continue to list Minnesota as one of the states that is happily spared nearly ever fictional armageddon ever.

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

Hell yes to all of this.

I also hated Amy's assessment of their relationship. Nothing Rory can ever do, or has done will ever measure up to... anything. It's all nothing, and only ever will be nothing to her. And that's very in character for her, which... probably is why I will never be on board that ship.

[nobleplatypus]

That whole scene really laid it out, didn't it? It was essentially: "Sure, you've repeatedly demonstrated your intense love for me, but I used my words to tell you I love you and HOW DARE YOU insinuate that my words and your deeds should not be measured equally?!" Especially when her behavior includes things like repeatedly disparaging Rory and trying to sleep with the Doctor on the eve of her wedding.

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

The thing that made me go 'wow' was that in her mind her words exceed everything he has done so far that in comparison his contribution is 'nothing.' Amy's "given him up" quite a few times now, quite easily. So... *sigh* I'm ready for her to go. Rory, on the other hand...

[technophobe1975.livejournal.com]

I will also miss Rory a great deal more than Amy.

[hukbillgoomba.livejournal.com]

The Doctor is a classic meddler, and his MO is putting his nose in where it doesn't belong, so that didn't bother me so much. But you're right about the rest. Moffat does not have a good track record with any characterization, especially in the female department. It's the main reason I hesitate at the idea of a female Doctor, especially while he's in charge. :(

I re-watched 'Remembrance of the Daleks' last night, and bloody hell it is 1000X better than Asylum. But I do love McCoy an awful lot, so maybe I'm biased. XD

Dinosaurs are always cool!! Though all of the previews say that there are "too many characters with too little development" which is par for the course in Moffat times.

[ember-firedrake.livejournal.com]

-I rather liked the whole Oswin twist, and I'm interested to see how she becomes a full-time companion. I liked less the whole 'it was a phase' joke :/

-I've become less invested in the Amy/Rory ship as the show goes on. It's a shame, because there were times that I really liked them, but devaluing Rory's love in order to set up hers is not cool. Ehhh, I'm still meh about that whole thing.

-DINOSAURS