Very small, non-spoilerish VotD thoughts

[selenay]

There seems to be some fairly mixed reactions to VotD. Which is to say that some people loved it, some people hated it and some people were very 'meh' about it, but that the hated it crew are the loudest out there.

Thing is, I remember exactly the same kind of mixture last year about The Runaway Bride and after a couple of months of thought and discussion people had changed to praising it as a great episode. I'm thinking that the settling in period for VotD will be the same. Not every episode can be a Blink or The Doctor Dances and adored from the moment it's broadcast, but that doesn't mean people don't find things to adore about them after some time and re-watching.

Hopefully VotD will go the same way because I genuinely enjoyed it a lot. It's no Blink, but neither is it a...er...struggling to think of a really *bad* New Who episode. Hmmm. I have it: it's definitely not the first half of Torchwood S1. It's much, much better than that.

In other thoughts, I'm hopefully seeing The Golden Compass tonight and Mum might kill me if I don't appear for lunch *right now*.

Comments

[gmul.livejournal.com]

Didn't see TRB last year, did catch VotD this. I'm probably in the "meh" camp. If an episode only grows on one after repeated watching (*and* you've not been terribly impressed with a lot of the recent DW stuff) then it doesn't stand a chance, frankly.

As lightweight "family" entertainment requiring minimal attention span (and thus ideal for Christmas Day) then it probably hit the mark. Can't say as I'd give it house room on DVD though.

That said, I can't stand Torchwood either. Too much hype, too much fluff and not enough substance in any of the episodes I've seen.

[ximeria.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I actually enjoyed VotD more than the Runaway Bride. I think mostly because the setting reminded me of my favorite computergame, Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic *g*

I also loved that the Doctor kept ranting at one point about being a Time Lord, that he'd save them and asked if they had a problem with that *laughs* -- Oh, and I'll forever remember 'Take me to your leader ...I've always wanted to say that!" I love Tennant's hyper Doctor.

Actually it had me in tears in the end, though maybe I'm just easily moved these days. Heh.

Have fun with the golden compass, I liked it well enough, but I'm glad I'd read the book first. Made it easier to follow.