17 Minutes Into A Good Man Goes To War

[rabid1st]

And so far it is everything, everything I can't abide about Moff's era and this entire crew.

They are braggarts. On and on and on without any substance behind the audacity. It is excruciating to watch. I literally find myself sick to my stomach as they gush. And, no, making it about Rory didn't help and didn't strike me as clever. It's telling not showing in the extreme. It reminds me of a bad romance novel. "In the corner was a devastatingly handsome man, a god among men, his eyes were riveting and his muscles Herculean. He's Dash Darling the genius novelist and scientific boy wonder who invented plastic and he's looking at me. My knees go weak. I know that this is not just love but an angelic ecstasy never before experienced by any man or woman. A love that will live on in legend and song for centuries to come and all other loves will be compared to it but they will be failures in light of this passion which is so astounding I can't even explain it."

I mean, when Nine postured, which was rarely, it was charming because he was such a doofus in the eyes of Rose and Jack. And also he had that simmering darkness, which came out in direct action. When Ten bragged, he still had enough of an edge of crazy and there was Rose to impress (and to keep him grounded)...so you might believe him. But even Ten got so over the top that he was a bit nauseating once he was on his own.

But Eleven takes boosting and posturing to an obnoxious level. He and his companions, especially River, do nothing but brag and bluster and all of the characters just wet themselves coming up with even more preposterous references to him, that has we never see really delivered by the storyline. It is tedious.

Whatever happened to this guy...?

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[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Sadly, this is becoming the story of Eleven for me. The show is not only leaning too heavily on the comic or superficial in key relationships, it is also borrowing far too much from the past. There is no real excuse for the "new teeth" line being pilfered. Every Doctor has noted something different about his new body and River could certainly have simply commented about her added bounce. It would have kept things original. But no, the show had to refer to a far cleverer writer's clever line.

Sad.

And, I didn't really miss Four, particularly, until I saw this clip. And, then, I was reminded of what the Doctor used to be, the gravitas he commanded despite all the crappy sets and pathetic effects. Now, he's some kind of glittery class clown.

Rae