Imagine being a writer for a moment, one people love and praise, but being trapped in a box that the people who love your work create. Imagine in the beginning you thriving in that box, people loving you more and more, but eventually you've explored everything in the box. Now suddenly people drag you down, "why is he telling stories outside the box?" This is why season 6 took 4 years, because none of these episodes were bad, but because 3 of the 5 weren't inside the box all this hate gets written. Time to move on people, something is indeed better than nothing, and the more you complain about the theme, the closer you get to black mirror straight out ending and red mirror taking it's place, because all good writers eventually learn how to silence the haters and write with their heart, not with a gun to their head.
JACK FUCKING HARKNESS!!! OH MY GOD, I MISSED HIM SO MUCH! Jack and Thirteen are the iconic chaotic duo we deserve! The cowards in the writers' room didn't let them meet cause they knew those two would be too powerful together. (Also, if they don't let them kiss, I'm suing).
Loved the callbacks to David Tennant's iconic "a Judoon platoon upon the moon" line.
I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of the new incarnation of the Doctor. Nothing against the actress, but she doesn't feel like the Doctor to me. Like, she's too put together? My Doctor is a clown with a single brain cell, so I don't vibe with this sophisticated version. The storyline looks interesting though. Has the Doctor lost her memory or is Ruth!Doctor from an alternate timeline/universe? How does the Timeless Child fit into this? And what was Jack talking about? So many questions. I hope the pay off is worth it.
Continues to be weak writing and screenplay for me, the hinting at the bigger picture of other beacons shutting off, stopping resupply is interesting enough potential that I might give it 1-2 more episodes but it hasn't been a great start.
Feels much more like a traditional sci-fi channel original show from 10 years ago instead of the Expanse/Foundation level of shows that have been more recently. Hoping it does improve, because I love a good sci-fi show.
So.... this show fell apart by the end, around the same time Thor: Love and Thunder reared its ugly head. And those two things have basically pushed me off the MCU.....
....UNTIL they uttered that single word "mutation", complete with the signature X-Men theme, in a style relevant to the instrumentation of Pakistan. I couldn't believe it, I had to reply it twice to make sure I hadn't misheard the musical cue. Damn you Marvel, I was out!
Also the post-credit is interesting.
So a bit of wood was enough to change the air pressure but all that water wasn't?
Okay, kids. 'Twas a good episode, a step up from previous series: fast paced, very Doctor Who-y, with a twisty little twist at the end but still.. maybe it's just me but it felt somewhat... empty? I don't know it's like something is missing and I can't understand what exactly.
THAT ENDING. OH GOD NOOOO
And all the dynamics I liked from the previous episode are gone.
The show returns to talkyness, choppy storytelling and disjointed acting. Get lots of talky story about Four, One reveals to Two his dislike with Three, and again no storylines that pull at you. Filler.
Episode is a connector episode, fills almost filler and not really moving the story forward.
Though I'm still unsure about the cast dynamics, the storytelling is moving toward a stride. With each new encounter, we uncover a little about the amnesiac crew, but ultimately leading to more questions. This episode was all about mysteries hidden from 2. Who is she? Why is she immune to a zombie-making virus? Why is she such a skilled fighter? The focus on Two in this ep made it much more interesting. She holds your attention and carries most of the ep.
Episode focuses mainly on monster/mystery of the ship they encounter. It's another stuck-in-a episode, this time with a virus on another vessel.
Though the back stories are taking focus. The interesting story is how it's implied that the crew might be clones or at least some of them. 6 sees a commercial about cloning ones self, which is given alot of attention, also 1 is revealed to be a clone when he comes across his original. While 4 is revealed to be a prince, who also possibly killed his father and part of a dynasty.
Still having trouble getting into the pacing of the show. The stories keep focusing on a whole fish out of water/we have no memories or how things work (which is a bit contradictory to how 2 made a complicated solution from the 2 part pilot).
Also, the cast dynamics still don't mesh well. As of now 2 as the lead is the strongest in holding my attention. For a scifi show about mercenaries, there is little action and alot of dialogue to push the story forward. Want less dialogue and more movement in the story.
Stuck-in-a episode. The crew tries to figure out who they are and if someone is lying about not knowing who they are, while the ship is nonfunctional. Episode feels like a filler. Very talky and drama heavy. It's meh.
Part 2 of the pilot. Expands on basic history of the crew, while setting up principal conflict. Their memories were purposely wipe by one of the crew, because they are dangerous, but Who from the crew wiped their memories? Gives us a glimpse into what the Raza is best known for: Killers for hire. You don't want to get on their bad side. Also, shows how 2 is clear leader of the crew.
Thoughts: overall having the crew focus on someone other than themselves helped with the pacing and move the talking into action. I'm still not fully interested in the show. Feels the same way I felt about Stargate series.
The pilot opens strong with a fight scene and quickly jumps into the premise: crew of 6 doesn't have any memories. Most of the crew has some sort of fighting skills, so maybe military or mercenaries? Oh, might be mercenaries... mentions of a group, The Raza, who no one knows who or what they are, cause no one survives them... okay, for the Raza is the name of the ship and they are the crew.
Standard Pilot episode. Mainly exposition based. Introduces the prinicpal crew. Alot of who are you? What am I doing here? Shit, what's going on?
[spoiler]Overall first impression: the premise of the show is interesting. We are dropped into the middle of the story with no reference or clue, via the characters. Not sure if the cast, as an ensemble has enough chemistry to catch my attention. For the cast, I only found Two and the Android to grab my attention. Some of the cast feels miss cast (or just the actors avail for the roles?).
