tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post1708694676228066326..comments2023-08-24T07:29:44.519-07:00Comments on Tea with Morbius: The Angels Take ManhattanMatthew Celestinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-70563785020519990342012-11-26T23:40:28.123-08:002012-11-26T23:40:28.123-08:00I don't watch television and don't own a t...I don't watch television and don't own a t.v so possibly I do hate t.v. in the modern age. There probably are some good programs on.<br /><br />I hate the Moffat era because the writing is terrible and the concepts so banal. Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-85487633571687247322012-11-26T21:35:38.932-08:002012-11-26T21:35:38.932-08:00I disagree with this review at every turn. The onl...I disagree with this review at every turn. The only problems are the useless characters of Grayle and the Statue of Liberty Angel. You just seem to hate TV in the modern age. My guess is that you only like the William Hartnell, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy eras, and a few other episodes plus the Audio Adventures. You just seem to hate Steven Moffat and Karen Gillan for unknown reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-90489705531285433152012-10-09T23:39:06.972-07:002012-10-09T23:39:06.972-07:00Thanks for your thoughts.Thanks for your thoughts.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-80443241576198824542012-10-09T13:45:30.125-07:002012-10-09T13:45:30.125-07:00I liked the weeping angels from their introduction...I liked the weeping angels from their introduction, but since then they seem to have lost their potency. In ".. Manhattan" you apparently only need to glance at them to stop them, rather than the fixated stare that Sally Sparrow had to employ.<br /><br />I also think that Mr Moffatt wimped out on the ending. When Adric died, even though most of us hated the character, the ending was utterly suprising and shocking, and left you feeling numb when the titles came up in silence.<br /><br />The Ponds didn't actually die - that's the point. From the "last page" stuff, we get that Amy and Rory lived well, and died in old age, a happy couple. It was a cop-out just like Peri's exit at the end of Trial of a Time Lord.<br /><br />The idea of lulling us into a false security, and then seeing them zapped was very clever, but didn't have the impact, because we were all expecting it. Maybe there should have been mis-information making us THINK that the Ponds were going in the 5th episode, and then making it happen in the 3rd. That might have made more impact. <br /><br />I love Stephen Moffat's writing on the whole, but somehow, I thought that this story was let down by a desire for a happy ending. I think that today's audience is a bit more grown-up than that, and can handle genuine sadness. It's part of life, after all, along with the joys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-31726570151868726272012-10-06T01:36:36.695-07:002012-10-06T01:36:36.695-07:00Thanks for your thoughts.Thanks for your thoughts.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-84029740721934024472012-10-05T14:11:18.766-07:002012-10-05T14:11:18.766-07:00Worst Murray Gold abomination in the long history ...Worst Murray Gold abomination in the long history of Murray Gold abominations. You are right too, the Angels were only ever good as a one hit wonder, but I am beginning to think that so is Moffat as a writer. From The Empty Child onwards it has been one basic concept, toned in a few shades of essentially the same colour, with an ever increasing percentage of fake emotional sludge and or action, both treated in the same offhand, ridiculous way-the yin and yang of puke perhaps. When I start looking forward to the Chris Chibnall episodes it is a good indication things have gotten bad. On a positive note, I don't think Doctor Who could possibly be any worse than it has been with the Amy, Rory, Moffat trio of doom, so even getting rid of two of the three of them fills me with some hope.Spleennoreply@blogger.com