evening in

[deird_lj]

Spending this evening eating Thai food, cuddling a teeny kitten, and getting to know the Eleventh Doctor.


First thoughts? Moffat is just incredible.

It's funny, because I've never seen any Doctor Who that wasn't done by RTD - and yet, when I see these new episodes, I sit there going "Ahh... that's what it used to be like..." as if there's some pre-Nine show that I'm remembering (despite it never existing) that was exactly like this one.
It's been given a tiny extra amount of fairytale - and become precisely the kind of show it's supposed to be.



Anyway... KITTEN! *cuddles him some more*

Comments

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Moffat is really kind of horrible in real life--every time I read an interview with him, I headdesk for hours afterwards because he's the walking, talking embodiment of bitter male privilege. But he can definitely write. He was the sole creator/writer of one of my favorite shows (Press Gang), and even though I do have some quibbles with some of his stuff, on the whole I enjoy the hell out of his writing.

[next_to_normal]

Really? That's disappointing. I know nothing about him outside of his Who episodes, but it always kind of makes me frowny when people who do awesome things turn out to be very not awesome in real life.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

It is disappointing. And it's made quite a few people decide not to watch the show now that he's taken over. Just as a random example, he was talking about casting the role of Amy, and he said that his casting director (I believe) suggested Karen Gillen, but he saw a picture of her and thought she was short and dumpy, so he didn't want her. But then they brought her in and she was willowy and beautiful, and he changed his mind. Things like that. He also makes a lot of sweeping statements about all women planning their wedding days since they were little girls and all women being needy and clingy--things like that.

But, like I said: he can write.

[deird1]

Right. *makes note to stay away from interviews of him*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Wise policy.