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Sep. 15th, 2011 11:52 pmI don't really want to write about MD before I've rewatched the whole of it, but this isn't going to happen for a few weeks since I'm busy learning for the ECDL exam and really don't have the time to spend 10 hrs+ (very much + probably, taking notes and everything) watching.
On the other hand, sadly I don't have the patience to sit on ideas for a month either. So... a warning for slapdashness, I guess?
I don't think any amount of rewatching will make parts of the story less clunky, but what I realised during my walk on Sunday is that once everything fell into place with the last episode and the structure became apparent, things... changed, and it definitely made me look differently at the story and see its merits.
# ( Jack's arc is really well done in hindsight. )
# Once one puts MD in the wider context of RTD's writing, a lot of things fall into place, too. I think in some ways he started to tell a story in 2003 with The Second Coming and has been working on it ever since, and that's the story of how we deal with death.
( Vague ramblings about mortality and the religious themes. )
On the other hand, sadly I don't have the patience to sit on ideas for a month either. So... a warning for slapdashness, I guess?
I don't think any amount of rewatching will make parts of the story less clunky, but what I realised during my walk on Sunday is that once everything fell into place with the last episode and the structure became apparent, things... changed, and it definitely made me look differently at the story and see its merits.
# ( Jack's arc is really well done in hindsight. )
# Once one puts MD in the wider context of RTD's writing, a lot of things fall into place, too. I think in some ways he started to tell a story in 2003 with The Second Coming and has been working on it ever since, and that's the story of how we deal with death.
( Vague ramblings about mortality and the religious themes. )
