Comment replies after class, but I had to get a touch of a rant out of my system: : comments.
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I know he said this a couple weeks ago, but previously he has stated that he doesn't care if in the past it was considered a kids' show...he will write what he wants, how he wants, and if mums feel it's too scary they don't have to let their families watch. This was in response to comments about Blink being too frightening for children...I'm trying to find the original interview.
Anyway, I have always found Moffat's comments to be dismissive re the history of DW. He seems to want to take Who in a more adult direction, "family show" be damned. I think if he wants to make a more adult sci-fi show, he should create his own.
Fits of Petty Cosmic Rage followed by Feeling Really Bad About It
So you haven't watched it yet? I don't guess it's spoiling anything to say this is EXACTLY what happens in the last 10 minutes. Just...weirdly bi-polar.
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which seems more like taking doctor who in an "adult direction": a show with scary statue monsters that are inevitably defeated by a brave and quirky hero, or a show where the brave and quirky hero goes batshit insane with his own hubris and makes people kill themselves?
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I was just pointing out that The Moff's comments from a couple weeks ago are a 180 from his previous statements about his intent for the show.
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anyway, even if he did say, "fuck the rest of doctor who; i do what i want!" when he was writing blink, he may indeed have rethought that position since actually becoming the show-runner.
sorry, i don't want to come across as a RTD-hater or a crazy moff-lover (they both have their weaknesses and strengths, although i think moffat is generally a better writer), i just don't understand where this idea that moffat wants to make doctor who an adult show and will ruin rusty's fun-loving children's hour has come from. it's all over fandom and it makes no sense.
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But certainly, he might have had a change of heart since taking over. I'm very willing to watch and enjoy the new series.
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...I had not heard about that. :( Dammit, Moffat, I keep giving you the benefit of the doubt and your interviews keep blowing it.
I based my statement mostly on a previous interview, where someone had asked him about what he thought of Wall-E and whether he was surprised it got the acclaim it did. He responded that childrens' programming didn't have to be simplistic and unsophisticated; childrens' shows could be complex and meaningful. Which is a point I very much agree with, so I was willing to grant a point in his favor.
I certainly don't think Moffat is going to be a shiny new screenwriting god. He slags off on the old show more than I'd like, since it means a whole new set of viewers have to unlearn the "old Doctors = ineffectual and too posh, old companions = helpless ankle-twisters with no character" mantra. And he's expressed some uncomfortable views about women and gender in general. But I'm hoping he can keep most of those out of his writing. Really, really hoping.
I'd been spoilered for the last 10 minutes of the special, hence why I brought it up. The thing is, dark!Doctor makes sense given Ten's characterization throughout the rest of his series', and it's nice that they're actually acknowledging that his hubris is a bad thing rather than giving him a pass on it. But I hate dark!Doctor as a whole so much that I can't enjoy the conclusion of it.