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DW Unpopular Opinions! (europe.pub)

submitted 5 days ago by nico198x@europe.pub to c/doctorwho@lemmy.world

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We have a LONG wait until DW returns to TV! So tell me, what are YOUR unpopular DW opinions!?

For me, I LOVED the first series of both 12 and 13. They were trying new things and I really appreciated the freshness. It felt more creatively honest to me than the follow-up series.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I still maintain that Kill The Moon isn't necessarily a bad episode, it's just not especially deep. It seems like the whole idea was for everyone to take an already bonkers premise and just run as far as they could with it, and IMO it feel like everyone's having a blast with it. If you accept it as just that I think it's fine.

Also I'm sort of glad the Disney deal is probably over, I think Doctor Who functions best when it's a bit scrappy and under-funded. It's a show that lends itself to big ideas and it can pretty much be anything, but I think when it's given a huge budget it tends to get quite over-indulgent and messy.

[–] nico198x@europe.pub 7 points 5 days ago

I do think that working with constraints can spur creativity. I'm sad how much budget just went into CG slop. :/

That said, I do think the viewership on D+ has been good by D standards, so we'll see!