Sheol it is not
Jun. 11th, 2006 08:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kerravonsenSo, here we have the conclusion of the 2-parter The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit.
Good:
Continued on with the tension, yes! And crawling through ventilation shafts, and people nobly dying, and all the trappings, again, of a classic Sci-Fi/Horror movie.
The "itch at the back of the brain", the "urge to fall", that was nicely creepy.
The chilling litany of fears, that was well done. "You know me -- the one who destroyed his own people." It's kind of the whole "the best lie is the half-truth" thing. And then the "don't let it terrify you, work together!" pep talk of the Doctor's; and then Rose trying to keep them all on track in figuring out what to do next. She's good when she's not thinking about herself.
The Doctor reasoning out what he should do, the trap within a trap, and his assertion that Rose wasn't a victim.
Bad:
Again, a lacklustre title.
I got rather irritated about all these people wondering whether the Beast was "the real Devil", being all terrified in case the answer was "yes". Maybe it's because I'm a Believer, but, like, so what? There is a real Devil, and that wasn't it. Just an extremely powerful, evil being who was telepathic, lied well, and liked terrifying people & boasting theatrically.
I didn't quite catch what the Doctor said he believed.
"And then I'd have to kill Rose." So, like, all the other people mean nothing? That is continuing to irritate me.
The bolt-gun can destroy a spaceship window? And then a shield can mend same window in time, and they aren't all passing out from lack of oxygen?
So the TARDIS has a tractor beam, and can escape from a black hole? The Beast was rather stupid then, it should have tried to force everyone to escape in the TARDIS.
Other thoughts:
Yes, I figured he'd find the TARDIS down there.
Yes, I figured that the Beast was hiding out in Toby.
The "before the universe" thing... I think there's reference to that in some of the NA books, which toss out a theory that before this universe existed, there was the "big crunch" of the previous universe, a universe which had different laws, laws of magic, and that there were some beings who tried to survive beyond the death of their universe, and into ours, and this may or may not have driven them mad...
Well, I did say I would have to wait until I'd seen the whole thing. For some reason, I'm feeling rather "so what?" about it. Perhaps a let-down after the build-up.
Good:
Continued on with the tension, yes! And crawling through ventilation shafts, and people nobly dying, and all the trappings, again, of a classic Sci-Fi/Horror movie.
The "itch at the back of the brain", the "urge to fall", that was nicely creepy.
The chilling litany of fears, that was well done. "You know me -- the one who destroyed his own people." It's kind of the whole "the best lie is the half-truth" thing. And then the "don't let it terrify you, work together!" pep talk of the Doctor's; and then Rose trying to keep them all on track in figuring out what to do next. She's good when she's not thinking about herself.
The Doctor reasoning out what he should do, the trap within a trap, and his assertion that Rose wasn't a victim.
Bad:
Again, a lacklustre title.
I got rather irritated about all these people wondering whether the Beast was "the real Devil", being all terrified in case the answer was "yes". Maybe it's because I'm a Believer, but, like, so what? There is a real Devil, and that wasn't it. Just an extremely powerful, evil being who was telepathic, lied well, and liked terrifying people & boasting theatrically.
I didn't quite catch what the Doctor said he believed.
"And then I'd have to kill Rose." So, like, all the other people mean nothing? That is continuing to irritate me.
The bolt-gun can destroy a spaceship window? And then a shield can mend same window in time, and they aren't all passing out from lack of oxygen?
So the TARDIS has a tractor beam, and can escape from a black hole? The Beast was rather stupid then, it should have tried to force everyone to escape in the TARDIS.
Other thoughts:
Yes, I figured he'd find the TARDIS down there.
Yes, I figured that the Beast was hiding out in Toby.
The "before the universe" thing... I think there's reference to that in some of the NA books, which toss out a theory that before this universe existed, there was the "big crunch" of the previous universe, a universe which had different laws, laws of magic, and that there were some beings who tried to survive beyond the death of their universe, and into ours, and this may or may not have driven them mad...
Well, I did say I would have to wait until I'd seen the whole thing. For some reason, I'm feeling rather "so what?" about it. Perhaps a let-down after the build-up.
