while RTD's plots may have been all over the map as far as technical quality, still the *emotions* were real.
*nods*
The plots were basically a reason for the characters to feel those emotions.
Yes - and they also grew out of the fact that certain characters would act in a certain way. I'm not blind to the fact that Rusty had his faults, but I find I can forgive his excesses because he gave me characters that I cared about. They weren't perfect either, but most of the time, it was apparent why they were the way they were, but so far, Moffat's characters are bent to accommodate the demands of the plot and so I don't feel that they're "people" in their own right.
I said in my post yesterday that I think that the only thing really holding the episode together was Matt. Gambon was magnificent with what he was given to work with, but it wasn't enough to carry the story.
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*nods*
The plots were basically a reason for the characters to feel those emotions.
Yes - and they also grew out of the fact that certain characters would act in a certain way. I'm not blind to the fact that Rusty had his faults, but I find I can forgive his excesses because he gave me characters that I cared about. They weren't perfect either, but most of the time, it was apparent why they were the way they were, but so far, Moffat's characters are bent to accommodate the demands of the plot and so I don't feel that they're "people" in their own right.
I said in my post yesterday that I think that the only thing really holding the episode together was Matt. Gambon was magnificent with what he was given to work with, but it wasn't enough to carry the story.