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amberfocus ([personal profile] amberfocus) wrote2011-05-08 12:48 am
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Minor DW 603 Thoughts

I have two things to say about Curse of the Black Spot.


1.  Eye patch lady is the new crack.  "NOTICE ME!  NOTICE ME!"

2.  No infirmary on the TARDIS with life-saving equipment?  For serious?  There's always been a medical bay.  One had a medical bay.  Also, Doctor, you do have a medical degree.  Granted it's from the 19th century, but come on.

3.  Rory is better than Eleven in every conceivable way.  I'd say except for the fact that Eleven can fly the TARDIS, but he can't really do that either, can he?

4.  Despite all this, I rather enjoyed this episode.  It was straight-forward, Amy kicked butt for her man, Rory was funny and dopey but still marvelous.  You know, I like Matt Smith well enough as a person and even liked his acting in other things, but why couldn't they have cast Arthur Darvill as the Doctor and given him Rory's personality, because he is awesome and I wouldn't sort of not like the Doctor so much as I kind of do at times now?  Or maybe not.  Arthur Darvill playing Eleven as written by the Moff might make me not like him, too.  Never mind.

5.  Because apparently counting to 2 is hard, I like linear storylines.  Don't get me wrong, I like timey whimey, but certain writer's are bad at it and make it make absolutely no sense.  (I'm looking at you SM).  This was a refreshing change.
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[identity profile] sunnytyler001.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
"No infirmary on the TARDIS with life-saving equipment? For serious? There's always been a medical bay. "
XDXDXD I KNOW, right? He has a swimming pool but no med bay? Come on!

[identity profile] wildwinterwitch.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
My thoughts exactly.

[identity profile] mkejenkins.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
That is EXACTLY what was running through my mind in that scene.

TOTALLY nonsensical.

This ep

[identity profile] graphnic.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Additionally annoying: the Doctor doesn't have an AED? They sell them on Amazon.
Also, I teach CPR and her numbers weren't current...

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/ 2011-05-08 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL I agree with basically all of this. I also thought that it was silly to have Rory be all "Amy-mon, I CHOOSE YOU because I know you'll never give up!" and then she... gives up... and starts crying and he magically comes back 30 seconds after thanks to the power of her phoenix tears. I think that scene would've made a lot more sense with the previous scene if it had been more like, Amy tries for a while, nothing happens, ~everything looks bleak~ so the Doctor tries to be like "Amy, you have to stop, it's too late" or w/e and Amy, you know, actually doesn't give up and it is her persistence that saves him.

I actually liked this episode, more than apparently most people, possibly because it was a relief to have an episode that was linear and easy to follow and where the plotholes were things like "LOLWUT ship within a ship with a mermaid nurse?" and not stuff like "I literally have no idea what just happened".
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[personal profile] kilodalton 2011-05-08 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I really liked it too! Eleven breathing on the siren charm had me LOL'ing XD The one really confusing thing to me was that the pirate that Toby cuts with the knife as they are hiding in the magazine-room ... well, he disappears lol!

[identity profile] amyo67.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to say I agree with you on the no med bay comment, I was thinking the same thing. Why did Amy have to save him?? Doesn't the doctor have all the best and advance medical technology? WTF!!!!

[identity profile] txoktober.livejournal.com 2011-05-17 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Moffet is killing me with the lack of continuity or respect for the mythos of this legacy show he's inherited. And I am so tired of Eleven being a dumbass, Amy Pond has to be the biggest Mary Sue in all creation.

Love Rory, wish Rory could move to Pete's World fall in love with alternate Donna Noble (she's bit of a courgar, but he likes red heads) and have adventures with Ten II and Rose in the new baby Tardis.

bugging me

[identity profile] eofgldv.livejournal.com 2011-05-19 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
THAT"S what was bugging me about that ep... the lack of med bay. Thanks. Also am I the only one who likes Amy more after this episode?? Cause I do (I think it's cause she was a BAMF).

Oh and hello by the way! love your work so you'll probably be hearing more from me.
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