That's about the best explanation I've got. But, really, if you don't feel in your soul that TSE/JE is horrible television, I'm not sure what I can do to explain it to you. *snugs* Well it's total crack. I just like crack. (Also see my love of Torchwood...)
I think it's become my favorite of the four season finales? That's not an endorsement! But I can see how people *can* like that one. I am genuinely giggling now.
I've got a truckload of issues with it, but those are mostly philosophical. It's probably the pinacle of my disagreement with Rusty about his handling of the Doctor (because from that point on he's truly falling apart and at least you're seeing consequences, where this still feels basically celebratory). Ah yes. Although... I always went straight for all the layers - the Doctor turns VERY dark in S3 (esp re. the Family of Blood), and the Master is so *obviously* his (very uncomfortable) mirror - showing what the Doctor could - oh so very easily - become. Sure it does that thing of making the Doctor look good (which isn't hard in comparison with an evil megalomaniac), but still... Look beneath and everything is murky.
As a piece of television, though, I think they're faaaaaaar better done than TSE/JE. They're much more focused; they have real weight to them. And I'll admit that the batshit spectacle and magical thinking irked me when I was first watching, but I've come to love those when Moff does them, so I suppose my beef wasn't really with the insanity, just what it was being used for. *nods a lot* S4 has themes, but the finale is just this giant extravaganza, whereas S3 is beautifully focussed.
Annnnd my feelings about Tinkerbell!Jesus Doctor are pretty much just my feelings about the whole finale condensed into two minutes. That is actually a good description.
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Well it's total crack. I just like crack. (Also see my love of Torchwood...)
I think it's become my favorite of the four season finales? That's not an endorsement! But I can see how people *can* like that one.
I am genuinely giggling now.
I've got a truckload of issues with it, but those are mostly philosophical. It's probably the pinacle of my disagreement with Rusty about his handling of the Doctor (because from that point on he's truly falling apart and at least you're seeing consequences, where this still feels basically celebratory).
Ah yes. Although... I always went straight for all the layers - the Doctor turns VERY dark in S3 (esp re. the Family of Blood), and the Master is so *obviously* his (very uncomfortable) mirror - showing what the Doctor could - oh so very easily - become. Sure it does that thing of making the Doctor look good (which isn't hard in comparison with an evil megalomaniac), but still... Look beneath and everything is murky.
As a piece of television, though, I think they're faaaaaaar better done than TSE/JE. They're much more focused; they have real weight to them. And I'll admit that the batshit spectacle and magical thinking irked me when I was first watching, but I've come to love those when Moff does them, so I suppose my beef wasn't really with the insanity, just what it was being used for.
*nods a lot* S4 has themes, but the finale is just this giant extravaganza, whereas S3 is beautifully focussed.
Annnnd my feelings about Tinkerbell!Jesus Doctor are pretty much just my feelings about the whole finale condensed into two minutes.
That is actually a good description.