The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon
Sep. 28th, 2011 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
donnaimmaculataYes, I am lagging behind.
I have finally started to watch the current Doctor Who season. I watched The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon the other day, and whilst I really like the creepy atmosphere (even the over-the-top haunted orphanage!), I couldn't help thinking 'this is silly!' all the way through Day of the Moon.
In The Impossible Astronaut, the aliens worked for me. They were brilliant. The idea to give him those properties was chilling.
But basing an invasion on the fact that humans instantly forget they had seen the alien as soon as they turn away? So stupid. I couldn't get past it. It's not like humans only hung out in groups of two or three, with one of them facing the right way to see the alien whilst the others remained static and oblivious. And those aliens had been the driving force behind human achievements for centuries? The only human achievement that's plausible in such a scenario is developing speech to repeat this dialogue over and over again: "OMG, what is that?" - "What do you mean? Oh, god!" - "What? OMG, what is that?" - "What? Oh, god!" With lots or turning around on the spot.
Such a waste of a brilliant idea.
I have finally started to watch the current Doctor Who season. I watched The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon the other day, and whilst I really like the creepy atmosphere (even the over-the-top haunted orphanage!), I couldn't help thinking 'this is silly!' all the way through Day of the Moon.
In The Impossible Astronaut, the aliens worked for me. They were brilliant. The idea to give him those properties was chilling.
But basing an invasion on the fact that humans instantly forget they had seen the alien as soon as they turn away? So stupid. I couldn't get past it. It's not like humans only hung out in groups of two or three, with one of them facing the right way to see the alien whilst the others remained static and oblivious. And those aliens had been the driving force behind human achievements for centuries? The only human achievement that's plausible in such a scenario is developing speech to repeat this dialogue over and over again: "OMG, what is that?" - "What do you mean? Oh, god!" - "What? OMG, what is that?" - "What? Oh, god!" With lots or turning around on the spot.
Such a waste of a brilliant idea.
