Fear Her

[drakyndra]

Completely spoiler free, because I am too lazy to do a proper review or anything right now, but all I have to say is that I really liked this episode, and I haven't the faintest idea why.

I mean, it hasn't got the gorgeous visual style of Tooth and Claw or Girl in the Fireplace. It hasn't got the brilliant emotional stuff like GitF or School Reunion. It hasn't got the creepiness and philosophising of The Impossible Planet two parter, or the deeply fun vibe of Rusty's eps, or even the Mickey stuff that made me like the Cyberman eps. It hasn't even got the fandom imploding ability of Love and Monsters

But, I still really liked it. And I haven't the foggiest why.

Maybe it's the Matt Graham effect (I still can't define exactly what it is about Life on Mars that makes me like it so much). Or maybe it's just the fact I've finished exams, which puts me in a good mood.

Also, the trailer for the next ep? Is rocking my world.

ETA: Everywhere I go, I see hating on this episode. WHY? How can people hate something that made me cry? Yes, I am terribly soppy, but still...

Comments

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

doctorwho might be a good place to check out. And I don't get it, either.

[danel4d.livejournal.com]

Hrm... they're very angry, aren't they? Some of them sound like the stereotypical fanboys - "Emotions! Emotions! Away! Get them away, they burn!"
Hmm. It is all very odd.

But it does raise an interesting thing - a question about acting. Maybe it's because I used to be an actor, so from my perspective whether someone is a good or bad actor is to be broken down into what they did well or not. But from the perspective of reviewers, "So-and-so can't act" is an expanded comment on the episode - the problem being that whether or not someone is a good actor is so horrendously subjective as to be almost meaningless - was the kid in this episode good, or the worst actor the series has ever seen? And no discussion on this point is possible, since no one explains why they so hated her performance.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It just annoys me that people only ever say "X can't act" when they don't like the episode, and then use that supposed lack of acting skills as a reason why the episode was bad.

You know, it's really annoying when people use a subject thing such as that to try and objectify something else that is just as subjective.

Also, watching things from the POV of someone with experience in acting must be really interesting. Especially when it comes to reviewing.