I agree that some of the older villians are a bit one dimensional but IDK it worked in it's own way Oh, I'm not criticizing. Or, you know, I'm not criticizing Moffat, at least not about this. It's just that in the sixties, all villains were rather one-dimensional, so if you're working with a robot villain that was created over forty years ago, you have to take some liberties if you don't want to end up with a villain that is completely ridiculous and can't be taken seriously.
I sort of love the idea that the biggest threat in the entire Universe is the Doctor himself xD It's not a totally new idea but I still like it. I liked that, too--although I was a little disappointed at the whole idea that the Alliance was making a mistake locking the Doctor in. The TARDIS is the thing that causes the crack, and the Doctor is the only one who can prevent the TARDIS exploding--so he's, by default, the Good Guy again. And the Alliance are the Bad Guys, or at least the Stupid Guys, for locking him in. I'd've preferred it if locking the Doctor in had actually been a working solution--if it could have saved the universe, at least in this instance. It would have played up the ambiguity of his character. But, you know, that's details. It worked the way they did it.
I liked River in this episode--I like her in general. I just don't like it that she has to be, as I said, all that sexualized. It's just the same as the Charlie's Angels movie--those are strong female characters in the lead roles of an action movie, but still, the number of times they have to sexually seduce someone to get information is staggering. James Bond has lots of sex, too, but he only ever does it because he feels like having sex. He never uses it as a tool; he never has to whore himself out like that. And it's the same, to a degree, with River Song. A lot of the time, she is forced to use her sexuality as a weapon, when she could just as easily have used something else. That's what bothers me a little about her character.
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Oh, I'm not criticizing. Or, you know, I'm not criticizing Moffat, at least not about this. It's just that in the sixties, all villains were rather one-dimensional, so if you're working with a robot villain that was created over forty years ago, you have to take some liberties if you don't want to end up with a villain that is completely ridiculous and can't be taken seriously.
I sort of love the idea that the biggest threat in the entire Universe is the Doctor himself xD It's not a totally new idea but I still like it.
I liked that, too--although I was a little disappointed at the whole idea that the Alliance was making a mistake locking the Doctor in. The TARDIS is the thing that causes the crack, and the Doctor is the only one who can prevent the TARDIS exploding--so he's, by default, the Good Guy again. And the Alliance are the Bad Guys, or at least the Stupid Guys, for locking him in. I'd've preferred it if locking the Doctor in had actually been a working solution--if it could have saved the universe, at least in this instance. It would have played up the ambiguity of his character. But, you know, that's details. It worked the way they did it.
I liked River in this episode--I like her in general. I just don't like it that she has to be, as I said, all that sexualized. It's just the same as the Charlie's Angels movie--those are strong female characters in the lead roles of an action movie, but still, the number of times they have to sexually seduce someone to get information is staggering. James Bond has lots of sex, too, but he only ever does it because he feels like having sex. He never uses it as a tool; he never has to whore himself out like that. And it's the same, to a degree, with River Song. A lot of the time, she is forced to use her sexuality as a weapon, when she could just as easily have used something else. That's what bothers me a little about her character.