What annoyed me about this was that it was played as sitcom, which is completely at odds with the way 'Who' is normally played. </>
But this is *exactly* what I meant about confounding expectations - and it beinga good thing. We expect Who to be played as portentous drama/horror with a bit of sly humour on the side. So an ep that is done like an episode of Peep Show is a wonderful change. What did you think of the Buffy musical? Of Green Wing? Of Moonlighting? these are all series which have delighted in playing with format and expectations , which is the thing I love most.
I haven't seen either B5 or Kinwig so can't comment on them.
I think this comes down really to whether you're the kind of genre viewer who mostly wants to be reassured with more of the same, or surprised by disconcerting playing with the genre - and I'm always of the latter camp. Onviously you need a norm before you can deconstruct it - so I quite agree with the (substantial number ) of people who've said "I liked it, but I'm glad it's a one off." I'm with them, certainly.
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Date: 2006-06-19 12:54 pm (UTC)But this is *exactly* what I meant about confounding expectations - and it beinga good thing. We expect Who to be played as portentous drama/horror with a bit of sly humour on the side. So an ep that is done like an episode of Peep Show is a wonderful change. What did you think of the Buffy musical? Of Green Wing? Of Moonlighting? these are all series which have delighted in playing with format and expectations , which is the thing I love most.
I haven't seen either B5 or Kinwig so can't comment on them.
I think this comes down really to whether you're the kind of genre viewer who mostly wants to be reassured with more of the same, or surprised by disconcerting playing with the genre - and I'm always of the latter camp. Onviously you need a norm before you can deconstruct it - so I quite agree with the (substantial number ) of people who've said "I liked it, but I'm glad it's a one off." I'm with them, certainly.