Yeah, I like the name, and yeah ... an man who comes up with names like 'David Davies', 'Tony Tyler' and 'Idris Hopper' should be very carefully watched on Character Naming Day ;)
Judging what NE might be like from other shows that are on Starz isn't necessarily indicative, though. Just because the BBC had Sherlock, Jonathan Creek, Life on Mars, Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley doesn't mean The Deep was any good.
I am spurred on a little in confidence by the fact they managed to get Espensen, and I'm going to give at least the first episode of all subsequence series a chance, but ... gah. It's wearing on me now.
Especially the 'one plot over ten episodes' thing. Ten episodes for one story is a feat of attention I don't think any average viewer is capable of - I mean, look at FlashForward. By six episodes on the same plot, the viewership basically melted away. True, the writing for that is questionable ... but RTD is hardly good with science fiction plots.
I want him to move on from Sci Fi and go back to writing stuff like Casanova - y'know ... stuff he was good at.
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Date: 2010-08-18 10:53 pm (UTC)Judging what NE might be like from other shows that are on Starz isn't necessarily indicative, though. Just because the BBC had Sherlock, Jonathan Creek, Life on Mars, Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley doesn't mean The Deep was any good.
I am spurred on a little in confidence by the fact they managed to get Espensen, and I'm going to give at least the first episode of all subsequence series a chance, but ... gah. It's wearing on me now.
Especially the 'one plot over ten episodes' thing. Ten episodes for one story is a feat of attention I don't think any average viewer is capable of - I mean, look at FlashForward. By six episodes on the same plot, the viewership basically melted away. True, the writing for that is questionable ... but RTD is hardly good with science fiction plots.
I want him to move on from Sci Fi and go back to writing stuff like Casanova - y'know ... stuff he was good at.