They were just so pretty, and I love when things are beautifully functional (very present in well-designed steampunk).
Churchill's comment about downloads has me wondering how other technologies intersected. If they all exist at once, do people buy Betamax or Blu-Ray? Also, I really want to see other cities from this universe. New York: part skyscrapers and food carts on every street, part immigrant city, part New Amsterdam, part forest used by Native Americans for cultural practices. The Empire State Building always in the process of being built, with tour groups coming up to view the sights while workers eat lunch on hanging beams?
I agree, it completely ignores that unspoken contract with the viewer, that unless there's a cliffhanger, everything from this series should be resolved in the finale. And if there is a cliffhanger, it should get resolved in the next series's opener. Instead, we got the Doctor wondering "Hmm, who tried to blow me up, and what for?" and it's just left at that.
I want to hope it'll be addressed in the coming series, but I'd thought the same about this series, so.
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Date: 2011-10-04 06:42 pm (UTC)Churchill's comment about downloads has me wondering how other technologies intersected. If they all exist at once, do people buy Betamax or Blu-Ray? Also, I really want to see other cities from this universe. New York: part skyscrapers and food carts on every street, part immigrant city, part New Amsterdam, part forest used by Native Americans for cultural practices. The Empire State Building always in the process of being built, with tour groups coming up to view the sights while workers eat lunch on hanging beams?
I agree, it completely ignores that unspoken contract with the viewer, that unless there's a cliffhanger, everything from this series should be resolved in the finale. And if there is a cliffhanger, it should get resolved in the next series's opener. Instead, we got the Doctor wondering "Hmm, who tried to blow me up, and what for?" and it's just left at that.
I want to hope it'll be addressed in the coming series, but I'd thought the same about this series, so.