I think that a lot of the more OTT stuff was there for the non-fannish viewers, the ones who don't live with these characters in their heads and who don't have very set and established ideas about them and their portrayal. The face-off with Adelaide at the end was definitely the most effective scene on a great many levels, but I think we needed the rest of it in order to build up to that emotional pay-off and twist.
I have hopes for Christmas this year: if nothing else, Ten finally seems to be paying the price for being an unspeakably irritating smug git for the past few years. ;) So long as there's a regeneration in there somewhere, it'll be great....
I think I saw the SJA pilot a few years back, and saw SJ and Luke in TSE/JE, of course, but haven't seen the show otherwise. Must admit that I have a hankering to kill SJ off in fic - have her no-guns policy bite her in a situation where going in shooting would actually be the correct course of action. Probably should try watching it if I want to do that, though!
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Date: 2009-11-17 12:15 pm (UTC)I have hopes for Christmas this year: if nothing else, Ten finally seems to be paying the price for being an unspeakably irritating smug git for the past few years. ;) So long as there's a regeneration in there somewhere, it'll be great....
I think I saw the SJA pilot a few years back, and saw SJ and Luke in TSE/JE, of course, but haven't seen the show otherwise. Must admit that I have a hankering to kill SJ off in fic - have her no-guns policy bite her in a situation where going in shooting would actually be the correct course of action. Probably should try watching it if I want to do that, though!