The last two eps were the first ones where I haven't been thinking the whole time, "Christopher Eccleston could have done this better." DT really did an awesome job.
(Of course, all that says is that I like him better as a human than I do as the Doctor. Which doesn't help a lot in the context of this particular show...)
What bugs me about Martha is, WHY is she in love with the Doctor? Okay, I get that she is, and she expressed it beautifully last night...but we never saw a moment that started the whole thing, we've never really seen much development of it; just that she is, and we're supposed to go with it. They did Ninth/Rose so well, I bought that completely; can't they do a one-sided crush that believably? If not, why not?
I've always thought that Gwen (or Eve) over-acted, but I thought that was part of the character. I never have a problem with JB as Jack, because I picture Jack as being over-the-top anyway, and he did tone down some for TW, which makes sense for his character.
That said, during most of "End of Days" the exact phrase running through my head was "Play it to the back row, Mr. Barrowman!"
I'm not sure about differences in US vs UK TV, because to be honest I don't watch enough of either to be really familiar with it. I usually prefer my acting "small", but that's because I have a kink for characters who are emotionally constipated anyway. :D I think there's going to be different styles not only based on the actors, but based on the characters they're playing; Foreman is going to be more restrained than Gwen, just because of who he is, how he's been raised, what he has to deal with every day. (House vs. Weevil Deathmatch--who's coming out alive?)
If it's really going to go all out, then I'm very skeptical and I usually end up laughing instead of whatever I'm supposed to be feeling. "Doomsday" missed the mark with me (except for the Music of Doom, which still gives me chills).
Gwen's breakdown on the floor physically hurts to watch, which I take as a sign that it was right, although usually I'm focusing on Jack, who is hiding his face at that moment. And then John Smith's freak-out seemed to me to be absolutely perfect, but I took it as the Doctor himself, the repressed part of him, running scared from his own life, not wanting to be who he was anymore. (I feel a new soundtrack coming on. With Clint Black's "Wherever You Go" on it. "You can run from yourself, but you won't get far. You can dive to the bottom of your medicine jar, but wherever you go, there you are." Wait, am I mixing House or the Doctor?)
*re-reads this comment* Wow, that was even more random than usual.
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(Of course, all that says is that I like him better as a human than I do as the Doctor. Which doesn't help a lot in the context of this particular show...)
What bugs me about Martha is, WHY is she in love with the Doctor? Okay, I get that she is, and she expressed it beautifully last night...but we never saw a moment that started the whole thing, we've never really seen much development of it; just that she is, and we're supposed to go with it. They did Ninth/Rose so well, I bought that completely; can't they do a one-sided crush that believably? If not, why not?
I've always thought that Gwen (or Eve) over-acted, but I thought that was part of the character. I never have a problem with JB as Jack, because I picture Jack as being over-the-top anyway, and he did tone down some for TW, which makes sense for his character.
That said, during most of "End of Days" the exact phrase running through my head was "Play it to the back row, Mr. Barrowman!"
I'm not sure about differences in US vs UK TV, because to be honest I don't watch enough of either to be really familiar with it. I usually prefer my acting "small", but that's because I have a kink for characters who are emotionally constipated anyway. :D I think there's going to be different styles not only based on the actors, but based on the characters they're playing; Foreman is going to be more restrained than Gwen, just because of who he is, how he's been raised, what he has to deal with every day. (House vs. Weevil Deathmatch--who's coming out alive?)
If it's really going to go all out, then I'm very skeptical and I usually end up laughing instead of whatever I'm supposed to be feeling. "Doomsday" missed the mark with me (except for the Music of Doom, which still gives me chills).
Gwen's breakdown on the floor physically hurts to watch, which I take as a sign that it was right, although usually I'm focusing on Jack, who is hiding his face at that moment. And then John Smith's freak-out seemed to me to be absolutely perfect, but I took it as the Doctor himself, the repressed part of him, running scared from his own life, not wanting to be who he was anymore. (I feel a new soundtrack coming on. With Clint Black's "Wherever You Go" on it. "You can run from yourself, but you won't get far. You can dive to the bottom of your medicine jar, but wherever you go, there you are." Wait, am I mixing House or the Doctor?)
*re-reads this comment* Wow, that was even more random than usual.