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Comment on 'Doctor Who' Star Varada Sethu Fires Back at 'Woke' Critics: 'It Means We’re Doing the Right Thing'

ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I have to disagree a bit here, the recent writing has tried to very heavily shoe-horn it in, whereas in the past it was much more naturally present.

I think the worst one for me (before I quit watching) was with the enormous spiders in the hotel run by a very Trumpian figure.

“Trump” wanted to just shoot the enormous spider, but the Doctor stopped him saying “no weapons, ever”. The spider then died an agonizing death caused by suffocation on-screen mere seconds later. Her offspring was lured and locked into a storage room with food, after which they would surely either cannibalize themselves or starve. Actually shooting them would’ve been a mercy at that point.

When presented with the Doctor’s solution versus the “Trump” solution, I felt more sympathy for “Trump”. And I fucking hate that guy. That’s when I knew the writing just wasn’t for me anymore.

There’s a reason even the more diehard Whovians, who are very much considered “woke” are tuning out. It’s not the cast, it’s the writing.

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BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The Doctor has been pretty anti-gun for as long as I’ve been watching. Honestly I just felt the Chibnal era lost a bit of magic, less campy/extreme/wild ride feeling to it. The first new season I thought was pretty decent.

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- ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  True, but that translated into anti-violence most of the time. Here there was a chance to either give the creature mercy and kill it quickly, or let it suffer a horrible painful frightening death. At that point, what is exactly the ethical choice?
  
  I thought the new run opened fairly poorly. Imo most of the issues I have with Who writing are still there.
  
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rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I have to admit I kinda stopped following the series after Capaldi left.

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Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Arachnids in the uk was 7 years ago, with a different cast, a different show runner, hell a different production company and channel.

So if it was the one that made you quit watching, how can you opine on the current run?

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- seventythreeyards@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Arachnids in the uk was 7 years ago
  
  Oh ffs I wasn’t ready for that gut punch.
  
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    wait until you hear about eccles’ season…
    
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- ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It made me quit watching Jodie’s run (which is too bad, because I like her). I gave it a other go when Ncuti took over, and I really enjoyed most of Tennant’s quick stint. But unfortunately after that the bad writing took over again and Ncuti also was saddled with some bad stories.
  
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- ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Same channel.
  
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Depends on where you are.
    
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    ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Only the commissioning channel has any bearing on content.
    
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Dragonborn3810@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
So that was during Chris Chibnalls era of running the show, which is, well, shit (good video about it, its long though: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_A7n83Rh0 )

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- ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah but my biggest criticisms haven’t changed during Ncuti’s go at it either. Not that he can help it much, he too gets crappy writing.
  
  There was a brief resurgence in apparent good writing when Tennant took over, though the final faceoff with the Toymaker was deeply disappointing. Loved seeing Catherine again though, she was amazing in the 2nd episode.
  
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