The Rings of Akhaten

[james_davis_nicoll]

Basically

One part Linn Minmei and one part Sheridan berating the Shadows and the Vorlons.

Comments

[murphys_lawyer]

It was a weak story, and I found it painful to see Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman acting their socks off to wring every little piece out of it to turn it into something entertaining. However, when they did - the handing over of the leaf, for example - it was quite charming.

I'm sure at least some of it will turn out to be Deeply Significant when we come to the 50th anniversary episode in November, but being mindful of the future should not be at the expense of the moment. The scriptwriters should be mindful of the living Force audience.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Meh... yeah, you nailed it.

Meh again.

[owlmirror36.livejournal.com]

One part H. P. Lovecraft. Although I suppose one could argue that B5 was influenced by HPL, so there's that.

There have been a couple of SF works I can recall that posited that [spoilers] fgnef ner npghny fncvrag ragvgvrf.

[ravenskyewalker.livejournal.com]

That's exactly on-target, but I liked it, anyway. Silly me. ;-)

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Suddenly I have a vision of a series about a travelling diplomatic vocalist, whose job it is to go from one hot spot to another, singing them into peace.

[bwross.livejournal.com]

If only... Minmei had better songs, and B5 had better written diatribes.

[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

I originally misread that as "Sheldon berating the Shadows and the Vorlons...".

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

The mix of vivid scene-setting, sentimental nonsense and leisurely, flimsy plotting reminded me very much of the Russell T. Davies era. Given the different general problems of the Moffat Doctor Who, I suppose this isn't a bad thing to have once in a while.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

The Old God reminded me of Sinistar.