I'm liking the new Doctor. I thought the Vampires of Venice was pretty good. But Amy's Choice left me shaking my head, wondering whether the magic is gone, and only gimmicks remain.
OK, it's not so bad, but come on - it's just frustrating when they set it up as a puzzle, and then the answer turns out to be "it was all a dream!" or "magic psychic seeds! (which knocked us all out before, but now I'm holding in my hand)" or "the Dream Lord was me!" I don't know, I just expected a stronger plot than that. The idea that one reality was real and the other fake never caught my attention - they both seemed real and fake enough, which ended up being the answer anyway. I don't mind magic, multiple universes, unexplained phenomena ("the universe is a big place" as the Doctor says in this episode), as long as it's done in an engaging way that makes us wonder and want to believe, instead of an elaborate setup with the resolution being "it was all a dream!"
OK, it's not so bad, but come on - it's just frustrating when they set it up as a puzzle, and then the answer turns out to be "it was all a dream!" or "magic psychic seeds! (which knocked us all out before, but now I'm holding in my hand)" or "the Dream Lord was me!" I don't know, I just expected a stronger plot than that. The idea that one reality was real and the other fake never caught my attention - they both seemed real and fake enough, which ended up being the answer anyway. I don't mind magic, multiple universes, unexplained phenomena ("the universe is a big place" as the Doctor says in this episode), as long as it's done in an engaging way that makes us wonder and want to believe, instead of an elaborate setup with the resolution being "it was all a dream!"