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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't like it.

This season has been great because of Ncuti Gatwa's energy (I'm on the turn a bit, damn those outfits are cool) and while the stern interaction at the end was a nice ways of showing 14 can be serious as well, I didn't like the episode overall.

It's sort of reversing the roles of conspiracy nuts, and very clearly showing how they're wrong, in a time when we absolutely can't trust governments?

I know Dr Who was slowly transitioned into "oh the public is aware of aliens" diegetically, but for decades the government hid evidence of the Doctor and aliens, right? But now you're having to have activists showing that aliens are not real, when the problem so long was that people genuinely didn't remember even global events like the Earth being transported across the universe?

There should've been some vindication for activism in general, when it's so sorely needed in these times. This episode just left me with a taste of boot leather in my mouth.

I can't come up with any reasonable vindication story wise rn, but... there should've been some.

Idk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

true, I don't think it excludes the message that you can go against the government for good reasons though.

they could have told that story with the guy in 73 yards :) but kinda wrote with a bit of passive voice that sent a message more of "let someone else handle it"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

true, I don't think it excludes the message that you can go against the government for good reasons though.

Not explicitly, no. But... I've always enjoyed Dr Who for the implications.

passive voice that sent a message more of "let someone else handle it"

Yeah this made me think of

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9