Genesis of the Weeping Angels
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My God those things are scary. I feel they are at their strongest when they are not the main focus of the story like the Daleks in Genesis. They were scarier in this i felt because they were almost a sideshow in the whole fracas about Amy and Rory. And the different ways they were used: the cherubs, and most especially the smiling angel. That shot alone I can quite confidently say is the scariest thing i have ever seen in both classic and new who. I do feel they are used better when they focus on base instincts like in Blink and not thinking logically. Thats what made the angel holding River's wrist and the angel in the graveyard even scarier. Just my thoughts :cool:
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Whilst The Time of Angels/Flesh of Stone and The Angels Take Manhattan are immensely enjoyable episodes, I just don't get the same scare factor off them anymore. The fleshing out of their backstory and giving them additional features just took some of that scare factor out for me, and whilst I still think their dangerous enemies, they just don't have the same impact as they did in Blink. But that's just my opinion, my girlfriend for instance still thinks they're terrifying even now.
I just hope Moffat doesn't go down a similar route with The Silents, as I genuinely think they're the best enemies the Doctor's faced in years.
Dalek Caan sighs, "more pest control..."
The style of the stories has been different though. Blink was about as close to full-on horror story as Who has come since it's return in 2005 whereas Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone was much more of an action film. Angels take Manhattan was, obviously, more of a film noir crime drama tale and I think moved the Angels back into their comfort zone when it comes to being genuinely scary villains. My wife certainly isn't looking forward to the Blu-ray surround sound on the cherubs in the cellar scenes
The Silents, on t'other hand, can be a bit more versatile as they can, well, fight as well as look bleedin' creepy. With Amy and Rory now gone
All that being said, I hope Moffat keeps on coming up with new enemies for the Doctor because, frankly, his track record is just superb. Angels, Silents, Dalek Human Zombies, Gas Mask Zombies, the Clockwork Robots, the Vashta Narada.... more please!
We do forget how many great villains the Moff has come up with.
This was a return to form for the Angels.
My only wish is for him to remove the scenes from the previous outing where we, the audience, saw the Angels move. That was a mistake IMHO.
The only reason we saw the angels move like that is because Amy was walking as if she could see but she had her eyes closed. This confused the angels defence mechanism so they could only move as stone it wasn't their true movement which we know is fast and they are not stone. That's how i see iit anyway
My thought exactly.
Gary
"MY VISION IS IMPAIRED .. I CANNOT SEE!"
There's another thing to consider with that particular scene, specifically the way the angels move. It's long been established that the viewer quantum locks the angels as well as the characters. Except, of course, that we're not viewing a continuous image when we're watching TV, we're seeing a series of still images. The angels were moving in the gaps between frames...