The Night of the Doctor

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OMFG EIGHT IS IN OH MY GOD WOW!!!!!!!

*hyperventilates* I am SLAUGHTERED. This is perfect. It's PERFECT! Oh my freaking goodness, I want so BADLY to watch the Eight movie right now, he owned me right from the start—except I won't because I want to watch all Doctors in order (we won't mention Seven being the one I look forward to the most >.<) BUT ANYWAY. THIS IS IRRELEVANT. THIS MINISODE IS IMPOSSIBLY PERFECT AND I AM CURRENTLY ON THE VERGE OF DEATH

PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO SCREAM MYSELF HOARSE IN A CORNER

(Disclaimer: didn't find it on my own, darknessfactor is an absolute star for telling me about this. Oh, I'd say a_phoenixdragon is going to die even faster and harder than I did but I'm honestly not sure that is even possible ahhhhh oh god)

*one Google search later* Oh, and happy birthday, Mister McGann. And THANK YOU ♥

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Just dropping a note to join in the massive squee - this is huge and I was so fantastically drooling at how magnificent and restrained and bloody perfect McGann is as an actor. And Moffat's writing is wondeful and it really cheers me up about the 50th!
(And they did the pun ;))

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YES! McGann is the most fantastic thing omfg I can't get over it. And the writing was great! :D Haha, I'm just feeling happier and happier about so many Moffat things—like back before the finale when I was freaking out over post-Library River but it turned out fantastic… Here it was nothing so intense, but I was a bit "meh" at Ten and Rose being the only ones returning, and raising my eyebrows at the "Moffat lies" thing. But the trailers all look awesome and Ten + Eleven will be wonderful and Rose looks badass and Bad Wolf-ish and mysterious and Hurt will be the best and THEY BROUGHT MCGANN BACK and the Moffat misleading game turned out wonderfully tricky: they didn't straight out lie to the fans, which would have been kind of stupid, they gave what they had for the 50th but THEN THERE WAS THE MINISODE and THAT WAS UNEXPECTED AND EFFING BRILLIANT and I'm just having lots of feelings and love right now ♥

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He is just jhfhkfhgf and I'm so happy because even the most anti-Moffat of the people I follow on tumblr, even the old hollywood blogs, were all freaking out because basically it's nearly 7 minutes of McGann being flipping fantastic and mastery and gorgeous and now EVERYONE wants more Eight filmed, EVEN written by Moffat, imagine. Such genuine enthusiasm, it's wonderful.
To be fair I've been trying to keep away from the trailers and previews; I just don't want to upset myself. I tried to watch the first one and was upset, both happy!upset and angry!upset (oh, I don't know how to talk English anymore). The thing is Moffat included in his script for the special some elements I simply don't want handled on screen (the Time War, the Bad Wolf, Elizabeth I...), much less in the 50th. (A bit like actually seeing the Silence before they are dead; I think it is a mistake). I am not kidding when I say I have really humongous expectations, and usually when I have humongous expectations I am disappointed. I had huge expectations for Le Testament d'Orphée for example and was not disappointed, or for The Awful Truth and was bitterly, this time. I managed to have lukewarm expectations for the Hobbit, the film, for example, because I knew that with the stretching of the book plot, the popularity of the saga, the additional characters who had no place in the Hobbit book, I knew because of that I was going to see entertainment, probably a bit overproduced, a trip to another world simply, with much less gravitas and depth than LOTR. The taste would be quite different and I was right. I was not disappointed because I came in there with lessened expectations. And I am doing the same with the 50th because, yes, more often than sometimes, I am a snob. (I once managed to throw a tantrum against fireworks. Because I thought it completely lacked artistry and was insultingly vulgar. Fireworks, for Grissom's sake.) I am not saying it won't be great, it will be, because Moffat is a mad brilliant writer with a wonderful team. It probably won't reach my level of mind-blown-wow. And that's okay, Moffat is here in a team with Emir Kusturica, Alfred Hitchcock, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Peter Jackson... Yes, surprise, Moffat already left me underwhelmed for episode I thought would be masterpieces. If he truly blows my mind this time, that's wonderful, for him and me. I just don't want to be dreadfully disappointed because I would have followed the crowd in their raving enthusiasm. I want to go there with a cool head and enjoy it as much as I did with the Hobbit, without my brain screeching how overhype it is for the whole special. Why on Earth am I talking about that? I just wanted to say I am very angry at the BBC for the way they promote their show and got distracted. I hope I didn't cool you enthusiasm in any way, because again, I trust Moffat and his team to offer us a blast, and something memorable.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the joy I felt when I saw the minisode, which was practically perfect in every way. I'm so glad they made completely canon the audios and am in awe before Moffat's writing for that little bit of bridge between classic and new Who. Just spot-on.
Wow, I don't know what happened there other than I think the paranoïa of one of my novel character is contagious. Sorry. *plans to write a horrible end for that character*

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I knowwwwww ♥ It's just so exciting and refreshing when everyone is united in loving something great and there isn't just stupid bashing. I mean, I'm not the last to criticize Moffat on occasion but blind bashing is always so stupid.
I don't know who wouldn't want more Eight now ♥ Just argh.
LOL, there's nothing to be sorry about! Rambling about your feelings is always welcome, even if it's conflicted and a bit angry feelings, I was interested in seeing your POV ^_^ And I think going in there with lessened expectations is truly the cleverest way to handle this, you know yourself and your way of judging things and if it gives you the best experience, just go for it! Your way of handling The Hobbit sounds like the best thing, for instance. I'm kind of the same at times—not as far as the high expectations are concerned, but I do prefer to go "oh well, we'll see how this goes" and be pleasantly surprised. Personally it was the case at first with my anniversary expectations and I ended up very pleased with the promoting material, but I really understand where you're coming from. And I hope the cool head thing worked out and you'll be able to have a lovely time with it =)
You might be a snob, but the best kind there is ;) (Aka the not-full-of-themselves kind. High sensitivity = high expectations. Logic.)
Is the novel still a thing? ;P (Kind of didn't dare to ask earlier because you're such a busy bee and sounded a bit overwhelmed with all the stuff ;))
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