{"id":1433,"date":"2005-06-18T03:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-18T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2005\/06\/in-response-to-some-message-board-shenanigans\/"},"modified":"2010-03-24T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T15:08:59","slug":"in-response-to-some-message-board-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2005\/06\/in-response-to-some-message-board-shenanigans\/","title":{"rendered":"In response to some message board shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>Most of science fiction is magic in the end: you make an assumption for<br \/>\nthe purpose of illustration (usually of a social or political issue),<br \/>\nand as long as everything around it follows in a reasonable manner, you&#8217;ve got a successful gimmick.<\/p>\n<p>Doctor Who has never been any different; the difference is that its key<br \/>\nassumptions, on a long-term basis, tend to be more for dramatic than<br \/>\nhypothetical purposes. To provide solutions rather than ask questions.<br \/>\nThe sonic screwdriver exists, for instance, to resolve any physical<br \/>\nimpasse. Davies has had fun with this and, flying in the face of JNT,<br \/>\nhas made it even more of a panacea. (Note Boom Town and the<br \/>\nteleportation.) This is fine because this one magical assumption allows<br \/>\nus to skip the obligatory procedurals (that frankly have little to do<br \/>\nwith story) and go more directly from cause to effect, on a narrative<br \/>\nlevel.<\/p>\n<p>The TARDIS has always been another magical device. It works how it<br \/>\nneeds to work to do what the writers want to do. That Davies is having<br \/>\nmore fun with this than earlier writers and producers just follows his<br \/>\nwhims and &#8212; frankly &#8212; the demands of the modern format of the show.<br \/>\nAnd of modern standards in storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>That montage at the start of Rose tells all, really. In two minutes we<br \/>\nknow all we need to know about her, and all we really get are setup<br \/>\nshots. It would be pointless to fill in the blanks, as that&#8217;s not what<br \/>\nthe story&#8217;s about. We get all we need to know from what we&#8217;re shown,<br \/>\nand we can fill in the rest ourselves. Take that, expand it, you have<br \/>\nDoctor Who in a nutshell. All Davies has done is boil it down. And in<br \/>\nmost places, it&#8217;s effective in the end. If you really need<br \/>\nexplanations, you can make them up on your own. Fans are good at that.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re kind of irrelevant to the purpose of the series, though.<\/p>\n<p>Thus concludes my review of Metroid II.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of science fiction is magic in the end: you make an assumption for the purpose of illustration (usually of a social or political issue), and as long as everything around it follows in a reasonable manner, you&#8217;ve got a successful gimmick. 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