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   Andy Leighton to All   
   Re: Angels take Manhattan REview with Sp   
   02 Oct 12 10:24:06   
   
   From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated   
   From Address: andyl@azaal.plus.com   
   Subject: Re: Angels take Manhattan REview with Spoilers   
      
   On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:34:38 -0400,   wrote:   
   > 3/10 at best   
   >   
   > The script was amateur to say the least - seriously schitzo and    
   > pointless all over the place - in urgent need of a half decent script    
   > editor guys   
   > The weeping angels have been done to death (as have daleks and cybermen)    
   > (Total lack of creativity now becoming a bit obvious  - I could suggest   
   > some reading... Try Cliff Simak or Silverberg... )   
      
   I think some of the sameyness is due to the format of production.   
   The show-runner aspect necessarily leads to some homogeneity.   
   The alternative (as in the original series) of producer / script editor /   
   multiple writers often seemed to provide more creative tension.   
      
   --    
   Andy Leighton => andyl@azaal.plus.com   
   "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"    
      - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_   
      
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