They all are. Cornell certainly is, though, and his scripts are rubbish. Father’s Day was schmaltzy bollocks that possessed no maturity or nuance in how it explored its issues (not to mention the obnoxious sentimentality), as was Human Nature. Why people praise him is simply a mystery (I know I’m ranting a little here, but this has rather annoyed me).Commander Maxil wrote:Cornell is the biggest twat of all.
Oh- and I read Sandifer’s review of Inferno, which missed the point of the story in every conceivable way. So you’re saying that no character on the parallel Earth is conceivably capable of redemption just because they’ve grown up in a fascist society? Situational upbringings are not the same as predispositional qualities, you muppet! ‘Elizabeth’ Shaw is presented as a potentially intelligent and intuitive individual akin to Liz from our own universe, albeit one confined to the society she lives in. One the cataclysm starts and the Doctor shows her another way, she rejects said society due to her predispositional qualities. Likewise, just because the Brigadier reminds the Doctor of his ‘other self’, it doesn’t mean the Doctor should outright reject him, as no path is explicitly set ‘So free will is not an illusion after all’. Moreover, the Doctor trying to destroy the drill in a crude manner represents both his sheer desperation after witnessing the calamities on the other world, and his frustration at the ‘ape-like’ (as referred to by Stahlman in reference to Benton) human race and their capacity for impulsively destroying themselves. As a result, the Doctor ironically submits to such ‘ape like’ impulses himself, indicative of the psychological impact of project Inferno. Why does she not understand this?
I can only take so much moronic shite, so I’ll not read any more.