Haven’t seen a discussion post for the new special, so I’ll get the ball rolling. Thoughts, insights, bits you loved… let it all out.

  • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, that was a bit of a stretch. Of course, it’s abilities have changed over time based on narrative need or improved editing techniques as we see here.

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      11 months ago

      Or, maybe the BBC used the money from Disney to buy some better SFX servers

      • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOP
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        11 months ago

        That money definitely shines through to whole production: cameras, lighting, cinematography, SFX. I’m just worried how jarring it will be to go back to the show level production. Unless the episodes are suddenly $1 million a piece.

        • Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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          11 months ago

          One of my first thoughts watching it was “these opening credits look expensive” lol

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          Oh the episodes have been $1 million a piece for a while. One million for an episode of a sci-fi show is a bargain. That’s baseline. For reference: An episode of “Superman and Lois”, the CW show, allegedly costs roughly 1.5 million dollar. As much as I dislike a lot of the visual decisions made by Chibnall it’s clear the BBC spend money on his run. An episode in series 11-13 cost reportedly roughly 3.5 million

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        11 months ago

        I didn’t necessarily hate the energy shield thingies, but they definitely could make things boring if they keep bailing out everyone.

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          I liked that they were clearly not impervious, and only useful as a temporary shield. The detail of them beginning to break with every impact was well done.