{"id":228040,"date":"2014-02-11T04:25:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T04:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/11\/why-do-you-like-midnight-so-much-its-one-of-my\/"},"modified":"2014-02-11T04:25:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T04:25:19","slug":"why-do-you-like-midnight-so-much-its-one-of-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/11\/why-do-you-like-midnight-so-much-its-one-of-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do you like Midnight so much? It&#8217;s one of my last favorite eps. I just don&#8217;t find it interesting."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/burntlikethesun.tumblr.com\/post\/72254309206\/why-do-you-like-midnight-so-much-its-one-of-my\">burntlikethesun<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>psychological fear, there is no need for CGI, the creature is terrifying without special effects or physical appearance<\/li>\n<li>study of identity,<\/li>\n<li>the things which are usually assets\/no problem for the doctor are subverted, i.e. him turning up out of the blue instead of pre-booking, his intelligence, mucking about with machinery, using a fake name (Nobody\u2019s called John Smith, he\u2019s lying!) him taking authority and assuming leadership of the situation, him asserting himself over other people- all of it is used against him and makes him suspicious in their eyes<\/li>\n<li>mob mentality, fear of the unknown, the ugliness of humanity, people seeing what they want to see\/confirmation bias<\/li>\n<li>study of ethics- is it right to kill this creature just because we\u2019re scared? how it becomes easier and easier for them to decide to kill the further they go, first the creature then the doctor and then dee dee are all turned against- the value of life is lost as they lose their morality in fear<\/li>\n<li>it\u2019s an excellent study in characterisation, every single one of the passengers has a distinct personality and flaws and are morally grey; even dee dee who is very logical and sees what\u2019s really going on tells everyone about the 6 second delay on the doors which would make it possible to kill someone, because she just wants to go home. and then at the end when she knows exactly what\u2019s happening, instead of intervening she shrinks into a corner blocking it all out<\/li>\n<li>&lsquo;We must not look at goblin men&rsquo; it&rsquo;s my favourite poem lol<\/li>\n<li>the doctor is completely powerless, his voice is his strength and that is taken away from him completely<\/li>\n<li>the importance of the ordinary, individual. if it wasn\u2019t for the hostess\u2019 sacrifice the doctor would have been murdered, and the ironic thing is that she was the one who suggested throwing someone out in the first place. and nobody even knew her name.<\/li>\n<li>david\u2019s acting when he\u2019s possessed is excellent<\/li>\n<li>the subtle way in which the creature manipulates the other passengers after subduing the doctor, using male pronouns to describe the entity turns the fear towards him after they\u2019d all been using \u2018she\/it\u2019 and how she puts words into his mouth by saying them\n<ul>\n<li>VAL: Stop. Oh, my God, make him stop. Someone make him stop.<\/li>\n<li>DEE DEE: But she\u2019s saying it!<\/li>\n<li>VAL: And you can shut up.<\/li>\n<li>DEE DEE: But it\u2019s not him, it\u2019s her. He\u2019s just repeating.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>the dialogue is excellent, the tension is well crafted, all the technical stuff- practically the entire episode is show in one tiny set<\/li>\n<li>the little details which we never find out- what is the creature, what was its intent? is it still alive, seeing as it existed in the deadly sunlight before entering the vehicle? how did it survive on a planet which supposedly can not support life? what does Sky mean by \u2018She said she\u2019d get me!\u2019 when she is being driven insane with fear?<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;I said it was her.&rsquo; gahhhh Val<\/li>\n<li>Sky\u2019s sexual\u00a0orientation being normalised<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;The pool is abstract!&rsquo; &#8216;The lost moon of poosh!&rsquo; &#8216;Chicken or beef? I think it&rsquo;s both.&rsquo;- all the little interactions of the passengers when they are forced to interact after the entertainment breaks down<\/li>\n<li>Rose\u2019s face on the monitor, \u2018<span>I had a friend who went to a different universe. \u2019 heeeee<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>burntlikethesun: psychological fear, there is no need for CGI, the creature is terrifying without special effects or physical appearance study of identity, the things which are usually assets\/no problem for the doctor are subverted, i.e. him turning up out of the blue instead of pre-booking, his intelligence, mucking about with machinery, using a fake name &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/11\/why-do-you-like-midnight-so-much-its-one-of-my\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why do you like Midnight so much? It&#8217;s one of my last favorite eps. I just don&#8217;t find it interesting.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[13,23264,201,8701,23265,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}