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What if is something we all think about in the back of our minds everyday, what would of happened if we made this or that decision, how different would things be. Would things be worse or better? This is one of my favorite episodes of the series but also it's one of the darkest ones as we see what happens when Donna takes a wrong turn. This premise has been done before but he execution here is just fantastic and feels frighteningly plausible.
It is really disheartening and disturbing as we see just as Donna's life is getting worse by the minute so is all life on Earth as it is just getting fraked up bad. One of the saddest things about the episode was hearing about all of the protagonists we know and love all dying one by one, the one that really choked me up was hearing about Sarah Jane, I thought OMG! It was just so surreal but also presented the mortality of protagonists showing that they can die too.
What makes it even more disturbing is how much things have fallen apart. From seeing the government literally flush all morality down the toilet. However the one that really disturbed me was when there is a moment with Donna and her mom, and as Donna announces the usual bad news we just see this look on the mom's face which was just utter hopelessness.
You really feel pathos for Donna throughout the episode as she is just constantly struggling but left and right doors are closing all around her. I kinda like how Rose Tyler in a way is sort of the Guardian Angel figure as she is telling Donna everything and guiding her on the right path.
Donna at first has trouble swallowing this which is understandable, but then there comes one moment with her grandfather whom is doing is usual star gazing. We then see something disturbing as the stars in the sky are going out, the universe is dying. This was the final straw for Donna as we see one of the very things her grandfather loves is being taken away from him; but most importantly she just doesn't want to feel or take crap anymore.
It reminds me of what Elias from the film "Unbreakable" once said, "You know that sad feeling you have, it's because your not doing what your suppose to be doing." And I honestly believe that true, when people aren't doing what their meant to do or are where there suppose to be, they become lost, displaced, unhappy. Donna we see steps up and do what she has to do, what she was meant to be in her life, a hero.
This episode in a way is about heroism, but also makes you grateful that heroes and superheroes still exist and really shows the importance of having them.
It's always the smallest thing that can define the rest of your life and everything around it.
Rating: 4 stars
What if is something we all think about in the back of our minds everyday, what would of happened if we made this or that decision, how different would things be. Would things be worse or better? This is one of my favorite episodes of the series but also it's one of the darkest ones as we see what happens when Donna takes a wrong turn. This premise has been done before but he execution here is just fantastic and feels frighteningly plausible.
It is really disheartening and disturbing as we see just as Donna's life is getting worse by the minute so is all life on Earth as it is just getting fraked up bad. One of the saddest things about the episode was hearing about all of the protagonists we know and love all dying one by one, the one that really choked me up was hearing about Sarah Jane, I thought OMG! It was just so surreal but also presented the mortality of protagonists showing that they can die too.
What makes it even more disturbing is how much things have fallen apart. From seeing the government literally flush all morality down the toilet. However the one that really disturbed me was when there is a moment with Donna and her mom, and as Donna announces the usual bad news we just see this look on the mom's face which was just utter hopelessness.
You really feel pathos for Donna throughout the episode as she is just constantly struggling but left and right doors are closing all around her. I kinda like how Rose Tyler in a way is sort of the Guardian Angel figure as she is telling Donna everything and guiding her on the right path.
Donna at first has trouble swallowing this which is understandable, but then there comes one moment with her grandfather whom is doing is usual star gazing. We then see something disturbing as the stars in the sky are going out, the universe is dying. This was the final straw for Donna as we see one of the very things her grandfather loves is being taken away from him; but most importantly she just doesn't want to feel or take crap anymore.
It reminds me of what Elias from the film "Unbreakable" once said, "You know that sad feeling you have, it's because your not doing what your suppose to be doing." And I honestly believe that true, when people aren't doing what their meant to do or are where there suppose to be, they become lost, displaced, unhappy. Donna we see steps up and do what she has to do, what she was meant to be in her life, a hero.
This episode in a way is about heroism, but also makes you grateful that heroes and superheroes still exist and really shows the importance of having them.
It's always the smallest thing that can define the rest of your life and everything around it.
Rating: 4 stars