Moffat was the main problem. He can write a self contained story, but not one that runs for more than an episode. Somehow, his one or two good episodes translated into letting him be the showrunner for half a decade, littering “mystery boxes” all over. The whole arch of 11 for example is just amazingly stupid one offs becoming “epic” plot points for no reason and making no sense. Plastic lifesize roman soliders? Melting babies? WHOOOOOO!!
He does the same “just put a hook or mystery in the episode to string the rubes along, we will figure it out latter” that Abrams did in Lost. They dont give a shit about the long arc, so they just make a mess of contradictions and ass pulls to pretend it all ties together.
You can see it in what he did to Sherlock and his earlier series Jekyll too. Hbomberguy has a great video about it.
Moffat was the main problem. He can write a self contained story, but not one that runs for more than an episode. Somehow, his one or two good episodes translated into letting him be the showrunner for half a decade, littering “mystery boxes” all over. The whole arch of 11 for example is just amazingly stupid one offs becoming “epic” plot points for no reason and making no sense. Plastic lifesize roman soliders? Melting babies? WHOOOOOO!!
He does the same “just put a hook or mystery in the episode to string the rubes along, we will figure it out latter” that Abrams did in Lost. They dont give a shit about the long arc, so they just make a mess of contradictions and ass pulls to pretend it all ties together.
You can see it in what he did to Sherlock and his earlier series Jekyll too. Hbomberguy has a great video about it.
Yes, I can definitely agree with that as well.