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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.

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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 points 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.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

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

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 9 points 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.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

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

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

The whole episode looked expensive, and not just the Meep.

[-] Vittelius@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I was with it for the display thing. But the energy sheild....ehhh...

[-] nicolairathjen@lemmy.world 7 points 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.

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago

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.

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