Yes - I saw that vid - gorgeous work and like you say, somehow manages to bypass the parts of the story that I am afraid of by convincing me it's meant to be messy and complicated and frightening instead of glib; intelligent instead of clever? I guess we'll see how the second half of the series spins out?
As to your last point, that's actually a very interesting point. I'm not sure I agree that they would have known that the TARDIS would keep her safe? Since they didn't know she'd be in it necessarily? Though if they did that's an interesting viewpoint and the idea of River without context is likewise fascinating.
But what really does grab me is your point that the plan definitely looks more like trying to stop River from existing than anything else. I mean, I'd already partially clocked that because Moffat had said there was a reason why the Silence blew up the universe on Amy and Rory's wedding day and as soon as it was revealed that was also River's date of conception, and all the stuff about whether or not she's a weapon, I figured someone was trying to prevent River, by blowing up the thing that made her special (the TARDIS) on the day she would have been conceived. But thinking about everything else as directed attacks on her too is new - not necessarily just collateral they could not have predicted, particularly your point about why Rory kills Amy. Which works okay as just him being programmed to kill any allies of the Doctor, but is far more interesting if it's yet another safety to prevent River's existence.
Again...I guess we await the second half of the season?
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As to your last point, that's actually a very interesting point. I'm not sure I agree that they would have known that the TARDIS would keep her safe? Since they didn't know she'd be in it necessarily? Though if they did that's an interesting viewpoint and the idea of River without context is likewise fascinating.
But what really does grab me is your point that the plan definitely looks more like trying to stop River from existing than anything else. I mean, I'd already partially clocked that because Moffat had said there was a reason why the Silence blew up the universe on Amy and Rory's wedding day and as soon as it was revealed that was also River's date of conception, and all the stuff about whether or not she's a weapon, I figured someone was trying to prevent River, by blowing up the thing that made her special (the TARDIS) on the day she would have been conceived. But thinking about everything else as directed attacks on her too is new - not necessarily just collateral they could not have predicted, particularly your point about why Rory kills Amy. Which works okay as just him being programmed to kill any allies of the Doctor, but is far more interesting if it's yet another safety to prevent River's existence.
Again...I guess we await the second half of the season?