That's really interesting about the swastika. I mean, I've heard that before but hadn't connected it with the episode. River tends to frequently be surrounded with symbols of both death and life, so the swastikas (with their original symbolic and then newer Nazi connotations) would make a very good addition to that, especially in this episode where her connection to both death and life comes to a head.
The red and blue was far more prevalent last season--they've toned it down a bit. I did read a very good analysis of it at some point that I forget where it is now, but basically red is representative of earth (and humanity, solid, dependable things, the body/muscle, Rory's name means "red", etc.) and blue is representative of the heavens (and imagination, intellect, spirit, water and time, etc., which is why it's appropriate the TARDIS is blue). So the juxtaposition of the two basically showed the struggle in Amy's life between these two ideas. Now that that struggle is (or or less) resolved, we get a lot less of those bold, primary colors and have shifted to a more muted palate, although as you note, it's hardly disappeared.
Sorry for the verbal diarrhea... Oh, not at all--we're all here to discuss!
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That's really interesting about the swastika. I mean, I've heard that before but hadn't connected it with the episode. River tends to frequently be surrounded with symbols of both death and life, so the swastikas (with their original symbolic and then newer Nazi connotations) would make a very good addition to that, especially in this episode where her connection to both death and life comes to a head.
The red and blue was far more prevalent last season--they've toned it down a bit. I did read a very good analysis of it at some point that I forget where it is now, but basically red is representative of earth (and humanity, solid, dependable things, the body/muscle, Rory's name means "red", etc.) and blue is representative of the heavens (and imagination, intellect, spirit, water and time, etc., which is why it's appropriate the TARDIS is blue). So the juxtaposition of the two basically showed the struggle in Amy's life between these two ideas. Now that that struggle is (or or less) resolved, we get a lot less of those bold, primary colors and have shifted to a more muted palate, although as you note, it's hardly disappeared.
Sorry for the verbal diarrhea...
Oh, not at all--we're all here to discuss!