A corporate efficiency drive pushed to disastrous extremes by a mad scientist might have come over heavy-handed, but for all the technical accomplishment (and it is very accomplished), the exquisite beats of Gatiss's imagination see him deliver Doctor Who at its most Doctor Who-like.
The technical accomplishment is undeniable.
But the technical accomplishment plasters over key plot holes.
The technical accomplishment which accompanies his physicality is eye-catching.
Yet despite the technical accomplishment of next-gen games such as Destiny and the mechwarrior-style Titanfall, many players look for novelty and a different type of challenge.
While some of the design elements are captivating - a sheared red dress, for example, allows a dancer to float in the fan-circle like an autumn leaf - other decisions detract rather than enhance from the technical accomplishment of the dancing.
It did not, however, produce a marketable product; the technical accomplishment — playing chess really well — didn't translate to real-world business problems and so produced little direct profit for I.B.M.
Carl Theodor Dreyer made his own multi-epoch story with "Leaves From Satan's Book"; Eisenstein was impressed by the technical accomplishment (but thought the American's montage was all wrong); and Buster Keaton's "Three Ages" was a kind of parody.
Last year a number of other superb Hellenistic pieces were also found at Vani, though whether these were made there or imported is still unclear.Whereas these pieces are exceptional, even more extraordinary, says Timothy Potts, the Fitzwilliam's director, are those that reflect the technical accomplishment and imaginative character of the local people.
Actions and reactions create revelation and insight, opening the door to a meaningful emotional experience for the audience". Maybe my tastes are overly simple, but if there really is a war between genre and literary fiction then, on balance, I'm with Neil Gaiman: while I want the technical accomplishment of a well laid-out meal, I also want to feel stuffed and satisfied afterwards.
