16 January 2008 @ 09:12 pm
Torchwood. S2  
Most of this I've seen in previews but..



Thank you RUSTY!

I've spent so long coding this that I can't remember why I wanted to thank him. I think it was because Spike Cap'n John kinda rocks. Although I've now got to the point where I'm thinking that poor James always seems to get cast in the flip-side role. Spike was the flipside to Angel. John is the flipside to Jack. It's... odd.

posting now. Will edit.

"a little smaller, but lasts much longer..."

god save me from Gwen. Seriously, if she isn't killed off mid-season I may not watch season three. I kinda hate Gwen. "How dare you leave me?!!" oslt - FOAD

Ianto likes John... ooo, now that could be interesting.

Seriously. If Joss and Rusty had ever gotten together then they might have worked out a S6 S7 Spike I didn't hate. Hw bad is it that I'm watching Torchwood and thinking Jossverse?

Okay the more I think about it, the more I think poor Rusty... Inara and Simon knew about the Kiss of Death (Our Mrs Reynolds had the poisoned lipstick). Tnis is totally Spike. James? I liked Spike in s3-4. Don't let yourself get typecast mate. It's probably a little late but... *sigh*

Will I watch Torchwood next week? at 25 past 9 on the first ep? probably just out of habit....

Can I be Willow now? Bored now...

but hey, Ianto's in this scene...

awww Ianto/Jack is now officially canon

ooo Ianto threatened. Lemme see, will there be a "What's left?" "Me." scene now?

Ianto? Eye-candy? *snort*

I like Ianto but...

and here's the face-off.

I wish I could care.

Whilst James is good in this role, he can't escape the Spike & Angel comparison. John & Jack? One episode and I'm bored.

Wish I could care

I don't

I may be over Torchwood.

Leave James as a recurring character, I could re-engage. So long as Gwen gets killed off...

Tosh... please, I'm no scientist, but really? No bloody way,

Why isn't Gwen dead?

Or... have a personality transplant - that could work...

Rusty... don't kill him. Keep him as reccuring, that works. Killing him makes this seem like a frelling gimmick...

I do mean recurring as more than a two-part. Recurring as in he gets away and shows up later in the season...

*sigh*

Hee - Ianto and the countdown rocks (although I've seen it before, but still hee!)

LET GWEN DIE!!!!

although if Gwen dies then John dies and a potentially interesting character is written out in one episode..

"Oh that's gorgeous"
"That's a poodle"
"S'Nice...!"

oh fuck off gwen...

How bad is it that I got pissed off that she punched Spike?

yay - they're not killing him off. Recurring character! Awesme!

And hey, if my fic brain wasn't concentrating on something else right now I'd be writing John/Jack slash...
 
 
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[identity profile] smhwpf.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 09:23 pm (UTC)
AAAAAAAH! Torchwood back? Yay! I must get me a-downloading!
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 09:49 pm (UTC)
literally just finished on BBC2 - I would imagine there'll be a torrent in about an hour?

*g*
[identity profile] smhwpf.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 11:05 pm (UTC)
Downloading! Hurrah! Then I can read everything...

Out here in Sweden it's good to have something like that. They show quite a bit of American/British stuff, but the only thing at the moment I find worth watching is House. And of course Bones is strikebound on the download front.

When does Who start btw? Though I sure hope S4's better than the Christmas special! *g*
[identity profile] omegar.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 09:57 pm (UTC)
It had classic moments....(and some that you Know will be capped forever) but well i am left all unimpressed by Torchwood.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 10:06 pm (UTC)
It felt gimmiky to me - the whole guest star factor seemed to be the major thing and the episode itself ended up with a slightly lame story as a result. Major guest star, returning hero, move to non-digital channel - these are all things that one would think would encourage decent story telling, but it seemed that they relied on the gimmick factor to sell it. I'll probably watch next week out of habit, and because there's nothing else on, but after that? They'll have to work hard to keep me.
[identity profile] kayim.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 09:58 pm (UTC)
Jack/Ianto=Canon!love :) LOL!

[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 10:07 pm (UTC)
It's awesome isn't it? (although I'm so disappointed in the episode that I'm rooting for Ianto to tell Jack where he can go right now...)

*g*
[identity profile] damerel.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 10:06 pm (UTC)
Damn. I wrote a lovely long comment which LJ ate and now I can't be bothered to reconstruct. Just, yay for more Jack on our screens, and bah to Gwen. WHY do the writers keep thrusting her into deadly peril in the mistaken belief we care? *yawns*
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 10:09 pm (UTC)
I think my apathy towards Gwen has transformed into active hatred. Whenever she's in peril on screen I'm rooting for the bad guy... I'm thinking that's the opposite of what Rusty wants...
[identity profile] damerel.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 10:18 pm (UTC)
Absolutely! And you know, back at the very beginning I actually liked her. I liked seeing the team through a 'normal' person's pov. If they hadn't then instantly moved to shove her into the centre of everything, including Jack's life, I probably would have continued liking her. I ended up, as you, actively hating her by the end of the last series. So far I've managed to contain my spleen, but if it does carry on like this, that's not going to last long.
[identity profile] jgracio.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 10:24 pm (UTC)
Kinda reminds me of parts of Buffy S6 and most of S7, when I couldn't help but wonder where my own view and the writers view had diverged...

It helps if you don't get emotionally attached to the characters, and just enjoy the show as entertainment.

When is DW starting?
[identity profile] hopeless-cynic.livejournal.com on January 16th, 2008 11:33 pm (UTC)
...I watched it, even after I said I wouldn't 'til after my exam *hides*

I liked it. Mostly. John could've been used a little better (aka more), instead of just being useful for 'revealing' more about Jack, and there was too much Gwen for my liking. Way too much. But there was Ianto, and his stopwatch. I don't care what you think of him, I love him. He's "eye candy" to me lol, and Jack/Ianto being canon makes me happy *g*

The characters seem to be more developed or sure of themselves, and Owen doesn't seem to be as much of a bastard so far so I'm counting it as a win. I'll keep watching, mainly because it's one of the few programmes I watch that still airs lol! Maybe also because I like most of the characters...

Also? Firefly reference that I understood! Go me! (I'll look into downloading at some point next week so I can actually finish watching it lol)
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