Torchwood was... good?!
I've decided that I'm going to leave all my fandomy posts unlocked, instead of locking them per usual. So sorry if you friended me just for fic, because now you're going to get my opinions on television as well. Run while you still can.
Okay, so I've never been the biggest fan of Torchwood. I've watched all the episodes... because well, they were there and I love Doctor Who and I felt like at least some of Doctor Who's awesomness rubbed off on Torchwood sometimes. But I've never liked Jack, his shiny teeth and his oversexualized cheesy nature have never been my cup of tea (I did like him sort of when he was a conman). I've never understood his attachment to his great big army coat either (unless he's just trying to be like the Doctor and never change clothes). Owen was always an asshole, particularly when he randomly fell in love with that woman from the 1940's, had weird angry sex with Gwen, and pretty much ignored Tosh's obvious feelings for him. Tosh was okay, if a bit boring at times (all the time). Ianto was amusing but I have little respect for a man who loves a half robot woman in a metal bikini and hides her in the basement. And Gwen... don't even get me started on what an over emotional hypocritical useless mound of flesh Gwen is...
But all this being said... OMG TORCHWOOD WAS GOOD. In fact, it was really good. My mind is... blown? HDU make me like Tochwood RTD. I shall never forgive you. However, I really still do not love Torchwood. It was really too little too late for me. S1 and S2 of Torchwood failed to make me truly love the characters. I'm not sad that Ianto is dead (sorry) and I'm still not sad that Owen, Tosh, and Suzie are dead.
Here are some random thoughts about the whole series in list order (they are not really in chronological order though, sorry):
- Remember in Day One when the hub got blown up... my first thought was OMG JANET THE WEEVIL IS DEAD. Was that anyone elses first thought? No?
- What really got me was when Gwen was talking to Ianto's sister about how she knew Ianto really well, and Ianto's sister pwned her and told her that she didn't know Ianto at all. I found that really depressing, more depressing than when Ianto actually died.
- Aliens using children for drugs! Holy schmo. That is awesome and horrifying. So the 456 was high throughout all five episodes. Is that why it took it so long to respond to simple questions?
- The 456's arms looked like grotesque male genitalia. Penis arms meet penis head:
- UNIT is worthless. They have a lot of computers, manpower, and guns. Why couldn't they have figured out how to scream at the aliens on Day Two? Is it because Martha wasn't there? And srs. Martha could you take a break from your happy holiday to phone up the Doctor and ask him to come and kick some drugged out alien ass? No? Too busy? Or did the Doctor really turn away in shame. I'm pretty sure he probably did.
- Why is Gwen competent all of the sudden? She is even good at her job now. I don't understand, but I can't complain because Gwen has really risen in my estimation. She was nice to Rhys and she didn't make weird googly eyes at Jack. And I don't think she shed any unnecessary tears. I'll take it.
- Does anyone else see the growing resemblance between Jack and the Doctor... of course Jack is the Doctor on a much smaller scale. But they have all the same issues to angst about now. They both have family issues, they both always end up killing what they love most, they both wear the same outfit... Also, I loved loved the part where Ianto was like 'look up Captain Jack Harkness' and then you'll see what he could do to you... and the 456 didn't even care. They gave an alien shrug and went back to taking hits off their child drug sacs.
-I won't lie. Jack's angst at the end made me cry. I was crying, lying in my bed, eating cold pizza to comfort myself. I'm sure Jack will now track down Ten and they can be emo together. Jack will be like 'I had to kill my secret grandson' and then Ten will say 'Oh yeah, well I blew up my whole planet and wiped out my entire race' and then Jack will say 'My speech to the 456 failed and my lover died of a mysterious virus in my arms' and then Ten will say 'My speeches always work but my lover is having sex with a different version of me in a parallel world and I had to watch them make out on a beach' and then they will go on in this vein for quite some time I think. Actually, I'm sure Ten will avoid Jack for as long as possible. I would.
- The sad thing is... I think the government's reaction to this situation is actually plausible. In fact, the underlying social commentary probably went a long way in making me think these episodes were really good and aptly horrifying. I'm not saying that I think that aliens really could come down and demand we hand our children over to be used as drugs... I'm not that far gone.
The horrible thing is I think this is just a foreshadowing of the horrible sadness we are going to get at Christmas. Christ. I will be a fucking wreck.
Okay, so I've never been the biggest fan of Torchwood. I've watched all the episodes... because well, they were there and I love Doctor Who and I felt like at least some of Doctor Who's awesomness rubbed off on Torchwood sometimes. But I've never liked Jack, his shiny teeth and his oversexualized cheesy nature have never been my cup of tea (I did like him sort of when he was a conman). I've never understood his attachment to his great big army coat either (unless he's just trying to be like the Doctor and never change clothes). Owen was always an asshole, particularly when he randomly fell in love with that woman from the 1940's, had weird angry sex with Gwen, and pretty much ignored Tosh's obvious feelings for him. Tosh was okay, if a bit boring at times (all the time). Ianto was amusing but I have little respect for a man who loves a half robot woman in a metal bikini and hides her in the basement. And Gwen... don't even get me started on what an over emotional hypocritical useless mound of flesh Gwen is...
But all this being said... OMG TORCHWOOD WAS GOOD. In fact, it was really good. My mind is... blown? HDU make me like Tochwood RTD. I shall never forgive you. However, I really still do not love Torchwood. It was really too little too late for me. S1 and S2 of Torchwood failed to make me truly love the characters. I'm not sad that Ianto is dead (sorry) and I'm still not sad that Owen, Tosh, and Suzie are dead.
Here are some random thoughts about the whole series in list order (they are not really in chronological order though, sorry):
- Remember in Day One when the hub got blown up... my first thought was OMG JANET THE WEEVIL IS DEAD. Was that anyone elses first thought? No?
- What really got me was when Gwen was talking to Ianto's sister about how she knew Ianto really well, and Ianto's sister pwned her and told her that she didn't know Ianto at all. I found that really depressing, more depressing than when Ianto actually died.
- Aliens using children for drugs! Holy schmo. That is awesome and horrifying. So the 456 was high throughout all five episodes. Is that why it took it so long to respond to simple questions?
- The 456's arms looked like grotesque male genitalia. Penis arms meet penis head:
- UNIT is worthless. They have a lot of computers, manpower, and guns. Why couldn't they have figured out how to scream at the aliens on Day Two? Is it because Martha wasn't there? And srs. Martha could you take a break from your happy holiday to phone up the Doctor and ask him to come and kick some drugged out alien ass? No? Too busy? Or did the Doctor really turn away in shame. I'm pretty sure he probably did.
- Why is Gwen competent all of the sudden? She is even good at her job now. I don't understand, but I can't complain because Gwen has really risen in my estimation. She was nice to Rhys and she didn't make weird googly eyes at Jack. And I don't think she shed any unnecessary tears. I'll take it.
- Does anyone else see the growing resemblance between Jack and the Doctor... of course Jack is the Doctor on a much smaller scale. But they have all the same issues to angst about now. They both have family issues, they both always end up killing what they love most, they both wear the same outfit... Also, I loved loved the part where Ianto was like 'look up Captain Jack Harkness' and then you'll see what he could do to you... and the 456 didn't even care. They gave an alien shrug and went back to taking hits off their child drug sacs.
-I won't lie. Jack's angst at the end made me cry. I was crying, lying in my bed, eating cold pizza to comfort myself. I'm sure Jack will now track down Ten and they can be emo together. Jack will be like 'I had to kill my secret grandson' and then Ten will say 'Oh yeah, well I blew up my whole planet and wiped out my entire race' and then Jack will say 'My speech to the 456 failed and my lover died of a mysterious virus in my arms' and then Ten will say 'My speeches always work but my lover is having sex with a different version of me in a parallel world and I had to watch them make out on a beach' and then they will go on in this vein for quite some time I think. Actually, I'm sure Ten will avoid Jack for as long as possible. I would.
- The sad thing is... I think the government's reaction to this situation is actually plausible. In fact, the underlying social commentary probably went a long way in making me think these episodes were really good and aptly horrifying. I'm not saying that I think that aliens really could come down and demand we hand our children over to be used as drugs... I'm not that far gone.
The horrible thing is I think this is just a foreshadowing of the horrible sadness we are going to get at Christmas. Christ. I will be a fucking wreck.