Torchwood SoC
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rowanberriesOooh. This one looks good, and yet already so much to bitch about.
Let's begin with the sunglasses, team - can I call you 'team'? Good. HAAAAAAA. Sorry. No, really, you look so... synchronised!
Holy hell, that's Cathica. WTF is up with reusing actors so much? Yes, I know RTD likes them, but it's lazy and makes the fans twitch wondering if there's a connection between doppelgangers. (Side note: If it turns out there is? All will be forgiven, because having a setup stretching that far back would be AWESOME. If not, it's just annoying.)
Aaaand Cathica-lite is a stuck up unprofessional bitch. So much has changed! Not. Seriously. You just don't say that. You bitch in private, on your breaks. Not in the middle of a murder scene to a group of YOUR SUPERIORS who need their wits about them to do an examination. Shitty characterisation, even though it's cool to watch.
...Did he just say the killer has retcon in his blood? There's a substance called 'retcon?' AHAHAHAHA SO MUCH IS EXPLAINED.
FUCK! OFF! GWEN! Or writers. But... what?!!!! You KNOW it turned Suzie crazy, 'cause you were the one she expositioned to before BLOWING OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD, FOOL. See. This is what I hate. Not Gwen. It's the way they are so fucking clumsy and obvious about using her as a plot device to bring up solutions that, you know, are actually stupid. Do you feel used, Gwen? I kind of feel used for you. It's okay. You have the right to say no. Or would, if your actress didn't have a contract.
YES, THANK YOU JACK AND OWEN. I love the little 'humour the poor n00b' glance they exchanged just there. Lemme rewatch. Hee!
Oh, Eve Myles. I saw you had to steel yourself to keep talking there. It's okay. I don't blame you.
...Jack, this is not quelling my belief that you want your entire team to die. Why is Gwen so persuasive? They knew all that before she spelled it out in case the thickies in the audience hadn't quite grasped the point of the episode. Just... gah! I thought they were at least going to have another murder happen to push them into seeing that they had no choice but to try the glove, but it turns out I was giving them too much credit. I remember when shows didn't assume their audiences were dumb as all fuck. *wistful* Am I showing my... er, nineteen years of age?
Oh, Ianto. You and Tosh are such damn adorable dorks. Hook up already! Failing that, get some screentime of you two interacting! It was cute!
HAAAA SOUNDTRACK WTF. Its like you're trying to highlight the scary moment when you focused on the dead face. Except we could see it beforehand, so it failed. Oh, and shut up, Gwen. You just pushed him into using technology that killed one of his team members, of course he isn't all right. True, it wasn't exactly hard, but that's just crappy writing/editing.
Hey, what's up with the 'oh noooo' music? She's the one that suggested it, she's taking some responsibility, let her try! Oh, no, he said the 'C' word. Now we know it's gonna... well, we knew it was gonna work anyway, because we saw the previews. Moving on.
Okay, they're all crap at personal relations. Lie to him! Tell him he's in an ambulance, and they're bringing his family, he just needs to answer a quick question. But Eve Myles is very good, here. The cross between anger and tears is nicely done, there.
'It's the button on the top.' HEEE! Oh, Ianto. You really are cute.
Good boy, Jack, that's more like it. How many times have you done this again, that you only just got it?
Stash Rhys away? Jack, I don't think that 'FOR SEX' undertone was intentional, there.
Oh, Tosh. See, writers? Subtlty. That's how you make a character real, and human. Not with anvils and heavily contrived lines containing the word 'compassion.'
Well done, Jack. Heal her with sexy! Always works a treat.
Ew. Was that necessary? But props for detail - no blood.
Duuuude. And: Ehe. 'Gwen bloody Cooper, wouldn't you just know it.' My thoughts exactly, Suzie.
Damn, we have zombie!Suzie. Shelley wants to compare thoughts.
Ew. Thanks for the skull-shot, dudes.
Snerk. And Jack is now Captain for the Four-year-old Squad. 'You started it' indeed. But all snarking aside, this? Is bloody cool. Suzie's scary, but she's kind of awesome.
Oh, wait, now she's not. Yes, Suzie, it is your fault. If you're a villain, at least have some style, woman, don't whine. If you wanted it to stop being your fault, maybe you should have murdered people less. Yeah, Tosh, preach it like it is. Murderers don't get to whine about people being judgemental. It's... tacky.
Heee. Saw that coming from miles away. Silly Owen.
Shut uuuuup, Suzie. You came back because they made a poor decision, because Gwen cannot be refused. Or something.
HAAAA. Now, that's old school Doctor Who, man. Shoddy sets that actually shake when an actor's faux-punching them. No way would that hold anything with alien strength. It doesn't even look like it'd hold that crazy guy for long.
*Cracks up* Macbeth! Torchwood! Oh, Jack. You couldn't resist, could you? AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Man. That kind of joke never gets old. Didn't on Blackadder, doesn't here. *Loves*
Suuuuzie looks like a nun. Creepy zombie nun.
Yeah, okay, guys, this 'bonding?' Is shit. You need to be more awkward about it, you're not on stage reciting Shakespearian dialogue in rhythm, you are human people. Well, one human and one zombie nun. Gwen? Tentative and nonverbal truce being extended, in the form of willingness to talk. Suzie? Grateful but wary acceptance, 'cause it doesn't so much matter to you anymore. And enough with the GWEN IS PERFECT mantra. It was acceptible with Rose, because she had built-in flaws, but once you've done it once, it's been done, and everyone here has seen Doctor Who, 'kay?
*relaxes* God. I swear, I don't want to be a director, but occasionally I feel the need to fix fuck-ups.
...Eheh. That was good. Yes, everyone has slept with Owen except the woman who really wanted to there. *Hugs Tosh quietly*
FUCK THE FUCKING FUCK OFF, GWEN! That may be my natural defensiveness of Jack there, but did you miss the whole thing about 'only certain people can use it?' Is Jack an approachable boss who you can chat to about your family? No. So how could he have known? Just... argh.
Okay, I want to tear your face off. Now would be a good time to stop writers, I am talking to you. We know Jack isn't the best person ever. You don't need to add in cancer patient to the mix. Urgh.
NO BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WHAT THE FUCK IT WOULD DO! EXPERIMENTAL! ALIEN! TECHNOLOGY! Shall I tattoo 'shut up' over your face, woman? I just.... argh. Jack, I hope your verbal bitchslapping is going to be good after this.
...No, it wasn't. That made no sense. Jack, shut up. Gwen, shut up. I need to talk to the writers. And by talk, I mean, 'wave my arms a lot and cry at what they are doing to a cool and interesting concept.'
Yes, Gwen, he could. You have seen Jack get kill-happy with guns. He could. And you know he would even do it for the right reasons. He really wouldn't wish that on her.
Oh, my god, Gwen, I see it now. There's something wrong with your brain! Ahahahaha! Idiot.
Ooooooh. But this is damn cool. See, the whole problem is, I'm loving this episode. I just hate that they have to make the main characters STUPID in order for it to work. Go evil!Suzie, go!
No, I think it's very hard for Captain Jack, Suzie. And yes, peanut gallery, I mean that in oh so many senses, because even the current angstbucket is very damn sexy.
Oh, FUCKING CATHICA. RTD, I mean this now. Stop taking fancies to random actors and recasting them. (Unless under the previously stated arrangement.) It's annoying, and there is not a finite pool of people, you know. There's a constant turnover. You won't run out of actors, I promise.
Go Tosh! That makes no sense, but yay! I'm just happy they're letting her do something cool!
Hmm. Kill the Daddy. Right. Back for vengeance, taking away any form of humanity Suzie might have had. Ah, well.
FUCKING SHOOT, JACK. Seriously. Even if Gwen's gone, she needs to die, yo.
Good boy.
Through the head, fool!
Oh, fuck you, everyone who's ever uttered that line. It is Suzie's fault for being a murderer. It's Gwen's fault she's a naive fool, or possibly her parent's, for dropping her on her head all those times. It's whoever takes the action, not in whose name they do the deed. And that's why I love Jack still. He takes responsibility for his actions, and tolerates no bullshit about it. Except from Gwen. But that's because he wants to. (I can think of no other logical reason, and I have to, otherwise I won't be able to play this.)
Huh, the First Evil's coming? Whaaaatever, Suzie.
This would be slightly more suspenseful if we didn't know that Gwen'll be fine and Suzie's screwed.
WAAAUGH! Omg. Ianto/Jack? For realz? Whut. Crazy times. And... yeah, I like, but I would better if they showed how he got past the 'killed my girlfriend hatehatehate' thing. Hmm.
Death by Torchwood. That fits. It's a dangerous place to be. Oh, and you clever boy, Ianto. Jack, be good to him. You've got a good one there. Try not to hurt him more than you already have, and I know you eventually will.
And next week... oooh, ghosts.
Hmm. I liked that a lot, despite the bitchery. No reason given for Suzie killing her father, I note. Still falling into the trap of demonising the villain, though they're getting better. And, y'know, she was obviously deranged. Ianto/Jack just makes me happy, because Ianto really has potential, which he showed just there with his insight. And I think seeing Jack's fun side will help him, and obviously, help Jack.
Just poor Tosh left alone now.
Hmm. And no Rhys this week. Poor bloke.
Man. Questions, comments?
On the Real Life side, the plumbing's fixed, which I'm sure warms all your hearts for me. Also, I got penalty fare-d this morning on the train. *Sulk* I'm appealing it, obviously, more for the principle than the twenty quid. The woman was so nice about it, she gave me a list of things to say in my letter that'll get me off the hook. *Amused.*
Dinner now.
Let's begin with the sunglasses, team - can I call you 'team'? Good. HAAAAAAA. Sorry. No, really, you look so... synchronised!
Holy hell, that's Cathica. WTF is up with reusing actors so much? Yes, I know RTD likes them, but it's lazy and makes the fans twitch wondering if there's a connection between doppelgangers. (Side note: If it turns out there is? All will be forgiven, because having a setup stretching that far back would be AWESOME. If not, it's just annoying.)
Aaaand Cathica-lite is a stuck up unprofessional bitch. So much has changed! Not. Seriously. You just don't say that. You bitch in private, on your breaks. Not in the middle of a murder scene to a group of YOUR SUPERIORS who need their wits about them to do an examination. Shitty characterisation, even though it's cool to watch.
...Did he just say the killer has retcon in his blood? There's a substance called 'retcon?' AHAHAHAHA SO MUCH IS EXPLAINED.
FUCK! OFF! GWEN! Or writers. But... what?!!!! You KNOW it turned Suzie crazy, 'cause you were the one she expositioned to before BLOWING OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD, FOOL. See. This is what I hate. Not Gwen. It's the way they are so fucking clumsy and obvious about using her as a plot device to bring up solutions that, you know, are actually stupid. Do you feel used, Gwen? I kind of feel used for you. It's okay. You have the right to say no. Or would, if your actress didn't have a contract.
YES, THANK YOU JACK AND OWEN. I love the little 'humour the poor n00b' glance they exchanged just there. Lemme rewatch. Hee!
Oh, Eve Myles. I saw you had to steel yourself to keep talking there. It's okay. I don't blame you.
...Jack, this is not quelling my belief that you want your entire team to die. Why is Gwen so persuasive? They knew all that before she spelled it out in case the thickies in the audience hadn't quite grasped the point of the episode. Just... gah! I thought they were at least going to have another murder happen to push them into seeing that they had no choice but to try the glove, but it turns out I was giving them too much credit. I remember when shows didn't assume their audiences were dumb as all fuck. *wistful* Am I showing my... er, nineteen years of age?
Oh, Ianto. You and Tosh are such damn adorable dorks. Hook up already! Failing that, get some screentime of you two interacting! It was cute!
HAAAA SOUNDTRACK WTF. Its like you're trying to highlight the scary moment when you focused on the dead face. Except we could see it beforehand, so it failed. Oh, and shut up, Gwen. You just pushed him into using technology that killed one of his team members, of course he isn't all right. True, it wasn't exactly hard, but that's just crappy writing/editing.
Hey, what's up with the 'oh noooo' music? She's the one that suggested it, she's taking some responsibility, let her try! Oh, no, he said the 'C' word. Now we know it's gonna... well, we knew it was gonna work anyway, because we saw the previews. Moving on.
Okay, they're all crap at personal relations. Lie to him! Tell him he's in an ambulance, and they're bringing his family, he just needs to answer a quick question. But Eve Myles is very good, here. The cross between anger and tears is nicely done, there.
'It's the button on the top.' HEEE! Oh, Ianto. You really are cute.
Good boy, Jack, that's more like it. How many times have you done this again, that you only just got it?
Stash Rhys away? Jack, I don't think that 'FOR SEX' undertone was intentional, there.
Oh, Tosh. See, writers? Subtlty. That's how you make a character real, and human. Not with anvils and heavily contrived lines containing the word 'compassion.'
Well done, Jack. Heal her with sexy! Always works a treat.
Ew. Was that necessary? But props for detail - no blood.
Duuuude. And: Ehe. 'Gwen bloody Cooper, wouldn't you just know it.' My thoughts exactly, Suzie.
Damn, we have zombie!Suzie. Shelley wants to compare thoughts.
Ew. Thanks for the skull-shot, dudes.
Snerk. And Jack is now Captain for the Four-year-old Squad. 'You started it' indeed. But all snarking aside, this? Is bloody cool. Suzie's scary, but she's kind of awesome.
Oh, wait, now she's not. Yes, Suzie, it is your fault. If you're a villain, at least have some style, woman, don't whine. If you wanted it to stop being your fault, maybe you should have murdered people less. Yeah, Tosh, preach it like it is. Murderers don't get to whine about people being judgemental. It's... tacky.
Heee. Saw that coming from miles away. Silly Owen.
Shut uuuuup, Suzie. You came back because they made a poor decision, because Gwen cannot be refused. Or something.
HAAAA. Now, that's old school Doctor Who, man. Shoddy sets that actually shake when an actor's faux-punching them. No way would that hold anything with alien strength. It doesn't even look like it'd hold that crazy guy for long.
*Cracks up* Macbeth! Torchwood! Oh, Jack. You couldn't resist, could you? AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Man. That kind of joke never gets old. Didn't on Blackadder, doesn't here. *Loves*
Suuuuzie looks like a nun. Creepy zombie nun.
Yeah, okay, guys, this 'bonding?' Is shit. You need to be more awkward about it, you're not on stage reciting Shakespearian dialogue in rhythm, you are human people. Well, one human and one zombie nun. Gwen? Tentative and nonverbal truce being extended, in the form of willingness to talk. Suzie? Grateful but wary acceptance, 'cause it doesn't so much matter to you anymore. And enough with the GWEN IS PERFECT mantra. It was acceptible with Rose, because she had built-in flaws, but once you've done it once, it's been done, and everyone here has seen Doctor Who, 'kay?
*relaxes* God. I swear, I don't want to be a director, but occasionally I feel the need to fix fuck-ups.
...Eheh. That was good. Yes, everyone has slept with Owen except the woman who really wanted to there. *Hugs Tosh quietly*
FUCK THE FUCKING FUCK OFF, GWEN! That may be my natural defensiveness of Jack there, but did you miss the whole thing about 'only certain people can use it?' Is Jack an approachable boss who you can chat to about your family? No. So how could he have known? Just... argh.
Okay, I want to tear your face off. Now would be a good time to stop writers, I am talking to you. We know Jack isn't the best person ever. You don't need to add in cancer patient to the mix. Urgh.
NO BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WHAT THE FUCK IT WOULD DO! EXPERIMENTAL! ALIEN! TECHNOLOGY! Shall I tattoo 'shut up' over your face, woman? I just.... argh. Jack, I hope your verbal bitchslapping is going to be good after this.
...No, it wasn't. That made no sense. Jack, shut up. Gwen, shut up. I need to talk to the writers. And by talk, I mean, 'wave my arms a lot and cry at what they are doing to a cool and interesting concept.'
Yes, Gwen, he could. You have seen Jack get kill-happy with guns. He could. And you know he would even do it for the right reasons. He really wouldn't wish that on her.
Oh, my god, Gwen, I see it now. There's something wrong with your brain! Ahahahaha! Idiot.
Ooooooh. But this is damn cool. See, the whole problem is, I'm loving this episode. I just hate that they have to make the main characters STUPID in order for it to work. Go evil!Suzie, go!
No, I think it's very hard for Captain Jack, Suzie. And yes, peanut gallery, I mean that in oh so many senses, because even the current angstbucket is very damn sexy.
Oh, FUCKING CATHICA. RTD, I mean this now. Stop taking fancies to random actors and recasting them. (Unless under the previously stated arrangement.) It's annoying, and there is not a finite pool of people, you know. There's a constant turnover. You won't run out of actors, I promise.
Go Tosh! That makes no sense, but yay! I'm just happy they're letting her do something cool!
Hmm. Kill the Daddy. Right. Back for vengeance, taking away any form of humanity Suzie might have had. Ah, well.
FUCKING SHOOT, JACK. Seriously. Even if Gwen's gone, she needs to die, yo.
Good boy.
Through the head, fool!
Oh, fuck you, everyone who's ever uttered that line. It is Suzie's fault for being a murderer. It's Gwen's fault she's a naive fool, or possibly her parent's, for dropping her on her head all those times. It's whoever takes the action, not in whose name they do the deed. And that's why I love Jack still. He takes responsibility for his actions, and tolerates no bullshit about it. Except from Gwen. But that's because he wants to. (I can think of no other logical reason, and I have to, otherwise I won't be able to play this.)
Huh, the First Evil's coming? Whaaaatever, Suzie.
This would be slightly more suspenseful if we didn't know that Gwen'll be fine and Suzie's screwed.
WAAAUGH! Omg. Ianto/Jack? For realz? Whut. Crazy times. And... yeah, I like, but I would better if they showed how he got past the 'killed my girlfriend hatehatehate' thing. Hmm.
Death by Torchwood. That fits. It's a dangerous place to be. Oh, and you clever boy, Ianto. Jack, be good to him. You've got a good one there. Try not to hurt him more than you already have, and I know you eventually will.
And next week... oooh, ghosts.
Hmm. I liked that a lot, despite the bitchery. No reason given for Suzie killing her father, I note. Still falling into the trap of demonising the villain, though they're getting better. And, y'know, she was obviously deranged. Ianto/Jack just makes me happy, because Ianto really has potential, which he showed just there with his insight. And I think seeing Jack's fun side will help him, and obviously, help Jack.
Just poor Tosh left alone now.
Hmm. And no Rhys this week. Poor bloke.
Man. Questions, comments?
On the Real Life side, the plumbing's fixed, which I'm sure warms all your hearts for me. Also, I got penalty fare-d this morning on the train. *Sulk* I'm appealing it, obviously, more for the principle than the twenty quid. The woman was so nice about it, she gave me a list of things to say in my letter that'll get me off the hook. *Amused.*
Dinner now.
