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Torchwood - Miracle Day [spoiler warnings]
Stream of consciousness and other review-like babble as I watch the last episode of Miracle Day.
It took me forever to bring myself to watch this series, and I've still never watched 2-5 of CoE.
All the moments that mean the most to me are incidental. Jack mentioning the Doctor to his 1920s boyfriend. The mentions of the team, of Ianto. And damnit, but I cared more about Tosh and Ianto, or even bloody Andy Davidson or fucking Owen Harper than I do about any of these idiots. Ok, I did like John De Lancie's character too... but that's because I'm insane.
There are good speeches - Gwen talking about her father, Vera talking about morality, Jack talking about the future and the stars, and humanity - when I still love this show. The problem is that the rest of the time I'm watching it... and it just annoys me.
I was on board for a bit when Vera was around. I loved her, and I could almost feel like there was a team again. And then they killed her. Burned to death and kept simpering blonde not!Tosh and Rex Mattheson, who really just should have been Mickey Smith but fails so epically. Because I /liked/ Mickey, and I feel nothing for Rex. (Which makes me remember the Smith-Jones marriage as shown in "The End of Time"... and /that/ makes me want to giggle. <3)
That's the thing though, isn't it. Even finally watching "The End of Time" didn't kill Dr. Who for me. I still care - marginally - and the way the special was pulled together, with all the tie-ins and Donna, and Rose, and all of it... it made me cry. It made me want to go back and watch it all again. This... this just makes me want to go back and never have started. Torchwood changed Jack, and not all of his interesting new mental problems are something I enjoy. He's pretty much a grade A dickhead about half the time.
Aw! That moment when Jack breaks, the honest smile.
Damn you, Russ Davies. How can you bring me to tears with only goddamned Gwen Cooper?
And they can't... can they? How can they kill Jack? He's bloody Jack Harkness, he's the Face of Boe. Though I guess
This is a beautiful, beautiful sequence. And a lovely speech from Gwen.
But of course they can't bloody kill him. He's Jack fucking Harkness. Except how he isn't. But that's a whole different story.
And I'm glad they didn't kill lovely Jilly Kitsenger. Even if she is just a damn sequel hook. She was probably the most interesting character left.
And honestly, who /didn't/ see the Rex resurrection coming? Interesting, for sure. Especially if they're now both as 'wrong' as the tenth Doctor said Jack was. Ponderings, I have some.
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Ok, so in a fit of sentimentality, I'm rewatching "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" (S2E1). Within 30 seconds, there's everything Torchwood is. "Have you seen a blowfish driving a sportscar?"
Really Jack? The Doctor dropped you at the Millenium Center in DAYLIGHT. You wait until the middle of the night to say hello, do you? Or possibly just more cannon for my 'Jack traveled with the doctor and got his shit together a bit' theory.
God how much I loved this episode the first time around. Ianto in all things, and then "Song 2" in the bar. And "It is more fun when he's around though."
It hurts a bit to watch Ianto be jealous, be so quietly curious about the details. "Are you going back to him?" Be still my heart. Honestly. But god damn, but I love them. This team, and HART, and everything so so awesome.
Well, all right not everything is awesome. Tosh and Owen are always a bit awkward. Then again, the Jack and Ianto bit is adorable so... pays off. It's so hard to watch Hart taking the team apart though... I wish he didn't have to. But then... that's the story isn't it?
And the crisis still brings them together, brilliant and clever
Stopwatch! :D I mean, what? Was I paying attention. Really.
See? It used to be lovely. It used to make me smile and laugh and /care/. I miss /my/ Torchwood. Damnit.
Note to self - Jack has a kid and a grandson. In town, I think.
Also, Ianto came out to his sister. <3 ;_;
After rewatching Day 1 of Children of Earth, I think I'm gonna give the rest of CoE a shot tomorrow maybe. Got a couple of days off, and the nice British school children are actually less upsetting after the whole damn world being run by pharmaceutical companies. Also, Ianto. So there.
It took me forever to bring myself to watch this series, and I've still never watched 2-5 of CoE.
All the moments that mean the most to me are incidental. Jack mentioning the Doctor to his 1920s boyfriend. The mentions of the team, of Ianto. And damnit, but I cared more about Tosh and Ianto, or even bloody Andy Davidson or fucking Owen Harper than I do about any of these idiots. Ok, I did like John De Lancie's character too... but that's because I'm insane.
There are good speeches - Gwen talking about her father, Vera talking about morality, Jack talking about the future and the stars, and humanity - when I still love this show. The problem is that the rest of the time I'm watching it... and it just annoys me.
I was on board for a bit when Vera was around. I loved her, and I could almost feel like there was a team again. And then they killed her. Burned to death and kept simpering blonde not!Tosh and Rex Mattheson, who really just should have been Mickey Smith but fails so epically. Because I /liked/ Mickey, and I feel nothing for Rex. (Which makes me remember the Smith-Jones marriage as shown in "The End of Time"... and /that/ makes me want to giggle. <3)
That's the thing though, isn't it. Even finally watching "The End of Time" didn't kill Dr. Who for me. I still care - marginally - and the way the special was pulled together, with all the tie-ins and Donna, and Rose, and all of it... it made me cry. It made me want to go back and watch it all again. This... this just makes me want to go back and never have started. Torchwood changed Jack, and not all of his interesting new mental problems are something I enjoy. He's pretty much a grade A dickhead about half the time.
Aw! That moment when Jack breaks, the honest smile.
Damn you, Russ Davies. How can you bring me to tears with only goddamned Gwen Cooper?
And they can't... can they? How can they kill Jack? He's bloody Jack Harkness, he's the Face of Boe. Though I guess
This is a beautiful, beautiful sequence. And a lovely speech from Gwen.
But of course they can't bloody kill him. He's Jack fucking Harkness. Except how he isn't. But that's a whole different story.
And I'm glad they didn't kill lovely Jilly Kitsenger. Even if she is just a damn sequel hook. She was probably the most interesting character left.
And honestly, who /didn't/ see the Rex resurrection coming? Interesting, for sure. Especially if they're now both as 'wrong' as the tenth Doctor said Jack was. Ponderings, I have some.
--------------------------------------------------
Ok, so in a fit of sentimentality, I'm rewatching "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" (S2E1). Within 30 seconds, there's everything Torchwood is. "Have you seen a blowfish driving a sportscar?"
Really Jack? The Doctor dropped you at the Millenium Center in DAYLIGHT. You wait until the middle of the night to say hello, do you? Or possibly just more cannon for my 'Jack traveled with the doctor and got his shit together a bit' theory.
God how much I loved this episode the first time around. Ianto in all things, and then "Song 2" in the bar. And "It is more fun when he's around though."
It hurts a bit to watch Ianto be jealous, be so quietly curious about the details. "Are you going back to him?" Be still my heart. Honestly. But god damn, but I love them. This team, and HART, and everything so so awesome.
Well, all right not everything is awesome. Tosh and Owen are always a bit awkward. Then again, the Jack and Ianto bit is adorable so... pays off. It's so hard to watch Hart taking the team apart though... I wish he didn't have to. But then... that's the story isn't it?
And the crisis still brings them together, brilliant and clever
Stopwatch! :D I mean, what? Was I paying attention. Really.
See? It used to be lovely. It used to make me smile and laugh and /care/. I miss /my/ Torchwood. Damnit.
Note to self - Jack has a kid and a grandson. In town, I think.
Also, Ianto came out to his sister. <3 ;_;
After rewatching Day 1 of Children of Earth, I think I'm gonna give the rest of CoE a shot tomorrow maybe. Got a couple of days off, and the nice British school children are actually less upsetting after the whole damn world being run by pharmaceutical companies. Also, Ianto. So there.