Torchwood Screencaps: 1x01
So, since I'm now officially obsessed with TW, I've decided to do what I do with my fandoms and recap the shows. Since today is the official beginning of my holidays (and nearly THREE WEEKS OFF!!! YES!!!) it's a fitting time to post. No, I don't expect anyone on my f-list will actually look at/read this, but it was fun.
Now, I've taken a graphics course this semester, and while I don't have Photoshop, I'm tinkering around with Paint.net which is a great free program, and this time around it's antiquing the photos (which takes FOREVER but looks great!).
Regardless, I've rambled on enough. Here be the recap. Image heavy.
The Cappity-Cap Screencap Post!!!
TW Episode One: Everything Changes. And Then It Doesn’t. And Then It Does Again.
Starting from the beginning, to give me something to do for a while. While I debate whether or not TW on Blu-Ray would be a good investment…heck, of course it would, I’m just not sure I’m willing to pay it. . Ignore that. It’s done. I splurged. xP.
Anyhoo, moving on to my rambly-rambly comments that will never be seen outside of this Word document. . That’s a lie too, apparently.
First off: Wow, that’s an unattractive hat. Actually, an unattractive uniform. Eve Myles is a pretty woman, but that…wow, she looks like a tomboy gone wrong. On the other hand, PC Andy looks…the same. Imagine that.
So here we have our first glimpse of the TW squad, all mysterious and dark as opposed to the bright yellow fluorescent of the police people. I would hate filming in the rain, because I hate being wet. They pull it off okay. Nah, Burn looks like he’d rather be elsewhere. And his jacket’s too small. (I actually have a problem, here: do I refer to them as name-names or character-names? I’ll probably change, I think…)
This irritates me. If I’d actually watched the episodes in order, it would have probably turned me off Jack for a while. Eestrogen. Not estrogen; eestrogen. And I’ve actually realized that Ianto says it this way later on, so maybe it’s a Welsh thing, but Jack’s not Welsh: he’s American. So say ‘estrogen.’ (On a side note, JUST found out that John’s high school did Oliver, where he acted in it with Andy Dick and Anthony Rapp. Anthony’s ma homeboy, so like wow. Wow. Anthony played Mark in RENT (on Broadway, in the movie, and in the tour last year. Which I saw him in) in case anybody was wondering…).
Anyway, at this point I would like to announce that I have a SYSTEM: if it’s the way an actor looks or something quirky about them/their acting it will be actor-name; if it’s character-specific it’ll be character name. Alright? Good! On with the show!
And fanfics are born! Tell me, Jack, when DID you get pregnant? And why don’t we ever hear anything more about it? Or is this just more of his pointless rambling about eestrogen?
Was anybody else upset that Suzie kept time here in Ianto’s absence, thereby depriving us of stopwatch!squee? I know I was.
Gwen looks…shocked when Jack mentions his name. Is there a reason for this? (Just a note, TW is FULL of continuity errors. I don’t care, really, but it’s amusing nonetheless). And then Jack is creepy. He’s very creepy in this entire scene. Creepy Jack
Gwen is also shocked that Jack knows she’s there! At least she’s taken the hat off!
One of countless pretty aerial shots of Cardiff. They were making the most of that helicopter rental, that’s for sure!
Look! She’s pretty again!
It’s Rhys! Wave to Rhys, everyone! Hi, Rhys! Gwen’s totally lying to you, Rhys!
Oh, Andy, don’t give the creators any ideas; next thing you know, we WILL have CSI: Cardiff.
I find it kind of…funny, I guess, how much like a little girl Gwen looks in her police uniform: she just looks awkward and young, like she hasn’t quite filled out the uniform yet, which is a direct contrast to her outfits in the rest of the series which show her as a rather well-dressed young woman.
Oh noez! She’s spotted a Jack! What must she do? Why, follow him, of course!
This cracks me up. I thought it was a door at first, which would explain why she’s staring at it. But no, it’s a curtain. And she’s staring at it like she has no idea how to go through. Hon, if there was something really dangerous in there? It could get to you. It’s a curtain. Go through it. Follow teh Jack!
Ooh, looks like the guys who did all the orc makeup for Lord of the Rings got a new gig! And Gwen, you crack me up too: “That’s good. That’s a good mask…sort-of thing?”
Weevils do not approve of being touched. Obviously.
Alas, poor Andy. He hath been ditched yet again. And also, stereotypical police-with-a-donut-in-a-bag much? Andy, this is why going for donuts on your shift is a bad idea. People can drive away without you. xP (I love Andy; really, I do).
Here is one of those continuity things. They all get out of the SUV, and yet it drives away. Seemingly by itself. Every other time in the series, somebody drives it up to the Hub entrance and picks the others up. So…how’s the SUV driving itself?
Gwen doesn’t look like she cares that she left Andy out in the rain. And he walked, don’tcha know.
Hello, cute pizza-shop boy!
Spying through beaded curtains: it’s all the rage.
Hello, Ianto! My spell check currently bothers me, because it doesn’t think Ianto is a proper name. Toshiko works fine, but Ianto’s apparently a problem. Rhys works, too. Hmm.
I like this shot a lot. Even if it does look like she’s just entered the famous sewers of Paris.
I love this set. It rocks.
Now, the fact that Tosh cracks up first here is kind of funny, especially because she’s one of the more serious characters. But I guess they had to lighten her up for this episode because of Suzie? Whatever, she and Owen are total 12-year-old goofballs in this scene. Also? Owen’s expression + Jack doing the whole ‘why did I even TRY to set this up?’ hand-to-forehead gesture in the background are win.
Jack does not approve of Owen ordering the pizza under ‘Torchwood.’ However, since the entire town seems to know who ‘Torchwood’ is, why does he care so much? At least Owen admits that he’s a prat. Yay, Owen. On another note, which I totally didn’t look at closely until I went through the caps again, John’s looking especially pretty here. I feel a little bad saying it because the guy’s twice my age, but he’s attractive, alright?
I…really like this shot as well. The positioning of the actors is great, as are Tosh and Suzie’s expressions. It’s totally, “We’ve seen this all go down before…”
I can’t get over how pronounced Gareth’s accent is in the first three episodes. It’s like…well, listening to him as compared to Gwen and Rhys, he sounds more…refined, I suppose, in his speech: it’s still evidently a Welsh accent, but the vowels aren’t as drawn out and the cadence is different. However, in these first couple of shows, it’s incredibly strong. Oh, and of course the picture’s for the famous harassment line. Fangirls everywhere get ready.
I love this exchange, because it’s so Jack. When Gwen says she’s tired of following him and Jack tells her that she isn’t, and she never will be. And, in the end, how true is that?
Oh, and for some reason Owen calling “Good night, y’all!” cracks me up immensely.
The Millennium Center reminds me an awful lot of Canada Place and the nearby convention center in Vancouver: they’re both right on the harbour, are these abstract-looking buildings, and both have seawalks and really funky lights and things around them.
Gwen doesn’t totally see the appeal of the invisible lift. Jack mocks her. Eve’s eyes go super, super wide at times; this being one of them.
And now Jack’s reverted to a 12-year-old. “Yeah, well, your boyfriend’s stupid.” Nice one, Jack.
And now, dramatic irony times three: Tosh, Owen and Suzie just disproving Jack’s claim that nobody takes anything out of Torchwood. Strangely enough, the only person actually following orders here is Ianto.
I adore deadpan!Jack, because he does it so well. And he’s so vain. “Wake up tomorrow morning, and you’ll have forgotten everything. Worse still, you’ll have forgotten me. Which is kind of tragic.” I’m sure it is.
So many people have problems with this next scene, because of the accusation that it’s akin to date rape. Now, personally I adore Owen, so although I can see the problems with the aphrodisiac spray, it isn’t like the girl rejects him before he uses it. Plus, it’s Owen. He weighs like 10 pounds, so if the spray wore off, she could totally take him.
How much of a total geek am I that out of the three things I’d want Tosh’s the most? I mean, transferring print books to the computer with one click? Totally awesome.
And darn it, Suzie, put the fly in a jar or something! Yes, it’s only alive for two minutes, but flies can go a long way in two minutes. You really want to find it again?
Back to Owen and the questionable spray. I actually find this amusing, if a tad bit discontinuitous. You see, the girl’s still attracted to him, but when the guy gets all up in his face the spray doesn’t affect him until Owen actually sprays it again. But whatever. The smile on Owen’s face at the end is adorable. I’ve come to believe Burn has the greatest facial expressions ever.
Oh Gwen, I sympathize. I totally type like that when I’m tired. On another note, Gwen’s really good with ages, guessing Owen to be 26 or 27, as we later find out that he is 27 in the second season. Of course, Burn’s like 35, but whatever.
And they’d better be paying him overtime for this. Boy’s working hard. Also, I’m sure he’s probably offended that Gwen doesn’t mention him at all. I know I would be.
Jack! Dramatic! Standing-on-tall-buildings!
N’aww, Rhys is such a sweetheart! And Gwen looks totally stunned this entire scene, which is understandable.
Now, this confuses me a bit, because the second time I watched this show I watched carefully, and we never see Gwen seeing the knife in Suzie’s possession, although the knife is what jogs her memory. So we just have to accept that she’s seen it, but oh well.
So Gwen is plagues by the should-be-familiar knife, stays up late, draws a copy of it, and then sees a little note on her book. Since when she was writing on the computer I wondered aloud why she didn’t just write it down somewhere else, I was happy to see it. And on an advertisement for the Millennium Center, no less.
I really like this sign. That’s why I capped it.
Unfortunately, this moment is kind of ruined as Suzie’s bag is so large she can’t find her gun. And Gwen just…stands there until she finds it. Huh. Suzie proves she’s kind of gone off the deep end here, all “I loved my job SO MUCH but I still killed those people because it’s the GLOVE!!! THE GLOVE!!!”
Best. Scene. Ever. They’re just STANDING there debating as Jack just RISES UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND STARES AT THEM. My dad had a riot, seriously.
And then there is ACTION! Dead Jack! Alive Jack! Dead Suzie! Traumatized Gwen!
And, in the end, Gwen decides to take the job. Jack is pleased with her decision.
'Til next time, friends!!!
*All screencaps courtesy of disparue.org*
Now, I've taken a graphics course this semester, and while I don't have Photoshop, I'm tinkering around with Paint.net which is a great free program, and this time around it's antiquing the photos (which takes FOREVER but looks great!).
Regardless, I've rambled on enough. Here be the recap. Image heavy.
The Cappity-Cap Screencap Post!!!
TW Episode One: Everything Changes. And Then It Doesn’t. And Then It Does Again.
Starting from the beginning, to give me something to do for a while. While I debate whether or not TW on Blu-Ray would be a good investment…heck, of course it would, I’m just not sure I’m willing to pay it. . Ignore that. It’s done. I splurged. xP.
Anyhoo, moving on to my rambly-rambly comments that will never be seen outside of this Word document. . That’s a lie too, apparently.
First off: Wow, that’s an unattractive hat. Actually, an unattractive uniform. Eve Myles is a pretty woman, but that…wow, she looks like a tomboy gone wrong. On the other hand, PC Andy looks…the same. Imagine that.
So here we have our first glimpse of the TW squad, all mysterious and dark as opposed to the bright yellow fluorescent of the police people. I would hate filming in the rain, because I hate being wet. They pull it off okay. Nah, Burn looks like he’d rather be elsewhere. And his jacket’s too small. (I actually have a problem, here: do I refer to them as name-names or character-names? I’ll probably change, I think…)
This irritates me. If I’d actually watched the episodes in order, it would have probably turned me off Jack for a while. Eestrogen. Not estrogen; eestrogen. And I’ve actually realized that Ianto says it this way later on, so maybe it’s a Welsh thing, but Jack’s not Welsh: he’s American. So say ‘estrogen.’ (On a side note, JUST found out that John’s high school did Oliver, where he acted in it with Andy Dick and Anthony Rapp. Anthony’s ma homeboy, so like wow. Wow. Anthony played Mark in RENT (on Broadway, in the movie, and in the tour last year. Which I saw him in) in case anybody was wondering…).
Anyway, at this point I would like to announce that I have a SYSTEM: if it’s the way an actor looks or something quirky about them/their acting it will be actor-name; if it’s character-specific it’ll be character name. Alright? Good! On with the show!
And fanfics are born! Tell me, Jack, when DID you get pregnant? And why don’t we ever hear anything more about it? Or is this just more of his pointless rambling about eestrogen?
Was anybody else upset that Suzie kept time here in Ianto’s absence, thereby depriving us of stopwatch!squee? I know I was.
Gwen looks…shocked when Jack mentions his name. Is there a reason for this? (Just a note, TW is FULL of continuity errors. I don’t care, really, but it’s amusing nonetheless). And then Jack is creepy. He’s very creepy in this entire scene. Creepy Jack
Gwen is also shocked that Jack knows she’s there! At least she’s taken the hat off!
One of countless pretty aerial shots of Cardiff. They were making the most of that helicopter rental, that’s for sure!
Look! She’s pretty again!
It’s Rhys! Wave to Rhys, everyone! Hi, Rhys! Gwen’s totally lying to you, Rhys!
Oh, Andy, don’t give the creators any ideas; next thing you know, we WILL have CSI: Cardiff.
I find it kind of…funny, I guess, how much like a little girl Gwen looks in her police uniform: she just looks awkward and young, like she hasn’t quite filled out the uniform yet, which is a direct contrast to her outfits in the rest of the series which show her as a rather well-dressed young woman.
Oh noez! She’s spotted a Jack! What must she do? Why, follow him, of course!
This cracks me up. I thought it was a door at first, which would explain why she’s staring at it. But no, it’s a curtain. And she’s staring at it like she has no idea how to go through. Hon, if there was something really dangerous in there? It could get to you. It’s a curtain. Go through it. Follow teh Jack!
Ooh, looks like the guys who did all the orc makeup for Lord of the Rings got a new gig! And Gwen, you crack me up too: “That’s good. That’s a good mask…sort-of thing?”
Weevils do not approve of being touched. Obviously.
Alas, poor Andy. He hath been ditched yet again. And also, stereotypical police-with-a-donut-in-a-bag much? Andy, this is why going for donuts on your shift is a bad idea. People can drive away without you. xP (I love Andy; really, I do).
Here is one of those continuity things. They all get out of the SUV, and yet it drives away. Seemingly by itself. Every other time in the series, somebody drives it up to the Hub entrance and picks the others up. So…how’s the SUV driving itself?
Gwen doesn’t look like she cares that she left Andy out in the rain. And he walked, don’tcha know.
Hello, cute pizza-shop boy!
Spying through beaded curtains: it’s all the rage.
Hello, Ianto! My spell check currently bothers me, because it doesn’t think Ianto is a proper name. Toshiko works fine, but Ianto’s apparently a problem. Rhys works, too. Hmm.
I like this shot a lot. Even if it does look like she’s just entered the famous sewers of Paris.
I love this set. It rocks.
Now, the fact that Tosh cracks up first here is kind of funny, especially because she’s one of the more serious characters. But I guess they had to lighten her up for this episode because of Suzie? Whatever, she and Owen are total 12-year-old goofballs in this scene. Also? Owen’s expression + Jack doing the whole ‘why did I even TRY to set this up?’ hand-to-forehead gesture in the background are win.
Jack does not approve of Owen ordering the pizza under ‘Torchwood.’ However, since the entire town seems to know who ‘Torchwood’ is, why does he care so much? At least Owen admits that he’s a prat. Yay, Owen. On another note, which I totally didn’t look at closely until I went through the caps again, John’s looking especially pretty here. I feel a little bad saying it because the guy’s twice my age, but he’s attractive, alright?
I…really like this shot as well. The positioning of the actors is great, as are Tosh and Suzie’s expressions. It’s totally, “We’ve seen this all go down before…”
I can’t get over how pronounced Gareth’s accent is in the first three episodes. It’s like…well, listening to him as compared to Gwen and Rhys, he sounds more…refined, I suppose, in his speech: it’s still evidently a Welsh accent, but the vowels aren’t as drawn out and the cadence is different. However, in these first couple of shows, it’s incredibly strong. Oh, and of course the picture’s for the famous harassment line. Fangirls everywhere get ready.
I love this exchange, because it’s so Jack. When Gwen says she’s tired of following him and Jack tells her that she isn’t, and she never will be. And, in the end, how true is that?
Oh, and for some reason Owen calling “Good night, y’all!” cracks me up immensely.
The Millennium Center reminds me an awful lot of Canada Place and the nearby convention center in Vancouver: they’re both right on the harbour, are these abstract-looking buildings, and both have seawalks and really funky lights and things around them.
Gwen doesn’t totally see the appeal of the invisible lift. Jack mocks her. Eve’s eyes go super, super wide at times; this being one of them.
And now Jack’s reverted to a 12-year-old. “Yeah, well, your boyfriend’s stupid.” Nice one, Jack.
And now, dramatic irony times three: Tosh, Owen and Suzie just disproving Jack’s claim that nobody takes anything out of Torchwood. Strangely enough, the only person actually following orders here is Ianto.
I adore deadpan!Jack, because he does it so well. And he’s so vain. “Wake up tomorrow morning, and you’ll have forgotten everything. Worse still, you’ll have forgotten me. Which is kind of tragic.” I’m sure it is.
So many people have problems with this next scene, because of the accusation that it’s akin to date rape. Now, personally I adore Owen, so although I can see the problems with the aphrodisiac spray, it isn’t like the girl rejects him before he uses it. Plus, it’s Owen. He weighs like 10 pounds, so if the spray wore off, she could totally take him.
How much of a total geek am I that out of the three things I’d want Tosh’s the most? I mean, transferring print books to the computer with one click? Totally awesome.
And darn it, Suzie, put the fly in a jar or something! Yes, it’s only alive for two minutes, but flies can go a long way in two minutes. You really want to find it again?
Back to Owen and the questionable spray. I actually find this amusing, if a tad bit discontinuitous. You see, the girl’s still attracted to him, but when the guy gets all up in his face the spray doesn’t affect him until Owen actually sprays it again. But whatever. The smile on Owen’s face at the end is adorable. I’ve come to believe Burn has the greatest facial expressions ever.
Oh Gwen, I sympathize. I totally type like that when I’m tired. On another note, Gwen’s really good with ages, guessing Owen to be 26 or 27, as we later find out that he is 27 in the second season. Of course, Burn’s like 35, but whatever.
And they’d better be paying him overtime for this. Boy’s working hard. Also, I’m sure he’s probably offended that Gwen doesn’t mention him at all. I know I would be.
Jack! Dramatic! Standing-on-tall-buildings!
N’aww, Rhys is such a sweetheart! And Gwen looks totally stunned this entire scene, which is understandable.
Now, this confuses me a bit, because the second time I watched this show I watched carefully, and we never see Gwen seeing the knife in Suzie’s possession, although the knife is what jogs her memory. So we just have to accept that she’s seen it, but oh well.
So Gwen is plagues by the should-be-familiar knife, stays up late, draws a copy of it, and then sees a little note on her book. Since when she was writing on the computer I wondered aloud why she didn’t just write it down somewhere else, I was happy to see it. And on an advertisement for the Millennium Center, no less.
I really like this sign. That’s why I capped it.
Unfortunately, this moment is kind of ruined as Suzie’s bag is so large she can’t find her gun. And Gwen just…stands there until she finds it. Huh. Suzie proves she’s kind of gone off the deep end here, all “I loved my job SO MUCH but I still killed those people because it’s the GLOVE!!! THE GLOVE!!!”
Best. Scene. Ever. They’re just STANDING there debating as Jack just RISES UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND STARES AT THEM. My dad had a riot, seriously.
And then there is ACTION! Dead Jack! Alive Jack! Dead Suzie! Traumatized Gwen!
And, in the end, Gwen decides to take the job. Jack is pleased with her decision.
'Til next time, friends!!!
*All screencaps courtesy of disparue.org*