Re-watching CoE.
Darcy was away during Torchweek (and I cannot tell you how grateful I was, he's not exactly a TW fan), but, although he *hates* it when I talk about TV shows, when he called up and asked how things were during that week I could never stop myself from going 'Torchwood OMG!'. My flailing and 'It totally grew up and became AWESOME' [not literal quote] obviously made him curious, so Tuesday night he said 'Fine, put it on then'. We watched Day 1 and... he was impressed. Impressing Darcy, I should point out, is NOT EASY since he is The Ultimate Arbiter on what constitutes Good and Worthwhile Storytelling. (I should probably explain that he studied English at uni, did half a MA in Aesthetics [couldn't afford the other half] and wants to make films for a living one day - he actually knows what he's talking about.) Then last night we watched Day 2 and 3 (after finishing Day 2 he was all 'Keep going! I'm interested now!'), and I'm guessing we'll do Day 4 and 5 tonight.
Now re-watching is... I don't know how to describe it. Days 1 and 2 are just wonderful and quite light-hearted really. The Jack-in-a-concrete-block is so very ridiculous and Torchwood-esque that it doesn't fail to make me grin (Look! It is my show, really!), and you can see everything being slowly built up - my admiration for the writing shot up yet again.
But then comes Day 3. And I thought, when I first watched it, that the slowly building sense of dread in the pit of my stomach was just there because I didn't know what was coming. But now I DO know, and it still feels just as awful... despite (because of?) everything being so darn low-key. It's incredible. And I'm not entirely sure how I'll deal with Days 4 and 5 - I mean, I know what'll happen, but seeing it all unfold, seeing how the story narrows, and then narrows again, how every choice, every action will help set in place the tragedy... I think I'll be a wreck. (Watching Ianto, Steven, Frobisher's daughters, Jack... fuck.)
Darcy commented (during Day 2, I think) that it was a bit dark, even for Torchwood. I had to fight very hard to not to go 'Oh, you have NO IDEA, THIS IS *NOTHING*!
Hold me?
ETA: Since I'm here, two thoughts:
1) So, Ianto's death made me cry like no other TV death, ever. But... I can't help but be somewhat pleased that if he *had* to die, then he died during primetime on BBC1 with a HUGE audience share. Someone commented that they found it somewhat satisfying that the politicians on CoE watched this big gay tragic love scene... well so did great swathes of Britain. Ianto will be remembered as Jack's [AWESOME] lover for a long time, I hope. :)
2) During Jack's flashback in 'Fragments' we saw this:
JACK: Alex, listen, it's gonna be OK.
ALEX: No. It's not. It's really not. I looked inside. (Locket. He closes his fist on it.) It showed me what's coming. They were mercy killings. It was the kindest thing I could do. So none of us see the storm. I'm sorry I can't do the same for you. 21st century, Jack. Everything's gonna change. And we're not ready. (Gun to forehead.)
I always wondered what he saw... because despite the Master, nothing really struck me as horrific enough for such drastic action. For me, the 456 provide a satisfactory answer - I'm guessing he saw the taking of the 10% of the children. The 'we're not ready' hints at Torchwood's failure and the mercy killings of course tie in beautifully with CoE (there is a part of me that's almost happy that Ianto didn't live to see what Jack did - you know?). Anyway, I think it works.
(I like meta, have you noticed? Being rational helps stop the heartache.)
Now re-watching is... I don't know how to describe it. Days 1 and 2 are just wonderful and quite light-hearted really. The Jack-in-a-concrete-block is so very ridiculous and Torchwood-esque that it doesn't fail to make me grin (Look! It is my show, really!), and you can see everything being slowly built up - my admiration for the writing shot up yet again.
But then comes Day 3. And I thought, when I first watched it, that the slowly building sense of dread in the pit of my stomach was just there because I didn't know what was coming. But now I DO know, and it still feels just as awful... despite (because of?) everything being so darn low-key. It's incredible. And I'm not entirely sure how I'll deal with Days 4 and 5 - I mean, I know what'll happen, but seeing it all unfold, seeing how the story narrows, and then narrows again, how every choice, every action will help set in place the tragedy... I think I'll be a wreck. (Watching Ianto, Steven, Frobisher's daughters, Jack... fuck.)
Darcy commented (during Day 2, I think) that it was a bit dark, even for Torchwood. I had to fight very hard to not to go 'Oh, you have NO IDEA, THIS IS *NOTHING*!
Hold me?
ETA: Since I'm here, two thoughts:
1) So, Ianto's death made me cry like no other TV death, ever. But... I can't help but be somewhat pleased that if he *had* to die, then he died during primetime on BBC1 with a HUGE audience share. Someone commented that they found it somewhat satisfying that the politicians on CoE watched this big gay tragic love scene... well so did great swathes of Britain. Ianto will be remembered as Jack's [AWESOME] lover for a long time, I hope. :)
2) During Jack's flashback in 'Fragments' we saw this:
JACK: Alex, listen, it's gonna be OK.
ALEX: No. It's not. It's really not. I looked inside. (Locket. He closes his fist on it.) It showed me what's coming. They were mercy killings. It was the kindest thing I could do. So none of us see the storm. I'm sorry I can't do the same for you. 21st century, Jack. Everything's gonna change. And we're not ready. (Gun to forehead.)
I always wondered what he saw... because despite the Master, nothing really struck me as horrific enough for such drastic action. For me, the 456 provide a satisfactory answer - I'm guessing he saw the taking of the 10% of the children. The 'we're not ready' hints at Torchwood's failure and the mercy killings of course tie in beautifully with CoE (there is a part of me that's almost happy that Ianto didn't live to see what Jack did - you know?). Anyway, I think it works.
(I like meta, have you noticed? Being rational helps stop the heartache.)