I've never seen Squee Radiate From my Father's head before

[hegemony]

For anybody here from Torch_wood: Hi, I'm Lydia. I spend most of my time bouncing between American states that start with 'M' and I've been watching some manifestation of science fiction since I was in diapers. While my original fandom-love, embarrassingly enough, has nothing to do with science fiction, it does have sparkle and often five people of wavering

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[fajrdrako]

honest to god they look good even as the newbie and the asshole.

What a wonderful line! I love it. It just sums them up beautifully.

for all the wank they're catching about using a classical horror gimmick, they did do it rather well.

I agree. Now, it may be partly that I don't watch horror movies - no, not ever - so cliches don't seem to obvious. But I like the mood they set up.

it rather is the american dream to run into a room and not mortally wound ANYBODY. Wait... there's something wrong with that. I think you're supposed to kill them.

I loved that scene in so many ways - including that Jack didn't kill them. And I understand (or various levels) why he didn't. I don't understand why Gwen didn't shoot to kill when she had the chance, though. She might have saved Owen. The fact that he ended up surviving wasn't her doing.

I suppose they're going for this whole unconventional heroism tip.

I'd like to see a little more insight into Jack and a little less mystery.

creepy as fuck

Yes.

little bit of a suitor's battle between Owen and Jack when they were in the house with Gwen and that kid?

I thought so. Not overdone. Jack seems to have condeded the ground to Owen.

[hegemony]

Cliches aside, The mood is the most important thing to a horror movie, and they were only a few shades off of downright horrifying.

I understand why he didn't, but I also know that it's an obscene horror cliche for someone to bust up in the place and kill everybody. But I really want more insight into Jack's character, fundamentally. If they go through all 13 eps without SOME kind of really explicit explanation, the chances of this getting a second season are slimming.

[fajrdrako]

I have to agree: insight into Jack's character is important, not necessarily in this instance, but in general. They're so busy making him a mysery that we need some more of the inner man to balance that - we don't see much from Jack's point of view, for example.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, because I like him so much.