Torchwood (spoiler)
I have tried. I really have, but I am finding it very difficult to make a connection with any of the characters in Torchwood. I can understand the 'mysticizing' of Jack, but we are three episodes in, and apart from a little background on Gwen, we know hardly anything about the back-story of the others. Last night (for those of us without access to BBC3) we found out that Ianto had been in the London branch of Torchwood, which was fine, but the storyline was just unbelievable. How the hell did they not notice a Cyberwoman in a side room? And why, even though the upgrade was incomplete, did they make her look like "Dr. Who Barbie"? It would have been far more believable if she'd actually looked like a half-finished Cyberman, yet Ianto still loved her. And the angst and tears? Too much bawling and not enough balls! Owen swings from a prospective rapist in one episode, to being incensed by someone doing the same thing (albeit with violence and murder rather than alien drugs) in the next. And I find him disturbingly creepy. Maybe that's the point. I was muttering under my breath about acting standards when Chris came back from work, and he reminded me that the acting would only be as good as the script. Maybe Joss Whedon should have written this. Mr. Davies does seem to pay homage/steal from Firefly on occasion. The sitting round the table, eating and socialising together. The playing of energetic ball games, while the someone looks down over the rails from a walkway. Keep looking. I'm sure there'll be more.
I really did want to like Torchwood. I wanted to get the same 'buzz' from an English adult sci-fi series as I did when I watched Firefly, which had me hooked after episode 1. I wanted characters I could care about. It hasn't happened yet for me.
I really did want to like Torchwood. I wanted to get the same 'buzz' from an English adult sci-fi series as I did when I watched Firefly, which had me hooked after episode 1. I wanted characters I could care about. It hasn't happened yet for me.