Torchwood musings
My last two posts: bipolar much?
(Which reminds me: At Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, the arena is divided into the North and South--wherever you sit determines which side you root for--and teams, wearing appropriate Civil War uniforms, compete in different events.
During Christmas time it's the North and South Poles instead, and the teams--and the waiters--dress as elves, in red and green costumes.
When we went to Branson this year at Thanksgiving, on our side, our waiters were all dressed in green, except for one guy who had a green outfit but a red hat.
I told my mom, "Look at him, whose side is he on?"
She said, "He's bi-polar.")
Well, it's not my fault that the story quality of that show is so drastically uneven.
Now that I've had more time, I have a few more thoughts. (Hey, it takes a lot of effort to come up with those!)
The "Random Shoes" episode: it's a real shame that Jack missed most of that one. Because really, if any member of the Torchwood team would have understood Eugene--would have understood hanging on to an alien's body part, hoping that said alien would come back for it--wouldn't it be Jack?
Also--was it supposed to be a real alien eyeball, or all just a figment of Eugene's imagination? That sucker MOVED, but only Eugene ever saw it. Or was that because nobody would ever pay any attention to him long enough to find out the truth?
I guess the final answer is that somebody wanted to pay $15,000.00 for it, which means it was valuable to someone. I wonder if we'll ever see it again, or will it remain just one of those mysteries. Gwen took it; that means it's locked up in one of Torchwood's vaults somewhere.
Here's something about UK shows I don't understand. They make 13 episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood per season, and I've heard that they want at least one that doesn't feature the main actors much (DW="Love and Monsters", TW "Random Shoes") because they need those guys to be doing other stuff (Christmas movies or whatever.)
But US TV shows do 20-24 episodes per season. Of course they don't do Christmas movies, but surely one movie =/= 12 episodes. Where's all the extra time going?
So, "End of Days". Jack was betrayed by one of his followers, left by most of the rest of them, was escorted out to die watched only by a woman, offered himself up as a sacrifice, defeated and destroyed the demon, and raised himself from the dead after "several" days, where once again he was met first by the women.
Then he forgave and restored everyone, gave his followers some instructions for the future, and shortly thereafter disappeared, taken by an unseen force--the same unseen force that was responsible, albeit circuitously, for him being there in the first place.
OMG. I mean, literally.
(Which reminds me: At Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, the arena is divided into the North and South--wherever you sit determines which side you root for--and teams, wearing appropriate Civil War uniforms, compete in different events.
During Christmas time it's the North and South Poles instead, and the teams--and the waiters--dress as elves, in red and green costumes.
When we went to Branson this year at Thanksgiving, on our side, our waiters were all dressed in green, except for one guy who had a green outfit but a red hat.
I told my mom, "Look at him, whose side is he on?"
She said, "He's bi-polar.")
Well, it's not my fault that the story quality of that show is so drastically uneven.
Now that I've had more time, I have a few more thoughts. (Hey, it takes a lot of effort to come up with those!)
The "Random Shoes" episode: it's a real shame that Jack missed most of that one. Because really, if any member of the Torchwood team would have understood Eugene--would have understood hanging on to an alien's body part, hoping that said alien would come back for it--wouldn't it be Jack?
Also--was it supposed to be a real alien eyeball, or all just a figment of Eugene's imagination? That sucker MOVED, but only Eugene ever saw it. Or was that because nobody would ever pay any attention to him long enough to find out the truth?
I guess the final answer is that somebody wanted to pay $15,000.00 for it, which means it was valuable to someone. I wonder if we'll ever see it again, or will it remain just one of those mysteries. Gwen took it; that means it's locked up in one of Torchwood's vaults somewhere.
Here's something about UK shows I don't understand. They make 13 episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood per season, and I've heard that they want at least one that doesn't feature the main actors much (DW="Love and Monsters", TW "Random Shoes") because they need those guys to be doing other stuff (Christmas movies or whatever.)
But US TV shows do 20-24 episodes per season. Of course they don't do Christmas movies, but surely one movie =/= 12 episodes. Where's all the extra time going?
So, "End of Days". Jack was betrayed by one of his followers, left by most of the rest of them, was escorted out to die watched only by a woman, offered himself up as a sacrifice, defeated and destroyed the demon, and raised himself from the dead after "several" days, where once again he was met first by the women.
Then he forgave and restored everyone, gave his followers some instructions for the future, and shortly thereafter disappeared, taken by an unseen force--the same unseen force that was responsible, albeit circuitously, for him being there in the first place.
OMG. I mean, literally.