Torchwood

[amilyn]

Okay...so iingaartist and I have been watching Torchwood. We've been mostly enjoying it, as our expectations were fairly low. Tonight we got up through #7 ("They Keep Killing Suzie"--good makeup work, there) which I thought was quite a lot better, character-wise, than much of what's come before (which seems to be all about the blood, gore, sex, making out,

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[iingaartist]

I've decided that I'm not even bothered by the random sex. I'm REALLY bothered by the stupid decisions being made as a result of the entire Torchwood staff having the hormones (and sense of responsibility) of fourteen-year-olds. We only got through half a season and we've already had two Torchwood employees sneak their evil lovers past Torchwood security. (I'll cut Ianto a little slack for being in love before his girlfriend was taken over as an evil robot, but he loses ground for the whole hiding-the-body-when-he-should-be-running-for-help thing. Dumb

[wiliqueen]

is there a point at all other than to say, "Dood! Look at ALL WE CAN GET AWAY WITH since this isn't 'kiddie television' on this show!!!!

Not that I can tell.

Except maybe this, which I was suspecting all along and which sort of came together for me at the end of the season: Jack is a con artist. No matter how long he's lived or what he's gone through, his talent is in the concocting, executing, and modifying as necessary of complex plans with a finite scope and a specific purpose.

We don't know how he landed up heading TW3 (although my money is still on some form of the inmates taking over the asylum!), but I have real trouble seeing him thinking it was a good idea to be the one responsible for something that sprawling, unpredictable, and open-ended.

For most of the series, I see him spending most of his time and energy maintaining the image of the Effective And Inspiring Leader, but with precious little substance behind it. It works to the extent that the team members are inspired by it, and manage to fit their various

[kirbyfest]

http://kirbyfest.livejournal.com/565636.html

Make sure you read the comments. They're entertaining, yes, but you'll see how frustrated we all were by... well, almost everything.