You're amazing. I've been falling in love with "Torchwood" as well and trying to explain WHY to my friends and I've been failing miserably. But you, you have managed to explain in intelligent words why. I love the secrets and the hopelessness that exists in every episodes I've seen so far (I've been dling them) but also the glimpses of hope that you get in each episode. But thank you for putting into words your thoughts and helping me to as well.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked this write-up. It took me so long to find the words to explain why I had fallen so hard for the show, and even after I posted, I wasn't sure at all that I had managed to articulate any of it at all clearly. The show makes me so amazingly happy, and it makes me even happier to get the chance to discuss it with other fans.
Barrowman is an adorkable delight, but it's all the other stuff happening on the show that has really made me fall head over heels for it. The stuff they're dealing with, even in the pilot, is just so amazing and complex and happy-making for me.
*raises eyebrow* You call this clumsy? I disagree.
I fell for Torchwood fairly quickly but I admit to suffering a certain amount of frustration at times - it felt as though the writers hadn't quite figured out where they were going or what they wanted to do. But all those elements you talk about - life, death, resurrection, perceptions (and yes, negative space), loneliness, secrets - those are always there. And that's what hooked me.
If you're going to keep reviewing, I'll look forward to going through the season (yet) again. Just remember: don't fall in the plot holes!
Thank you! It just always ends up feeling clumsy to me; it's difficult for me to articulate why I love the show so much, and I never can tell if I've actually succeeded in getting the words to make sense.
Heh. I've heard that the plot holes are mighty and deep, and I'll be ready for them. I'm just so delighted by all the good things about the show that I'm hoping I'll be able to overlook them, and that everything I love right now will be enough to keep making me happy. The themes are pretty much tailor-made for me, so I'm optimistic!
One of the things that you hit on the head of why I love the Whoverse as a whole is their complete ability (and willingness) to break my heart at least a little bit. The constant sense of loss or emptiness that the various characters experience is done in such a beautiful way that you can't help but feel it personally. This makes the moments like the end of "The Doctor Dances" that much sweeter...not sure if you've watched that one yet so I won't go into more detail.
While there are some forthcoming bumps in the evenness of the writing, they do such an amazing job of melding the humor with the tragedy and it makes it easy to forgive the other stuff. Plus, knowing that they did this well with the first season even when they were so rushed gives me HUGE hope for how things will go for Season 2. It also makes me want it to start NOW!
Have I mentioned how completely happy I am that you're watching these shows now? *g*
Oh yes, that's it exactly, that willingness to break our hearts. The things I seem to love the best are almost always the things that do that heartbreaking thing, and I think that's a huge part of what I love about the Whoverse. Loss and emptiness and the struggle for redemption, the sense of loneliness and things that are gone...all of that is so well-done and real. It makes the rare moments of grace feel earned, and makes them feel like they really matter. (And I have seen "The Doctor Dances," and that's a perfect example
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I fell for Torchwood fairly quickly but I admit to suffering a certain amount of frustration at times - it felt as though the writers hadn't quite figured out where they were going or what they wanted to do. But all those elements you talk about - life, death, resurrection, perceptions (and yes, negative space), loneliness, secrets - those are always there. And that's what hooked me.
If you're going to keep reviewing, I'll look forward to going through the season (yet) again. Just remember: don't fall in the plot holes!
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Heh. I've heard that the plot holes are mighty and deep, and I'll be ready for them. I'm just so delighted by all the good things about the show that I'm hoping I'll be able to overlook them, and that everything I love right now will be enough to keep making me happy. The themes are pretty much tailor-made for me, so I'm optimistic!
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One of the things that you hit on the head of why I love the Whoverse as a whole is their complete ability (and willingness) to break my heart at least a little bit. The constant sense of loss or emptiness that the various characters experience is done in such a beautiful way that you can't help but feel it personally. This makes the moments like the end of "The Doctor Dances" that much sweeter...not sure if you've watched that one yet so I won't go into more detail.
While there are some forthcoming bumps in the evenness of the writing, they do such an amazing job of melding the humor with the tragedy and it makes it easy to forgive the other stuff. Plus, knowing that they did this well with the first season even when they were so rushed gives me HUGE hope for how things will go for Season 2. It also makes me want it to start NOW!
Have I mentioned how completely happy I am that you're watching these shows now? *g*
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