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[tencrush]

I didn't want to write this long Torchwood post I was planning on writing, because I didn't feel it was fair of me to judge the show based on one episode. I VOWED that before saying any more about Torchwood: Miracle Day, I would at least watch one or two more episodes to get more of a feel for what was going on. I still haven't watched any more

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[takenatwork]

I made up my mind not to watch it, when I saw the synopsis, because I knew it would be all about Russell, his beliefs and thoughts and agendas. There is an irony in there somewhere, I can't be bothered to wrap my head around, regarding Danes/who would listen/beliefs/fiction/followers/viewers.

I think what would kill me if I had watched this (just like CoE), is the Classic Romanticism that will engulf it at the end. All this revulsion for mankind, mankind's cruelty, will fall on one character's shoulders (Jack??) and it will be a tragedy, a tragedy on a huge scale. BUT it will be romantic and we will love that character more, because of the suffering he/she has to endure. All the shit, all the bad stuff that happened to others, all the sanctimony, all mankind's failures, will be pushed to one side and forgotten, so that we can glory in the tragedy of this one character. It's just so manipulative and hypocritical.

[stlscape]

But don't forget - the last scene will be Gwen, standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean, with the wind dramatically realistically blowing her hair back from her face, watching at the rising/setting sun, with Anwen in her arms one arm while she holds a machine gun in the other with a rocket launcher strapped to her back, and we'll know that the world is a safe place to live in because Gwen is looking out for us and for her child. So the whole show ends on a hopeful note, you see, just like COE ended with her still being pregnant.

Personally, I don't think it'll end with anything close to *my* interpretation of hopeful, but RTD and I use dictionaries with widely-differing definitions.

ETA: Jack? Who the heck cares about Jack. He was only used to get the show greenlighted. He's useless as a character.