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thekumquat

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Jan 03, 2007 22:34

This Life +10 was fab. All the newspaper reviews implying otherwise were clearly written by people who hated the original, and indeed 'fucking metrosexuals'.

Torchwood, on the other hand...
( Spoilers for the finale double bill )

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daddi_cade January 3 2007, 22:53:07 UTC

I never thought I'd react to two hot blokes dancing together by going "Nooo! Don't do it! No! Don't kiss!!!" But in 1941, in public, when OtherJack has to lead his men the next day?

I had exactly the same reaction!

Using LJ to contact webcowgirl January 3 2007, 23:36:36 UTC

Hey there - wondering if you didn't get my text message from two days or so back? I was wondering if you'd like to come over (accompanied or not) for dinner and games next week, say T (which might also be BU day, so perhaps that instead), W, or Th?

And apologies for not going out, I wasn't good for people and wound up staying home.

Re: Using LJ to contact thekumquat January 3 2007, 23:44:17 UTC

Hi Tonnvane,
I did get the text (yesterday, it takes a while on NYE) but need to check my work diary tomorrow.

Thurs could be good, but also I'm free this weekend if you (+J and/or W) were interested in some gaming or something?

Re: Using LJ to contact webcowgirl January 3 2007, 23:47:55 UTC

Friday food and games here is already planned ... did you want to come over? :-)

Saturday evening is currently open but I might have just signed up for drinks with meico, so will need for the dust to settle a bit on that.

Re: Using LJ to contact conflux January 3 2007, 23:57:54 UTC

If you would also like a visit from me, I am free on Thurday next week at the mo. but away in Cambridge this weekend. Anyway, it would be lovely to see you and your new place at some point.

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barakta January 4 2007, 02:03:59 UTC

I didn't see any reviews prior to This Life + 10 so got to watch it unspoilered and with no expectations. I liked it, it made me laugh a fair few times although I did WTF at Miles's haircut (or should I say wig?).

I haven't watched the Torchwood, kimble and windiain did before I got home and were suitably scathing about it. I may bother to watch it and probably should do so for continuity wossnames.

jhg January 4 2007, 10:09:56 UTC

My understanding is that actually, in wartime, this behaviour was sort of tolerated, in a very British embarassed silence + averted eyes + and subsequently never talked about way - which was exactly what happened onscreen!

Of course, most viewers wouldn't know this, so...

J

thekumquat January 5 2007, 11:57:08 UTC

Tolerated and not talked about, yes.

But 'making a spectacle of yourself' in the middle of the dance floor has never been tolerated by Brits! I suppose with the rift appearing and OurJack vanishing, the onlookers would probably assume the entire dance was a mass hallucination, but the Jacks didn't know that was going to happen.

drdoug January 4 2007, 10:53:28 UTC

And since when does pencil or ink not last 70 years?????

Probably since the time that blood stays red for the same period instead of going brown. Doesn't everybody know what messages written in blood actually look like? Oh dear - maybe it's just me.

Ianto gives the impression that he might be able to act should he be required to do anything other than brood and look wooden

Oh, you're not being fair there: Ianto has three modes, not two! As well as brooding and looking wooden, he can do cod-hysterical too. You can tell when he's doing that one because he screws up his eyes and talks in an irritating shriek. He was doing it just the same when he was about to shoot Owen and when wossername the semi-Cyberwoman died. It's really quite unappealing.

The best moment was shooting Owen

Yes! When it happened I said I liked how guns work in Torchwood - if you get shot it really hurts. But alas he didn't bloody die, which I was heartily hoping.

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