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Torchwood: Children of Earth
Jul. 11th, 2009 11:55 amoverall, this was excellently done. it was slick and impressive, and pretty much like an actual film. for that, they deserve a job well done.
but ya know what? that's not the torchwood i know and love. the torchwood i fell in love with was actually kinda crap. it was camp and corny and a little bit 'scooby-do.' it was fun and i loved it. but this? this was not fun. this was grim and serious and hardcore. i always said i thought that torchwood never quite reached it's potential. it wasn't as 'awesome' as it could have been. but i think i was wrong. i don't think i wanted THIS.
i am absolutely heart-broken and inconsolable about ianto. and extremely angry. i don't like what they did to him or how they portrayed him. ianto is a character that i LOVE and ADORE to an extremely unhealthy extent, and they dirtied my memory of him. this was not my ianto. he deserved so much better than this.
some unfinished, terribly explained and poorly expressed thoughts on what makes me angry:
it was a shit death scene. he didn't die doing anything heroic or necessary, he just happened to be there. and their lines were awful and cheesy. strangely enough, i was both cringing and pleased.
it was a shit plan. it wasn't smart or safe or thought out. they built up this whole dramatic 'do as torchwood says and let jack harkness deal with the aliens' thing, but then what? it just seemed useless and stupid. and ianto certainly didn't need to be there for jack to try and verbally negotiate.
jack was being a douche. you'll die like an ugly dog? how is that in ANY way appropriate or humorous? and after ianto saved his ass, he got NO thanks or reassurance. ianto needed some personal time with his boyfriend/lover/whatever after watching him get asploded into bits and pieces and then buried in cement. a hug or kiss or hand to hold or sex or SOMEthing would be nice. or maybe even just some kind words of reassurance on BOTH their behalfs, because hey, shit couple of days! why was that too difficult? this was not the relationship stuff i was looking for.
ianto was unpleasantly woobie. but then again not. i think it was somewhat fair of him to feel the way he did. i dunno, i'm still ambivalent on how the relationship between jack and ianto played out.
all the queer bull-shit. what the fuck WAS that?
and before his body is even cold, we get what was apparently supposed to be a funny scene (wtf?) with andy going on about if he's gay or not? i found that disgusting. and then the bit about his father, and nobody ever really knew ianto. what was that about? what are they trying to say? and way to ruin an awesome bit of character background assholes. these two things are just cruel, and they infuriated me. he JUST DIED and you are sullying his character!!!
and god, poor gareth. he didn't even get a full five episodes this season! he was brilliant with everything they gave him, even tho i don't like what they gave him. i want him to do so well, because he's really fucking good. i feel so bad for him having to lie this whole time and being out of a job that he obviously really loved. i really hope he goes on to do bigger and better things. kudos and best of luck to gareth david-lloyd.
apparently the viewing numbers for the show have been really good. this means a potential series 4. i suspect a series 4 torchwood will be a completely new animal. i also suspect it will be the gwen cooper show with a whole new team and only a side of jack harkness (if any). i think john barrowman is ready to do other things, despite of how much he apparently loves his character. plus, he's aging quickly (bless his horribly botoxed face). regardless, i will not be watching without ianto.
and that makes me angry, because the long time hardcore fans are basically getting a 'fuck you' from the tptb. because let's face it, we are only a small number when compared to the millions of regular casual viewers. and deciding to not watch anymore won't make one iota of difference to tptb.
i've never been quite THIS invested in a tv show before and god, i'm still seething and tearing up throughout the day. i'm feeling hollow and lost. i don't know what i'm going to do with myself and my time anymore. i hope to god that enough writers stay in the fandom so that i can still read about my wonderful beautiful ianto. i love him so much.
but ya know what? that's not the torchwood i know and love. the torchwood i fell in love with was actually kinda crap. it was camp and corny and a little bit 'scooby-do.' it was fun and i loved it. but this? this was not fun. this was grim and serious and hardcore. i always said i thought that torchwood never quite reached it's potential. it wasn't as 'awesome' as it could have been. but i think i was wrong. i don't think i wanted THIS.
i am absolutely heart-broken and inconsolable about ianto. and extremely angry. i don't like what they did to him or how they portrayed him. ianto is a character that i LOVE and ADORE to an extremely unhealthy extent, and they dirtied my memory of him. this was not my ianto. he deserved so much better than this.
some unfinished, terribly explained and poorly expressed thoughts on what makes me angry:
it was a shit death scene. he didn't die doing anything heroic or necessary, he just happened to be there. and their lines were awful and cheesy. strangely enough, i was both cringing and pleased.
it was a shit plan. it wasn't smart or safe or thought out. they built up this whole dramatic 'do as torchwood says and let jack harkness deal with the aliens' thing, but then what? it just seemed useless and stupid. and ianto certainly didn't need to be there for jack to try and verbally negotiate.
jack was being a douche. you'll die like an ugly dog? how is that in ANY way appropriate or humorous? and after ianto saved his ass, he got NO thanks or reassurance. ianto needed some personal time with his boyfriend/lover/whatever after watching him get asploded into bits and pieces and then buried in cement. a hug or kiss or hand to hold or sex or SOMEthing would be nice. or maybe even just some kind words of reassurance on BOTH their behalfs, because hey, shit couple of days! why was that too difficult? this was not the relationship stuff i was looking for.
ianto was unpleasantly woobie. but then again not. i think it was somewhat fair of him to feel the way he did. i dunno, i'm still ambivalent on how the relationship between jack and ianto played out.
all the queer bull-shit. what the fuck WAS that?
and before his body is even cold, we get what was apparently supposed to be a funny scene (wtf?) with andy going on about if he's gay or not? i found that disgusting. and then the bit about his father, and nobody ever really knew ianto. what was that about? what are they trying to say? and way to ruin an awesome bit of character background assholes. these two things are just cruel, and they infuriated me. he JUST DIED and you are sullying his character!!!
and god, poor gareth. he didn't even get a full five episodes this season! he was brilliant with everything they gave him, even tho i don't like what they gave him. i want him to do so well, because he's really fucking good. i feel so bad for him having to lie this whole time and being out of a job that he obviously really loved. i really hope he goes on to do bigger and better things. kudos and best of luck to gareth david-lloyd.
apparently the viewing numbers for the show have been really good. this means a potential series 4. i suspect a series 4 torchwood will be a completely new animal. i also suspect it will be the gwen cooper show with a whole new team and only a side of jack harkness (if any). i think john barrowman is ready to do other things, despite of how much he apparently loves his character. plus, he's aging quickly (bless his horribly botoxed face). regardless, i will not be watching without ianto.
and that makes me angry, because the long time hardcore fans are basically getting a 'fuck you' from the tptb. because let's face it, we are only a small number when compared to the millions of regular casual viewers. and deciding to not watch anymore won't make one iota of difference to tptb.
i've never been quite THIS invested in a tv show before and god, i'm still seething and tearing up throughout the day. i'm feeling hollow and lost. i don't know what i'm going to do with myself and my time anymore. i hope to god that enough writers stay in the fandom so that i can still read about my wonderful beautiful ianto. i love him so much.
