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rusty_halo) wrote2008-01-21 09:24 pm
rusty_halo) wrote2008-01-21 09:24 pm
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Torchwood 1x06 - In which I am permanantly traumatized by the image of Gwen and Owen having sex
Oh yay, more Torchwood. Six episodes in means I'm almost halfway through! Still not sure why I'm putting myself through a show that I can't stand, but, well, 1) it's related to Doctor Who, 2) it's so bad it's funny, and 3) Ianto is cute.
* I really do wonder what these writers are thinking when it comes to Owen. Were they purposely trying to create a character who is completely negative, mean-spirited, bullying, and dull, or did it just happen by accident? You'd think they must've been intending "charming asshole," except they completely left out the charming part. No wit or humor, just spite and grump.
* And every time the Torchwood crew complains about something, I just roll my eyes. Because again, they are not The One Girl In All the Universe Who Can Slay the Vampires. This is just a job, and if they don't like it, they can always quit. Shouldn't we be seeing some kind of explanation for why they stick around? Some kind of joy or thrill of discovery? Something other than a bunch of miserable people bitching about everything that happens, when they know perfectly well that they could always just quit?
* Ahahaha they are such a bunch of horny teenagers. "Who's the last person you kissed?"??? This is the stuff that girls gossip about at slumber parties, not supposedly badass secret agents on a mission! Jack, you run the most unprofessional team in the universe.
* Well, at least Ianto remembers that his coworkers murdered his girlfriend two episodes ago. Funny how he forgot last week.
* It's really depressing how much none of these people seem to like each other at all.
* Oh, god, that was gross. Gwen, Owen's lips just touched your FACE!
* Bloody carcass crawling with maggots--FAR less disturbing than Owen slobbering all over Gwen.
* Owen LEFT THE KEYS IN THE CAR!? Jack, this is YOUR FAULT for hiring these fools! I'll have to remember to have a poll when I finish the season to vote which of the team is the most criminally incompetent.
* Ah, Ianto and Tosh. I think "Don't split up" is rule number one when investigating a strange house full of scary screaming noises.
* Owen is the least reassuring doctor ever. Also, I suppose it wouldn't be Torchwood if they couldn't banter about sex even while performing/experiencing emergency surgery.
* They barricaded themselves in but forgot to check the cellar. I swear to god, a team of eight year olds would be far more competent than Torchwood.
* Yes, Tosh, tell the strange untrustworthy woman exactly how many of you there are. (Dear Mr. Chibnall: good writers know how to have characters make mistakes and end up in dangerous situations without necessarily having them make stupid mistakes that cause the audience to lose all respect for them. Hint: if a teenager who has seen more than one horror movie would know better than to do something, it's probably not a good idea to have your badass secret agents do it.)
* Gotta love Jack the torturer. Harkness and Bauer should get together and have brunch. I'm sure the Doctor would be so pleased at the way Jack's "rebuilt Torchwood in his honor." *eyeroll*
* "We're all just meat." Part of the same existentialism-inspired-villainy that leads to characters like Captain John?
* Two badass secret agents against two average (if cannibalistic) humans, and you know the secret agents don't have half a chance.
* TOSH, DON'T HIDE BEHIND A TREE, RUN!
* GWEN, YOU IDIOT, JUST SHOOT HIM. What possible good could PUTTING YOUR GUN DOWN do for you? If I was the bad guy I'd have immediately shot them all as soon as she lowered her weapon. (But of course she just can't get enough of Owen to risk his precious precious life. *gags*)
* Whoever wrote this has some serious issues with rural culture.
* Man, what would these people do without Jack? Maybe he hired them all because he enjoys the thrill of rescuing a group of incompetents from themselves.
* What the hell does Gwen think she's going to figure out in an hour? Go read a psychological study of a serial killer; the bookstores are crawling with those things.
* Um, Gwen, if your old life was so much better, JUST GO BACK TO IT.
* Ewwww ewwww ewwww GWEN AND OWEN my brain is completely traumatized. I like that it took blood and maggots and cannibals and getting shot and a close look at the deepest horrors in the human psyche to get Gwen to the point of fucking Owen, though. I mean, if anything would lower you that far, I guess it would have to be pretty awful.
* Conclusion: they did a good job of telling a typical adrenaline-rush scary story, but it was undercut by how completely stupid the characters were.
This is the darkest we've seen Jack so far, which I guess is kind of interesting, but... oh, Barrowman's just not enough of an actor to make it actually interesting, and I don't trust the writers to explore it in any kind of thoughtful way. I think we were just supposed to be cheering when Jack barged in with guns blazing.
Finally, I will never forgive this show for making me see Owen in a sexual situation. Repeatedly. Oh Gwen, you really are sinking into the Torchwood muck.
[Cross-posted to InsaneJournal]
* I really do wonder what these writers are thinking when it comes to Owen. Were they purposely trying to create a character who is completely negative, mean-spirited, bullying, and dull, or did it just happen by accident? You'd think they must've been intending "charming asshole," except they completely left out the charming part. No wit or humor, just spite and grump.
* And every time the Torchwood crew complains about something, I just roll my eyes. Because again, they are not The One Girl In All the Universe Who Can Slay the Vampires. This is just a job, and if they don't like it, they can always quit. Shouldn't we be seeing some kind of explanation for why they stick around? Some kind of joy or thrill of discovery? Something other than a bunch of miserable people bitching about everything that happens, when they know perfectly well that they could always just quit?
* Ahahaha they are such a bunch of horny teenagers. "Who's the last person you kissed?"??? This is the stuff that girls gossip about at slumber parties, not supposedly badass secret agents on a mission! Jack, you run the most unprofessional team in the universe.
* Well, at least Ianto remembers that his coworkers murdered his girlfriend two episodes ago. Funny how he forgot last week.
* It's really depressing how much none of these people seem to like each other at all.
* Oh, god, that was gross. Gwen, Owen's lips just touched your FACE!
* Bloody carcass crawling with maggots--FAR less disturbing than Owen slobbering all over Gwen.
* Owen LEFT THE KEYS IN THE CAR!? Jack, this is YOUR FAULT for hiring these fools! I'll have to remember to have a poll when I finish the season to vote which of the team is the most criminally incompetent.
* Ah, Ianto and Tosh. I think "Don't split up" is rule number one when investigating a strange house full of scary screaming noises.
* Owen is the least reassuring doctor ever. Also, I suppose it wouldn't be Torchwood if they couldn't banter about sex even while performing/experiencing emergency surgery.
* They barricaded themselves in but forgot to check the cellar. I swear to god, a team of eight year olds would be far more competent than Torchwood.
* Yes, Tosh, tell the strange untrustworthy woman exactly how many of you there are. (Dear Mr. Chibnall: good writers know how to have characters make mistakes and end up in dangerous situations without necessarily having them make stupid mistakes that cause the audience to lose all respect for them. Hint: if a teenager who has seen more than one horror movie would know better than to do something, it's probably not a good idea to have your badass secret agents do it.)
* Gotta love Jack the torturer. Harkness and Bauer should get together and have brunch. I'm sure the Doctor would be so pleased at the way Jack's "rebuilt Torchwood in his honor." *eyeroll*
* "We're all just meat." Part of the same existentialism-inspired-villainy that leads to characters like Captain John?
* Two badass secret agents against two average (if cannibalistic) humans, and you know the secret agents don't have half a chance.
* TOSH, DON'T HIDE BEHIND A TREE, RUN!
* GWEN, YOU IDIOT, JUST SHOOT HIM. What possible good could PUTTING YOUR GUN DOWN do for you? If I was the bad guy I'd have immediately shot them all as soon as she lowered her weapon. (But of course she just can't get enough of Owen to risk his precious precious life. *gags*)
* Whoever wrote this has some serious issues with rural culture.
* Man, what would these people do without Jack? Maybe he hired them all because he enjoys the thrill of rescuing a group of incompetents from themselves.
* What the hell does Gwen think she's going to figure out in an hour? Go read a psychological study of a serial killer; the bookstores are crawling with those things.
* Um, Gwen, if your old life was so much better, JUST GO BACK TO IT.
* Ewwww ewwww ewwww GWEN AND OWEN my brain is completely traumatized. I like that it took blood and maggots and cannibals and getting shot and a close look at the deepest horrors in the human psyche to get Gwen to the point of fucking Owen, though. I mean, if anything would lower you that far, I guess it would have to be pretty awful.
* Conclusion: they did a good job of telling a typical adrenaline-rush scary story, but it was undercut by how completely stupid the characters were.
This is the darkest we've seen Jack so far, which I guess is kind of interesting, but... oh, Barrowman's just not enough of an actor to make it actually interesting, and I don't trust the writers to explore it in any kind of thoughtful way. I think we were just supposed to be cheering when Jack barged in with guns blazing.
Finally, I will never forgive this show for making me see Owen in a sexual situation. Repeatedly. Oh Gwen, you really are sinking into the Torchwood muck.
[Cross-posted to InsaneJournal]
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Yuck, you made me think about it again.
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*scrubs brain along with you*