Quick Torchwood Musings

[lyore]

Finally finished watching Torchwood. I have lots of thoughts, but I think I'll need to watch it again to get it all sorted out (oh gee, what a shame).

So for now, all I will say is - while both 1x12 and 1x13 showed some of the... patchiness, for want of a better word, of many of the other episodes, there were some absolutely heartrending moments in there. And leaving it with an ending like that, when they didn't know if there was going to be another season? That's nothing short of evil.

While there's a lot to say about the first season of TW, I think the thing I've found most interesting is the portrayal of Jack's morality. Throughout the entire season, Jack seems to have a very well developed (although unconventional) sense of right and wrong, as well as a marked 'end-justifies-the-means' mentality. Jack's sense of morality is probably worth a post by itself, but what's worth noting here is that while the authors have been somewhat... loose about the maintaining the continuity of the characters motivations, they've been constant about maintaining this, even when it clashes with the normal expectations of a heroic leading man. If they can just can work this sense of continuity into other aspects, then the next season of Torchwood will have the potential to be truly amazing.

Comments

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Yes. I still have to watch the finale, but I agree with your observation that the "patchiness" is the one thing that keeps the show from absolute perfection. I think they must not have a Kripke-type with a unifying vision, because the characters really are all over the place.

I pretty far out on the fringes of TW fandom, if only because I'm still catching up, but I imagine the character continuity problems have been moaned about AT LENGTH among the fen. *nods*

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

A question.. I have, by devious means, acquired video of the first two episodes of TW. Are these in your opinion representative? Or do they take a few episodes to hit their stride? (Trying to decide if I want to take on another show.)

[auril.livejournal.com]

I must admit, both TW S1 ep12 and 13 had it's moments, but I don't know... I was expecting a better ending to the whole time thing than what was put on screen. I do like the very end scene though, but yes in agreement, it was a VERY evil hanging moment.

BTW, I still need to get those DVDs off you and also, as ignorant I am of the fact, I didn't think JB was gay, but apparently he is most certifiably so according to IMDB. No wonder those gay moments through out the movie suited him so well!!

[lyore.livejournal.com]

You'd think RTD would be the one providing the vision, but from what I've seen, I think it's more of a 'this is the mood, and these are the themes, off you go and write an episode'. Things which seem more central to the 'idea' of Torchwood (or perhaps, things which are more central to distinguishing it from Doctor Who) stay fairly constant, but the details and some of the characterisations are all over the place. Ah well.

And to be perfectly frank, from what I've seen most of the fen are more interested in squeeing about all that kissing and shagging that is going on :)

But then again, like you, I've been staying away from the in-depth character analysis and meta until I could get to the end of the season. Looking forward to reading some hardcore meta now I've caught up.

(And your icon is so cute!)

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't think either of those episodes are the best in the season, but they are probably fairly representative, at least in that if you hate them you'll hate the rest of it.

To be honest, I don't think that the show has hit its stride yet. It reminds me a bit of first season Buffy, in that it's fairly clear that the writers know what they are trying to achieve, they just haven't ironed out all the details of how they are going to do it yet. I'm hopeful that the next season will be more cohesive.

But for all that, I think the show is worth watching.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree. After such a dramatic build-up, the final show-down was a little anti-climatic.

You can drop round and pick up thoses DVDs any time you feel like it. And yeah, JB is quite openly gay. And his boyfriend is HOT

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