Another wonderful review. For me, Torchwood is about what is *not* said, they actually treat the viewers like they are intelligent and don't hit you over the head with things.
'He's a 1920s - 1940s larger-than-life hero, but he's not totally out of context in RTD's 21st Century. He's got Ianto as the 1940s secretary, Owen as the soldier-medic who's spent far too much time on the front lines, and he's surrounded by 1940s-style common-man heroes.' I do love classic hero types, I've always been a big fan of old movies.
Speaking of old fashioned-type characters, there's Ianto and his growing awesomeness. I have this urge to find all the people who insisted he should have been executed or retconned at the end of Cyberwoman and dance on their heads, crying, "See, see, see! This is why Jack let him stay! This is the potential he saw then starting to awaken! It's so wonderful when the writers let a character live up to his potential we knew he had. We saw glimpses of it in Series 1, and now he's really is much more then Jack's part-time shag. Before Series 2 started I was a bit worried that they would make Ianto *just* about his relationship with Jack.
'can I just say I'd rather watch a science fiction thriller with good kissing and lousy special effects than one with lousy kissing and good special effects? ' Yes you can, because that's the same way I feel. I can look past bad special effects as long as there is believable snogging character development.
'It's Rhys who holds on to Gwen and keeps her from falling, which ultimately makes Rhys one of the key anchors keeping Jack human.' It will be interesting to see what happens if and when they kill Rhys off. I really think they will before Series 2 is over, this is Torchwood after all, and no-one gets a happy ending.
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'He's a 1920s - 1940s larger-than-life hero, but he's not totally out of context in RTD's 21st Century. He's got Ianto as the 1940s secretary, Owen as the soldier-medic who's spent far too much time on the front lines, and he's surrounded by 1940s-style common-man heroes.' I do love classic hero types, I've always been a big fan of old movies.
Speaking of old fashioned-type characters, there's Ianto and his growing awesomeness. I have this urge to find all the people who insisted he should have been executed or retconned at the end of Cyberwoman and dance on their heads, crying, "See, see, see! This is why Jack let him stay! This is the potential he saw then starting to awaken! It's so wonderful when the writers let a character live up to his potential we knew he had. We saw glimpses of it in Series 1, and now he's really is much more then Jack's part-time shag. Before Series 2 started I was a bit worried that they would make Ianto *just* about his relationship with Jack.
'can I just say I'd rather watch a science fiction thriller with good kissing and lousy special effects than one with lousy kissing and good special effects? ' Yes you can, because that's the same way I feel. I can look past bad special effects as long as there is believable
snoggingcharacter development.'It's Rhys who holds on to Gwen and keeps her from falling, which ultimately makes Rhys one of the key anchors keeping Jack human.' It will be interesting to see what happens if and when they kill Rhys off. I really think they will before Series 2 is over, this is Torchwood after all, and no-one gets a happy ending.