Watching Captain Jack is always a good plan.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Laura - Oct 23, 2006 4:33:58 am PDT #2980 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
DXMachina - Oct 23, 2006 5:04:33 am PDT #2981 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I wonder how many people stumbled onto Angel, became fans, and then found out about Buffy?
I knew about Buffy, but didn't start watching until after I got hooked by Angel.
shrift - Oct 23, 2006 5:15:38 am PDT #2982 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have Torchwood sitting at home, too. If I'd had a little more time this morning, I would have put them on my iPod so I wouldn't have to WAIT OMG.
Laura - Oct 23, 2006 5:22:14 am PDT #2983 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I knew about Buffy, but didn't start watching until after I got hooked by Angel.
Ah, I hope that works with my sister. She has been watching the morning Angel episodes and is hooked. I just sent her the first 2 seasons because she is watching 3. She wants it from the beginning now. Whee!
Dana - Oct 23, 2006 5:25:04 am PDT #2984 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, finished the first episode of Torchwood, and I agree with Fiona.
I did find it subdued, almost. But I'll keep watching, and I liked the Captain Jack revelation too.
I will have a major problem with the character who used alien technology to rape women in bars. That is not good. That is so far beyond not good as to be really, really bad. And I have no faith that it will ever be addressed.
Fred Pete - Oct 23, 2006 5:27:43 am PDT #2985 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Um, is Torchwood airing in the U.S.? Or is the discussion solely from Net-based sources?
(Hubs is a major fan of the new Who, and I'm sure he'd want to know.)
tiggy - Oct 23, 2006 5:29:01 am PDT #2986 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Um, is Torchwood airing in the U.S.?
not yet, but i'm sure it will if it becomes as popular as Who.
sumi - Oct 23, 2006 5:29:03 am PDT #2987 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Sadly - not airing in North America yet.
I hope that Scifi or BBCA picks it up.
Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2006 5:30:10 am PDT #2988 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
None of us Americans has acquired Torchwood from net-based sources. That would be wrong.
Kate P. - Oct 23, 2006 5:33:32 am PDT #2989 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Downloaded [edit: heh, I mean, um, legally acquired!] and watched both Torchwood episodes last night, and I LOVED them (Shocker!). Gwen is fantastic, and I really love her totally normal, sweet boyfriend (wonder how long he'll last?) , and I just grinned every time Captain Jack was on screen. The bit in the first ep with Jack standing on the roof of that building, with the aerial shots swooping in around him from several different angles, made me laugh out loud. I don't remember if it had any relevance to the plot at all; it was just so perfectly "You wanted a Captain Jack power shot? Well, here's five of them!" And all the stuff in the second episode with the Torchwood staff gossiping about who he is and where he comes from was great too.
Oh! And in the second episode, Jack has the Doctor's hand preserved in a jar! And it's more important to him than almost anything else! Can't wait to see where they go with that.
ETA: the more I think about it, the more I think that Who is Buffy, and Torchwood is Angel, and that the comparison is fairly explicit. What do others think?
Oh, totally! That makes a lot of sense, now that I think about it. And the second episode of Torchwood even stole its plot directly from the second episode of Angel.