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I watched the new Torchwood last night. Or rather I should say that I fast-forwarded through Torchwood last night, because I found the POV character to be so profoundly irritating that I wanted to stab him in the face. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up shut up SHUT UP.
Could've just been a bad mood, I guess. Might try watching it again. Did like Gwen a whole bunch in the episode, which was nice.
I never disliked Kat, but I didn't feel like she was enough of a character for me to really like her either; she was The One Starbuck Bitched At, in much the same way that Anders is The One Starbuck Luuurrrved (well, maybe), and in both cases, I feel like instead of developing characters they were telling me "look how you're being set up to feel about this character!".
I'm a sucker for the big damn hero deaths of characters I disliked, in all their Timmy "I'll make you like her and then kill her" glory, but this was more like a "let's watch how the puppetmaster sets up the story". And it was fine puppetmastering, but not an ep where I could stop seeing the strings.
Or rather I should say that I fast-forwarded through Torchwood last night, because I found the
I liked the POV character, but I can see why he irritates. I thought he was a vast improvement over Elton from the last DW ep to air in the US, which I mention because the two episodes are so similar that when I started watching "Random Shoes" I almost turned it off when I realized it was basically "Love and Monsters" all over again. But I ended up liking it much better than "Love and Monsters" -- perhaps due to the lack of giant hammy Fat Bastard-like grossout monster -- so I'm glad I stuck with it.
I'll have to give the episode another chance when I'm less stressed by deadlines and holidays.
I'm glad I didn't try to watch the episode this morning, beyond the beginning teaser, anyway. I'm not at my comprehending best.
I found the Torchwood ep showed character growth over time. Eugene isn't the same guy at the end--not only because we learn more about him as the plot goes on. I initially thought of it as similar to that DW episode, but then not really. It becomes a lot about Eugene, and a bit about Gwen. Very little about Torchwood or their mission.
Must. Not. Read. Whitefont.
More interview with Jane Espenson -- this one is about the episode.
On edit: it includes a teeny-tiny spoiler for another episode. The title and generally what it's about.
Heroes: I wonder if the MBG or Haitian (what are we calling him now?) NOT replacing lost time with other memories is a form of protest at what he is doing? Or just means that he can't add fake memories - just erase the ones that are there.
Or he just fuzzes up the memory with a strong wish to not think about it or even notice that time is missing. Which doesn't work so perfectly when it's apparent to all (like a cop missing his shift) that time has indeed passed.
If I were Cheer!Daddy, I'd try to time all my abductions on the weekends....