I adore Ianto.
I'm just saying.
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
Spike ,'Selfless'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) 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.
Liese S. - Sep 11, 2007 6:58:47 am PDT #6200 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Fay - Sep 11, 2007 7:00:02 am PDT #6201 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
It's...I think what I love about Torchwood is that it IS fanfic. It is trashy, shaggadelic, silly, overblown, angsty fanfic. SET IN WALES!!!!!!
It cannot fare well if I compare it to something like Firefly, which, you know, I fucking love with the big burny hot love of a thousand exploding suns. But...it's Sci Fi. Set in the UK!!! Where people have normal accents and aren't the villain of the week!!!! (Or a Watcher. Or possibly both.)
I do understand people not loving the show, because it's flawed, and finding its feet, and in style/approach it's quite jarringly not like the shiny slick US scifi to which it aspires (UK telly tends to err too much towards the theatrical tradition, whereas US telly tends to be more influenced by cinema, and hence does realism better, much of the time).
But - you have to understand that this is the first new Sci Fi I can remember since Blake's 7 was cancelled, back in the 70s (or possibly the early 80s? I was very wee, anyway. And sad. Very sad that my big gay show was ending in a tragic pile of corpses and treachery and heartbreak...it was an early grooming for Tim and Joss and the wickedness of Fox execs, now I come to think of it).
Anyhoo, yes - Torchwood is silly like a silly thing, which puts it nicely in the tradition of UK genre shows - take a bow, Avengers, Blake's 7, Doctor Who et al. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
Fred Pete - Sep 11, 2007 7:40:17 am PDT #6202 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
SET IN WALES!!!!!!
This. Except my Welsh great-great-grandparents were from Anglesey, at the other end of Wales.
Theresa - Sep 11, 2007 7:51:20 am PDT #6203 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Sumi is me. I didn't see it one episode at a time, which sometimes makes a difference with me. I love it. Lots.
And Yay for the new Eureka tonight. Loving it lots too.
CFerg - Sep 11, 2007 8:18:30 am PDT #6204 of 10001
I'm last up tonight but I'm on Puerto Rico time so odds are I won't be up to chat.
I'm a bit bummed. It seems the season has past and I haven't seen the final product of many episodes.
What is tonight? Maneater?
C.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 11, 2007 8:26:44 am PDT #6205 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The preview looked like it had to do with religion sweeping Eureka due to "miracles".
Ailleann - Sep 11, 2007 8:31:46 am PDT #6206 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Tonight's title is "God Is In The Details".
Jon B. - Sep 11, 2007 8:51:06 am PDT #6207 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
We think there's another 4 episodes, including tonight's, right?
Theodosia - Sep 11, 2007 9:18:25 am PDT #6208 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
:: bounces in Eureka anticipation ::
I thought Torchwood took a couple of episodes to hit its stride, especially as we get into what makes Owen and Tosh and Ianto tick -- there's not a single undamaged one among 'em. I think I like it better than Who for the same reasons I liked Angel better than Buffy.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2007 9:23:13 am PDT #6209 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hot man on man action?