Torchwood: I wonder if even the boy was Cap'n Jack himself. There was a line or two in DW that hinted at Jack's past, and that the potential of his story was finding out who'd erased his memories of his past, and why. I wonder if this is it, or something completely new and different.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
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Juliebird - Jan 17, 2008 5:43:38 pm PST #9481 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2008 5:52:16 pm PST #9482 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Julie, I should have made that connection. We do have that blank space even in his own knowledge of himself.
eta: I say that because I've been on about the issue (not here, I think, but mentally), not out of any comparison between myself and yourself and I re-read and thought, "Oh, that could be guac-y."
Juliebird - Jan 17, 2008 6:18:40 pm PST #9483 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Deb, "guac-y"? I like avacados.
I had always thought that any spin-off would (or even, should) follow-up on that tidbit, since it seemed so important in DW, even though not followed-up-on in that series. Even in the interviews for the DW series with JB, that fact kept coming up.
Of course, now it won't be it at all.
Another thing I liked about TW 2.1 is how Captain John's character really gets the horror of not being able to die: living through the pain and trauma of dying, and coming backk to do it all over again. I thought that was a nice touch. A nice character moment.
shrift - Jan 17, 2008 6:55:35 pm PST #9484 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I would claim Ianto Jones for myself, forever and always, but I think Dana would kill me if I tried anything.
Laura - Jan 17, 2008 7:47:42 pm PST #9485 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Conditioning from years of my favorite shows and writers makes me fear for Ianto's life if I swoon too much for the cutiehead date talk.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 17, 2008 7:52:48 pm PST #9486 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm puzzled by the fact that I don't find Ianto that appealing, but Gareth David-Lloyd in out-of-character interviews is smoking hot.
Liese S. - Jan 17, 2008 8:10:31 pm PST #9487 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, Ianto.
Fiona - Jan 18, 2008 2:56:11 am PST #9488 of 10001
My criticism of the Spikelikeness of JM's character was mostly about the writing, and not so much in the way it was played. There's referencing, and there's overdoing it. But I seem to be in the minority, which is fair enough.
Dana - Jan 18, 2008 3:50:54 am PST #9489 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
No touchy MY IANTO.
Liese S. - Jan 18, 2008 6:22:53 am PST #9490 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I was thinking about the episode all night, and thought, I should come in this morning and expand on my first comments. Forgetting that my first comments were just, "Ianto."
But now that I'm here, that's still pretty much all I'm thinking.
Also, Cap'n John is made of hot. I'm sure I'll have more later, when the guh wears off.