Jack: This is the entrance for tourists.
John: I remember that last (first?) time you said that to me.
Either way: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
It's all about the coat.
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Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2008 4:35:16 pm PST #9711 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Dana - Jan 26, 2008 4:40:28 pm PST #9712 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I rather liked "I worked my way up through the ranks."
"I'm sure the ranks were very grateful."
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2008 4:50:13 pm PST #9713 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's hard not to see Spike in Capt. John, but it's definitely not a 100% copy. Very odd though - a show with a British actor playing a charcter who sounds like an American hires an American to play a character who sounds British. Although given that the lack of a truthfullness is in there for both characters, it makes it make a lot of sense (although I doubt they were going for that entirely intentionally).
Dana - Jan 26, 2008 4:53:33 pm PST #9714 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Barrowman is American. Well, equally as American as he is Scottish, but that's his accent.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2008 4:55:06 pm PST #9715 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, equally as American as he is Scottish, but that's his acce
Really? It sounded like he was doing a bad American accent when he first appeared on Doctor Who, though I haven't had the same problems with Torchwood.
DebetEsse - Jan 26, 2008 5:00:52 pm PST #9716 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It really sounds like "Gray" or "Grae" to me. Is there a source for the actual line?
Dana - Jan 26, 2008 5:06:28 pm PST #9717 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Really? It sounded like he was doing a bad American accent when he first appeared on Doctor Who, though I haven't had the same problems with Torchwood.
Yeah. He's all over YouTube doing various things: check it out.
tiggy - Jan 26, 2008 5:07:28 pm PST #9718 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
yeah. he was born in Scotland, but moved to the states when he was, like, eight or something. he lived in chicago.
hippocampus - Jan 26, 2008 5:09:41 pm PST #9719 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
ok, this even had DH howling. Delivery was perfect.
"That's gorgeous."
"That's a poodle."
Juliebird - Jan 26, 2008 5:12:25 pm PST #9720 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Sounds like Gray to me as well. And I think my fave John Hart moment was when he learned that Jack can't die. There is the flabbergast, and the sudden comprehension of the pain and agony that Jack must endure for each "death" and each "resurrection", the empathy, and then the subtle shift into falsehoods as he talks about the horror of coming back to life in Earth, in Torchwood, with those people, but that last part seems like such a lie, like your seeing a bit of self-deception.
I'm still curious as to why John was so soft with the team and went out for immediate murder with Jack. The former makes me think he didn't really want to overtly harm anyone permanently, and then he "kills" Jack. I'm sure there's a method to the madness, but I'm not sure what that method is yet.
Loved the humor, loved the editing and zoominess and the backwards music (I wasn't able to watch enough of the first season to know if that has always been a part of the show). Love love love Ianto, and am glad (although I couldn't say why) that they picked back up on the attraction that Gwen has to Jack (again, from what I saw it seemed like they dropped that angle like a bad habit in the first season, but what do I know?)