'Serenity'
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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(Which is no doubt why he seemed so familiar.)
Totally! And yes, lisah, on the not terribly sexy. But very very nice!
And then I watched the Dr. Who episode with all the 1913 schoolboys. I had a Great-War-a-licious weekend.
Okay, I may just not have had all that much to say about the episode. Oh! Except! What, Torchwood 19mumble couldn't have kept him from going back to the front? Like, a "top secret but crucial service to our country" kind of discharge? That sucks!
I would like to see the show do more with the time travel plots. Though I thought this one was good, and the story was touching, it was "Out of Time" (Torchwood team member falls in love with someone from the past) plus "Captain Jack Harkness" (Torchwood team member must do their duty and leave a loved one behind).
Maybe a time travel plot where nobody falls in love at all? Nah, that just wouldn't be Torchwood.
I hope that they do more with it too -- that truncated "extra" that talked about the time travel love stories makes me hope that they will.
Maybe a time travel plot where nobody falls in love at all?
I thought that was a cardinal rule of time travel in general - you will meet your one great love. Or one of your great loves. In any case, you will have to leave him or her behind. Or it, if we're in sci-fi mode.
Anyway, it's why I hesitate to try it. Who needs that kind of heart break?
Motherfuck! No new Chuck expected till fall either.
I like Chuck, but a little Chuck goes a long way.
I'm with Scola. I also got really tired with the guy-ness of it all. There's only so many times I need to see the love interest in her skivvies, or the two idiots at the Buy More harassing female customers.
What, Torchwood 19mumble couldn't have kept him from going back to the front? Like, a "top secret but crucial service to our country" kind of discharge? That sucks!
Well, past!Torchwood wouldn't have known what happened to him when he got sent to the front. There was no reason to keep him at the hospital. Once they found out, they could have amended the orders at that point not to send him back, but that would be messing with the time stream, and that's a no no. Plus, they don't know if there was something about Tommy that would make it happen again.
Plus, they don't know if there was something about Tommy that would make it happen again.
I want to think that Tommy's experiences with Torchwood (and he didn't have his memories erased!) may have created a wild card effect. His experiences there affect how he reacts once he's back in 1918. And maybe he did something different after he went back.
I think there's a fatal flaw in that line of reasoning, which is that Tommy didn't live linearly. That Tommy-after-he-went-back always had memories of Torchwood.
Which actually raises another question: How much effect did Tosh's answers to his questions have on what he did after he went back? She left him thinking he'd die in battle. Did he try to avoid that?