Is it me, or in the trailer does it sound as if Gwen's accent has been smoothed out a bit?
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Barb - May 27, 2011 4:25:27 pm PDT #17234 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2011 6:03:09 pm PDT #17235 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want to know how they bring Jack back from where he was. But I can't, because I don't get Starz (unless they are going to eventually show it on BBCA). Dammit!
le nubian - May 27, 2011 7:10:11 pm PDT #17236 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm glad to be among the Ianto bitterness sisters.
Zenkitty - May 27, 2011 7:49:33 pm PDT #17237 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I only watched the first two episodes of the show, and even *I'm* angry about Ianto.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 28, 2011 3:27:19 am PDT #17238 of 30001
"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
Yeah, what happens to Ianto is why I haven't made an effort to see Children of Earth as yet.
le nubian - May 28, 2011 5:17:31 am PDT #17239 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I've said this before, but I think that was the most depressing tv viewing experience of a fictional program (I think "Big Brother" might be the most depressing overall) I have ever had. I don't necessarily need sparkle bright and light in my tv viewing, but agony, pain, torment for no reason? Because characters are doing stupid shit? Because the writers decided, hey, let's fuck up previous characterization, shall we?
§ ita § - May 28, 2011 5:19:26 am PDT #17240 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How did it fuck up previous characterisation? It was bleak, and they're the writers, they could have found a less bleak way to do it, but I don't think they went outside what was established for Jack to get there.
Liese S. - May 28, 2011 6:09:49 am PDT #17241 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I don't think it was out of character necessarily. I think it was a deeply stupid character decision, but Jack has made deeply stupid decisions before. But it was a brutal loss and a brutal way to lose him.
Dana - May 28, 2011 6:32:09 am PDT #17242 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I'm with you on the first part of that, LeN. I finished the last part of the mini and literally said "I wish I hadn't seen that." It wasn't even Ianto -- it was the bit with Jack's grandson.
Frankenbuddha - May 28, 2011 6:40:37 am PDT #17243 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think it was a deeply stupid character decision, but Jack has made deeply stupid decisions before.
And in some cases it's worked out in his favor, so it didn't surprise me that he'd try something like that. This time it didn't work though. Painfully so. Which is why I'll be curious with how Jack is acting when he comes back from wherever he's been.