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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(Unrelated to Barb: I met a writer at dinner tonight who knows you through RWA -- Liz Bemis. My world is too, too, TOO freaking small.)
Yeah, the name's definitely familiar. I know she was a Golden Heart (unpublished author) finalist this year. Wow. Seriously small world.
She was talking about something something awards, something something romance, and she had previously said she was a writer, and so I butted in at an appropriate break and asked, "Were you at RWA?"
And she gave me the look of I-didn't-expect-you-to-ask-that-since-you're-in-a-whole-other-sphere-of-my-life, and said, "Yeah."
So I said I knew you, but identified you as Barb [lastname], and she gave me a blank look, so I said that you wrote Adios, and she said, "Oh! Caridad [lastname]! Oh yeah, I've met her!"
Freaky small world.
Anyway. Back to Torchwood and the Minear-ing of Ianto.
I went to TWOP to see their reaction to Ianto's demise, and people are pissed, man. Never watching anything RTD again pissed.
Ianto is dead and the planet is dooooomed.
This is brutally awesome.
Never watching anything RTD again pissed.
But since that just means missing
the last three Tennant specials
it's not too big a sacrifice.
Actually no, wait, maybe it is.
I went to TWOP to see their reaction to Ianto's demise, and people are pissed, man. Never watching anything RTD again pissed.
Heh. Then he did his job. It was a hard choice, but you look at the story arc, he didn't do it just for shits and giggles. Ianto had completed his arc from the standpoint that he came to terms with who and what Jack is and loved him still. Perhaps loved him more. He went out on the strength of his convictions-- all the reasons he came to work for Jack's branch of Torchwood in the first place.
Most importantly and this goes back to what Alice said to the female ops agent-- Ianto's death makes Jack that much more dangerous. The fight had been personal because of his guilt in his earlier involvement. Now it's emotional. Unless, of course, he's completely hamstrung by his emotions and Gwen has to slap him around.
Either way, it should make for an interesting last episode.
Are we absolutely sure that RTD hasn't been hanging out with Minear? It seems like he's been taking lessons.
I would have much rather that he killed off Gwen, frankly. Mostly because of the hot gay sex aspect to be honest.
This.
Are we absolutely sure that RTD hasn't been hanging out with Minear? It seems like he's been taking lessons.
He has been unusually cruel this time. It's not like him - mostly, the worst we got in Doctor Who was people being separated forever. (And I didn't love Rose, so I was 'meh' about it anyway.) End of the Who season that ended last year was a bit sadder. But not on this level. Does RTD need medication?
the worst we got in Doctor Who was people being separated forever
Torchwood is more "adult" than Doctor Who, so I get that.
Torchwood is more "adult" than Doctor Who
Yes, but RTD's gone slightly overboard with that. There's 'more adult', and there's Minear-esque, and then there's 'what did we do to you that was so bad we deserved this...?'
(I did enjoy the mini-series, don't get me wrong.)
No one is watching it except you and me, ita.
I am! And AFAIK it hasn't been officially renewed OR canceled. It's on a kind of indefinite hiatus.
I did hear a rumor that Virtuality is being shopped around for international funding, so even though it definitely will not be on Fox in the fall, it may pop up somewhere else if they can get production money and distribution. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease buy it, Syfy?? I'll forgive your stupid name change and everything, just put my show on the air!
