Torchwood Miracle Day
Jul. 9th, 2011 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annundrielI wasn't going to watch it, I really wasn't, but then it was starting and Mom and I were like, "Well. What the hell."
It was okay.
Heh. That's sort of all I got. It didn't particularly get my blood pumping, but I do want to know what/how/why. I'm more intrigued by Jack's sudden mortality than anything, really, and what will happen with that by the end.
I found, somewhat surprisingly, that I did miss Jack and Gwen and Rhys. Also Andy. Though Jack didn't quite feel like Jack. I don't know if that's something off about him or if he's supposed to feel older, more serious. I'd very much like it to be the latter, even with all of the people he's lost in his very long, strange lifetime. He's trying to keep the remainder of Torchwood safe and, forgive me, I'd like his more recent ghosts--Tosh, Owen, Ianto--to weigh heavy.
God, I missed those three. So much. When Jack introduced himself as Owen Harper? That felt a little bit like being hit in the chest.
So there were moments where something struck home with me, but for the most part? It was kind of bland.
Also, my mom kept wondering why everyone was chasing everyone else with guns and helicopters and bazookas if no one can die. I told her that even if you can't die, they can leave you pretty messed up and useless--as illustrated by Mr. Headless in the Morgue. (That is seriously fucked up. And is there consciousness? We never quite got that answered, did we? Also I am glad there was no screaming when they started snipping his neck. That would have been too much.)
Of course the other answer with the guns and helicopters and bazookas is that, hi, it's American television now and we like those things. Duh. Have to appeal to the audience.
I don't know.
Anyway. It was all right. I went and watched older clips on YouTube after and those both made me feel better and more sad. I miss the show set in Wales. I missed the accents. God, I really did. Is that strange? I liked Torchwood being a British show. And it still is, I suppose? Just...set elsewhere. ::shrug::
I'll keep watching because, like I said, I want to know what's going on. It'll be interesting to see if it picks up steam for me. Which isn't to say the hour dragged at all; it didn't. It moved along nicely. It just didn't zing.
It was okay.
Heh. That's sort of all I got. It didn't particularly get my blood pumping, but I do want to know what/how/why. I'm more intrigued by Jack's sudden mortality than anything, really, and what will happen with that by the end.
I found, somewhat surprisingly, that I did miss Jack and Gwen and Rhys. Also Andy. Though Jack didn't quite feel like Jack. I don't know if that's something off about him or if he's supposed to feel older, more serious. I'd very much like it to be the latter, even with all of the people he's lost in his very long, strange lifetime. He's trying to keep the remainder of Torchwood safe and, forgive me, I'd like his more recent ghosts--Tosh, Owen, Ianto--to weigh heavy.
God, I missed those three. So much. When Jack introduced himself as Owen Harper? That felt a little bit like being hit in the chest.
So there were moments where something struck home with me, but for the most part? It was kind of bland.
Also, my mom kept wondering why everyone was chasing everyone else with guns and helicopters and bazookas if no one can die. I told her that even if you can't die, they can leave you pretty messed up and useless--as illustrated by Mr. Headless in the Morgue. (That is seriously fucked up. And is there consciousness? We never quite got that answered, did we? Also I am glad there was no screaming when they started snipping his neck. That would have been too much.)
Of course the other answer with the guns and helicopters and bazookas is that, hi, it's American television now and we like those things. Duh. Have to appeal to the audience.
I don't know.
Anyway. It was all right. I went and watched older clips on YouTube after and those both made me feel better and more sad. I miss the show set in Wales. I missed the accents. God, I really did. Is that strange? I liked Torchwood being a British show. And it still is, I suppose? Just...set elsewhere. ::shrug::
I'll keep watching because, like I said, I want to know what's going on. It'll be interesting to see if it picks up steam for me. Which isn't to say the hour dragged at all; it didn't. It moved along nicely. It just didn't zing.
