Clearly Jack needs to go find the Doctor and go back in time and save Ianto. This is what needs to happen. Otherwise, Torchwood and I are done professionally.
Finding the thing to do that will cause your fanbase the most conceivable pain is not actually that great a strategy for keeping viewers. I mean, they almost, almost lost me over Toshiko. Now it's kind of like ... are you kidding me? ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS SHIT?
I think my biggest problem with this is just the sheer amount of deaths. Seriously, three out of five main characters? It lost any actual emotional impact that it could have had and that's a shame.
I don't watch the show, so I haven't been avoiding spoilers, and I knew this was coming. But right now I am bracing for my flist to explode in woe as soon as they all actually get the thing downloaded.
I feel bad for the people who watch it, because that's got to SUCK, but at the same time, I want to laugh in morbid amusement because who the hell thought that was a good idea?
I'm watching, but I learned a long time ago to never really expect to be that happy with Torchwood to begin with. ^^;;
I hated Owen from the beginning, loved Tosh, and when they were kind enough to get rid of him they were mean enough to off HER too. The writing always seemed uneven and not really ~*edgy*~ enough for all its' Dr-Who-For-Grownups boasting, and...yeah. I only ever made it about halfway through the first 2 seasons before getting bored and skipping to the last eps. ^^;;
I'm still watching CoE b/c I'm frankly still interested, but I can't say I'm surprised at the news either. If it's true? Well, just one more disappointment from a show that never lived up to its' potential in my mind anyway.
Well, now I don't need to bother watching season 3. I was going to wait until it was all broadcast to watch, but there's not a chance in hell now.I was really hoping Torchwood would decide to avert the whole Bury Your Gays trope... *sigh*
(I'm less broken up than I should be, since as long as I haven't seen it it's DisContinuity in my head. Plus, I can always turn to the metric ton of Fix-It fic that's going to spring up in response to this, and half the fanfic is better written than the show anyway.)
Heh. Well, there were spoilers, and then there were giant flashing anvils of doom and foreshadowing. So I wasn't surprised. They did that thing Lost did where they finally gave him motivation, so you knew it was coming.
I'll still watch. I'll watch forever. I am partly a masochist, though mostly I'm just in it for the lulz.
I always feel like killing off characters is a bit of a cheap maneuver unless you do it right, but when you're on your THIRD dead lead? Dude, come on, there are other plot twists in the world. Really.
I always find watching Torchwood slightly jarring, since I actually live in Cardiff. I'm constantly amused by the way they keep turning round a corner in the city centre and then appearing in Cardiff Bay, despite the city centre and the Bay being a couple of miles apart. Must be the timey wimey.
Never mind the death of Mincing Tea Boy, I'm more concerned about the fact that they blew up Roald Dahl Plass.
The thought I had after watching the final pair of episodes Sunday night was that RTD was quite deliberately putting a stake through the heart of the show by eliminating all three remaining TW personnel -- Ianto dead, Gwen with a baby to be thinking about, Jack leaving the planet in a cloud of angst -- so that no one else can get handed the show and play with his toys (or turn out to run the show much better than he ever did). Moffat created Jack, and he can have the Doctor run across him at some point, but TW is off the table.
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Seriously.
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'Cause ... wow, is that douchetastic.
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*crosses fingers and toes and eyes*
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Also, you're totally right about The Middleman - every Whoniverse fan should definitely be watching it in all its cracked-out adorable glory.
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I hated Owen from the beginning, loved Tosh, and when they were kind enough to get rid of him they were mean enough to off HER too. The writing always seemed uneven and not really ~*edgy*~ enough for all its' Dr-Who-For-Grownups boasting, and...yeah. I only ever made it about halfway through the first 2 seasons before getting bored and skipping to the last eps. ^^;;
I'm still watching CoE b/c I'm frankly still interested, but I can't say I'm surprised at the news either. If it's true? Well, just one more disappointment from a show that never lived up to its' potential in my mind anyway.
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(I'm less broken up than I should be, since as long as I haven't seen it it's DisContinuity in my head. Plus, I can always turn to the metric ton of Fix-It fic that's going to spring up in response to this, and half the fanfic is better written than the show anyway.)
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I'll still watch. I'll watch forever. I am partly a masochist, though mostly I'm just in it for the lulz.
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I...
*sighs*
That always happens to the characters I like.
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Haven't read it yet, but it looked neat.
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;____________;
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Never mind the death of Mincing Tea Boy, I'm more concerned about the fact that they blew up Roald Dahl Plass.
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