From a story standpoint, I thought it was extremely well written.
I thought it was better written than just about all Torchwood, although as time goes on, I'm finding holes that loom larger and larger as I look at them. Such as the English Government rolling over without a show of force (that came later) and apparently no other country, including the nuclear-powered ones, even attempting to fight back. Or Jack walking into the building without a backup plan or resperator for Ianto, even though they knew at a minimum that the alien was sitting in a cloud of poison.
Did they really need to kill off another major character?
That's a big deal - I'm less upset that Ianto died than how and when - how, to make a supposed piece of escapist entertainment more grim and unentertaining, and when - right after Tosh and Owen died. When you've killed off three main characters in five contiguous aired episodes, it's plain sloppy storytelling - an admission that there is no other way that the writer can think of to shock the audience.
A lot of the times she looked like she was smiling when confronted by horrible things
You're not the only one who thought that. Me, I thought she'd had so much work done that she couldn't completely close her mouth anymore.
You felt dirty after watching it.
I certainly did. I most emphatically didn't feel entertained. And this wasn't a documentary, it was supposed to be entertainment.
I'll grant the power of the story, I'll grant that it's better than much Torchwood. But I went from loving to loathing, and I'm worried about how RTD's going to apply this scorched earth policy to Doctor Who come the regeneration.
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Date: 2009-07-18 03:34 pm (UTC)I thought it was better written than just about all Torchwood, although as time goes on, I'm finding holes that loom larger and larger as I look at them. Such as the English Government rolling over without a show of force (that came later) and apparently no other country, including the nuclear-powered ones, even attempting to fight back. Or Jack walking into the building without a backup plan or resperator for Ianto, even though they knew at a minimum that the alien was sitting in a cloud of poison.
Did they really need to kill off another major character?
That's a big deal - I'm less upset that Ianto died than how and when - how, to make a supposed piece of escapist entertainment more grim and unentertaining, and when - right after Tosh and Owen died. When you've killed off three main characters in five contiguous aired episodes, it's plain sloppy storytelling - an admission that there is no other way that the writer can think of to shock the audience.
A lot of the times she looked like she was smiling when confronted by horrible things
You're not the only one who thought that. Me, I thought she'd had so much work done that she couldn't completely close her mouth anymore.
You felt dirty after watching it.
I certainly did. I most emphatically didn't feel entertained. And this wasn't a documentary, it was supposed to be entertainment.
I'll grant the power of the story, I'll grant that it's better than much Torchwood. But I went from loving to loathing, and I'm worried about how RTD's going to apply this scorched earth policy to Doctor Who come the regeneration.