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snorkackcatcherSummary: WTF?! And more of the same next week by the look of it ...
Well, that was decidedly strange. For a start, can we take a moment to admire once again the sheer spectacular idiocy of Jack for getting emo enough to use the second glove after what happened with the first? Why risk that just to bring Owen back for two minutes to say goodbye? Whatever. (Oh yeah, and get some code -- what, he doesn't have this already as team leader? A somewhat odd and misfitting element of the script.) And as even Owen pointed out, all that devastation sprang from using the glove. I'm beginning to think that the Master had the right idea and that they should keep Jack chained up for the sake of public safety.
But anyway, this was pretty much The Owen Harper Show -- apart from Jack, lines for the others were quite limited, even Martha (who got herself zapped again) and Tosh (who finally got the "I love you Owen" moment in, albeit not at a great time). At one point towards the end I was trying to remember if Ianto had even had a line. Another fine performance from Burn Gorman, mind you.
Presumably the alien nasty was involved somehow in making these gloves or causing them to be made, although whether or not we'll get an explanation of that I don't know. Nor was it exactly terribly clear what Owen did to stop it or what state he's in now, although next week's episode seems to be a continuation (is it just me, or did the trailer clips have a Random Shoes feel to them?), so we might get it then. The quasi-mystic stuff around the alien didn't necessarily make sense, although I did like the explanation of 'Faith' in this case.
Hmm. The gloves work by draining life force -- but Jack used this one, which could have very strange effects with Mr-All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet as the source. Is this the scriptwriters' way to bring Owen back permanently in some manner, even if it is as a zombie? Martha's leaving after the next show in this little arc.
We had yet another "everybody knows who Torchwood are" scene in the hospital -- they seem to be the least secret secret organisation in existence. Is this part of everything changing in the 21st century? Is the Rift throwing up so many weird effects that everybody in Cardiff has got used to them as the local Men (and Women) in Black? Mind you, the whole New Who world seems to have that, what with numerous alien invasions in Doctor Who, not to mention the very visible near-catastrophes in The Sarah Jane Adventures (the Sun going out, near-miss meteor strikes, the Moon nearly colliding with the Earth -- note to the SJA scriptwriters; repeatedly going big in the very first series does kind of give you less room for manoeuvre later on). But for now, it seems to be:
"We're Torchwood! Please keep clear, we're about to save the world again."
"You were the ones who put it in danger in the first place!"
"Well, if all you're going to do is stand there and nitpick ..."
"Bloody Torchwood."
An odd, albeit often striking, episode that will probably -- possibly -- make better sense after the next one! Eh, we'll see.
Well, that was decidedly strange. For a start, can we take a moment to admire once again the sheer spectacular idiocy of Jack for getting emo enough to use the second glove after what happened with the first? Why risk that just to bring Owen back for two minutes to say goodbye? Whatever. (Oh yeah, and get some code -- what, he doesn't have this already as team leader? A somewhat odd and misfitting element of the script.) And as even Owen pointed out, all that devastation sprang from using the glove. I'm beginning to think that the Master had the right idea and that they should keep Jack chained up for the sake of public safety.
But anyway, this was pretty much The Owen Harper Show -- apart from Jack, lines for the others were quite limited, even Martha (who got herself zapped again) and Tosh (who finally got the "I love you Owen" moment in, albeit not at a great time). At one point towards the end I was trying to remember if Ianto had even had a line. Another fine performance from Burn Gorman, mind you.
Presumably the alien nasty was involved somehow in making these gloves or causing them to be made, although whether or not we'll get an explanation of that I don't know. Nor was it exactly terribly clear what Owen did to stop it or what state he's in now, although next week's episode seems to be a continuation (is it just me, or did the trailer clips have a Random Shoes feel to them?), so we might get it then. The quasi-mystic stuff around the alien didn't necessarily make sense, although I did like the explanation of 'Faith' in this case.
Hmm. The gloves work by draining life force -- but Jack used this one, which could have very strange effects with Mr-All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet as the source. Is this the scriptwriters' way to bring Owen back permanently in some manner, even if it is as a zombie? Martha's leaving after the next show in this little arc.
We had yet another "everybody knows who Torchwood are" scene in the hospital -- they seem to be the least secret secret organisation in existence. Is this part of everything changing in the 21st century? Is the Rift throwing up so many weird effects that everybody in Cardiff has got used to them as the local Men (and Women) in Black? Mind you, the whole New Who world seems to have that, what with numerous alien invasions in Doctor Who, not to mention the very visible near-catastrophes in The Sarah Jane Adventures (the Sun going out, near-miss meteor strikes, the Moon nearly colliding with the Earth -- note to the SJA scriptwriters; repeatedly going big in the very first series does kind of give you less room for manoeuvre later on). But for now, it seems to be:
"We're Torchwood! Please keep clear, we're about to save the world again."
"You were the ones who put it in danger in the first place!"
"Well, if all you're going to do is stand there and nitpick ..."
"Bloody Torchwood."
An odd, albeit often striking, episode that will probably -- possibly -- make better sense after the next one! Eh, we'll see.
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Date: 2008-02-21 06:25 pm (UTC)I did like Ianto and the hockey stick, though. I really want that on an icon.
Did you stay tuned for Being Human afterwards? I thought that was awesome, suffering from minimal wtfery, even though it featured a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost.... Watch and learn, Torchwood.
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Date: 2008-02-21 06:57 pm (UTC)I didn't see Being Human ... I'm generally out on Wednesday evenings, so it's a case of recording it to watch later.
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Date: 2008-02-21 07:55 pm (UTC)Being Human is available online if you fancy, and I think they're showing it again at some point on BBC3 this week. It's well worth it - there's even a scene devoted to Harry Potter sorting.