Review of Torchwood...

[fajrdrako]

From The Herald:

Torchwood is Hollywood-blockbuster-slick, fast-paced and tabloid-scary and, despite pitting its cast of characters against weird forces from the outer reaches of the cosmos, it's more concerned with journeys in inner space: the human heart and psyche.

I like that assessment. I also like the description of Captain Jack:

As Captain Jack Harkness, John Barrowman is really rather swoonsome in a thoroughly wholesome yet slightly sleazy way. The chap's a positive menace to woman, men and non-gender-specific alien life-forms.

And a nicely appreciative description of Gwen:

As Gwen Cooper, Eve Myles is really rather yummy. Think of Juliette Lewis with more meat on her, less irksome kookiness, plus an intriguing gap between her front teeth (if you don't know what's intriguing about the gap between a space copette's front teeth, dang it to Uranus and back, I ain't tellin' ya),

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[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

The chap's a positive menace to woman, men and non-gender-specific alien life-forms.

Oh. yes. Yes. ;)
Never mind...

Is it me who've never just met such... menacing people, or are they so very rare as to be almost fictional only?

[cupati.livejournal.com]

You're just not going to the right clubs ;)

I love that line as well.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like the 'wholesome yet sleazy' part. It sort of of helps explain why Captain Jack causes impure thoughts by doing pretty much nothing at all.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

It sort of of helps explain why Captain Jack causes impure thoughts by doing pretty much nothing at all.

Well, he is there in the 21st century, which is a paradox of its own...
But I like "impure thoughts". Drat. Now I'm officially distracted at work.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like "impure thoughts". Drat. Now I'm officially distracted at work.

Welcome to the club.

I was watching "Ghost Machine" just now while doing my exercises. Got to the gun porn scene, and I had to put down the weights to watch with undivided attention. It seemed worth it.

Very distracting. In a nice way.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the club.

Thanks...

It takes very little to get me distracted at work, but it takes a lot to make me so distracted I really cannot function.
(So I took a late lunch break and went shopping. I have to loose a bit to be really comfy in those jeans, but I can do that!)
Hopefully, I'll be able to concentrate... a bit, now.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the jeans! If I lose a little more, I'll be able to wear the nice new jeans (several pairs) folded in my drawer. If I don't lose a little more, it'll be spending money I can't afford on things that fit. So - weight is being lost.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

You're just not going to the right clubs

I think you have a point. Can't say that I'm much of a club-going gal.

But then, clubs or not, I doubt there would be anybody quite as breath-taking as Captain Jack... it's the invisible layers and underground currents that make his person so electifying.

[cupati.livejournal.com]

Must be said, I'm not a club-goer either. Just seemed a funny thing to say at the time.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, as far as we see, Captain Jack doesn't go to clubs either, so we probably won't find him there. Time-travel venues would be more likely, if you can figure out how to get there.

[cupati.livejournal.com]

Just have a spaceship he'd like, and he'll come and find you.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

A Chula warship? They're hard to find. A Galactica Viper? - I bet he'd like one of those. I'll have to see if I can pick one up, cheap.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was a funny thing to say, and precise, too.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I've been looking for menacing people like that all my life. Found a few, but they are an elusive species. Fun when you find them, though.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

Now this comment made me think of a conversation from the movie "Mansfield Park":


Susan Price: So, this Henry Crawford, what's he like?
Fanny Price: A rake. I think.
Susan Price: Oh, yes, please.
Fanny Price: They amuse more in literature than they do in life.
Susan Price: Yes, but they amuse.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Now, that's a good bit of dialogue!

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

It's a good bit of a movie. As long as you don't expect Fanny Price to be the one from the book. (I must say that some things in the movie startled me. Then I read up on Jane Austen's bio, and then they made a lot more sense.)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh - what startled you? I know only the vague outlines of Jane Austen's life.

Of all the movies made from Jane Austen's books, I don't think any have captured the characters as I see them in the books, but some have come close, like David Rintoul as Mr. Darcy. Definitely not Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet, though I certainly enjoyed her performance.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

What startled me was how bold and noisy Fanny was, unlike Fanny in the book, who was quiet and shy; and that she accepted Henry's offer, and refused him the next day (which didn't happen in the book, but AFAIK happened to Jane Austen).

I do love Colin Firth and Jenifer Ehle's Pride and Prejudice.

I think that Amanda Root did do a very good work of Anne Eliot, though. Of course, it wasn't exactly what I imagined, but then, it couldn't be. And I think Emma Thompson did a very good work of Elinor. Oh... I want some reason to watch those movies with somebody else. I've seen them so many times alone... it's not so much fun anymore.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

What startled me was how bold and noisy Fanny was, unlike Fanny in the book

Right! Yes, I also found that a bit jarring.

I didn't like Colin Firth as Darcy; he wasn't my idea of Darcy, and I don't like Colin Firth anyway. (I know many people do!) I did like Amanda Root as Anne Eliot, and Emma Thompson as Elinor, though I think I'd like Emma Thompson in any role at all.

Come to Ottawa and we could have a Jane Austen movie party!

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

I did like Colin Firth as Darcy. Not in the beginning, but then I realized how I could _see_ him falling in love with Lizzy, and I really enjoyed that.

When I do next come accross the Atlantic (not in the current plans, unfortunately, but oh well, the world is a global village), I will keep in mind that offer. (_And_ we could add watching Torchwood to the party. And whatever else can come this way.)

And I do agree about Emma Thompson.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Okay, when you visit we'll have a Torchwood party as well as a Jane Austen party. Sounds like fun!

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

Yay! :)) If you happen to move in this neck of the woods, we can organize such a party here, as an alternative. Or a supplement. Or whatever :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I would love to visit your neck of the woods.... Oh, if only I had money and time!

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

or in Amsterdam?!?!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes! Wouldn't that be fun? The Personal Friends of Fajrdrako International Torchwood Party. I'd love it.

I haven't been to Amsterdam since I was seventeen years old. I remember loving it - and finding it overwhelming. In a good way.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Is this airing at all on CBC?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

No.

Grump.

The CBC so-produced Torchwood so this implies that they will show it, someday, maybe, if they ever get around to it. Apparently they're waiting to finish showing season 2 of Doctor Who first - and so far they haven't even got to the third episode of that.

Doesn't seem right, does it? To make us wait like this?

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

No, it's quite wrong! That's the only channel I have to see any of this stuff! Bah.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Write to the CBC. I'm going to write to the CBC. I think everyone should write to the CBC.

Show Torchwood, dammit!

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Yay! Protest.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Try this address:
Audience Relations, CBC, P.O. Box 500 Station A, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5W 1E6