I think Burn Gorman is a very good actor but not necessarily suited for Owen - well, actually, I only think that on alternate days. I'm not sure what effect they want with Owen. I'd have opted for someone slick - more of a con man or ladies' man type, but maybe they think that with Captain Jack around, they want a contrast. So he's... more of a loser with aspirations. And that works, too, it's just much less of a TV stereotype and something I'm still trying to figure out. At this point, I think Owen is quite amazingly intestesting as he is. Ask me again next week.
I felt I got a lot more insight into all of the characters (except Ianto) on reading the novels (though I've still only read two of them). And that says something about the writing of the shows.... Though of course the novels had more room for elucidation.
I saw "Utopia" again last night - they finally aired it on the CBC. Except with the Professor, Ten was entirely closed off - and I though Tennant did a wonderful job of projecting defensiveness. A man making himself an island - with Martha no less than with Jack.
And frankly, the character makes more sense to me if I revert to my former interpretation rather than anything articulated in the show: that Ten is afraid to get too close to anyone, and so pushes them away, whatever his feelings. He has a moment of rapport with Jack over Rose (when Jack hugs him), and a moment of rapport with the Professor when they are all caught up in mutual admiration. Otherwise Ten is in a 'don't approach me' mood, which he tries to extend to Jack as well - none of those warm flirty hellos! But he assumes responsibility for Jack (no shooting) and acts possessive. So: echoes of Nine, without the warmth, and only echoes of the teasing.
Hmm.
I agree that the slashiness of the Doctor and Master seemed mostly on the Master's side. Though Ten's reactions were emotional (and focussed), they were not visceral... Yes, Simm was sexy with Moen, and I'm not much of a John Simm fan, but I could see it! I thought he was sexiest with the Doctor when they were on the telephone in "The Sound of Drums".
But by the end of "The Last of the Time Lords" I felt the Doctor seemed... leeched of feeling, perhaps. Drained. Lost. Half-hearted. Not engaging with Martha or Jack so much as going through motions. Perhaps he was on auto-pilot since the loss of Rose, and losing the Master was the last straw. So at the end it's 'onward and upward, we all carry on to the next adventure' but without any spirit spirit to it except that of loss.
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Re: Looks vs. attraction, pt. 2
Date: 2007-09-18 06:16 pm (UTC)I felt I got a lot more insight into all of the characters (except Ianto) on reading the novels (though I've still only read two of them). And that says something about the writing of the shows.... Though of course the novels had more room for elucidation.
I saw "Utopia" again last night - they finally aired it on the CBC. Except with the Professor, Ten was entirely closed off - and I though Tennant did a wonderful job of projecting defensiveness. A man making himself an island - with Martha no less than with Jack.
And frankly, the character makes more sense to me if I revert to my former interpretation rather than anything articulated in the show: that Ten is afraid to get too close to anyone, and so pushes them away, whatever his feelings. He has a moment of rapport with Jack over Rose (when Jack hugs him), and a moment of rapport with the Professor when they are all caught up in mutual admiration. Otherwise Ten is in a 'don't approach me' mood, which he tries to extend to Jack as well - none of those warm flirty hellos! But he assumes responsibility for Jack (no shooting) and acts possessive. So: echoes of Nine, without the warmth, and only echoes of the teasing.
Hmm.
I agree that the slashiness of the Doctor and Master seemed mostly on the Master's side. Though Ten's reactions were emotional (and focussed), they were not visceral... Yes, Simm was sexy with Moen, and I'm not much of a John Simm fan, but I could see it! I thought he was sexiest with the Doctor when they were on the telephone in "The Sound of Drums".
But by the end of "The Last of the Time Lords" I felt the Doctor seemed... leeched of feeling, perhaps. Drained. Lost. Half-hearted. Not engaging with Martha or Jack so much as going through motions. Perhaps he was on auto-pilot since the loss of Rose, and losing the Master was the last straw. So at the end it's 'onward and upward, we all carry on to the next adventure' but without any spirit spirit to it except that of loss.