I'd love to see him get his leadership skills back
Me too. He doesn't even seem to pay attention when they disobey his orders. I was horrified when Gwen took the Ghost Machine home, after the directive from Jack that they were never to do that. That horrified me more, in its way, than Gwen lying to Rhys: I thought she respected Jack enough to obey him.
The line when he said to Tosh in "Greeks Bearing Gifts" that he wasn't a 'real' boss rang true. He hasn't been trying. He's been depressed, and probably preoccupied. I hope he (and the others) get their acts together next series. They don't have to be prefect. A modicum of competence would be acceptable. Otherwise we'll feel as if we're watching The Five Stooges.
I liked his stuff in "Out Of Time"
So did I. Did you read my story about John Ellis? It's here (http://fajrdrako.livejournal.com/565554.html).
how about a series of fics for TW S1, focusing on Jack and what we didn't get to see him do, in the episodes?
What a great idea! It also gives me a good excuse to watch all the episodes all over again, to pick scenes to write about.
Not that I have any time to do this at all, you understand. But it's a great idea. I could get excited over this. There are two 'missing' scenes I already have been planning to write.
I still can't see a figure running.
Look right in the middle of the plaza, between the upright things. Jack is making a beeline right through the middle. I love this. I wish I'd noticed before - now I feel unobservant. It isn't as if I haven't watched the end of that episode a thousand times....!
I'd like to know is where did the backpack come from and how did Jack manage to stuff the hand and jar into it so fast?
Obviously the backpack was nearby - maybe he had it stored under the hand - and Jack can move really fast when he wants to.
I put the disc in my computer and can still see it. As the camera cuts to the exterior aerial view, Jack has just run past the first set of uprights, at the bottom of the plaza, all towards the top right of the screen. As the camera pulls up, we can see him crossing the plaza, right through the centre of it. Then the camera changes angle, to show the plaza from the bay... I'm trying to make out if we can see something that might be the TARDIS. No. I don't think so. Can't get my computer to go slow motion enough to see without crashing the program. It's fascinating, though.
and how weird is that, that the Master as a human, is much better a person than the Doctor in human form?
It is weird, and I can understand it, though I don't share the sentiment. I thought John Smith was weak and a bit dull. Not so much a human version of the Doctor as a rather ordinary person who didn't like challenges and didn't know how to rise up to them with integrity.
both Joan's pain at Ten not being John Smith, and Martha's obvious feelings for Ten being ignored yet again by Ten.
I agreed with that but I liked it because I thought it was a clear message from the Doctor: "You can't have John Smith, because he doesn't exist. You can have me, but only on my own terms, which you probably won't like." All part of his gathering people to him while pushing them away, which he had been doing with Martha for most of the season. I liked the other implications - the "let's all get together for a big TARDIS party" implication, the polyamorous nuance (was that deliberate?). Partly it was the emphasis on the fact that he wasn't John Smith, he was a very different order of being which she didn't even know. I suppose I even liked the callousness of it - in that instance. Partly because it was callousness towards Joan, whom I didn't much like either (though she deserved better). And he was kind to Martha after that, and her thanked her, and was nice to Timmy.
it's usually just a matter of hours for me (hope it is for you, too)
usually, but it varies. It's often the next day before I get a chance to actually watch the episode, but not always - I'm so happy the UK is five hours ahead of us.
no doubt you'll be using the time to write fics with Jack for me, while you wait to see new TW. ;)
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Date: 2007-10-22 03:30 am (UTC)Me too. He doesn't even seem to pay attention when they disobey his orders. I was horrified when Gwen took the Ghost Machine home, after the directive from Jack that they were never to do that. That horrified me more, in its way, than Gwen lying to Rhys: I thought she respected Jack enough to obey him.
The line when he said to Tosh in "Greeks Bearing Gifts" that he wasn't a 'real' boss rang true. He hasn't been trying. He's been depressed, and probably preoccupied. I hope he (and the others) get their acts together next series. They don't have to be prefect. A modicum of competence would be acceptable. Otherwise we'll feel as if we're watching The Five Stooges.
I liked his stuff in "Out Of Time"
So did I. Did you read my story about John Ellis? It's here (http://fajrdrako.livejournal.com/565554.html).
how about a series of fics for TW S1, focusing on Jack and what we didn't get to see him do, in the episodes?
What a great idea! It also gives me a good excuse to watch all the episodes all over again, to pick scenes to write about.
Not that I have any time to do this at all, you understand. But it's a great idea. I could get excited over this. There are two 'missing' scenes I already have been planning to write.
I still can't see a figure running.
Look right in the middle of the plaza, between the upright things. Jack is making a beeline right through the middle. I love this. I wish I'd noticed before - now I feel unobservant. It isn't as if I haven't watched the end of that episode a thousand times....!
I'd like to know is where did the backpack come from and how did Jack manage to stuff the hand and jar into it so fast?
Obviously the backpack was nearby - maybe he had it stored under the hand - and Jack can move really fast when he wants to.
I put the disc in my computer and can still see it. As the camera cuts to the exterior aerial view, Jack has just run past the first set of uprights, at the bottom of the plaza, all towards the top right of the screen. As the camera pulls up, we can see him crossing the plaza, right through the centre of it. Then the camera changes angle, to show the plaza from the bay... I'm trying to make out if we can see something that might be the TARDIS. No. I don't think so. Can't get my computer to go slow motion enough to see without crashing the program. It's fascinating, though.
and how weird is that, that the Master as a human, is much better a person than the Doctor in human form?
It is weird, and I can understand it, though I don't share the sentiment. I thought John Smith was weak and a bit dull. Not so much a human version of the Doctor as a rather ordinary person who didn't like challenges and didn't know how to rise up to them with integrity.
both Joan's pain at Ten not being John Smith, and Martha's obvious feelings for Ten being ignored yet again by Ten.
I agreed with that but I liked it because I thought it was a clear message from the Doctor: "You can't have John Smith, because he doesn't exist. You can have me, but only on my own terms, which you probably won't like." All part of his gathering people to him while pushing them away, which he had been doing with Martha for most of the season. I liked the other implications - the "let's all get together for a big TARDIS party" implication, the polyamorous nuance (was that deliberate?). Partly it was the emphasis on the fact that he wasn't John Smith, he was a very different order of being which she didn't even know. I suppose I even liked the callousness of it - in that instance. Partly because it was callousness towards Joan, whom I didn't much like either (though she deserved better). And he was kind to Martha after that, and her thanked her, and was nice to Timmy.
it's usually just a matter of hours for me (hope it is for you, too)
usually, but it varies. It's often the next day before I get a chance to actually watch the episode, but not always - I'm so happy the UK is five hours ahead of us.
no doubt you'll be using the time to write fics with Jack for me, while you wait to see new TW. ;)
That's one of the things I'll be doing.