I didn't know RTD thinks Burn Gorman is sexy! *shudder* *shiver*
One really wonders at his taste. To each his own and all that, and this is the man who has cast Christopher Eccleston and Aiden Gillan and John Barrowman in lead roles must recognize 'sexy' when he sees it. But yes... I am quoting from the Torchwood Declassified in which Davies enthuses about how sexy Burn Gorman is, a bad boy with an edge - to which I could only think, "Huh?" and "I wish!"
Now, I find Owen interesting, and interestingly written. But he isn't a 'sexy bad boy'. He's an unprincipled loser. Believe me, I know sexy bad boys when I see them. Burn Gorman is not Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby by a long shot.
they're not giving the audience what they want (less clothing for Jack), but what the producers, etc., of the show want. *shudder*
I don't think they make any pretence about this. Russell T. Davies says he doesn't know or care what the audience wants or thinks; I think they're all just trying to produce good watchable shows on their own terms. Which, to a point, works. And to another point, doesn't. I respect them for that sense of autonomy and creative control - I just wish they had better judgement about some things.
I think Tosh showed she's not a wimp, when she unhesitatingly sliced open her palm, to write in her own blood.
That was one example. I liked the scene where she and Jack discover the corpse in "Combat" and i liked her action-sequence roles in "Countrycide".
I'm even more pissed off that Owen shot Jack dead and fired a few more times, expecting Jack to stay dead. Bastard.
Yeah. Bastard.
I want your real theorizing, not your safe answer.
Well... heh... I like Barrowman and Eccleston so much together, if we're casting Barrowman as the Doctor, I want to cast Eccleston as Jack. I think Barrowman as the Doctor would be more reckless, less of a mentor for Rose. Less 'safe', maybe.
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Date: 2007-10-31 05:57 pm (UTC)One really wonders at his taste. To each his own and all that, and this is the man who has cast Christopher Eccleston and Aiden Gillan and John Barrowman in lead roles must recognize 'sexy' when he sees it. But yes... I am quoting from the Torchwood Declassified in which Davies enthuses about how sexy Burn Gorman is, a bad boy with an edge - to which I could only think, "Huh?" and "I wish!"
Now, I find Owen interesting, and interestingly written. But he isn't a 'sexy bad boy'. He's an unprincipled loser. Believe me, I know sexy bad boys when I see them. Burn Gorman is not Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby by a long shot.
they're not giving the audience what they want (less clothing for Jack), but what the producers, etc., of the show want. *shudder*
I don't think they make any pretence about this. Russell T. Davies says he doesn't know or care what the audience wants or thinks; I think they're all just trying to produce good watchable shows on their own terms. Which, to a point, works. And to another point, doesn't. I respect them for that sense of autonomy and creative control - I just wish they had better judgement about some things.
I think Tosh showed she's not a wimp, when she unhesitatingly sliced open her palm, to write in her own blood.
That was one example. I liked the scene where she and Jack discover the corpse in "Combat" and i liked her action-sequence roles in "Countrycide".
I'm even more pissed off that Owen shot Jack dead and fired a few more times, expecting Jack to stay dead. Bastard.
Yeah. Bastard.
I want your real theorizing, not your safe answer.
Well... heh... I like Barrowman and Eccleston so much together, if we're casting Barrowman as the Doctor, I want to cast Eccleston as Jack. I think Barrowman as the Doctor would be more reckless, less of a mentor for Rose. Less 'safe', maybe.