Torchwood Whinge (Spoilers Hidden)
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sevendeadlyfunI swear, I'll be back to substantive posting one day soon. Soon-ish. Soon-esque at the latest. Well, it's finals and the SO is on leave before deployment. That's a lot of paper writing and ass pinching to fit into one week,right? So, real sex now and fic sex when he's gone and it's just me, the toys and porny Spike fantasies.
But, onto the point of this bit of nonsense:
I've figured out what drives me abso-fucking-lutely batty about "Torchwood". I love the characters. I even like the plots, contrived little bits of fluff that they are. I cannot stand the shitty timing.
No seriously. In the latest episode, "Adam" (Bugger off. Latest episode I've seen!), the timing of the show was incredibly bizarre. They spent a lot of time drawing out certain scenes that I felt should have been pass throughs (like the whole bunch of memory crap at the beginning with the touching and the kissing and the stupid stupid Owen/Tosh dynamic) and then rushed through other scenes ((specifically Ianto's murder thingie and Jack's memory breakdown) that really should have been longer and more drawn out. It's like half the episode is done in slow-mo and half is done in fast-forward. There's no sense of timing to this show at all.
The saddest part? I'll still watch it. I'm just so thrilled I figured out why the show bugged me. Also? The cinematography is crap. But I suspect that's a BEEB issue in general.
But, onto the point of this bit of nonsense:
I've figured out what drives me abso-fucking-lutely batty about "Torchwood". I love the characters. I even like the plots, contrived little bits of fluff that they are. I cannot stand the shitty timing.
No seriously. In the latest episode, "Adam" (Bugger off. Latest episode I've seen!), the timing of the show was incredibly bizarre. They spent a lot of time drawing out certain scenes that I felt should have been pass throughs (like the whole bunch of memory crap at the beginning with the touching and the kissing and the stupid stupid Owen/Tosh dynamic) and then rushed through other scenes ((specifically Ianto's murder thingie and Jack's memory breakdown) that really should have been longer and more drawn out. It's like half the episode is done in slow-mo and half is done in fast-forward. There's no sense of timing to this show at all.
The saddest part? I'll still watch it. I'm just so thrilled I figured out why the show bugged me. Also? The cinematography is crap. But I suspect that's a BEEB issue in general.
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on 2008-02-29 03:38 am (UTC)As for Torchwood: I'd love to throw my 2 cents in but unfortunately I haven't seen any of these episodes with James Marsters in 'em. Don't get the channel. it sucks cause of course nearly everyone on my Flist is talking about it. I'll just have to wait for DVDs, it's okay I'm already doing that for BSG too.
~~Laters
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on 2008-02-29 01:50 pm (UTC)I know Torchwood S1 is out, but I never really watched it. Just the last episode of the first season because the dance/kiss thing was so adorable on Youtube I wanted to see the whole ep. It's not a bad show, but it's no Buffy.
And yes, everyone and their grandmother is talking about it. I'm sorry! If it makes you feel better, I'm totally left out of all the SPN fandom crap. By choice, but still... :)