On Torchwood 2.01-2.04
Feb. 28th, 2008 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robotech_masterI've been catching up on a couple of shows I've been watching regularly but had foregone over the last few weeks because of my obsession with finishing BioShock and other sundry things. Here are my thoughts on Torchwood through Episode 4 ("Meat"). I'll post on Sarah Connor later.
Well. Torchwood was a bit of an uneven show last season; it had a bunch of mediocre episodes, one or two really effective episodes, and one of the most anticlimactic season finales I've ever seen. ("The spooky critter that's been foreshadowed all season as 'moving in the dark' and 'coming for Jack' is a bigrubber suit CGI monster who goes down in ten minutes? We've been waiting all season for that?")
So far, I'm not hugely impressed with the second season. Out of four episodes, the last three of them have all involved the team having to make the Moral Decision to kill or send to his death a sympathetic guest character (or alien creature). Do I sense a theme? Bleah. If I wanted angst, I'd go read an X book.
But on the other hand, it is at least partly redeemed by its surprise choice to forego the expected "return to status quo" route at the end of episode 4, when Gwen refuses to "retcon" Rhys's memories of the Torcwood team and Jack goes along with it. I'll expect I'll watch the whole thing anyway, no matter how bad it gets, because I like the characters even if the stories that get built around them could be better, and for the Doctor Who tie-in value.
My break's over, so I'll hit SCC when I get home from work.
Well. Torchwood was a bit of an uneven show last season; it had a bunch of mediocre episodes, one or two really effective episodes, and one of the most anticlimactic season finales I've ever seen. ("The spooky critter that's been foreshadowed all season as 'moving in the dark' and 'coming for Jack' is a big
So far, I'm not hugely impressed with the second season. Out of four episodes, the last three of them have all involved the team having to make the Moral Decision to kill or send to his death a sympathetic guest character (or alien creature). Do I sense a theme? Bleah. If I wanted angst, I'd go read an X book.
But on the other hand, it is at least partly redeemed by its surprise choice to forego the expected "return to status quo" route at the end of episode 4, when Gwen refuses to "retcon" Rhys's memories of the Torcwood team and Jack goes along with it. I'll expect I'll watch the whole thing anyway, no matter how bad it gets, because I like the characters even if the stories that get built around them could be better, and for the Doctor Who tie-in value.
My break's over, so I'll hit SCC when I get home from work.
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Date: 2008-02-28 09:28 pm (UTC)