Torchwood,Torchwood... the jury's out
Nov. 5th, 2006 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janne_dAround three weeks ago I saw the Torchwood advert on the side of a bus. Captain Jack, heroic pose, dark and moody, infinitely sexy. I got thoroughly excited about the series - I mean, I was already, but the poster and imminent arrival made me extremely bouncy.
Being away when the first two episodes aired (and not possessing digital), the first one I saw was the third called Ghost Machine (I think). And I admit it - I was disappointed. The idea was good and the sections where the team saw the past were effectively done, particularly the murder of the girl (though I have suspicions that may have been slightly cut on terrestrial). Very creepy and disturbing and I thought the reaction of the actor who plays Owen was really good there. But the rest of the acting, and in fact a lot of the rest of the episode in general felt a little... stilted. The timing seemed a little off, the team didn't interact particularly naturally, and the scene where Jack teaches Gwen to shoot made me actually cringe in embarrassment, it felt so clumsy and cliched. And on the subject of Gwen, what kind of idiot picks up an alien device and immediately presses the button to see what happens? For all anyone knew at that point, it could have been the remote control for a Death Star poised to turn the Earth into its component atoms. *grumbles*
Still, it was pretty cool overall, and you know, Jack... so I downloaded the first episode this weekend, Everything Changes. And loved every minute. People swore, they had jokes, Jack insulted the Welsh... it was really good. (Though I hope someone ripped Owen a new one for basically date raping that unfortunate couple. Blech. Little shit.)
So I am now confused, but relieved as I really do want to like the series. Here's hoping the other episodes work as well as number one.
Don't disappoint me again, Torchwood. It makes the baby Doctor cry...
Being away when the first two episodes aired (and not possessing digital), the first one I saw was the third called Ghost Machine (I think). And I admit it - I was disappointed. The idea was good and the sections where the team saw the past were effectively done, particularly the murder of the girl (though I have suspicions that may have been slightly cut on terrestrial). Very creepy and disturbing and I thought the reaction of the actor who plays Owen was really good there. But the rest of the acting, and in fact a lot of the rest of the episode in general felt a little... stilted. The timing seemed a little off, the team didn't interact particularly naturally, and the scene where Jack teaches Gwen to shoot made me actually cringe in embarrassment, it felt so clumsy and cliched. And on the subject of Gwen, what kind of idiot picks up an alien device and immediately presses the button to see what happens? For all anyone knew at that point, it could have been the remote control for a Death Star poised to turn the Earth into its component atoms. *grumbles*
Still, it was pretty cool overall, and you know, Jack... so I downloaded the first episode this weekend, Everything Changes. And loved every minute. People swore, they had jokes, Jack insulted the Welsh... it was really good. (Though I hope someone ripped Owen a new one for basically date raping that unfortunate couple. Blech. Little shit.)
So I am now confused, but relieved as I really do want to like the series. Here's hoping the other episodes work as well as number one.
Don't disappoint me again, Torchwood. It makes the baby Doctor cry...