Torchwood Finale Ramblings

[fairyd123]

I'm willing to forgive Torchwood for a horribly uneven season because that two part finale was absolutely fucking fantastic!

OK so the time travelling old guy plot line was distinctly odd and didn't quite work and silly Godzilla style CGI monsters should be banned but oh god the rest of it... Loved the episode set in 1941 - very haunting and all the moments with Jack and his namesake were beautiful- also Owen/Ianto fighting was sheer genius. And the finale was brilliant - everyone failing Jack and then subsequently reconciling with him, redeemed Gwen, canon Jack/Ianto and an ending which segues beautifully into Doctor Who season 3. Wonderful.

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[dullemarulle.livejournal.com]

Jack and the Doctor *dies* I just went kaboom. Cannot form coherent thoughts just yet, heh
Also - links for any youtube interviews would be greatly appreciated :)

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

I will find some links for you when I get back home tonight and post them in a shiny entry for you. The Ross interview is about 20 minutes long, incredibly rude and just hilarious - I was in hysterics.

But yeah damn that finale just covered all the bases. The Jack/Jack romance was horribly unrealistic for the time period but it was portrayed so movingly I didn't care. I know they'd hinted throughout the season that Jack's great love was the Doctor but I didn't expect them to spell that out as mcuh as they did during the finale and the Jack/Ianto kiss was just wonderful (I also loved The Jack/Owen hug -I think Owen has been dismally written but the actor is great). Just loved Jack announcing their relationship to the rest of the team and not caring who knows about it. And of course just when they are truly a team the Doctor appears and steals him away.....

I loved it but it kinda makes slash fiction redundant when its all up there on the screen!

[dullemarulle.livejournal.com]

I'm not into this show for it's incredible writing so I'm just really happy when the plot and/or dialogue is good.
I agree with you about Owen, I look forward to seeing what they'll do with him in S2.
Gah, the cliffhanger. I love it. Gives me some hope of the Doctor showing up in Torchwood or Jack being in DW S3.

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

Well I would certainly agree that up to the Captain Jark Harkness episode the writing had been terrible - Chris Chibnall is a dreadful showrunner (I, like most people think that the finale which he supposedly wrote was heavily re-written - probably by RTD)and I was just watching it for the character interaction.

Jack is definitely appearing in DW season 3 - he's signed up for the last 3 episodes. Tennant will sadly never appear in Torchwood as Torchwood is seen as an adult show and the BBC have to keep the Doctor Who brand "clean" (you'll notice that Jack despite all the male/male snoggage rarely swears because that wasn't seen as appropriate for a character that would be re-appearing in DW)and kiddie friendly. Can't wait for series 3 - it should start around Easter.

[dullemarulle.livejournal.com]

I don't think I even know who Chris Chibnall is, only really pay attention to the writers I like ;)

Haha, yeah Jack has been kept really pure and clean. *sets big red X in calendar for Easter*