Torchwood: Children of Earth, Part 4

[fredericks]

I've always liked Torchwood best when it took steps away from the fantastic. This episode was about aliens and alien invasions, but the entire conference with the negotiations sucked me in. I loved loved loved it...and then Ianto died and I cried for a good five minutes straight. I mean, I was spoiled by damn near everyone! I knew Gwen wasn't going anywhere because she was pregnant, and I knew Jack was staying put, so Ianto. IANTO! Bloody hell.
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I need a breather now.

I might have to buy the DVD now. I do hope Part 5 is not a major let-down.

Bonus: Gareth David Lloyd will be returning to Dragon*Con. I hope he attempts to behave himself this time around. ::rubs hands together::

Comments

[sometimesdee.livejournal.com]

I was bawling so much, my husband got jealous.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Ha. I had to collect myself before rejoining the fam. I had some serious waterworks going on.

[rwarner.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

Like I said before....I hate RTD. I mean, it was bad enough with Tosh and Owen, but then we had the potential promise of adding Mickey and Martha. Now, not only did they destroy the Hub (including Jack's brother, who was in cryo in there, remember?), but they killed off Ianto!! For all intents and purposes, there is no Torchwood anymore!

As for part 5.....not a let down, but....I'll leave it at that, because my issues with it are highly spoilery. Get back to me tomorrow. :)

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Ianto was my favorite character, and while I understand the "we're mortal, we can die at any moment" aspect of things, he spent a good part of Day 2 running away from people who were shooting at him close-range with nary a nick. Here he gets a dramatic send-off after tons of anvils about Jack being long-lived and closed off and Ianto reacquainting himself with his family. It was just manipulative and needless. I can't see myself watching this show anymore besides checking out Day 5 for closure's sake.

[sitaangel.livejournal.com]

I cried. I so did not like that.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Right there with you.

[muse-neko.livejournal.com]

I watched the entire thing over two nights, and good thing, too. I don't think I could have taken it over a five-night period. As for *that*, it pretty much killed any chance of me ever owning the mini-series on DVD or very likely ever watching Torchwood again. I was not amused.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd managed to go into CoE completely unspoiled, just to see if my reaction would have been complete outrage. I had a couple of weeks of fan reaction to prepare myself and I still bawled like a baby. I can still enjoy what I liked before CoE and go on blocking the damn series out of my mind. It sucks to have a show that's essentially character-driven kill off those characters left and right. And RTD is so *blithe* about it - "oh, only a small number of people are up in arms". How many people watch Torchwood for the plotwhole-free stories? No one, because the phrase "plotwhole-free Torchwood stories" is an oxymoron. I think most of us watch for the characters, and now that Tosh, Owen, and Ianto are gone we're stuck with vivacious but somewhat vapid Jack and Gwen Cockblock Cooper. Nope, not happening. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to marathon Season 2.