Torchwood: Children of Earth

[starrylizard]

O_O Wow, seriously wow!!


The snipers at the start of ep 2... they should be ashamed of themselves. How crap were they at their job. :P

How much did the child the 456 too in the 60's look like a big Tochlophane? Creepy!

Wow, that is some amazing writing there. It went from intense action with some humour to such...just nothing went right.

When Jack is standing with Ianto in front of the 456 and telling them "NO" all I could think was going through his head was Well, it always works for The Doctor, because seriously, this is what The Doctor would do, but it's not The Doctor and it doesn't work (as any normal person would expect when confronted by alien bullies) and just "ouch!"

And the ending. He doesn't have any choice, but to sacrifice his grandson. He's back to the same old choices he made in the 60's. One life for the good of the many. Not the philosophy he told the 456 humans should live by.

Am I right in assuming there's no more Torchwood after this? I mean Jack and Gwen could maybe guest star with Eleven, but really where is Torchwood gonna go now? They have two people on their team. Well three if you count the new chick. Maybe four if Reece gets away from his houseDaddy duties for a day. I can't see it happening though. It's weird, cos I wasn't a big fan at the start, but once they started crossing over with Doctor Who, bringing in Martha and such, the writing really stepped up and this five-parter - now that was thought-provoking. I've been contemplating what the heck else - what other choices- you could make if faced with such a situation. It's too awful to think about.

Anyway, just less than ordered rambles. Carry on.

Comments

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really enjoyed it... in a depressing kinda way. There are people out there pulling apart the plot holes, when all I can think is that it's Who-verse. The point isn't the perfect sense as to the how and why, but, in this case, the moralistic complexity of the situation.

And they've ended up forming so many parallels between the Doctor and Jack. People are saying they've turned Jack into a monster, but, the Doctor destroyed his entire race in order to take out the Dalek and end the war and people think of him as a tragic hero. Plus Jack always was morally ambiguous from day 1. It was the people around him that kept him grounded in normal human morality and after Ianto, Owen and Tosh... Well it made me all teary... and it was Torchwood, making me teary. Unheard of.

The more I think about it, the more brain-frying the plot was... I can't imagine how I'd react to any of it given a similar situation. It was amazing, seriously amazing and I'm blown away that Torchwood has gone from silly crack to Wow in three seasons. :)

It's nice that you liked Lois too. I've only read bad comments about her. :( The acting was top notch from everyone in my opinion. :)

[purple-cube.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure about Lois in Day One, but loved her in the rest of the episodes. She could have easily ignored Jack and Gwen and gone along with her department's orders, but she didn't - and she was smart enough to piece things together on her own when Jack was assassinated.

Jack always was morally ambiguous from day 1

Yes, everyone seems to be forgetting that. I don't think the Tenth Doctor would have done what he did in Day Five (or in 1965), but I certainly believe that Jack would.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Yes, everyone seems to be forgetting that. I don't think the Tenth Doctor would have done what he did in Day Five (or in 1965), but I certainly believe that Jack would.

The difference there is that Doctor Who is aimed at a family audience and though possibly faced with the same choice, the writers would have given him another way out. I can see the Doctor altering his body chemistry in order to take the boy's place or somehow using the sonic screwdriver to rig a different... well you get the point. :)

And then...morally ambiguous anyway.

Lois reminded me a fair bit of Martha, actually. :)