Torchwood: Ep One

[ithildin]

Just watched episode one.



Love the Welsh accents. Not something I get to hear a lot over here.

Nice kitchens everyone in Cardiff seem to have.

Not really liking anyone on the Torchwood team. Rapist guy -- really nice /sarcasm. Please tell me something bad happens to him.

Jack just isn't as hot as I remember. Maybe it was the chemistry of the DW eps he was in or something, but he's just not doing it for me.

I like Gwen. She's plucky.

Yes, I'll watch the other eps before passing judgment! This is just my initial impression.

Comments

I'm about 2.5 Eps in now...

[saighin.livejournal.com]

(DL'd first 4, but having codec issues with ep 3)

While I have to say I wasn't terribly floored by Ep 1, I'm finding them gradually getting better ep by ep. Can't give any recommendations on Ep 2 without spoilers, but I'll tell you it's a damn bit more "adult" than we're used to from DW, and by Episode 3 the actors playing the Torchwood team seem to finally be settling into a little more relaxed, natural chemistry acting together.

As far as Jack goes, again, by Ep three he's finally starting to grow on me a little again, but he's definitely coming across as a little more serious and angsty here than on DW. Though they need to tone down the suave, debonaire "comic book hero shots" and "if I were any smoother I'd be an oilslick" ego.

I'm still trying to like Gwen, but something about her's just not catching me. But has anyone else noticed that it's the same actress that played Gwyneth in the Doctor Who episode "The Unquiet Dead"? Being that Torchwood's set in Cardiff, on top of the remains of the rift, this can't be coincidence, and Gwen's a decendant.

Re: I'm about 2.5 Eps in now...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

The shot of him on that steeple thing, loooking over the city in what made me think 'Superman' cracked me up. Not sure that's what they were going for :)

I knew going in it was the same actress, but didn't realize till last night they pretty much have the same name too. So yeah, there has to be a connection.

[saighin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that shot had me trying to knock myself unconcious by beating my head against the arm of the couch...yes, my ex & laughed so hard we couldn't breathe, but that was almost painful ;-)

Well, at first I was just snickering at how Cardiff in general has been a running DW joke for the past 2 years anyway, but when Jack's explaining things to Gwen, he specificly refers to, as the culprit, the rift that Gwyneth gave her life to close...I have sneaking suspicion that's going to play into Gwen's storyline later on somehow...the new DW has focused alot on "fate" and "signs" like Bad Wolf, etc, so coincidence is rarely just coincidence with these archs...

And maybe I'm just a wrong-headed little person, but I don't really mind Owen so much (he reminds me oddly of my little brother)...while I think the stunt with the alien pherimone was irresponsible and a bit smarmy, I can't consider it anything like "rape"...there's a world of difference between making someone ucontrollably "horny", and rendering them unconcious to take advantage of like a date-rape drug would do...then again, I'm a fan of Kronos too, at least in the realm of fiction, so...

But don't worry, Owen's hormones bite him in the ass later on anyway...