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

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

Honest to god -- Owen's not a rapist. I know sensitivities run super-high when it comes to anything sex related, but he's just not meant to be read that way.

The condemnations of him have put me off this fandom for good.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Honest, these are just my first impressions off the top of my head. I don't know about the fandom in general because I've really tried to avoid reading any details so I could try and watch at least the first few episodes without too much knowledge.

So, my first impression of that guy was that he was the same sort who puts drugs in a girl's drink at a bar. Except he used an alien device. If it wasn't their intention to portray him that way, I guess it went right over my head :)I am reserving judgment on everything for at least the first half dozen episodes.

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

If it were only one reasoned response to Owen, I doubt my reaction would have been so strong -- but there was so much Owen-bashing going on, including the fast and free use of the label "rapist," that ultimately I decided I had nothing in common with those points of view.

It wasn't a date rape drug. It was an aphrodisiac irresponsibly, selfishly, used -- I don't remember, were all the characters in the AP film "Love Potion #9" tarred with the rapist brush? This is exactly the same plot device, used in exactly the same rather light-hearted, farcical spirit.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Sorry, never even heard of that movie so can't answer.

While it wasn't a drug, that was how it struck me watching it. Can't help it, but that's the first thing that I thought of and it just creeped me out.

I have three more episodes to watch, and I'm hoping that I'll get a better idea of what and who these people are.