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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2016-10-22 10:45 pm
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Just a quick thank you post to all you lovely people who have brightened my day with messages, posts & comments. ♥

Have had a very very nice day indeed, and will try to write a proper post tomorrow.

Apart from presents & family party, I also found time to watch the first episode of Class...

If something premiers on my birthday, I consider it a personal present. Esp. if it's a Doctor Who spin-off - see Torchwood, which also showed its first episodes on my birthday - TEN YEARS AGO. Damn, that makes me feel ANCIENT.

Anyway, Class has a much surer grip on what its mission is and what kind of show it is. (I adore Torchwood, but S1 was well rocky. *pets it*)

Anyway - recommended. And thank you again!

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[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2016-10-22 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday sweetie! (Is this belated? I am SOOO out of it, literally.)

[identity profile] ragnarok-08.livejournal.com 2016-10-22 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday~!!!
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[personal profile] sea_thoughts 2016-10-22 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
*lolol* It's not hard to be more focused than Torchwood S1 (though I still have a soft spot for Small Worlds and Captain Jack Harkness).

I'm interested to see where Class goes, though.
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-22 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
You are not too late, no! Thank you! ♥

(And oh, I know everything about being out of it...)
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-22 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! <333
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-22 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
*lolol* It's not hard to be more focused than Torchwood S1
Very true. Class - thankfully - manages to be more adult than Dr Who without jumping up & down and going 'LOOK HOW EDGY WE ARE!!!'

though I still have a soft spot for Small Worlds and Captain Jack Harkness
I have a MASSIVE soft spot for S1 - 2 of Torchwood. It was just... over the top and ~fabulous~ and all the things.

I'm interested to see where Class goes, though.
Me too. I watched ep 1 and wanted MORE. (Started ep 2 but do need to get to bed...) This is a good sign.
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[personal profile] sea_thoughts 2016-10-22 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Class - thankfully - manages to be more adult than Dr Who without jumping up & down and going 'LOOK HOW EDGY WE ARE!!!'

*lmao* That is an accurate summary of TW S1. I do miss those hilariously brooding shots of Jack standing in his long coat gazing over Cardiff, though.

Hopefully Class won't be doing a 'this is date rape but we'll just gloss over that' plot. >>

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[personal profile] double_dutchess 2016-10-23 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
A belated Happy Birthday to you! Glad to hear you had a nice one.

[identity profile] poniesandphotos.livejournal.com 2016-10-23 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Hope the day was a good one! I didn't realize it was Class day too. *off to watch*

[identity profile] a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com 2016-10-23 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Awww!! Sounds like you had an awesome birthday!! Makes me happy!! And ANOTHER DW spinoff as a prezzie?? Your cup runneth over, darling!!

*Super!Birthday!Squishes!*

[identity profile] cynthia2015.livejournal.com 2016-10-23 06:28 am (UTC)(link)

I think RTD had issues trying to commission Torchwood and how it was to be written.

I didn't like Gwen much and she was suppose to be the "heart" of Torchwood.
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
*lmao* That is an accurate summary of TW S1. I do miss those hilariously brooding shots of Jack standing in his long coat gazing over Cardiff, though.
*points to icon* I kinda adored it all. Like - you don't often get such quality crack. <3

Hopefully Class won't be doing a 'this is date rape but we'll just gloss over that' plot. >>
So far (having seen ep 1 and the opener to ep 2) they seem pretty self-aware. I sincerely hope they manage to keep stay on course.
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
...

Thank you?
elisi: Living in interesting times is not worth it (*HUGS*)

[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! <3 And if I hadn't been so rushed off my feet these past two weeks I would have made more of a fuss over the co-incidence. :)
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!!

And yes, I'm very fortunate with my birthday timings. ;)

*SQUISHES YOU BACK*
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
I think RTD had issues trying to commission Torchwood and how it was to be written.
Oh aye. I was more Chibnall's baby. (I hope certain things filter through to his Doctor Who - like Everyone Is Bisexual!)

I didn't like Gwen much and she was suppose to be the "heart" of Torchwood.
She was in many ways Rose Mark II. Except she made Amy's choices. MY darling was Ianto, and I truly believe that when he died, so did the soul of the show.
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2016-10-23 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, I'm glad you had a nice day - and it's very considerate of the BBC to give you presents!! :-)
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! And yes, the Auntie Beeb is a lovely & generous lady! :)

[identity profile] cynthia2015.livejournal.com 2016-10-23 09:06 am (UTC)(link)

I heard RTD wanted to make a cop show based on Gwen so the stories revolved around her instead.*shrugs*

I don't mean to speculate. It was what I've heard.

I just felt the others on the show like Tosh were sidelined.

I kept watching till the end but Torchwood wasn't the same after Ianto died. I didn't understand the chracterisation of Rex.
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[personal profile] elisi 2016-10-23 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
I heard RTD wanted to make a cop show based on Gwen so the stories revolved around her instead.*shrugs*
Huh. Never heard that, but I can see that it would fit. What happened, happened.

I just felt the others on the show like Tosh were sidelined.
In S2 (especially with finding out all the background stories), I think they could have gone on to do so much more. Alas.

I didn't understand the chracterisation of Rex.
What characterisation?

[identity profile] cynthia2015.livejournal.com 2016-10-23 09:51 am (UTC)(link)

Whats done is done I guess. Maybe if Gwen had been in a different job or we could have seen why she wanted to be a cop?. She was just a more independent/aggressive version of Rose.

Owen, Tosh and Ianto were qualified Torchwood agents and I didn't like the fact that Jack felt he had to bring Gwen in because they didn't connect with people?

Although he kind of had to after she manage to overcome the retcon.

LOL. I was being kind. I don't know if they made Rex obnoxious so that they could give him some depth afterwards. We'll never know.
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[personal profile] promethia_tenk 2016-10-23 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
Those things never cease to amuse me.

Though since you are now apparently the Queen of LiveJournal, naturally your birthday is an event of site-wide importance.
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[personal profile] promethia_tenk 2016-10-23 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
If something premiers on my birthday, I consider it a personal present. Esp. if it's a Doctor Who spin-off - see Torchwood, which also showed its first episodes on my birthday - TEN YEARS AGO. Damn, that makes me feel ANCIENT.
Next year you should ask for a River spin-off!
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