Miracle Day ep 5.

[elisi]

So, that. Some expected reactions, some unexpected. To begin with the latter:

1. I am grateful that Ianto's dead and is not around for this story. No really. Grateful.

2. The story might be going somewhere interesting (well I hope so, otherwise it's just downright offensive), but I'd forgotten how regular (not-CoE) RTD stuff can feel like being hit over the head with a large brick. Repeatedly.

3. WHEN WILL THEY DO SOMETHING WITH JACK??? His story is by far the most interesting, and so far he's been nothing more than a muted shadow on the edges. I know ZERO about what he feels. (Except that he wants to die, but that one's a no brainer.)

4. Mostly, I kinda feel like I need a bath? I don't particularly want to keep watching (except to find out who dunnit, of course), since RTD's worldview is so completely different to my own that I feel like I'm being forcefed cod liver oil. Very, very slowly.

ETA: All that said, there's a good article here trying to look at what MD is doing and why.

5. Actually, I think my main problem is that I don't need a TV show to tell me that humans can be monsters. All I have to do is turn on the news.

(6. Unless something drastically changes, in my personal head-canon the crack is going to eat Miracle Day! *g* So all the effects will still be there, but no one will remember except for Jack.)

Comments

[beloved4always.livejournal.com]

I really dislike what they've done to this poor show. I'm so sorry it came to the US and is associated with Starz. They took something that was interesting and crack-y and made it well, so SERIOUS and boring - no longer special and quirky - not much different than many American shows are and have been - probably darker than most but just as predictable and boring. (No wonder there was no room for Cap'n John on this show - he's fun!... and a _waaaay_ better actor.)

And, I'm sorry, I find it ludicrous (and highly offensive) that 98% of world leaders and political bodies are perfectly OK being hitleresque and burning people up like it's no biggie. Yes, there is evil in this world but EVERYBODY?!? Ridiculous. And 4 people are gonna stop it all? - welcome to the idiotic side of American TV.

Of course, it's possible they were all visited by a talking dog who told them doing this was the only way to save the universe and they are all actually under some kind of 'spell' or "glow" or something and then they'll.... hee

[elisi]

I really dislike what they've done to this poor show. I'm so sorry it came to the US and is associated with Starz.
It's really weird. It's like a cross with CSI or 24 or something now, and the thing with CSI is that no matter how many episodes I watch (Darcy likes it because it's mindless entertainment), I can never remember anyone's names and I never really care. It's a shame for TW to have been dumped into that kind of bracket in my brain.

And, I'm sorry, I find it ludicrous (and highly offensive) that 98% of world leaders and political bodies are perfectly OK being hitleresque and burning people up like it's no biggie. Yes, there is evil in this world but EVERYBODY?!? Ridiculous.
Admittedly they're trying to sell it as 'there are shadowy people moving behind the scenes' but still... No way. Certainly not that fast or efficient.

And 4 people are gonna stop it all? - welcome to the idiotic side of American TV.
To be fair, that's always been central to the show! *g*

Of course, it's possible they were all visited by a talking dog who told them doing this was the only way to save the universe and they are all actually under some kind of 'spell' or "glow" or something and then they'll.... hee
I WOULD LOVE A TALKING DOG!!! (Classic Torchwood could have gotten away with it too. ♥)