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Miracle Day ep 5.
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.)
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.)
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Well Jack is the only reason I'm watching, and like I say so far there's *nothing*. It's partly because he's not got anyone that he's close to (hello everyone being dead, and Gwen having moved on completely), and he's a clam at the best of times, so... *sigh* GIVE ME MY CAPTAIN BACK!
RTD has crossed the line from drama to melodrama, and unrealistic melodrama at that.
Oh he was always pretty melodramatic... *g*
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Yeah, but at least in DW, I could believe it! Here, no such thing as suspension of disbelief-- it's too unbelievable and illogical.
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And if Jack's back for that reason, why couldn't they have made an entirely new set of characters, figured out a different reason for the immortality, and left Torchwood out of it? They wouldn't have expectations from the audience that aren't being met. It could have been taken on its own terms and not as part of the Whoniverse/Torchwood franchise.
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Yeah, that's the impression I've got too, esp since he's not *done* anything so far. You could easily remove him without losing much.
I fear fixing it may well involve him dying permanently.
They could bury him next to Ianto!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
And if Jack's back for that reason, why couldn't they have made an entirely new set of characters, figured out a different reason for the immortality, and left Torchwood out of it?
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But I want Jack to live. :( I like the thought of him and the Doctor bouncing out of each other's lives for thousands of years. (Eh. Not like I'm taking MD as canon, anyway.)
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Probably. They knew they'd get an audience just because of it, not realizing that many people will watch anything RTD does. (Plus, an audience in two countries at once. Money matters.)
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Oh I'm sure he'll live. Ever since I heard the premise I've suspected that Jack will have to become immortal again to save the day. Plus, Moffat would like him to guest star on DW, so I'm not too worried.
Probably. They knew they'd get an audience just because of it, not realizing that many people will watch anything RTD does. (Plus, an audience in two countries at once. Money matters.)
Word. *nods sadly*