MORE THOUGHTS ON THE ULTIMATE MESSAGE OF DAYS ONE THROUGH FOUR

[tencrush]

We knew this was a retooling of sorts for the show, designed to attract a MASSIVE new and shiny audience, and it has. There are literally MILLIONS of people watching series three, who have NOT seen either series one or two of Torchwood.

And what have these shiny new viewers learned from Children of Earth? Well, see there's these three people in Torchwood, one's like from the future or someting, one's the married pregnant chick and let's just hammer the point home really quite bluntly with neon signs and anvils and such, that one over there? In the suit, see him? IANTO?? IANTO'S THE QUEER ONE.

Have you all got that? Yeah? Good. Right... let's kill the queer one.

Seriously. It's very tasteful, that, Russell. Nicely done.

Comments

[tigercheetah.livejournal.com]

I'm dissapointed nothing came of the 'couple' thing Ianto was hinting at in episode 1. It's like his chat with Rhiannon where he says "I don't know what this is" was totally for nothing.

Although I was plesaed to see some reaction from Jack over Ianto's death, the whole Jack/Ianto storyarc has been underwhelming to say the least - like Owen and Tosh dying before they could go on their date.

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

I think Jack thought they were a couple so he didn't so he didn't see what the big deal was that Ianto was making.

Would've been nice if they actually had a conversation about it at some point. Instead we got snippy Jack at Ianto a few times, Ianto doing everything for Jack with not one moment of Jack doing anything for Ianto (I know it's Ianto's job to take care of the team, but come on!)...except essentially getting him killed, and not even a last alive kiss or shag (thanks to Rhys and his bloody beans) for the obviously doomed one.

I do get from the death scene that Jack loves Ianto, but it would've been nice to hear. (Although, Buffy said it to Spike and did anyone really believe her?)

All in all, I'm very disappointed about this death. The whole setup was very manipulative and obvious (die like a dog indeed :( ). It was kind of a stupid/pointless death. AND, the worst part is, it happened at the end of episode 4 and there will be too much going on in episode 5 so no more on-screen mourning for Ianto! It's not like he deserved it anyway...

What we got before his death could've been so much better AND it would've helped more with the angst, IMO. Oh well.

[(Anonymous)]

The relationship has been poorly written from the get go. It had great potential but the writers in my opinion have constantly pissed that away. We got tons of Gwen and Rhys but instead of Jack and Ianto we get Jack and Gwen, Jack and wooden quilt etc. I thought that might change in series 3 what with the publicity with the two of them and the cast and crew saying how people would be happy etc with what happened. I assume the latter was a lie to misdirect people because I can't imagine they thought Jack and Ianto fans would like Ianto getting killed (though we are talking about the people who thought the date rape spray was a good idea). Whilst the relationship has been as neglected and underwritten as ever this series. Two minutes of Jack blubbing is not relationship development.