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

[chasethesun.livejournal.com]

It's pretty hard to take. I can only assume that the writers simply haven't spent any amount of time thinking about Ianto as a character in his own right, in the way that the fans have, and that Gareth has.
I'm gutted for Gareth. He's gotten better and better, finally gets his first meaningful screentime and gets the rug pulled out from under him. He didn't even get to the 5th episode! This was his first real job and he doesn't have the same background as Naoko and Burn in terms of experience. How easy will it be for him to get another job? I'm also sad that I wont get to see him on my screen as Ianto anymore or as the person who brings the best performances out of JB or who can turn crappy dialogue into something worthwhile. Woe :'(

[tigercheetah.livejournal.com]

The idea that Gareth won't get another significant role is even more frightening than Ianto's death. Let's hope COE brings him to the attention of more producers and writers, though I'm not holding ny breath.