Comic con interview

[tencrush]

John Barrowman on season 4: "We gotta get Jack a new piece of ass."

Quite.


Link to interview, courtesy of forgiveninasong, here.

I don't really have any words left about the way what we were watching has been twisted beyond all recognition by those involved in making it. I really, honestly, just have no words left for this. I am completely talked out about my rage and my incredulity and my whatever else it is I've got that I can't find the words for anymore. I was watching a different show, dudes, a show with respect for the characters and the relationships and the world that was created and the messages that were sent. How did I let that happen? When did that happen? What a fucking joke that was. Ha ha.

It's no wonder I want to buy the man a pony, really. For fuck's sake, he's been through enough shit.

Comments

[off_coloratura]

You know, I've had this niggling feeling over recent years, as DVD commentaries and creator interviews become more numerous, that maybe it's not such a good thing to know/see/hear so much about the artists whose work we enjoy. Because then you get stuff like this.

I've done a couple promotional interviews myself, and after one of them, my husband said, "You're too normal. They don't want to hear that this is just another job to you, they want to believe there's some sort of magic and glamour going on when you do it."

Whether that's true or not, it does point up the fact that promotion is just another kind of performance, and one that may not fit in with what we see in the art itself (or with reality). Indeed, that probably won't.

They may love playing these parts, they may genuinely love the show, but I really feel they're not as invested in them as we are. It's a job to them, and part of their job is 1) to make the best of what the writers give them and 2) when doing publicity, to act like the work they're doing is the greatest thing EVER. Whether they actually think so or not.

This just makes me feel that maybe this enormous supply of behind-the-scenes info isn't such a great thing.

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

The fact is, they're not doing a good job ATM.

I really think they should just shut the fuck up because ATM each one of them looks like is making an atrocious effort to alienate people.

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

You forgot Eve Myles' statement that Jack and Ianto were the "comic relief" in CoE.

Deffo we're watching different shows.

I really hope John Barrowman goes into the next season(s) to find himself relegated to the role of "bugger of the pieces of arses" while Gwen inflate beyond recognition until she blows up.

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

At least EM said she wants to bring Ianto back with Gwen's special healing magic (or something to that effect)...and not 'Oooh! I can't wait to see who Jack's gonna shag next! Maybe it'll be Gwen!" (Give her time, though...)

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

Where did she say that?

I only read her saying that they can't mollycoddle the fans and that what's dead stays dead.

She got so many nasty comments on the website hosting the interview that they got removed.

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

It wasn't an interview. It was a comment she made at the con they had right after COE aired in the UK. Some fan asked her about Ianto and posted her comments on LJ. It must've been right before the memo was sent around that Ianto will NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER be back regardless of it being sci-fi, so don't give those kwaaazy fans any false hope.

[kuroi-hemlock.livejournal.com]

You forgot Eve Myles' statement that Jack and Ianto were the "comic relief" in CoE.

Comic relief? What kool-aid is she drinking? Maybe I can use it to turn CoE in satirical comedy.

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

Can you believe it? I'm in fact still laughing even NAO!

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

And to be honest, at this point I'm happy for GDL who finally got out of this shit.

He can do better, really.

[ceindreadh.livejournal.com]

Are there really places out there where Gwen would beat Ianto in a popularity contest??? Or in a vote between all five characters, Gwen would be the winner???

Gwen would be the loser in a popularity contest with Janet.
Or the Blowfish.

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

I thought I read somewhere that she had won a fave poll in Torchwood Magazine...'cause you know that's not suspicious at all. ;)

[tencrush]

I don't think it is that great a thing, no. And with the speed of the interwebs, there's no time for anyone to analyse and distill exactly what the reactions are, so you end up with someone like JB being told to get out there and calm things down, get people back on board when he's not really got any idea what he's responding to or why people fell off the boat in the first place.