'Remember some time ago you asked me what my friend who liked CoE (and who hadn't seem any other TW) thought of S1 & S2 (except the final episode of S2).' I do remember. Thanks for replying!
'So RTD has now achieved his original goal of creating a female heroine story with a Welsh policewoman.' It's looking like it. If Jack comes back as anything more than a background character and/or Gwen's love interest, I'll be shocked.
'Its like imprinting - her vision of the characters was totally formed by CoE and nothing is going to change that. Just like our vision was set by S1 & S2 and we can't change that.' That is so true. I have a lot of trouble considering CoE canon (I tend to think of it as TW set in some weird AU) and I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen series 1 and series 2. I'm guessing that was the whole point; CoE was made not for the people who watched TW from the beginning, but mainstream fans who don't really care/know about what came before.
'I was reading a Brit paper in Heathrow yesterday and yikes, the BBC is really gutting budgets and salaries' I know! That's why I'm pretty sure that John is going to have to come back if they want to make another Torchwood. I don't think that TPTB are going to take a chance on a Jack-less Torchwood; even if all Jack does is look pretty and make bad sex jokes.
I would be so sad is RTD couldn't get his many. new, brilliant ideas, funded on this side of the pond (not). Oh yes, it would be such a shame not to see more of his 'original' ideas. *Ianto style eye roll* Although I would love to see RTD tell his American fans to piss off. He'd be ripped to shreds, first by TPTB and then the fans. For better or worse, American t.v. shows live and die by ratings and telling your fans that they just don't understand 'real' drama and need to go watch something else is a HUGE no-no.
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Date: 2009-09-13 07:02 pm (UTC)I do remember. Thanks for replying!
'So RTD has now achieved his original goal of creating a female heroine story with a Welsh policewoman.'
It's looking like it. If Jack comes back as anything more than a background character and/or Gwen's love interest, I'll be shocked.
'Its like imprinting - her vision of the characters was totally formed by CoE and nothing is going to change that. Just like our vision was set by S1 & S2 and we can't change that.'
That is so true. I have a lot of trouble considering CoE canon (I tend to think of it as TW set in some weird AU) and I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen series 1 and series 2. I'm guessing that was the whole point; CoE was made not for the people who watched TW from the beginning, but mainstream fans who don't really care/know about what came before.
'I was reading a Brit paper in Heathrow yesterday and yikes, the BBC is really gutting budgets and salaries'
I know! That's why I'm pretty sure that John is going to have to come back if they want to make another Torchwood. I don't think that TPTB are going to take a chance on a Jack-less Torchwood; even if all Jack does is look pretty and make bad sex jokes.
I would be so sad is RTD couldn't get his many. new, brilliant ideas, funded on this side of the pond (not).
Oh yes, it would be such a shame not to see more of his 'original' ideas. *Ianto style eye roll* Although I would love to see RTD tell his American fans to piss off. He'd be ripped to shreds, first by TPTB and then the fans. For better or worse, American t.v. shows live and die by ratings and telling your fans that they just don't understand 'real' drama and need to go watch something else is a HUGE no-no.