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So I DO have a few thoughts on Children of Earth, Day One, and I DO have ten minutes to write them down, but probs not to comment. They're randomly here below the cut.
( Bender. Lol. )
( Bender. Lol. )
Jul. 7th, 2009
That was easy.
Jul. 7th, 2009 08:56 pmWith all those desk calendars and flipcharts and whiteboards and such, I would have expected slightly better organisational skills from Staples.
(I typed that sentence there and then I thought if I post that, I bet someone's going to point out to me that the Michael Jackson tribute thing is not actually being organised by Staples and then I'll have to explain to that person that I am aware of that and I was just being amusingly glib. Please reassure me that nobody on my flist would have actually done that, my faith in humanity isn't all that great lately. And no, I'm not dissing Michael Jackson, just the slightly messy impression I am getting of the proceedings. Oh fuck it all to hell, why am I preemptively explaing myself I need to get out of this mood already.)
(I typed that sentence there and then I thought if I post that, I bet someone's going to point out to me that the Michael Jackson tribute thing is not actually being organised by Staples and then I'll have to explain to that person that I am aware of that and I was just being amusingly glib. Please reassure me that nobody on my flist would have actually done that, my faith in humanity isn't all that great lately. And no, I'm not dissing Michael Jackson, just the slightly messy impression I am getting of the proceedings. Oh fuck it all to hell, why am I preemptively explaing myself I need to get out of this mood already.)
LET'S ADOPT A FILIPINO!!
Jul. 7th, 2009 09:50 pmIt's not a joke! Does she sound like she's making a joke? Is she laughing? Is Rhys laughing? No.
He says that maybe they could have a baby. She says maybe they could adopt a Filipino and send it to clean the chimney. Which would be an irresponsible and morally reprehensible thing to do. AS WOULD HAVING A BABY WHILE WORKING AT TORCHWOOD. (And no, there are no associations in Gwen's mind between Filipino's and chimney cleaners, there are Victorian associations between children and chimney cleaners. Like in Mary Poppins. And stuff.)
The JOKE comes later, because they're establishing in this scene that Gwen would never in her right mind want to have a baby while working at Torchwood, and she's discussed this with Rhys. When she finds out she's pregnant, however... she says it's bloody brilliant. Lol.
He says that maybe they could have a baby. She says maybe they could adopt a Filipino and send it to clean the chimney. Which would be an irresponsible and morally reprehensible thing to do. AS WOULD HAVING A BABY WHILE WORKING AT TORCHWOOD. (And no, there are no associations in Gwen's mind between Filipino's and chimney cleaners, there are Victorian associations between children and chimney cleaners. Like in Mary Poppins. And stuff.)
The JOKE comes later, because they're establishing in this scene that Gwen would never in her right mind want to have a baby while working at Torchwood, and she's discussed this with Rhys. When she finds out she's pregnant, however... she says it's bloody brilliant. Lol.