Kareo- I strongly disagree with your assessment. And I'm a little surprised by it. Yes, I know you didn't like Ianto. Fine, he's dead. Gone, not coming back. But that has nothing to do with the narrative quality of RTD's work.
I think TenCrush's next post does a much better job describing some of the problems in the show. And its become a constant issue with RTD's recent work. Dropping in characters out of the sky. Changing story lines at whim. Abandoning cannon for a quick laugh or man-pain. This is poor writing.
Maybe my expectations are too high, but if a writer tells me something is the best thing ever, then I expect it be at least well plotted, and coherent. I didn't have particularly high expectations for TW S1 & S2. It was a silly cracky sci-fi show - and I accepted it as such.
RTD wants to make S3 a 'serious' drama, fine, but that requires a lot more care with the writing than a cracky show (as opposed to a well written comedy which is far more difficult to get right).
I give RTD full credit for reviving DW and creating TW. And I liked the first couple of seasons of both. But he always seems to end up telling the same story. Man-pain city. Oh the angst. Oh, so not interested.
The irony is that you are going to have to decide whether you want to be a Gwen/Jack shipper if there's a TW4. Man-whore Jack from DW isn't coming back. No its going to be all kissy-face Jack, Gwen and the baby once they throw Rhys under the bus. Hmm...somehow I don't think that fits your cannon. But you won't be complaining, right?
Love your stories, but you missed the boat on this one.
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I think TenCrush's next post does a much better job describing some of the problems in the show. And its become a constant issue with RTD's recent work. Dropping in characters out of the sky. Changing story lines at whim. Abandoning cannon for a quick laugh or man-pain. This is poor writing.
Maybe my expectations are too high, but if a writer tells me something is the best thing ever, then I expect it be at least well plotted, and coherent. I didn't have particularly high expectations for TW S1 & S2. It was a silly cracky sci-fi show - and I accepted it as such.
RTD wants to make S3 a 'serious' drama, fine, but that requires a lot more care with the writing than a cracky show (as opposed to a well written comedy which is far more difficult to get right).
I give RTD full credit for reviving DW and creating TW. And I liked the first couple of seasons of both. But he always seems to end up telling the same story. Man-pain city. Oh the angst. Oh, so not interested.
The irony is that you are going to have to decide whether you want to be a Gwen/Jack shipper if there's a TW4. Man-whore Jack from DW isn't coming back. No its going to be all kissy-face Jack, Gwen and the baby once they throw Rhys under the bus. Hmm...somehow I don't think that fits your cannon. But you won't be complaining, right?
Love your stories, but you missed the boat on this one.