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tencrush ([personal profile] tencrush) wrote2010-02-08 02:02 pm
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LOL

Russell's tasteful acceptance speech at SFX.

ETA the speech for those of you who don't like clicking links:

"Hello SFX, it's Russell T Davies here, I'll just dictate this on to your answerphone. Thanks very much to everyone who voted, and I'd also like to thank... Oh, hold on. Sorry. No, I'm busy, I'm on the phone to SFX. It's a magazine. No wonder you haven't heard of it, it's a specialist magazine. For special people. Yes, with special needs. They've given Torchwood a prize for Best TV Episode. No, stop laughing, they have. No, they really have. Honestly, stop laughing. I'm not kidding, seriously, stop laughing, now. No, it's not the Comedy Awards. Which episode? Day 5. No, not Day 4. No, definitely not Day 4. I didn't write Day 4. I don't f**king care what you think, Day 4 didn't win, okay? And no, he's not coming back to life, so forget it! You're no longer playing Ianto, you're my houseboy, so accept it, okay? Anyway. Yeah, thanks SFX, and thanks to the magnificent cast and crew, and to BBC One for their support. I'm really delighted and honoured that people made the effort to vote for this, so thank you hugely. Hold on. You missed a bit, Gareth, over there, that's it, bend over. Bye. Click. Brrrr."

Hey, I don't really care what anyone else thinks, I think Rusty's a huge skeeve. Seriously, yeah, of course I lolled (briefly), but no, man, if Gareth was a chick and Rusty was Moffat you'd be all over this fucking shit. It's skanky sexual innuendo by a big-time producer about a young actor. It's not witty, and it's not clever. I don't think GDL's crying quietly in a corner about it, he's a big boy, but still. Point still stands.

My main beef with this is: why does he keep feeling the need to poke this fannish shit? Let it lie already, Russell.

[identity profile] forgiveninasong.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I also don't understand why RTD *STILL* finds it necessary to poke fun at part of his fanbase who were very upset about what happened. Regardless that he is making a crude joke about houseboys or whatever, it's just dowright mean. For those who know, it's just like what JK Rowling did with the whole Harry/Hermione fans being called "delusional" by her in an interview (well....sort of!)

[identity profile] radiant-pip.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
At least (now don't kill me) JK Rowling had made it pretty clear to this reader that Harry/Hermione wasn't the way she was going at all since book one. Yes, she could've put it better (even "delusional"--especially "delusional"--people have feelings!), but her being confused by people misreading her intent makes sense there (IIRC). Now, RTD sits down at his keyboard to write the "brilliant" COE. What's one of the first things he decides MUST happen? Ianto must die. And the story must make it so. At that point, he had to have known how popular Ianto was (or otherwise, his death wouldn't have made an impact!). So, DUH when people were mad at him for killing off Ianto (and in not a great way IMO). I really don't get how he doesn't get that it upset the fans. I really don't get why he'd insult the readership of a sci-fi magazine when that seems to be his bread and butter now for a while, too.

And what did GDL do to piss him off so much? He can make "jokes" all he wants, but I hope he hasn't blacklisted GDL at the BBC.

Maybe this is all just fodder for a new book...