LOL

[tencrush]

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.

Comments

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

At this point, it might be nice to let the fans in on the joke. It's just looking way too ugly.

Did GDL get his cult hero award soon after this acceptance speech? If so, nice follow-up.

(I must be missing the reports from SFX Weekender.)

[tencrush]

Opinions seem to be differing on whether Rusty knew Gareth was there, and had won an award. I wonder what the deal is with that.

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

I knew Gareth was going to be there, but I only just found out that he won an award, immediately after RTDs award and acceptance blurb for Episode 5. I'd like to know what his immediate reaction to it was. Though I'm guessing no one in fandom was back stage to see it.

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it was aimed at fandom, maybe to goad RTDs supporters into poking his detractors along with him. Good times. (Though it may have been Moran doing the goading. I'm kind of confused right now about who actually wrote and/or gave the acceptance blurb.) But, as it looks like GDL did get his own award - for the Ianto character - immediately after RTDs Episode 5 award, could it also have been intended to give GDL an extra boost? If so, it's a completely Jackass way to go about it.

I hope more than one person comes forward to lay out exactly what happened, with possible interpretations. The showboating of Egotism and Clout makes for a lousy joke, on its own. And if it was intended to be followed by a 'Ianto' award, it's really not much better - especially when most folks are going to see that acceptance blurb without the follow-up/real?punchline.

GDLs award on youtube...

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

GDL gets his own dig in (on Moran, anyway) and makes it sound like Moran did write RTDs response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55acGbkgkOU

I'm off to see what else has found its way to youtube.