So..

[tencrush]

I didn't want to write this long Torchwood post I was planning on writing, because I didn't feel it was fair of me to judge the show based on one episode. I VOWED that before saying any more about Torchwood: Miracle Day, I would at least watch one or two more episodes to get more of a feel for what was going on. I still haven't watched any more than that single solitary episode and having read the reactions to Ep 5, I suddenly realised that I probably won't actually be watching another episode ever again. Which probably means I won't ever write about what the fuck Torchwood has turned into and how much it disgusts me. You'll just have to take all that stuff as read, I guess. Sorry about that. But don't worry, that Ianto phonespam thing is still happening, it's just been delayed by technical problems.

But hey, dudes, MD episode 5: EDGY, right? Glad I'm not watching that gratuitous shock horror shit. Don't let the door hit your arse. Etc.

Comments

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[as1mplegirl.livejournal.com]

What happens in ep 5 allegedly?

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

CoE was dark but this latest episodes sounds just plain OTT. And what I watched of this series has just been people shouting at each other and shooting people inna face. Where is mah sci-fi gone?

[lorelei-chase.livejournal.com]

Wow, has Rusty outdone himself and made something even more shocking up its own arse and petulantly 'look how serious and dark this is' than COE? Wow, I'm almost impressed. I'm sensing this thing has cancelled running right though it ...

Looks like I made the right decision not to watch it. I'm happy to not have my memory of Torchwood sullied!

[off_coloratura]

It's such a blatant Nazi parallel it's completely disgusting. Almost as disgusting as the insults to our intelligence in EVERY DAMN EPISODE.

See The One And Only Guy Whose Biometrics Can Open The Super-Secret Database of The Evilly Scheming Drug Company walking in the park with his wife and baby, allowing himself to get eye-, voice-, and finger-printed by strange and hyper passers-by (but it's okay because they're the HEROES!), and then walking ALONE through a deserted parking lot late at night!

The Guy Who Is In Charge Of The Evil Concentration Overflow Camps couldn't just be a regular guy, no, he has to be a cowardly, greedy, sexist asshole even before he Does Nazi Things, because otherwise we wouldn't REALLY hate him.

People love the creepy murdering pedophile! Except they want to kill him! Except they love him and he's their hero! Except they beat him up! Except he's their messiah! Except they're throwing bottles at him! WTF.

The inexplicable Gratuitous Sex Out Of Nowhere! The Cult That Paraded Through The Streets And Then Was Never Mentioned Again! Jack's weird stalking of the pedophile, with no reason! The LUDICROUS ignorance of Ameriocan and British law processes! The FUCKING CRAZY leaps of logic that are somehow EXACTLY what is happening! Gwen's sudden inexplicable aversion to her daughter wearing pink!

It's not shock horror, it's a bad Holocaust metaphor with idiotic plotting and no characters.

I'm only watching it because I need a channel for my anger.

[wounded-melody.livejournal.com]

Your posts are always pure awesome.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

Looking at the reactions to ep 5 I was horrified. I've seen some handwaving as well. Like "oh why are they behaving like the Nazis". As if it's just a regular thing.

You really have to be careful with Holocaust metaphors. I have watched more than just the first episode, and they haven't built up to this in any sort of thoughtful way that suggests they can get away with it.

It just sounds like more nihilistic crap.

[takenatwork.livejournal.com]

I made up my mind not to watch it, when I saw the synopsis, because I knew it would be all about Russell, his beliefs and thoughts and agendas. There is an irony in there somewhere, I can't be bothered to wrap my head around, regarding Danes/who would listen/beliefs/fiction/followers/viewers.

I think what would kill me if I had watched this (just like CoE), is the Classic Romanticism that will engulf it at the end. All this revulsion for mankind, mankind's cruelty, will fall on one character's shoulders (Jack??) and it will be a tragedy, a tragedy on a huge scale. BUT it will be romantic and we will love that character more, because of the suffering he/she has to endure. All the shit, all the bad stuff that happened to others, all the sanctimony, all mankind's failures, will be pushed to one side and forgotten, so that we can glory in the tragedy of this one character. It's just so manipulative and hypocritical.