Oh, my sides...

[tencrush]

Just in case you think I may have stopped following Miracle Day fandom all together (Yo, this is what I'm calling that show now, it saves typing and, you know, it makes a lot more sense this way.) I TOTALLY HAVEN'T.

Dudes, the Jane Espenson Ep 7 Jack's timeline continuity fail and her subsequent apologetic clueless twittering is the most hilarious thing to happen to this fandom since Jack made his grandson bleed out of every orifice for the sake of srs drama.

Should I watch episode 7, guys? I take it not much has happened since episode 1, so I should be good to go, yeah?

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[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

It's so funny isn't it? Yes she's cocked up. RTD has also cocked up. Why not just leave it at that and apologise. The fact that she's then stirred fans who are desperately clinging on in the hope that this will make sense, into a frenzy of trying to make this fit into series 2 Jack's timeline, is just inept. It's clear she has no idea, and is making it up as she goes along. Even agreeing that it's an alternate timeline.

I haven't seen this episode yet, but the torture scenes sound repulsive and gratuitous, and that guy Angelo badly needs a haircut. I'm assuming you can live without seeing Barrowman naked, unless you've suddenly decided you like him, so I guess the only thing worth watching for is Jack and Gwen having a row.

I'm not sure if that's worth it or not. I was planning to watch it, but the more I read about it, the more I can't be arsed.

[tencrush]

I can definitely live without Barrowarse, yeah. Her explanations are so hilarious, though, I'm glad someone's bringing the funny back to this fandom.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I knew his arse just wasn't your cup of tea. I feel sorry for JE because she's had a bit of twitter tourettes and now dug herself into a ditch, but on the other hand she is paid to write this crap, so how difficult is it to watch the previous shows? It beggars belief. I know it's just a job, but if I were asked to write an episode of telly I've never watched, even if I didn't like it, I'd make myself do the research, you've got to get it right, and you are paid good money to do it.

[tencrush]

Even if she didn't want to watch the whole backstory, including the relevant Who episodes, how hard is it for someone like RTD, who's in charge of this mess, to outline the relevant timlines and backstory for the characters so all the writers know what's what? Is he seriously writing with an American team now and STILL not using a show bible? It defies all logic.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

Oh yes it's his job to do that, even if he didn't want to write a bible thing, when she submits the script he can correct it, he heavily edits the scripts, so he's being lazy and inept himself here. I'm kind of ambivalent about show bibles, unless they are just a loose set of guidelines about backstory and canon, because I've seen shows where characters with no chemistry at all have been put together, and I like how changes were made in TW when they realised some things worked well, and for example GDL stood out, so they didn't kill Ianto in the first few eps, Kai Owen worked well, so Rhys survived as well. To me it was what made the show work, ditto for not killing Ianto and going with Owen. However that's kind of different, but some of the US dramas have been that rigid with their "bible", and IMO got really dull and boring. TW went off the rails as we know, but I think that's down to RTD and his "vision" more than anything else.

It just feels like he used the idea of TW, and threw a couple of characters in, but didn't actually give a toss, he just needed a Hollywood project.

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

It just feels like he used the idea of TW, and threw a couple of characters in, but didn't actually give a toss, he just needed a Hollywood project.

*gasp* How could you POSSIBLY think something like that? That's heresy! really very likely the truth.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I know, it's feeling more and more likely to be the truth than we ever thought.