| Thoughts on CoE |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|11:21 pm] |
1) COE was brilliant. We have met the enemy and he is us. Watching the officials decide which children should be given over and referring to them as units to reduce the horror of what they were talking about.
2) people complaining that Jack shouldn't have taken Ianto with him. He was going to TALK. Under normal conventions of war, negotiators are at risk, but usually allowed to live to convey terms. They didn't realize they weren't dealing with an Army, but rather the alien equivalent of the mafia or a Columbian cartel. Besides, Ianto was a grown man...I don't think he would have let jack leave him behind.
3) the ending was in character. We know Jack can be a ruthless pragmatist, and in sacrificing his grandson he saved 32 million others. But it was Hobson's choice- no choice at all. I cried for the last 15 minutes or so. The anguish on his face. I'm also glad that even 6 months later, he still hadn't come to terms with it all. In RL it would take several years to cope with a normal death and Ianto's death was not normal...and Stephen's was even worse. Poor Jack...in such a short time , bereft of home, work, lover/partner, daughter and grandson. He's been completely broken.
4) some are saying that Captain Jack couldn't be in TW4 if commissioned but why not? He's got his Time Agent wrist strap back and it's working. He can go see the Doctor and maybe heal a bit ( and hopefully be in DT's last appearance). (Who knows, maybe he even took a bit of Ianto and Stephen's DNA with him and can get a little alone time in the Tardis and open it up just a bit...)
5) what happened to the Rift? Was it sealed shut? Or is Cardiff being overrun with aliens and their flotsam and jetsam?
6) was Myfanwy blown up? Or was she out hunting at the time?
7) why does it take an alien in a sci-fi show to point out the horrendous child mortality rate on Earth and to emphasize that we don't care about it?
8) it made me actually like Gwen. Loved the bit going over the Severn bridge. There was a bit too much of her, but at least she was likeable and watchable in it.
9) loved Ianto's rescue of Jack from his concrete prison and the scamming and thievery of the Torchwood team |
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