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Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness

by Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 20, 2008 at 07:03 AM

In article <66-dnRPZnoLbgpbVnZ2dnUVZ_vyinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 
> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-12375C.23074919042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <0VxOj.1609$pH4.1161@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > peachy a****e passion <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >>    Yeah, here we go again.
> >>
> >>   Ya'll watch these in advance, don't you?   I get them, but
something
> >> about the weekly pacing I really enjoy - so I never end up watching
in
> >> advance.
> >>
> >> Itty
> >> =
> >> Bitty
> >> =
> >> Spoiler
> >> =
> >> Space
> >> =
> >> Pretending
> >> =
> >> Anyone
> >> =
> >> Else
> >> =
> >> Cares
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +
> >>
> >>
> >>     Not much to say just yet, I need to think about this one more.
> >>
> >>    All in all the episode was emotionally satisfying enough for me to
> >> allow me to overlook the weak points.
> >>
> >>    But let's just start with acknowledging the weak points.
> >>
> >> 1. Itıs too much.  Too over the top. There are too many things going
on,
> >> and quite frankly too many disasters.
> >>
> >>   This works for Doctor Who, they are traveling, and can go from
> >> disaster to disaster.  Itıs too much for tiny little Cardiff Wales.
> >
> > yep
> 
> Or Sunnydale or Smallville.
> 
> >>    We need some sort of Sunnydale forgetty spell explanation, or 
> >> something.
> >>
> >> 2. Gray.  Okay, we established early in the season that Jack had
> >> supressed the memory of his brother and what happened.  And then we
just
> >> sort of skipped over that bit, didn't we?  How hard would it have
been
> >> to have addressed this?
> >>
> >>
> >>       From here on out it's just random thoughts.  I'm slow
processing 
> >> this.
> >>
> >>    But damn Gray was cute.  And SOUNDED like Jack.
> >>
> >> Suddenly Jack is a thousand years older? Or was that 2?   Really?
> >> Because honestly he doesnıt look a day over 900.
> >
> > Sigh.  Yep.  He spent 2000 years buried alive, coming to life and
> > choking to death over and over and over and over and over and over and
> > over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and
> > over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and
> > over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and
> > over and over and over and over again.  And his coat wasn't even worse
> > for the wear.
> 
> Hmm, 27 AD? nearly 2000 years ago ... yeah, last season finale had him
dead 
> for 3 days.
> 
> > This worked a lot better on HIGHLANDER when they put concrete galoshes
> > on a Nazi and tossed him in the river to die and resurrect over and
over
> > again.  He was only down there for maybe 50 years and came back really
> > messed up.
> 
> There was pirate who was left on a deserted island who kept dying of 
> starvation for a few hundred years.
> 
> >> Ooh, thank you thank you for making John not a bad guy.  I love John.
 I
> >> know heıs totally amoral, but he loves Jack, and I love them both.
> >
> > Why did he go to 27 AD to get out of range of the signal.  What
signal?
> > What was that whole exchange about?
> 
> Either John thot he was out of range only to be surprised by Gray's
presence 
> (and foreshadowing events "later", episode-wise [time travel grammar can
be 
> tricky]) or John was setting up Jack for the surprise of Gray's return, 
> thinking someone ELSE was controlling him, allowing Gray to get up close
and 
> personal.
> 
> I lean toward the latter.
> 
> >> I love them ending this with Tosh both brilliant and competent.  They
> >> didnıt necessarily make her emotionally competent, but what do you
> >> expect.  Sheıs the best looking science nerd on tv.
> >
> > Well, she's up there anyway.
> 
> Wrong tense--cuz otherwise there's major counterargument for Willow 
> Rosenberg, Colonel Samantha Carter, Sydney Bloom, Patricia McPherson.
> 
> And going with the present tense, Anna Wu.

Diane Hughes.  Dr. Steele.

-- 
Star Trek 09:

No Shat, No Show.
http://www.disneysub.com/board/noshat.jpg
 




 27 Posts in Topic:
Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-20 02:30:20 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-20 05:18:52 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-20 17:05:18 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-21 05:27:33 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-21 21:05:36 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-22 00:43:37 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-21 23:23:40 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-22 01:48:44 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-22 01:14:27 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-22 17:03:14 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-19 23:31:29 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-20 17:09:18 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-21 05:38:56 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[  2008-04-19 23:08:00 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Jerry Brown <jerry@[EM  2008-04-20 11:20:41 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[  2008-04-20 07:00:00 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-20 17:10:29 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-20 05:47:33 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-20 05:58:14 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
jayembee <jayembeenosp  2008-04-20 15:08:00 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-20 16:22:29 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-21 05:41:36 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-21 17:32:22 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[  2008-04-20 07:03:40 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
"Ken from Chicago&qu  2008-04-20 16:25:06 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[  2008-04-20 20:02:17 
Re: Torchwood - Exit Wounds- Randomness
peachy ashie passion <  2008-04-20 14:45:50 

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