I heard Spartacus has a lot of character death, so stayed away despite the men in very small clothes. XD
Mostly because I don't want to become attached to characters only to have RTD kill them off randomly for the sake of "serious drama".
Exxxxxxactly. I personally thought the drama would have been more serious had Ianto survived and had to witness what Jack had to do to save the world - would he stop it? Would he stand back and watch? Would he turn away from Jack or stand by him? Would he help them do it?
No. He just dropped down dead, because what with everything going on there simply wasn't enough drama to see us through the episode - and the one failsafe of every writer? The Common Misconception that Death Progresses the Narrative In a Dramatically Intrinsic Way.
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Date: 2010-07-15 02:50 am (UTC)Exxxxxxactly. I personally thought the drama would have been more serious had Ianto survived and had to witness what Jack had to do to save the world - would he stop it? Would he stand back and watch? Would he turn away from Jack or stand by him? Would he help them do it?
No. He just dropped down dead, because what with everything going on there simply wasn't enough drama to see us through the episode - and the one failsafe of every writer? The Common Misconception that Death Progresses the Narrative In a Dramatically Intrinsic Way.