This is just God awful. Even if this is technically only a reformatting of promotional photography, it is reformatting done by a professional, presumably viable and truthful, source, which very well may have altered the photos in line with what information the interviewer gleaned from RTD. This whole show is just so over that I'm amazed that there is still any sort of a fandom, even if the fandom that is left is the most divided and disappointed that even experienced fandomers have ever seen.
Personally, I feel that Torchwood is merely a name being used by RTD to ensure that he could make his attempt at success in the States. Any relationship to Doctor Who, Wales, or even the past three seasons of Torchwood will be downplayed as much as possible, as will the sci-fi basis for the program. If this weren't the case, then why would there be CIA agents in the main cast, when in the Who-dom it was always Unit that took over in alien-related cases. The answer is simple: There will be no reference to Unit or anything that have ever done. We'll probably get some ridiculous, even by the standards of sci-fi, explanation for why CIA agents involved in an inexplicable investigation must turn to the sole living agent of a defunct British organization they are told should be brought in on the case. Cue Super!Gwen! And to be perfectly blunt, has anyone started taking bets on whether she'll end up between the sheets with the proposed Owen 2.0? Since Rhys probably won't be able to understand her challenging new job fighting aliens, or whatever replaces them in America.
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Date: 2010-07-27 07:05 pm (UTC)Personally, I feel that Torchwood is merely a name being used by RTD to ensure that he could make his attempt at success in the States. Any relationship to Doctor Who, Wales, or even the past three seasons of Torchwood will be downplayed as much as possible, as will the sci-fi basis for the program. If this weren't the case, then why would there be CIA agents in the main cast, when in the Who-dom it was always Unit that took over in alien-related cases. The answer is simple: There will be no reference to Unit or anything that have ever done. We'll probably get some ridiculous, even by the standards of sci-fi, explanation for why CIA agents involved in an inexplicable investigation must turn to the sole living agent of a defunct British organization they are told should be brought in on the case. Cue Super!Gwen! And to be perfectly blunt, has anyone started taking bets on whether she'll end up between the sheets with the proposed Owen 2.0? Since Rhys probably won't be able to understand her challenging new job fighting aliens, or whatever replaces them in America.