I know I probably shouldn't but I would love to get you started on how poorly RTD uses his characters to mean anything. Post-CoE I've felt my dislike of Torchwood growing, which is somewhat strange, but I've finally figured it out. I always saw Torchwood as a series with potential to develop its characters and the central idea of the series (see Jack's opening monologue every episode). But then along came CoE and through all of that out of the window. I also think that we could potentially spend days and days discussing how RTD and his writers redid so much of what Joss Whedon and his peeps did on Buffy (rift=hellmouth), but the difference that would quickly color the entire discussion would be that Buffy succeed where Torchwood has failed. Buffy never abandoned its initial concept whereas Torchwood first borrowed it (which I can live with) and then abandoned it for the style of another show (24 or any ridiculous film by Michael Bay). That's not just a failing of the characters to reflect anything, that's a failing of the show to ultimately mean anything.
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Date: 2009-08-14 02:30 pm (UTC)Post-CoE I've felt my dislike of Torchwood growing, which is somewhat strange, but I've finally figured it out. I always saw Torchwood as a series with potential to develop its characters and the central idea of the series (see Jack's opening monologue every episode). But then along came CoE and through all of that out of the window. I also think that we could potentially spend days and days discussing how RTD and his writers redid so much of what Joss Whedon and his peeps did on Buffy (rift=hellmouth), but the difference that would quickly color the entire discussion would be that Buffy succeed where Torchwood has failed. Buffy never abandoned its initial concept whereas Torchwood first borrowed it (which I can live with) and then abandoned it for the style of another show (24 or any ridiculous film by Michael Bay). That's not just a failing of the characters to reflect anything, that's a failing of the show to ultimately mean anything.