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Do you remember the annoying neighbour upstairs with the loud tv after midnight? Yesterday evening, after 9 pm, someone rang my bell, and asked me if the guy was still living here, because he had been coming over to talk to him for days but he was never home. I told him he comes home every night, and that probably it's just a matter of timing. Shortly after that, the annoying neighbour came home, and the guy was probably waiting for him downstairs, because they started shouting at each other. I was about to call the police, and then they stopped. I guess the stupid neighbour owes someone money, but seriously. What did I do in another life to my neighbours to deserve this guy? At least he keeps the tv volume down since I told him to weeks ago, but if something like this happens again I'm so calling the police.
Yesterday I also finished watching Torchwood. I just have the first two episodes of the fourth season left. Here are some spoilery thoughts.
First, god it was depressing. I'm starting to see a pattern here: the government, all the powerful people suck and in a time of crisis they just want to cover their asses, and normal persons are the only ones who are going to fight to protect each other. It happens in every season finale with Russel T Davies, but this was... even a bit over the top. I loved the storyline, but maybe five episodes were a bit too much for it. Still, lots of character development.
I already knew who was going to die, so it didn't come as a surprise. But what I didn't get is how everyone seems so fascinated by the Jack/Ianto ship. I didn't find it all that romantic. I mean, Ianto is so in love with him, and wants to be a couple, wants Jack to trust him, to talk to him about his past, but Jack doesn't love him at all. He cares for him, sure, but he seems to care more about Gwen. In the end, the only person he seems to love, really love, is the Doctor. Everyone else is eye candy, a nice way to pass the time. Even before that scene with his grandson at the end I was getting angry with him everytime he opened his mouth.
I really loved this series, but it made me question my love for Captain Jack a lot. Great job on handling an immortal character, though, even the annoying traits made sense considering the guy is going to survive everyone.
Before I sit down to watch the two new episodes though I must do some ironing.
Do you remember the annoying neighbour upstairs with the loud tv after midnight? Yesterday evening, after 9 pm, someone rang my bell, and asked me if the guy was still living here, because he had been coming over to talk to him for days but he was never home. I told him he comes home every night, and that probably it's just a matter of timing. Shortly after that, the annoying neighbour came home, and the guy was probably waiting for him downstairs, because they started shouting at each other. I was about to call the police, and then they stopped. I guess the stupid neighbour owes someone money, but seriously. What did I do in another life to my neighbours to deserve this guy? At least he keeps the tv volume down since I told him to weeks ago, but if something like this happens again I'm so calling the police.
Yesterday I also finished watching Torchwood. I just have the first two episodes of the fourth season left. Here are some spoilery thoughts.
First, god it was depressing. I'm starting to see a pattern here: the government, all the powerful people suck and in a time of crisis they just want to cover their asses, and normal persons are the only ones who are going to fight to protect each other. It happens in every season finale with Russel T Davies, but this was... even a bit over the top. I loved the storyline, but maybe five episodes were a bit too much for it. Still, lots of character development.
I already knew who was going to die, so it didn't come as a surprise. But what I didn't get is how everyone seems so fascinated by the Jack/Ianto ship. I didn't find it all that romantic. I mean, Ianto is so in love with him, and wants to be a couple, wants Jack to trust him, to talk to him about his past, but Jack doesn't love him at all. He cares for him, sure, but he seems to care more about Gwen. In the end, the only person he seems to love, really love, is the Doctor. Everyone else is eye candy, a nice way to pass the time. Even before that scene with his grandson at the end I was getting angry with him everytime he opened his mouth.
I really loved this series, but it made me question my love for Captain Jack a lot. Great job on handling an immortal character, though, even the annoying traits made sense considering the guy is going to survive everyone.
Before I sit down to watch the two new episodes though I must do some ironing.
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Date: 2011-07-18 09:33 am (UTC)I totally agree about the series becoming very depressing. Children of Earth, good grief--I don't think I'll ever re-watch that. I liked S1 of Torchwood the most, then S2 had quite a few good episodes, too, but it had started getting too heavy for my liking. And finally the five-parter--just too much. Don't you feel that the effect of layering depressing stuff over depressing stuff instead of making the audience appreciate the drama, makes it kind of numb? The audience, I mean.
I like the new series though, contrary to all the snark I'm seeing about it. Okay, it's quite American in some not very nice ways but overall it's kept me involved into the plot and I think you'll like Captain Jack more--he's less the authority figure he'd become in Childern of Earth and more the character of the early Torchwood.
To be honest I never really got that much into Torchwood to get the ships--none of them seemed too OMG for me. Like in Sherlock, even those who don't slash could see the intensity of Sherlock and John's connection, and how important they are to each other. I certainly didn't see that kind of chemistry between Jack and Ianto, or Jack and any of the other characters. But each to their own.:)
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Date: 2011-07-18 09:36 am (UTC)Here's my oasis.:)Hopefully you can see why I feel miffed that I can't enjoy sitting in my chair with a book there without the TV news shouting across the space!!
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:28 am (UTC)About the neighbour, he definitely has some issues. I'm so sorry for you! In my old house I had a couple living upstairs, mother and son, and they both had schizophrenia. Every other day they had seizures, or something like that, and got violent, and there was screaming, and mom had to call their only relative so that she could call the hospital. It was horrible.
Since it's not only you who's complaining, obviously, maybe if it's a group of neighbours calling the police they'll listen?
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:42 am (UTC)Yes, I'm getting some neighbours to join me today and deal with this. Sigh. Neighbours from nightmares!
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:52 am (UTC)Keep me updated on this neighbour thing!
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Date: 2011-07-18 11:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 10:22 am (UTC)About Children of Earth, it was... too much. I'm a Supernatural fan, so I'm used to kids being killed by nasty creatures, or possessed, or whatever, but this. It was sick. I cried a lot when they got to the soldiers grabbing the kids from their houses, and then felt nauseous the rest of the time.
If the Doctor ever finds out what happened there he's so going to torch the whole planet. O_O
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:39 am (UTC)Quite. Or rather never return to it.
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 10:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 10:50 am (UTC)*is still quite traumatized*
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Date: 2011-07-18 11:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 09:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 10:16 am (UTC)Nella vecchia casa avevo una coppia, madre e figlio, al piano di sopra, entrambi malati di schizofrenia. Ogni tre per due avevano delle crisi pesantissime e dovevamo chiamare la sorella o direttamente la polizia. Quindi la mia tolleranza è parecchio alta. Ciononostante queste scenate da carrettieri mi fanno venire una rabbia, perchè la figura di merda la faccio anch'io come abitante del condominio. Bleah.
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:29 am (UTC)Ci credo! Piu' che altro poi, se avete problemi di debiti, vedeteveli tra voi senza farlo sapere a mezza palazzina!
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-18 10:35 am (UTC)Starò qui a fare la coda di pavone per un pò al riguardo. XD
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:42 am (UTC)Ach, you make me have thinky-thoughts I haven't had in years, literally, because I love the love between Jack and Ianto precisely because it isn't romantic.
Ianto is devoted, but very disillusioned. I would agree that Jack loves the Doctor the most, but he loves the people he's with, just differently. After watching CoE, I cam to the conclusion that Gwen reminds Jack of his daughter Alice and that's why he's so ga-ga about her - with the added sexual tension he can't have with Alice herself.
Ianto may be a distraction for him, but he remembers many of his boyfriends and girlfriends, I have no doubt Ianto is "I once had a boyfriend who wore a three-piece suit," once he stops/stopped grieving. And I don't think there's any doubt that Jack loved him, but Jack knew he was going to die at some point and that he would live on. That's what Jack does.
But you have to ship Jack with everyone, because he ships himself with everyone :)
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:48 am (UTC)The best part about this show is obviously how the relationships make it feel so real. Guys like guys, girls like girls, girls like guys, just like in the real world. It reminds me of when I first spotted my cousin playing The Sims, and we had this surreal conversation because you have same-sex couples in that game, and they can adopt children, and it all felt so... real I couldn't quite believe it, and she, who's 8 years younger than me, couldn't see why I was so enthusiastic and surprised about it.
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Date: 2011-07-18 10:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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