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[catslash]

So my flist is full of squee over the news of a new series of Torchwood, but I know I am not the only one making skeptical faces at my computer.

Who wants to be skeptical with me? :D

Comments

[erinpuff]

I am totally skeptical! First I was like "yay, moar Torchwood" and then I was like ".......aw shit, this is going to suck," and then I was like "well, maybe it'll be fun even if it sucks," and then I was like "but maybe it'll just suck in a non-enjoyable way." We'll see, I guess!

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Those last three options do pretty much cover virtually the entire run of Torchwood to date.

(Yes, including CoE, which I have not been able to watch since discovering TToI. I just can't deal with the government scenes anymore! Or the fact that Malcolm would be able to sort the 456 in ten minutes between bollockings.)

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

... what's going to be in it?

[badninja.livejournal.com]

Didn't they like, shred the entire cast already or something?

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Jack and Gwen running around the planet, apparently. I'm sure it will make perfect sense and mesh seamlessly with the CoE finale as well as whatever will be established in the next year of Whoniverse output!

[badninja.livejournal.com]

I'm going to look dumb for asking what CoE stands for, aren't I?

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Yes.

;D

[badninja.livejournal.com]

I basically don't pay attention to any of the Whoniverse except the main series and the old episodes, so that's why. Never saw a reason to, really.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

"Children of Earth" was the name of the miniseries they aired as series three; people generally call it CoE rather than series three/S3/stuff like that.

How about "Sarah Jane is AWESOME." Surely that's a reason to watch her spinoff!

I fully do not blame you for ignoring Torchwood. *g*

[badninja.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see!

I did follow SJA the first series, but then I got told "if you want to retain your love for the first series, never watch the second". ;.;

I'll watch it if Martha and Mickey show up. I want to see their hijinks. :D

[badninja.livejournal.com]

I am completely skeptical. Aren't they already making a version for the states that still has John Barrowman in it? His mind's going to feel warped or something. He can be like Life on Mars, but with less coma!

[catslash.livejournal.com]

No, FOX passed on that a while back. So that's something, anyway.

[badninja.livejournal.com]

That's kind of relieving in the same way the USA Red Dwarf being passed on was relieving. The pilot was awesome but it would have burned as a series.

In the picture that goes along with this Torchwood news, they all sort of look like "What, we have to do this AGAIN?"

-- which, did you see Red Dwarf is coming back, too? Perhaps better news. Or BBC resurrecting a lot of things for no reason at all.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Is it? Nice. I liked "Back to Earth," which I think put me in the minority, but whatev, I'm a great big sucker for meta humor so I would have liked it no matter what.

[badninja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though it's kinda funny, Craig leaked it on the radio so Kryten's actor leaked it too, through twitter, and they made him delete a bunch of tweets about it. Because containing an online source when you can't contain the radio that already told everyone makes complete sense.

I'm in the super-super minority in that I still haven't seen it yet. I should probably rectify this.

[xenutia1.livejournal.com]

**raises hand** Me!

[catslash.livejournal.com]

It just cannot end well.

Plus now we get a year of fangirls going OMG WE HAVE TO MAKE HIM BRING IANTO BACK. Hrgh.

[xenutia1.livejournal.com]

**heddesk**

As much as I'd love an intelligent reset, meaning something not too obvious that restored the old show in some way, I'm not looking forward to the endless campaigns starting up again. **sigh** I honestly think there'd be *more* chance of it if they stopped trying, lol.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

I live in fear of the possibility of success. Months of obnoxious BS, whining, and scary-ass RL shrines should not be rewarded, dammit. Mostly I trust RTD not to, if only because he loves pissing off fandom so much, but there's always the chance.

Besides which, our favorite character died TWICE and you don't hear us moaning endlessly on.

[xenutia1.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I would love to see Owen back, but like you say, we haven't done anything outrageous to try and force their hand. And also, ya know, what are the odds the poor bugger'd end up dying three times?

[irradiatedsoup.livejournal.com]

I'm working on my Owen and Tosh related whinging as we speak.

[badninja.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, Ianto is the singular reason I have never tried Torchwood.

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

I'd rather have Tosh back. *grump*

[mcwonthelottery.livejournal.com]

Pretty much the only way I would tune in would be the promise of lots of PC Andy and Rhys.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

The promise of Rhys was what sucked me back in after I quit the show following "Exit Wounds." I am WEAK.

[mcwonthelottery.livejournal.com]

With CoE, it all happened so fast, that it didn't really bother me. Five episodes one after another? Sure. Ten episodes all drawn out and ridiculous? We'll see.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that was part of why CoE seemed so good - not enough time between eps to really think about it. In retrospect, large chunks of it kind of fail a lot.

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

So . . . is this like a Torchwood spinoff of Torchwood? I dun get it.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Nope! "Series" = "season" in Britspeak, if that was what was confusing you. I tend to adopt it when discussing British TV.

[ashen_key]

*raises hand*

[catslash.livejournal.com]

*adds you to list* I bet RTD does a massive set piece in New York JUST TO FUCK WITH ME.

[ashen_key]

OF COURSE! *pats*

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Because it's all about me, you know.

Cal's move to the Whoniverse has been on the headachey side at times, though.

[ashen_key]

I'm just...not watching. Not watching CoE, either, so anything afterwards, just...No.

And hey, at least you have something of a vested interest in it! It's...something. But also why I prefer closed canons.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

It is also why I prefer closed canons. *facepalm* I still have quite a bit of autonomy with Cal because probably eighty-five percent of canon events have nothing to do with him, but that extra fifteen percent has been pretty hit-or-miss in the last year. By which I mostly mean "I hate you RTD do not fuck this up like you did with EVERYTHING last year wtf."

[misslucyjane]

I'm completely skeptical.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

There are so many thousands of reasons to be skeptical. My feelings about this, they are not good.

[misslucyjane]

The words "milking the cash cow" come to mind.

Did you see tw_dead_pool? It's helping.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

I just finished looking at that! I LOLed hard.

It's funny because it's true.

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

My only skepticism is the fear that this could be another false alarm. Otherwise, I'm in a rare mood of unicorns and rainbows over the possibility of Jack & Gwen (if not Jack/Gwen) and something like the show we were originally promised.

[wakeupnew]

MEEEEEEE

In the way where I am not going to watch this.

\o/

[coneyislandbaby]

Skepticisim will come. Right now people are just high on some actual confirmation. Self included. It's been a LONG wait!