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<blockquote data-quote="sabrinathecat" data-source="post: 6282782" data-attributes="member: 89838"><p>That would be I. (giant shock)</p><p>Torchwood had it's problems from the beginning, trying to figure out what kind of show it was going to be. By the end series 1, it seemed to have it sorted. A few random episodes were a little weird or weak, but by the end of series 2 it was an overall decent show.</p><p>CoE. Hmmm... We have 2 organizations for dealing with aliens. One is international military: we aren't going to involve them in any way whatsoever because of PR problems. The other one is lead by a man who knows an embarrassing secret from 60 years ago. If he goes public (which would require exposing his secret immortality, and probably having to prove it in public, and all the embarrassment and humiliation that goes with being a celebrity, not to mention various labs wanting to kidnap him and run tests to unlock the secret), he could expose what this country did (under a completely different government, under a completely different leadership, under a completely different party, under the orders people who are long since dead), but again he would have to vilify himself to do so. No, we can't trust him or his organization. We aren't even going to try to talk to them. Let's blow them up! Wait, I thought the prime minister wasn't even supposed to know about Torchwood? Did that policy change somewhere?</p><p>Just about everything is a bombardment of gut, knee-jerk emotionalism, with no one thinking rationally or planning anything intelligent. Or even trying to. So the police and army are being sent to round up all the poor children. Really? Um, there aren't any soldiers whatsoever that would balk at this? That would resist those orders? I would think you'd find more than a few generals willing to lead troops in rebellion against a government that gave those orders. Certainly the police would be resistant.</p><p>But no, it's more emotional to show soldiers acting like stormtroopers, ready to steal children and sell them into slavery, no matter how illogical, irrational, and unlikely that would be.</p><p>Is this a country or government that The Doctor would ever want to save? Would he still consider humans his favorite species?</p><p></p><p>The story didn't hold together. In fact, it was bloody annoying. Almost as much as when Owen shot Jack in the back of the head, (not knowing that he was immortal) and was completely forgiven (not just by Jack, but by everyone) with no consequences whatsoever. It was more dramatic, so it was OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sabrinathecat, post: 6282782, member: 89838"] That would be I. (giant shock) Torchwood had it's problems from the beginning, trying to figure out what kind of show it was going to be. By the end series 1, it seemed to have it sorted. A few random episodes were a little weird or weak, but by the end of series 2 it was an overall decent show. CoE. Hmmm... We have 2 organizations for dealing with aliens. One is international military: we aren't going to involve them in any way whatsoever because of PR problems. The other one is lead by a man who knows an embarrassing secret from 60 years ago. If he goes public (which would require exposing his secret immortality, and probably having to prove it in public, and all the embarrassment and humiliation that goes with being a celebrity, not to mention various labs wanting to kidnap him and run tests to unlock the secret), he could expose what this country did (under a completely different government, under a completely different leadership, under a completely different party, under the orders people who are long since dead), but again he would have to vilify himself to do so. No, we can't trust him or his organization. We aren't even going to try to talk to them. Let's blow them up! Wait, I thought the prime minister wasn't even supposed to know about Torchwood? Did that policy change somewhere? Just about everything is a bombardment of gut, knee-jerk emotionalism, with no one thinking rationally or planning anything intelligent. Or even trying to. So the police and army are being sent to round up all the poor children. Really? Um, there aren't any soldiers whatsoever that would balk at this? That would resist those orders? I would think you'd find more than a few generals willing to lead troops in rebellion against a government that gave those orders. Certainly the police would be resistant. But no, it's more emotional to show soldiers acting like stormtroopers, ready to steal children and sell them into slavery, no matter how illogical, irrational, and unlikely that would be. Is this a country or government that The Doctor would ever want to save? Would he still consider humans his favorite species? The story didn't hold together. In fact, it was bloody annoying. Almost as much as when Owen shot Jack in the back of the head, (not knowing that he was immortal) and was completely forgiven (not just by Jack, but by everyone) with no consequences whatsoever. It was more dramatic, so it was OK. [/QUOTE]
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