Torchwood is fun because of Captain Jack sleeping with every form of life in the multiverse.
Well, yes, there is that, too...
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Barb - Jul 03, 2009 3:51:30 am PDT #15083 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Zenkitty - Jul 03, 2009 4:01:42 am PDT #15084 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Wait, wait. Torchwood contains James Marsters ____ing John Barrowman?
I... just... it's out on DVD in the States, right?
Barb - Jul 03, 2009 4:09:35 am PDT #15085 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I... just... it's out on DVD in the States, right?
Yep. Both seasons. James Marsters is in S2.
And just to give you some idea, his first ep has the title, "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" Subtle, they ain't.
Zenkitty - Jul 03, 2009 4:16:44 am PDT #15086 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, Barb! O, happy day.
Cashmere - Jul 03, 2009 4:46:55 am PDT #15087 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Happy Birthday, sj!
Happy Anniversary, Bev!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 03, 2009 5:07:02 am PDT #15088 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hippo birdies, sj! Anniversary happies, Bev!
I decided to bag going north for the 4th. The only day out of the weekend that looks decent is Sunday, and that's when I'd be heading back. If I'm going to go to Maine on a crappy weekend, I'd rather do it when a large number of other people aren't traveling as well. I have friends who are firing up the grill tomorrow, so I'll probably go hang with them instead.
sj - Jul 03, 2009 5:21:39 am PDT #15089 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
TCG gave me a Star Trek Communicator keychain, amongst other goodies!
Fay - Jul 03, 2009 5:29:29 am PDT #15090 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Zenkitty: a selection of rather spoilery clips from Season 2 to whet your appetite, should it be needful.
Torchwood is a Doctor Who spinoff, but Captain Jack has had a HUGE amount of traumatic backstory in between the two, and basically Rusty Davis is playing at doing his own Angel. Complete with moody shots of angst-ridden immortal on rooftops in flapping coat. And genuine, bona fide, fuck-this-subtext,-let's-make-it-totally-textual Spike/Angel. And lots more shagging than AtS. Torchwood IS authorised crackfic, basically. It starts off by making MPreg canon in a throwaway comment within the first five minutes, and just keeps right on getting crackier. The writing is variable, but there are some really cracking episodes to compensate for the really quite dodgy ones. And there's always Captain Jack. The rest of the ensemble aren't served as well as they might be by the Season 1 scripts (Toshiko in particular), but they all have their moments, and I think in Season 2 all of them really got to shine.
I think it's well worth a look - it's certainly very different from any US shows currently airing.
Connie Neil - Jul 03, 2009 5:50:39 am PDT #15091 of 30000
brillig
I can't remember the title, but that episode which takes the Torchwood team out into the boonies is very creepy. Much like a certain X-Files episode that makes everyone go "Euw."
DebetEsse - Jul 03, 2009 6:13:32 am PDT #15092 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Countrycide
eta: cuz, see, with the pun.