*laughs* Yeah, there are times when Torchwood is fascinating like a train wreck. But when it's being trashy, it's trashy in an endearing way and that has its own kind of charm.
Like that horny alien episode... Although I still think that could've been good if only the authors hadn't taken their plot seriously. If that'd been a Stargate episode (classic Stargate), it'd have been hilariously funny.
I actually liked Cyberwoman, though I was fully prepared to hate it as soon as I learned that apparently, invading cyborgs from space wear skimpy bikini outfits. But it made me like Ianto and... well, it made me hate Jack. Which is bad for my Jack like, but good for Torchwood like. Because how many sci-fi shows actually have the guts to make the hero a jerk? That's a taboo in sci-fi if there ever was one. And I mean on purpose, not by turning the hero into a Gary Stu like Andromeda did. Or maybe that's just me. But for me, while Jack has never been Mister Congeniality with his "I care only about the tech, people don't matter" attitude, sending Ianto to execute his girlfriend just to prove his loyalty to him, was downright cruel. It made me believe that there's a very mean streak in Jack hidden beneath the boyish smiles and flirty charm.
One thing I really like about Torchwood is that it isn't trying so hard to be cool that it ends up looking forced like many US shows do. Although they sometimes do try a bit too hard to be provocative and sexy, with such debacles as the horny alien being the result. A lot of the making out seems to be there just so they can fill their quota. Like you mentioned already, the actors look like real people, not like supermodels. It took me one or two episodes to get used to that, but now I really like it.
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Like that horny alien episode... Although I still think that could've been good if only the authors hadn't taken their plot seriously. If that'd been a Stargate episode (classic Stargate), it'd have been hilariously funny.
I actually liked Cyberwoman, though I was fully prepared to hate it as soon as I learned that apparently, invading cyborgs from space wear skimpy bikini outfits. But it made me like Ianto and... well, it made me hate Jack. Which is bad for my Jack like, but good for Torchwood like. Because how many sci-fi shows actually have the guts to make the hero a jerk? That's a taboo in sci-fi if there ever was one. And I mean on purpose, not by turning the hero into a Gary Stu like Andromeda did. Or maybe that's just me. But for me, while Jack has never been Mister Congeniality with his "I care only about the tech, people don't matter" attitude, sending Ianto to execute his girlfriend just to prove his loyalty to him, was downright cruel. It made me believe that there's a very mean streak in Jack hidden beneath the boyish smiles and flirty charm.
One thing I really like about Torchwood is that it isn't trying so hard to be cool that it ends up looking forced like many US shows do. Although they sometimes do try a bit too hard to be provocative and sexy, with such debacles as the horny alien being the result. A lot of the making out seems to be there just so they can fill their quota. Like you mentioned already, the actors look like real people, not like supermodels. It took me one or two episodes to get used to that, but now I really like it.