Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

[kalleah]

Ahhh, Torchwood.  I'm so happy to have it back.  I needed some good, wholesome crack in my life.  It's even better than Heroes.  I have no appropriate icon, so I'll use David Anders because he's pretty and he can't die, either.

Before I get snarky, let me say that I only snark because I love.  If I didn't enjoy the show, I wouldn't bother watching it. 

Although we'll never see it, I think it would be terribly amusing to see the Doctor meet the Torchwood crew.  "This is what you made in my image?"  Someone needs to write that.  Not me.

1. I did the "Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" routine about twenty seconds before Hart did.  Snort.  Nice.

2.   Poisoned lip balm?  Uh, okay.  I had to pause the show while I laughed my ass off and did my best Auric Goldfinger impression.  Is it necessary for every villain to leave their victims incapacitated and facing a slow death?  (This is part of the reason I loved the Master's disappearance in the TARDIS at the end of Utopia so much.)

3.  We saw Rhys, and not his bare ass.  Thank God for that.

4.  If Jack said no to the Doctor's invitation, he sure as shit wasn't going to say yes to Hart.  Uh-hunh.

5.  As for Jack's rather spectacular death: I think I tried to do a backbend like that in yoga class once and couldn't stand up straight for a week.

6.  Why didn't someone just cut Hart's hand off?  I heard someone suggest it although I didn't catch who.  I suppose it avoids the overly complicated resolution.  Did Owen and Jack really have time to mix up a martini a blood concoction and then arrive just in the nick of time to save Gwen?

7.  They chased the blowfish who was kind enough to let the old lady cross the street down and then they just let Hart go?  Don't they have a whole dungeon to play with?  (Yes, Ianto, I'm looking at you.)

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[lethlogica.livejournal.com]

7. I haven't seen the season premiere yet (we don't get it for another week), but didn't Ianto (or was it Gwen?) say something about all dungeon levels being filled, in the S1 finale? (Or maybe they just flipped a coin and decided who to let go this week.)

[karenor.livejournal.com]

"This is what you made in my image?"

That needs to happen on DW. It NEEDS to. They can do that, can't they? I understand the Doctor can never be on TW, but can they borrow a set for a minute? Or Owen? I want a Doctor/Owen snarkoff!

If Jack said no to the Doctor's invitation, he sure as shit wasn't going to say yes to Hart. Uh-hunh.

I was waiting for something like "I've said no to better offers"

I heard someone suggest it although I didn't catch who.

I forget too. Maybe Tosh? Or she's the one who said it would set off the bomb? Seems a bit silly.

then they just let Hart go?

What would they do with him if they kept him?

[ivydoor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the story was total crack. you'll notice I really didn't touch on it too much in my review. LOL I tend to focus more on the characters anyway.

BTW- Owen saying "Touch her again and I'll kill you." *dies* Sorry! I'm in full Owen!fangirl mode right now. Hee!

[platypus]

Hmm. Wasn't quite the joyously cracky new world I'd hoped for, but I did enjoy it. I'm a little baffled at the name similarity between Jack and "Captain John Hart," given that Jack only nicked his name as a cover shortly before he met the Doctor and Rose. There's nothing Time Agent-ish about it. And, Gwen, c'mon, you were just reminded not to turn your back on him.

[bluevolvic.livejournal.com]

I loved 'Torchwood'last night,it was much better than last series I thought.

***If Jack said no to the Doctor's invitation, he sure as shit wasn't going to say yes to Hart. Uh-hunh.***

totally agree with that,Then again Jack's getting all the offers now :P. i wouldn't say no to all three to Travel around with :D

I was laughting when Jack and John were fighting over who was the wife :D

[nonelvis]

I assumed the poison lip gloss was just a blatant shout-out to Firefly. Maybe that's why Chibnall's script didn't suck for once: he stole shamelessly from Joss (both Firefly and Buffy, because you can't tell me Marsters wasn't channeling Spike), and of course there was the Star Wars gag.

Is it wrong that I spent the entire scene with the shipping containers wondering if they were going to open one up and find Peter Petrelli?

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

7. I know they're going for a Doctor vs. Master thing with Jack and John, and for the most part it's working, but couldn't he have just escaped on his own without them letting him go? Surely it couldn't have been that hard for him to do, just make a dash for the rift.

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

Why didn't someone just cut Hart's hand off?

Yeah, I know, that was the first thing *I* thought of ("Owen! Get me a bone saw. Ianto! Lay down a tarp!"), and I'm nowhere near the pragmatic hardass Jack can be.