Damn, this shit is so good, it's forcing me to break my non-posting habit of late!



I'm...concerned. I'm concerned that Russell T. Davies may have sold his soul to the Devil. Why? Because after the first episode of Children of Earth, I HAD to go back to see who the hell had written that script because I was CERTAIN they couldn't have written for this show before. It was just too damn good. It was what Torchwood SHOULD have been from the beginning but mostly failed to be, save for a few, sporadically brilliant scripts: a science fiction show for ADULTS. Tension and excitement, maturely handled. No bizarre bits of off-the-wall characterization. No tacked-on, OTT sex. No wacky monsters. No flailing moments of melodramatic acting. Just intrigue, suspense, and several moments of real terror.

HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?

And what's even crazier, is this trend has continued for all three eps so far! I know he had help on the scripts, but still, that's amazing. I don't think Rusty's the worst writer ever, but until now, this show has irritatingly failed to live up to its full potential. I'm just wondering what took them so long to get it right.

I do miss Owen and Tosh, and my only complaint is that it's a shame they aren't around when the writing is this good. And yeah, a monster DID show up eventually, but I think it's been perfectly handled. That thing scares the bejeezus out of me. I kinda hope we never get to see it out in the open because it's just so effectively terrifying just hiding in the clouds of gas and being silent most of the time, then making me shit my pants when it suddenly decides to roar and spew and smack the glass with its...thingies.

I love Lois. She's the regular girl with too much cleverness and curiosity for her own good. Really hoping she's not going to get killed.

In fact, let's not kill ANYBODY this time, okay? Please? I'm not spoiled, and want to remain that way, but I can't help but worry about Rusty pulling a Joss Whedon on us again.

The guy from the U.S. Army looks exactly like a bald, shaved Frank Langella, which was totally distracting, but interesting. And, btw, the American government WASN'T the biggest asshole in the room for once, which was another nice change of pace for the DW franchise.


Because I totally forgot to mention this and it was the reason I wanted to make a post in the first place:

The "10% of all the children of Earth" thing immediately brought to mind the word "decimate", for very Masterly obvious reasons. XD


Oh, and I'm living in Indianapolis now. Not sure if I remembered to mention that to everyone. :)