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Post by Lola m on Jul 26, 2009 21:23:34 GMT -5
Very cool ep. To me it had a very Day the Earth Stood Still flavor. More like The Day the Children Stood Still. Even the music has that sound to it. Ooooo.....he can smell that she is pregnant. ;D And also, that was a very nice comparison.
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Post by Lola m on Jul 26, 2009 21:25:33 GMT -5
I agree Karen, it reminded me of The Day The Earth Stood Still. And I agree with you too Erin - I do miss Owen and Tosh (and loved the nod to them with Gwen bidding their photo hello) but it really does seem like this is allowing greater character development in each episode with the three remaining characters. Two other things I especially loved about this episode are: First, ou see the families at the beginning not realizing how they are important to the story yet (I went back and rewatched the start after I finished the episode, and it was so much more poignant the second time). Secondly, at the end, when the alarm is flashing red in Torchwood, it is echoed by red tones in the other scenes. It especially struck me with Jack's daughter and grandson because the red is blurry, rather unrecognizable, in the foreground. It really ads to the tension and the heightened sense of danger that the scene proffers, I think. Oh, yes! Excellent points!
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Post by Lola m on Jul 26, 2009 21:26:11 GMT -5
You know, for some silly reason I was surprised to find out Jack could father children. Possibly my attitude about immortals has been overly colored by Highlander....
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Post by artemis on Jul 27, 2009 16:52:43 GMT -5
I have to say, I like the Whoverse/TWverse version of Earth that exists now in their canon - where aliens and so on are known. At least by the people willing to admit what they've seen. They get to build on that, explore what it would be like, how people would react. Yeah, it reminds me of how monsters were sort of an "open secret" in Buffy/Angel-verse - that various people in various contexts knew, and that some people who should have realized it were in denial, whereas others who hadn't seen many clues figured it out. I imagine with anything like aliens or monsters it would probably be that way with various people... Here, have a cookie for your smarts. ;D Yeah, though having been an assistant in offices in the past, I found it very realistic! The amount of info administrations shouldn't entrust to people and yet do anyway can be pretty impressive. ;D Johnny is hilarious, isn't he? "They always come back for a victory lap," ha! Funny how people in fiction seem to always think that they'll be the one person who doesn't meet the same fate as all the others that the organization/alien race/whatever has killed... That was such a cute scene. Yeah, what an ending!
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