torchwood

[zoooo]

No, not Martha!

But Spike should become a regular character definitely.
Get a new (fantastically good looking but straight) boy in, that Captain Jack wants but can't have, and it'll be golden.
(He may of course shag Jack in the last episode, when he has been shot with some kind of alien gay-making gun or something. To solve all the sexual tension.)

 

[belboid]

I reckon Owen became an excellent character when he joined the ranks of the undead. In fact they've killed off the 2 best characters,

First sentence, almost right, second, complete crap. I ws so happy when they killed off those two tedious bores - Owen, the rapist, who shouldnt be able to walk any more after having half a bloody house fall on him last week, but who can miraculously still run around! God, those episodes where he had to be a romantic lead, how cringeworthy! And whatsername, Toshiko, just couldnt act and was a total wet blanket. Jack isnt very good, but cant be got rid of really - except maybe by Spike - and Ianto has got better, dull tho he still is. Eve Myles is actually quite good! Which is why Martha cant join, unfortunately, she'd act them all off the screen.

 

[zoooo]

:O
Well, it's nice to hear someone say that Martha can act. Although unusual.

 

[belboid]

compared to that lot? easily the best

(tho actually, burn gorman can act, just not as a romantic lead or action hero - he's a good slimy creep)

 

[Vintage Paw]

God, I don't think Martha is a good actor at all (or rather Freya thingy). I really, really do not want her back next season. Stilted.

Moar Capt. John though.

And yes, why is it necessary to inject some sort of sexual subtext to every single relationship Jack has with anyone? It's kind of fun and flirty with some, but when it's every single goddamn character it gets a bit tired.

Gwen is def. the best actor of them all. Hope she doesn't leave.

 

[zoooo]

I like the way they've made us like Gwen's husband. Last series, I thought he was the weakest character, and if I'd known he'd be in every episode of series 2, I would have been quite pissed off.

He's good though.

 

[belboid]

God, I don't think Martha is a good actor at all (or rather Freya thingy). I really, really do not want her back next season. Stilted.

Moar Capt. John though.

you think she's stilted but want more of the perpetually woody captain jack??!!

 

[Vintage Paw]

you think she's stilted but want more of the perpetually woody captain jack??!!

Did you miss the bit where I wrote Capt. John instead of Capt. Jack?

 

[belboid]

clearly!

 

[zoooo]

Jack's not wooden!

He's just... differently abled, acting-wise.

 

[Stigmata]

He's a flippin' song-and-dance man, which is a very different sort of acting to TV stuff.

 

[zoooo]

I still like watching him though.

 

[Iguana]

Gwen is def. the best actor of them all. Hope she doesn't leave.

I didn't realise that until the last episode, but her reaction to the city being blown up was definitely better than any of the others. I like her scenes with Rhys too. I think they got rid of the right characters. Tosh was dull and I just can't get over how much I hated Owen last year, despite the fact that he was less of a hateful, frog-faced rapist this year.

 

[Final]

From Dr Who thread:

Also looks as though Martha and Mickey will be replacing Tosh and Owen on Torchwood. Here's hoping for some Mickey on Ianto action

Martha for Owen is straight swap, Dr for Dr.

But Mickey for for Tosh???

 

[Stigmata]

He already works for parallel universe Torchwood so it's not a massive stretch.

 

[Final]

As a hacker / tech geek?

 

[ViolentPanda]

As a hacker / tech geek?

Yep, I can see him being taken on as a hacker. Bear in mind that he busted into UNIT's and Torchwood's networks (among others) in his Doctor Who episodes.
Npot so sure about his tech credentials, though.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Please god not Martha - that fixed inane grin, that non-ability to act

Mickey might be interesting but Martha is shit.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Please god not Martha - that fixed inane grin, that non-ability to act

Mickey might be interesting but Martha is shit.

Absolutely, I really really can't stand her. Abysmal acting

 

[belboid]

still better than the vile Owen or pathetic Tosh tho

 

[QueenOfGoths]

still better than the vile Owen or pathetic Tosh tho

Nah - even King of the Frogmen Owen was a better actor (he is playing Bill Sykes in "Oliver!" in the West End btw) and though Tosh was a bit pathetic at times at least she was not annoying like Martha is.

 

[Vintage Paw]

still better than the vile Owen or pathetic Tosh tho

Not for me

 

[belboid]

Nah - even King of the Frogmen Owen was a better actor (he is playing Bill Sykes in "Oliver!" in the West End btw) and though Tosh was a bit pathetic at times at least she was not annoying like Martha is.

oh god yes she was! Terrible character. Owen could act sometimes (and he was great in Bleak House - where he was meant to be a slimey arse), but in this? Especially the scenes where he was meant to be a sex god! No. Just no.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

oh god yes she was! Terrible character. Owen could act sometimes (and he was great in Bleak House - where he was meant to be a slimey arse), but in this? Especially the scenes where he was meant to be a sex god! No. Just no.

I agree with you about Owen not being a sex god. Mr. QofG's got most upset when he had that fling with Gwen

 

[belboid]

It was the one with that flyer woman from the thirties or whenever that really got me n mrs b.

<shudders at the memory>

 

[DotCommunist]

trying to pick who's the shittest actor in Torchwood is like trying to differentiate between different types of excrement.


Barrowman the Mighty excluded, of course

 

[belboid]

why? He's pretty crap too, can't emote for toffee. Gwen is the only one who can actually act I think.

 

[DotCommunist]

his character is awesome enough to get away with a bit of wood now and then. INVINCIBLE!

 

[belboid]

hmm, wonders whether to make cheap joke about Barrowman getting wood or not.....

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I'd prefer them to bring in some new characters tbh - just to ring the changes - and 'cos Bernard Cribbens, who would be my first choice, is a bit old to be running around Cardiff.