Lost in time and inner space... ([info]serpentpixie) wrote,
@ 2009-07-10 11:39:00
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Children of Earth: Day Four [point two]


Right. Well now that I've stopped being quite so upset and weepy - I just wanted to say how much I love this show.

Simply the fact that I spent the rest of Thursday night choking back tears speaks volumes. I mean, it's fiction - It isn't real. But at the moment Ianto died, I felt every loss I've ever had, and I cried. I'm not even ashamed to admit that I cried. Speaking as a writer - to achieve that kind of reaction is pretty amazing.

In real life, death doesn't come at the time most convenient to everyone involved. It's random, and ugly. Life can be random and ugly, too, but it can also be brilliant and incredible. I've always thought that RTD understood that more than many other writers. The human race is fleeting and members of Torchwood especially so. In hindsight, I'm not sure I should've been as blindsided as I was.

One of the writing blogs that I read happens to be James Moran's, which, at 10.01pm, exploded with people saying they were never going to watch the show again. Um, wtf? Firstly, the show is still mindblowingly brilliant drama. Secondly, you do not hate mail the writers. Especially because the writing has been so brilliant. I kind of hope that James Moran is laughing at all those people who claim to have 'lost a bit of their soul' or whatever, because LOL, get on with life.

I'm spending my day killing time until tonight's show.
I can't wait.

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[info]bloodanna
2009-07-10 02:41 pm UTC (link)
The thing I don't get is James Moran didn't even write that episode: Leave the poor man alone.

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[info]serpentpixie
2009-07-10 02:54 pm UTC (link)
I know. It makes me kind of sad that people took their anger out on him, because, yeah, not fair. He doesn't deserve it. There was a lot of "I know this isn't your fault, but Torchwood is dead for me" which is totally non-constructive, and mostly not true. And it's just rude.
I guess, though, some people just see a target and take it.
Sometimes people make me smile so much. Some other times I despair with humankind.

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[info]fauxkaren
2009-07-10 05:41 pm UTC (link)
I get being like "NOOOOO!" when a favorite character dies, but unless that character was the SOLE reason for watching the show, I think it's incredibly stupid to say "I'm never watching this show again!". What's the point? Aren't there other character you like still on the show? Don't you like the plots and the writing? I don't get it. Eh. Whatevs. I'm enjoying watching the mass fandom freakout. hahaha.

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[info]serpentpixie
2009-07-10 10:13 pm UTC (link)
Ugh. I enjoyed watching the mass freakout for about five minutes.
Then it gave me the creeps. I don't get it, I mean, surely the quality of drama should come first, not... obsession or whatever. Children of Earth has shown consistently brilliant writing, brilliant storytelling. It's that rare TV show that will still be brilliant decades from now. But people can't see it, because they're too caught up in fictional worlds and fanfic porn.

I'm becoming deeply unnerved by all this. I'm a writer. In several years time I'll likely be writing TV drama. I don't like the idea that people can become so unhealthily obsessed with something that isn't even real, and then be so awful to the REAL PERSON who created it.

Sorry ^^ I didn't mean to rant on you. Your comment really made me smile. It makes me happy that there are some sane people out there.

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[info]fauxkaren
2009-07-10 10:32 pm UTC (link)
It's that rare TV show that will still be brilliant decades from now. But people can't see it, because they're too caught up in fictional worlds and fanfic porn.

I agree so much! I mean, the show is so much more than the Ianto or Janto show! Sure, it has had it's flaws, but it is still a really entertaining show.

I don't like the idea that people can become so unhealthily obsessed with something that isn't even real, and then be so awful to the REAL PERSON who created it.

I agree. I think it's absolutely insane. It's one thing to not like a writer and to express that in your journal or whatever (lol. I mean I'm not ashamed of my issues with Stephen Moffat), but harassing James Moran (who didn't even write episode 4!) on his blog is crossing a line. OMG. Boundaries, people! The writers don't exist to execute your own personal vision of the show.

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[info]catsfiction
2009-07-10 10:43 pm UTC (link)
What a refreshingly sane and sensible comment. I was massively affected by Journey's End, rather less so by this one, but it still saddened me on a human level and also disturbed me on a larger scale, as I'm sure it was meant to do.

I think it's so easy to lose sight of the barrier between using a show to deal with your own emotional issues (which I definitely have at some points with DW) and appreciating its quality as a thought-provoking, intelligent and professional piece of work.

This kind of fan behaviour always takes me back to the penultimate scene of "High Fidelity" where Laura quietly takes Rob to task for his lack of courage. "It's easy to be the perpetual critic. But once you write something, once you put it out there, you're a part of it."

If nobody dared to stick their neck out, we'd have no shows to watch and we'd be condemned to the horror that is perpetual reality TV.

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[info]serpentpixie
2009-07-10 11:15 pm UTC (link)
It's also refreshing to know that there's someone else out there who agrees. I feel like half the internet has gone mad, and whilst I know that the internet does not represent a cross section of humankind, it still unnerves me.

I'm a young writer, and like most writers (I think...) I want to tell stories that make an impact, that reflect human nature in all it's forms - fantastic and devastating. I've always thought that I could probably deal with the peculiar nature of 'fandom' because I've skirted around it for so many years, but now I don't know. I'm pretty freaked out.

"It's easy to be the perpetual critic. But once you write something, once you put it out there, you're a part of it."
I really like that. I'm putting it in my facebook!

By the way, I read your TARDIS voicemail earlier - it really made me giggle.

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