Torchwood: Ghost Machine
Jul. 3rd, 2007 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catalyst2OK, I just have to get this off my chest first:
STOP PUSHING THE F#$%ING BUTTON!
That said, here's the review
I liked this episode more than Day One, mainly because Eve Myles discovered how to act again! The idea that past events (and our perception of them) can affect us in a number of ways was well explored - it can be negative and destroy us (Ed Morgan's wreck of a life), it can be positive (Gwen's (slightly trite) remembering of earlier pleasant memories of her relationship with Rhys) and it can be negative but we recover and move on (Tom Flanagan's childhood "trauma" and the fact that he didn't get stuck there).
It was interesting to see Owen show a different side to him - and perhaps there is something in his past that added to his reaction. Now, whether that is as victim or perpetrator, I can't decide. The fact that the joined ghost machine could also show the future was interesting - but that the team choose to reject that was unsurprising, given their difficulties already with what they had seen.
The hotness that was Jack finally appeared and the "shooting" session (hello euphemism central!) with Gwen was as sexy as you can get - just the right balance of tension and future promise to draw my attention to a possible future issue. Mind you, Gwen did firmly cement her place back with Rhys during the episode so maybe that's going to be one of those "will-they-won't-they?" things for a while. The most amusing outcome (well, for me any way) is if they did get together but Gwen found Jack so disappointing that she goes back to Rhys!
Overall, this was well written - sharp dialogue and good pacing - with evocative atmospheres in the flashbacks. The acting was so very much better than last week and it was good to see Owen get some development.
STOP PUSHING THE F#$%ING BUTTON!
That said, here's the review
I liked this episode more than Day One, mainly because Eve Myles discovered how to act again! The idea that past events (and our perception of them) can affect us in a number of ways was well explored - it can be negative and destroy us (Ed Morgan's wreck of a life), it can be positive (Gwen's (slightly trite) remembering of earlier pleasant memories of her relationship with Rhys) and it can be negative but we recover and move on (Tom Flanagan's childhood "trauma" and the fact that he didn't get stuck there).
It was interesting to see Owen show a different side to him - and perhaps there is something in his past that added to his reaction. Now, whether that is as victim or perpetrator, I can't decide. The fact that the joined ghost machine could also show the future was interesting - but that the team choose to reject that was unsurprising, given their difficulties already with what they had seen.
The hotness that was Jack finally appeared and the "shooting" session (hello euphemism central!) with Gwen was as sexy as you can get - just the right balance of tension and future promise to draw my attention to a possible future issue. Mind you, Gwen did firmly cement her place back with Rhys during the episode so maybe that's going to be one of those "will-they-won't-they?" things for a while. The most amusing outcome (well, for me any way) is if they did get together but Gwen found Jack so disappointing that she goes back to Rhys!
Overall, this was well written - sharp dialogue and good pacing - with evocative atmospheres in the flashbacks. The acting was so very much better than last week and it was good to see Owen get some development.
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Date: 2007-07-03 04:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-03 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-07 01:33 pm (UTC)That was pretty much my reaction in a nutshell. *g* Have to agree with you on this - the acting and the character development were top shop in this episode. What they did with Owen in this pushed him -or rather, Burn Gorman- near the top of my favourites list. :)
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Date: 2007-07-07 02:11 pm (UTC)