Torchwood - Random Shoes
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catalyst2NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - the dreaded VO is back! Having said that, this episode was OK even if did take the old "secondary character's wacky POV" approach.
My enjoyment of this episode was hampered a bit by my utter inability to summon even an ounce of sympathy for Eugene - no idea why, but he just didn't evoke anything from me, not even pity or dislike, just disinterest. That said, I quite liked the story in the sense that it was about the periphery of work like this - a bit player with a small part becomes ...... well, no-one, just dead in a very mundane way for very ordinary reasons. Just shows that it's not all about the big and the mighty.
What I didn't understand is how Eugene was able to become corporeal at the end and save Gwen. Very convenient, I will say, but just not coherent to the story, I thought.
That said, it certainly was a different story to previous Torchwood episodes and giving a very different POV - just the actor who played Eugene didn't work for me.
My enjoyment of this episode was hampered a bit by my utter inability to summon even an ounce of sympathy for Eugene - no idea why, but he just didn't evoke anything from me, not even pity or dislike, just disinterest. That said, I quite liked the story in the sense that it was about the periphery of work like this - a bit player with a small part becomes ...... well, no-one, just dead in a very mundane way for very ordinary reasons. Just shows that it's not all about the big and the mighty.
What I didn't understand is how Eugene was able to become corporeal at the end and save Gwen. Very convenient, I will say, but just not coherent to the story, I thought.
That said, it certainly was a different story to previous Torchwood episodes and giving a very different POV - just the actor who played Eugene didn't work for me.
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Date: 2007-08-24 11:10 am (UTC)My enjoyment of this episode was hampered a bit by my utter inability to summon even an ounce of sympathy for Eugene
I have no idea what you're talking about. After this episode, my friend and I both remarked on how this show can make us care about even the one-off characters. This was the episode that really made her love the show.
What I didn't understand is how Eugene was able to become corporeal at the end and save Gwen. Very convenient, I will say, but just not coherent to the story, I thought.
Agreed. I didn't much like it at first, then I gave up and said, what the hell, I'll go with it. I have to do that sometimes with shows.
Hey, did you skip an episode? I haven't seen your review of They Keep Killing Suzie.
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Date: 2007-08-24 12:00 pm (UTC)I think I was a bit surprised by that too - I usually love the peripheral character getting centre stage thing but this one just didn't do it for me.
The result of the "corporeal moment" was nice wasn't it - Eugene saved Gwen and was able to let go and move on.