Hmm

[lonelybrit]

There's been confirmation of another actor who will guest star in Season 2 of Torchwood.

I have to admit my immediate reaction upon reading was "Oh god no." Which actually surprised me since I do think James Marsters is a very decent actor. The problem is that the two times I've been in proximity to him (at Collectormania and one of his gigs) I was utterly disgusted by the poodles that surround the guy. Which isn't his fault. But now I think JM, I think poodles, which equals "Urgh." An unfortunate association but one I've yet to deprogramme.

Ah well, I'll wait and see, I am curious to see what kind of role they'll give him.

*rereads* I do seem to be full of sour grapes today. Apologies, I promise to keep on my LJ and not bring it over to yours.

Comments

[disgracelands.livejournal.com]

I'm so over JM that it's not even funny but kinda curious to see him on TW now. Hopefully not with his "North London" accent!

[lonelybrit]

Yep, I really don't get excited these days about whatever he's up to. BUT I am interested to learn about whatever new character is going to appear on TW, and I'm sure JM will do a good job.

[disgracelands.livejournal.com]

Very diplomatically put!

[lonelybrit]

*bows* Thank you, the effort is killing me, but I do try ;)

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

See I just think that he's a crappy actor.

[lonelybrit]

Well fingers crossed they'll give him a part that he can do some justice to. Just please not a 'Random Shoes'-esque ep where he becomes the main protagonist of the whole ep leaving the TW regulars on the sidelines.

[macphista.livejournal.com]

LOL WHAT.

Torchwood is now oficially Buffy?

[lonelybrit]

Well we've had evil!Giles on DW, so I guess TW gets Buffy. Still crossing fingers that one day TW or DW will give Wesley a go :)

[macphista.livejournal.com]

But Giles is awesome! I'm not sure about Spike, to be honest. :(

[lonelybrit]

Heh, Giles is made of win :) Aside from that arc where he got Buffy whipped, I was actually quite fond of Spike, definitely when he first showed up and was all snark with Drusilla. Ah those good old days. Though actually it'd be fun to see them casting him utterly against expectations, i.e. more along the lines of William the Poet, hmm *ponders*

[cheesygirl.livejournal.com]

*snort!* That's going to be interesting. I was always more a Spike fan than a JM fan, so I'm 'meh' about the whole thing.

But, we've had Tony Head on DW, now James on TW, so when is Alexis going to be on one or the other?!?

[lonelybrit]

These days I wouldn't call myself a fan of either Spike or JM - though JM did do some good work on AtS/BtVS so I'm hoping he'll bring a good character to life on TW.

And yes! Where is Alexis, why isn't he here with the rest of his crew *sulks*

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I ... ummm, well, you can see my first reaction here. *blushes*

Am over the hissy fit now. More or less.

[lonelybrit]

*shuffles feet* Er, yeah, that might have been pretty much my reaction in a nutshell, LOL! I do feel kinda bad as it honestly isn't really about JM, it's more about the dread of TW suddenly getting overrun by rabid poodles. (And yes, I know I pretty much am one in TW, but hey, TW is my show ;) )

[rivier.livejournal.com]

Totally with you, except that I think JM is essentially a one-trick pony with a very tedious wee trick. Plus the most nauseatingly colossally rabid fen, uggghh!

That's the third bit of TW news I've come back to today that's filled me with gloom. Maybe it's post-holiday blues?

[lonelybrit]

To be fair I think it's the rabid fen that have me going 'NOOOOOOOOO!'

And so long as they give JM a role he can play, then he will play it well.

And as for gloom... Oh god, do you refer to the Eve Myles interview? I'm trying to remain logical but since I am at least 80% illogical fangirl a little part of me may have curled up and wept just a little...

[rivier.livejournal.com]

That interview, yeah... and quotes from some of the Australia-related stuff around, in particular one that's probably a million years old, but it was RTD comments about how much he prefers an unhappy to a happy ending in love, that no two people ever loved without it ending in the death of one of them, that the unrequited love in QAF was the best bit of it and so on.

Plus Utopia, which was great entertainment and full of canon-exposition fun, but I think pretty much blew a hole through any prospect of our ship ever coming home safe and well. Sorry. It's just that each little new bit of info seems to be another thumbs-down for what I want to have happen next year, what I'd like even if it is a bit unlikely - and nothing that's come out so far has ever been a thumbs-up. I read someone today referring to the Jack / Ianto thing in s1 being maybe nothing more than a red herring / false trail, and my heart hit my boots but it does have that feeling of being more and more likely.

And now that I've sploodged gloom all over your blog, I'll... um, go back to the corner!

[lonelybrit]

Oh don't worry, you are not alone. I've taken to just not reading these Australia articles as I'm already having a hard time rewriting what I've already read so it doesn't completely sink my lovely shiny ship.

I have to admit, I don't even think I would mind an unhappy ending so long as there was some kind of nod that the Jack/Ianto of Season One wasn't all just fun/part-time shag/rebound/red herring. The usual 'It would have been lovely if only we could have caught each other at the right time' kind of deal - that I could live with.

I did love Utopia, though mainly for Jacobi and the last 10 minutes. Though oddly enough it didn't sink the ship for me as much as I expected. Jack seemed happy again, and frankly if he arrives back to Cardiff with that same energy, as someone so delicately put it, Ianto won't be able to sit down for a week :)

[rivier.livejournal.com]

Yes, I - actually, I'm sitting here sighing mournfully. It seems a strange fate that we're seeing the best case scenario being one where Jack and Ianto get ten seconds to acknowledge some kind of dignified, bittersweet 'the stars were against us' mutual regret, before they move irrevocably apart. I want more, damn it!

As for Jack coming back full of, erm, beans - I can see that only too well. But I'd have thought Ianto would react with unadulterated horror at the thought of being just another prop in the infinite line of warm willing creatures Jack can't wait to stick his new-found joie de vivre into. I reckon he'd have put up with the suspicion that he really was just the part-time shag - as ling as he was *THE* part-time shag, not one from the many. Wouldn't that drive too huge a dent through his sense of self-justification, of being needed and better than the rest? If Jack comes back revving to spread himself far and wide, Ianto will run a mile.

Or maybe I just hope he'll run a mile, because the idea of him being that desperate for any old crumbs from Jack's Banquet O'Leurve is just too depressing for me to encompass right now.

[lonelybrit]

I have picked up some rather unfortunate traits in my show favourites. Namely my favourite character nearly always winds up dying/leaving, and my ship will be doomed and at best can hope for a meaningful heartbreak. Mew.

I honestly am not at all sure how Ianto will be when TW returns. On the one hand he tries to be very proper and keep his eye on the bigger picture/greater good, so for example he won't risk opening the Rift even if it could mean losing Jack and he will go for a handshake rather than a hug. BUT, on the other, well, Brokeback Mountain moment? I can imagine him missing Jack and maybe pining a little, but also realising that he is pining and not that get in the way of his duties. Even when Jack does return, just because Ianto does maybe still like him doesn't mean he's going to think it's a good idea that they restart anything. And actually, I'd hope Jack would have come to same realisation after his time with the Doctor.

But once they're both comfortable with that equilibrium I can see Jack shamelessly and cheerfully starting up comments (for all the team) and him and Ianto returning to the easy snark they used to have in the early eps.

Of course if it really was down to me I'd then have that develop into something more, but I have a sinking feeling RTD and co might have other plans. In which case, stuff it, still like the show, and I'll fanfic what's missing :)

[eloise-bright.livejournal.com]

Hello, Russell T? Have you seen Alexis Denisof? Do you not realize he'd be perfect for DW or TW or just anything?

I'm sort of glad I'm not watching Torchwood now.

[lonelybrit]

I mean honestly, they've had ASH, they're going to have JM. I'm beginning to wonder if they have asked AD if he'd like to star but he's told them he'll pass as he's quite happy being house husband in USA. *weeps* He would be so perfect on DW/TW. How long ago was the play of perfection? *sighs*

[minim_calibre]

Plus, has already played the romantic partner of JB! Proven chemistry, from the reviews I read of that particular performance! It would rule!

[lonelybrit]

*sigh* Oh it would be lovely. Though then I' be torn as to whether I'd want AD as the villain or one of the good guys, no, scratch then, definitely evil, they're always more fun, plus you have to have tension with the nemesis of the week :)

[minim_calibre]

Mmm.

Your icon is just delicious.

[lonelybrit]

*pets it* Well that whole play was really a fangirl's dream come true. Rereading the reviews I could only comfort myself that I was still at school and even if I'd known about it wouldn't have been given the time off to go watch them all.

[eloise-bright.livejournal.com]

It did produce some lovely RPS though. Ah, Collectormania, you were responsible for my fall into the handbasket of hell.

Oh, ASH watching AD and JB re-enacting the first scene from Rope. *sighs*

I remember slash. I used to write that, didn't I?

[lonelybrit]

Oh Collectormania... mwhahahaha... Don't worry, everyone was booked into their handbasket south by the end of that weekend!

Slash. Hmmm. I reckon you still got it in you, it's more than just a fic genre. Just you wait until you get a show again where the two main male protagonists aren't, you know, related ;)

[shapinglight]

Don't know why the thought of JM's fans should bother you one way or the other. They're not going to be in the show, are they.

[lonelybrit]

Oh it's not all his fans, it's the little band of poodles that dog him where-ever he goes. Torchwood has enough poodles and insanity already without more adding to the chaos :)

[shapinglight]

Well, I highly doubt they're going to be much of a presence in the Torchwood fandom. It's just a guest appearance.

One episode.

[princess-s.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....my reaction was kind of similar although it was simultaneous YAY and nay..but we JM can act so I'm looking forward to it and also think of it this way, if the BBC is forking out for JM to come over and do a role that means they probably have biggish plans for TW, which can only be good :P

[lonelybrit]

I like to think it's the old ASH-AD-JM trio we glimpsed at Collectormania doing its thing. Fingers crossed one day they may even persuade AD to had a go at something RTD-penned, heck, we've had Sir Derek Jacobi, we're class now! ;)

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm already dreading the wank. *put upon sigh*

[lonelybrit]

*wince* See, I know technically I'm already part of it, but I'll try and keep it to just my journal so I only inflict it upon you my dear FL =)