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olivia_suttonHi all,
You know, as mind-blowing as it all was -- in the end, I'm not sure if I liked it?
Spoilers below (click on link to open)
Well, I was still reeling from Ianto's death. And we could see Jack was in mourning, deep mourning, so much so that he felt they had lost and their was nothing they could do. Tho' he was able to give Gwen a mission - a mission to save Ianto's niece and nephew. But the whole thing of them taking the kids -- sacrificing the kids, it was not only scary, and depressing, it was bone-chilling. The images of the soldiers taking the kids from their families were horrific and really brought to mind to me, images of Jews in concentration camps in World War II.
That Jack finally got the strength from his daughter to turn around and actually DO something was cool. That he pragmatically sacrificed his own grandson was not. Tho' at least he wasn't like the politians around the table who were like -- take someone else's kids, that's OK, but don't take ours. Kinda' like the president who sends young men to war while keeping his own safe at home, eh? At least Jack faced up to what he had to do, and watched his own grandson die.
And I still couldn't figure out why? I mean, having the 456 speak thru' the kids - didn't hurt the kids, so why did it kill Jack's grandson?
AND I really, really wanted to see the whole mess made absolutely public, and they didn't do that. Sure, Briget had the information -- but it looked like she wasn't going to use it (Or she'd use it to advance her own position by blackmailing the PM).
And Jack leaving? Without Jack -- there's no *Torchwood*. It was meant to be an adult spin-off from *Doctor Who* starring Cap't Jack. Now, in the words of Buffy: The Musical, "Where do we go from here?"
Man, I'm so depressed!
--Olivia
You know, as mind-blowing as it all was -- in the end, I'm not sure if I liked it?
Spoilers below (click on link to open)
Well, I was still reeling from Ianto's death. And we could see Jack was in mourning, deep mourning, so much so that he felt they had lost and their was nothing they could do. Tho' he was able to give Gwen a mission - a mission to save Ianto's niece and nephew. But the whole thing of them taking the kids -- sacrificing the kids, it was not only scary, and depressing, it was bone-chilling. The images of the soldiers taking the kids from their families were horrific and really brought to mind to me, images of Jews in concentration camps in World War II.
That Jack finally got the strength from his daughter to turn around and actually DO something was cool. That he pragmatically sacrificed his own grandson was not. Tho' at least he wasn't like the politians around the table who were like -- take someone else's kids, that's OK, but don't take ours. Kinda' like the president who sends young men to war while keeping his own safe at home, eh? At least Jack faced up to what he had to do, and watched his own grandson die.
And I still couldn't figure out why? I mean, having the 456 speak thru' the kids - didn't hurt the kids, so why did it kill Jack's grandson?
AND I really, really wanted to see the whole mess made absolutely public, and they didn't do that. Sure, Briget had the information -- but it looked like she wasn't going to use it (Or she'd use it to advance her own position by blackmailing the PM).
And Jack leaving? Without Jack -- there's no *Torchwood*. It was meant to be an adult spin-off from *Doctor Who* starring Cap't Jack. Now, in the words of Buffy: The Musical, "Where do we go from here?"
Man, I'm so depressed!
--Olivia
