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[rm]

Today started with me accidentally snapping my favorite pair of glasses in half.

Now I am trying to figure out what to wear to the CoE thing today that DWNY is going.

Last night Patty and I saw Public Enemies, which I thought was a film that had no idea what story it wanted to tell and examined too many aspects of the story in deeply curosry ways so that they were disturbing but without viewpoint. That said, the use of music in it was spectacular (what was the guitar track that's also used in the previews? so great!); the performances were all amazing (although I wish the actors had been given more to do, and there's something hilarious about Billy Cruddup playing Hoover); I always forget how much I enjoy that mid-century patrician accent you barely hear anymore that was all over this film; and people, the aesthetic brilliance of the film (oh the suits!) was amazing. So I had fun, and I'm glad we went and romantic dinner afterwards didn't hurt either.

What hurt? CoE preview at the movies!

I find all the fan protests to be really uncomfortable and many of them I find to be really disrespectful/obnoxious as an artist myself. But I gotta say, don't care how crazy it is, the people leaving flowers at the Torchwood tourist office site? Kinda sweet.

I can't believe I snapped my fucking glasses in half!

Comments

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

I just feel kind of sad at all these earnest protests going because I really don't think they'll make a stroke of difference - if RTD does end up bringing Ianto back, it'll be because he always intended to, not for any other reason. Fair enough if people want to do something for themselves or for the lulz, but I really don't think people should get their hopes up for it actually making a significant difference to the decision making process.

And to be quite honest, I've been so blown away by what they've done, I kind of don't want to cheapen it, or devalue the character's arc with a reset (well, I do and I don't - the part of me that values artistic integrity and the part of me that fanpersons are currently duking that out. It's getting bloody).

[rm.livejournal.com]

If RTD brings Ianto back, it's because he's planning to break our hearts worse.

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

Yeah - this is TW. We've had people coming back but never in a nice way. It's all about the embalming and the animals howling in the dark. If I were Ianto, I'd sooner stay put.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

"Grief is the price that we must pay for love."

[shazp.livejournal.com]

I am not entirely sure that would be possible.

Oh, and hi, you have no idea who I am but your wonderfully eloquent posts are some of the few points of sanity in this crazy post CoE world and I thank you for them.

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Ha! He's like Joss Whedon. Don't fall in love with his characters, as he'll kill them off as soon as you get attached to them. This trend does not bode well the the remaining members of Torchwood.

Actually it's why I probably won't be watching season 4. If a series gets too depressing for me, I can't watch. It's why I stopped watching Buffy. And why I haven't bothered watching The Dollhouse.

Oh, and why I had to stop watching Blake's 7. I was right in the midst of a depressive episode, and the characters were being killed off and the series was going full on heartbreak. It didn't help my mood any. Ergh. (I saw Blake's 7 on the local PBS station. Quite a while after it had aired in the UK.)

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BEM