Promethia Does Torchwood Wrong: Miracle Day Edition

[promethia_tenk]

Feeling in the mood for a bit of recreational RTD hatred, I took the evening to watch what's been aired so far of Torchwood: Miracle Day. Given the generally dismal state of the reactions I've read, I figured I was all set for a satisfying run of fuming, eyerolling, and exaggerated gestures of disbelief and annoyance, relieved only by mad bouts of Gwen adoration. Well, surprise, surprise:

I think I kinda love it? I'm still working out exactly why, but it's a bit like this: When Kill Bill came out, critics described it as a baroque meditation on the aesthetics of violence. And, oh, I do love anything baroque. Miracle Day is something like a baroque meditation on the aesthetics of Russel Davies' misanthropy. It's every narrative tic and cliche and failing and sentiment of his that I've ever hated, pushed to the point of . . . art. It's a bit magnificently appalling.

I'm going to bed now. Let's see if I regret admitting this in the morning . . .

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

\o/ I'm so pleased people are coming out of the woodwork. It's not a show I'm particularly fannish about, and the feeling of "doing Torchwood wrong" is one I tend to get any time I try to read discussions of the show on LJ, so I'm not really bothered about the comms. If you *are* wanting to squee, though, I can see how this would all get old fast. I would wish that the people who really are hating it that much would just move on, but we all know how that goes . . .

Heh. Me and RTD are more or less oil and water, so I can't believe I'm sticking up for him either, but here we are ; ) *waves banners*

GWEN <333333