Torchwood Ep: From Out of the Rain

[the_other_sandy]

Why do I have the hardest time writing about the episodes I like the most?

You really don't have to do much work to make carnivals seem creepy to me, but this episode did a great job with the ominous atmosphere. Julian Bleach was fantastic as The Ghostmaker. He reminded me a lot of Jonathan Pryce's Mr. Dark in Something Wicked This Way Comes.

The only thing that really disappointed me was that I'd hoped Jack's carnival days would play a more pivotal role in the story. As it is, his appearance in the film clip was just an interesting throwaway. The episode would've played out the same way if he hadn't been in the film.

I kept wondering what would happen if the film clip Jack had come to life with all the others. Would his celluloid version have been destroyed like the others after being trapped on a new film, or would Jack's inability to die have carried over to his celluloid self? And would the universe survive the existence of two Jack Haknesses? ;-)

Comments

This was a good one!

[auntbop.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this episode. Back to a team effort and little or no angst. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was reminded of "Something Wicked This Way Comes", and this episode had a touch of "Purple Rose of Cairo" to it as well.

The only thing that really disappointed me was how easy it was to get rid of the 'film' people. Yes, I'm sure they'll be back (sequel-itis is a horrible disease), but grabbing a camera and exposing the film makes it just a bit too pat.

I would have loved Jack's film self to make an appearance. Imagine the possibilities.

And so much for Gwen's honeymoon. Ah well.

Re: This was a good one!

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

The only thing that really disappointed me was how easy it was to get rid of the 'film' people.

Yeah, that was kind of anticlimactic. Since the celluloid people spent most of their time indoors or out at night, it would've been kind of cool if they'd discovered they were fading in direct sunlight. Then they could've gone back to the dark, and Torchwood could've gotten rid of them by turning bright lights (keeping in line with the movie theme) on them until they faded to nothing. Of course, they'd run to avoid being killed, and Torchwood could chase them and try to corner them long enough to shine a light on them until they faded away. It also would've had more internal logic. It didn't make much sense to "capture" them on film, then destroy the film, when they themselves had become part film.

Oh, well. My only real knock against Torchwood has always been the writing, so I probably shouldn't think so hard about the episodes.