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Not reading anyone else's till I've written mine. Which I'm about to do... :-)
I loved it. I did actually get through the whole of S1 (except Random Shoes) in time and I was liking that more and more the further I got through it, but last night's episode was even better.
In fact, I would go so far as to say it was comparable to some of the Joss-written episodes of Buffy. (In fact, the whole of the first sequence was extremely reminiscent of Buffy's S3 opener, where Buffy had run off after killing Angel and the rest of the team were muddling through without her and she came back in time to save them from vampires with the line, "Hi guys, miss me?" I have a feeling Jack's return here was a very deliberate nod to that.)
Apart from that, it was funny (there were some fantastic lines), it was dramatic, it was sexy, it had suspense and fighting and joking and a really good dynamic between all the characters, and it was SO much better than I was expecting.
And, wait for it, I liked Gwen. (Well, I'd started to at least sympathise with her last season.) Her "No-one else'll have me" made me "Awwww!" Even though it's a really, really bad reason to be getting married.
And I really liked Ianto. He's grown up very nicely since the last series. :-) I loved the way he stood up to Captain John.
God, JM looks old. And not very attractive. Good chemistry with JB, though, and I adored the dynamic between them. A nice glimpse back to pre-DW S1 Jack. Loved the wristband stuff.
A tad annoying that they managed to give us someone from Jack's past and still give us virtually no new information. A few more tidbits would have been fun.
Jack was gorgeous and completely adorable. I'm glad they let a few cracks show through, but let him mostly keep up his old persona. I think they got that about right, though I hope the cracks continue to show and they don't just forget all about it.
OK, I think this post has gone on long enough to be called a review, not a reaction post. And although I prefer not to give a score on first viewing, I loved this. It's getting a 9/10.
I loved it. I did actually get through the whole of S1 (except Random Shoes) in time and I was liking that more and more the further I got through it, but last night's episode was even better.
In fact, I would go so far as to say it was comparable to some of the Joss-written episodes of Buffy. (In fact, the whole of the first sequence was extremely reminiscent of Buffy's S3 opener, where Buffy had run off after killing Angel and the rest of the team were muddling through without her and she came back in time to save them from vampires with the line, "Hi guys, miss me?" I have a feeling Jack's return here was a very deliberate nod to that.)
Apart from that, it was funny (there were some fantastic lines), it was dramatic, it was sexy, it had suspense and fighting and joking and a really good dynamic between all the characters, and it was SO much better than I was expecting.
And, wait for it, I liked Gwen. (Well, I'd started to at least sympathise with her last season.) Her "No-one else'll have me" made me "Awwww!" Even though it's a really, really bad reason to be getting married.
And I really liked Ianto. He's grown up very nicely since the last series. :-) I loved the way he stood up to Captain John.
God, JM looks old. And not very attractive. Good chemistry with JB, though, and I adored the dynamic between them. A nice glimpse back to pre-DW S1 Jack. Loved the wristband stuff.
A tad annoying that they managed to give us someone from Jack's past and still give us virtually no new information. A few more tidbits would have been fun.
Jack was gorgeous and completely adorable. I'm glad they let a few cracks show through, but let him mostly keep up his old persona. I think they got that about right, though I hope the cracks continue to show and they don't just forget all about it.
OK, I think this post has gone on long enough to be called a review, not a reaction post. And although I prefer not to give a score on first viewing, I loved this. It's getting a 9/10.
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Yeah, I don't think we were supposed to think they were actually shagging, just that they were attracted to each other. But I really hadn't seen any of that. All I'd seen was Gwen as Jack's lieutenant, pretty much.
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I loved that it wasn't just the 'Captain Jack' show - those little cracks can go on through the whole series, which is just brilliant. Keeps everyone interested.
I probably would have given it an 8 (I though the awful CGI should lose it at least one mark) but still. So much enjoyed!
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And I definitely thought of "Bored now". I doubt there's a single Buffy fan who didn't. :-)
What awful CGI? I don't remember much CGI at all.
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There were 2 truly dreadful CGI bits (IMHO ;)). One where Jack's taking JM down on the lift - the Hub behind them is a matt painting, and you can see the join with the live action. The other was the explosion at the end, where they really didn't get the 'people being thrown off their fit' bit to gel particularly well. But hey, on their budget, I'm surprised we got that much :)
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And yes, about the characterisation. It feels like they've finally sorted themselves out and got the characters right and the balance between the characters right.
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I tend to not get bothered by poor cgi until about the 4th time of watching when I actually notice it!
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Other things, yeah, I don't tend to notice till I've watched a few times too.
(I don't know 'Battlefield', I'm afraid.)
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