Torchwood...question?

[nonionay]

Finally got around to watching the first disk of Torchwood. Now, dear Livejournal, tell me... I watched the first season of the new Doctor Who, and was horrified, and then informed that Season 2 was better. This turned out to be true. Is Torchwood like that? Because, while there a lot of awesome in there, it was kind of drowned out by the fact that everyone's a sexist incompetent asshole and proud of it. One or two of these things is fine, especially if they play it for laughs. If they'd established that everyone was new at this and had no idea what they were doing, then I would have loved that they were clearly incompetent versions of Men In Black. You know, just getting their bearings through trial and error. But I think we're supposed to think they're as cool as they seem to think they are. The line between informal and unprofessional is a thin one, but I don't think Torchwood is aware exactly how far on the wrong side of that line they're on.

I know a lot of you love it, and I really, really want to love it. Please, help me.

Comments

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about Torchwood. It did get better. A lot better. But my memory of first season and the god awful fandom is so strong that I can't get myself excited about watching it.

Now, even though the writers took their flawed characters and put them through trials that taught them a thing or two, the reason it got better is actually because they started to focus less on the crap and more on the individual case stories, like they should have from the beginning.

[kehrli.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't care if it gets better. Two entire episodes of completely incompetent - not even based on their crazy alien job, mind you, I wouldn't trust these people flipping burgers - assholes being utterly sexist? No thanks. Not again.

And seriously? Let's write the bisexuals as SO sex-crazed that they will stand and watch two women make out for five minutes even though supposedly one of them is in mortal danger?

Ugh.

[bolddeciever.livejournal.com]

It doesn't get that much better, but it still somehow draws you in, if only just to see how many sexual pairings they can come up with by pulling character names out of a paper bag two at a time...

[mikigarrison.livejournal.com]

yay! one more thing I can just delete off my tivo without watching, then. :D