He's made of plastic--that face that conforms perfectly to standards of male beauty put forth by Hollywood Of Old cannot be natural
Hm, I was trying to think of what's odd about him - besides the acting, I mean - and yeah, he's definitely got that "I would've been really hot fifty years ago" aura. Probably why they cast him as Jack in the first place.
And what does the Plagiarism Fairy look like, then?
RTD with wings and a sparkly wand, possibly? Or maybe that's the Screenwriting-Anvil Fairy...
Indeed. I think I disliked him because of the Ken dollness. And now it's mostly because of Sudden Emo Bitterness.
Aww, I did actually like Ye Olde Jack, because he was just so outrageously, "Ta da! I am here to be American! Do you have anything that needs American-ing? Because I can American that for you!" and nobody tried to pretend otherwise. And with the right writing, he could've been the basis of a good spinoff. Whywhywhy must you murder good ideas, RTD?
Uvwi.
Did you just lament in Russian? Because I love you.
I have this great recipe for scenery casserole...it's topped with crumbled potato chips!
Oooh, are they made of melodrama?
Hmmm. I've been reading screencap recaps of it, and I get the impression that Jack gave the girl to the fairies because she wanted to go. Not the case?
Well, by that point, I was thinking, "Um, Jack, she's totally evil and not even that kid anymore, so you might as well toss her to the wolves," but the whole sacrificing-innocents angle didn't go over well with the Innuendo Squad at all. (The kid was looking pretty unswervingly evil and sadistic fairly early on, though, and she totally wanted to Go Join The Dark Side.) It was basically framed as "give up the kid or we'll start a war," and Jack took the easy, morally questionable option. The most interesting thing about it was that it mirrored "Fear Her," with the little-girl-possession and all, except TW took the "Eh, we can't win this, so let's give up and go home for ethically ambiguous tea" approach, instead of the Doctor's "I will save this cute fluffy bunny or die trying!!1!" philosophy. Didn't quite make up for the stupidity of the rest of the ep, but I was impressed that they went for such a dark ending.
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Date: 2006-11-14 08:34 pm (UTC)Hm, I was trying to think of what's odd about him - besides the acting, I mean - and yeah, he's definitely got that "I would've been really hot fifty years ago" aura. Probably why they cast him as Jack in the first place.
And what does the Plagiarism Fairy look like, then?
RTD with wings and a sparkly wand, possibly? Or maybe that's the Screenwriting-Anvil Fairy...
Indeed. I think I disliked him because of the Ken dollness. And now it's mostly because of Sudden Emo Bitterness.
Aww, I did actually like Ye Olde Jack, because he was just so outrageously, "Ta da! I am here to be American! Do you have anything that needs American-ing? Because I can American that for you!" and nobody tried to pretend otherwise. And with the right writing, he could've been the basis of a good spinoff. Whywhywhy must you murder good ideas, RTD?
Uvwi.
Did you just lament in Russian? Because I love you.
I have this great recipe for scenery casserole...it's topped with crumbled potato chips!
Oooh, are they made of melodrama?
Hmmm. I've been reading screencap recaps of it, and I get the impression that Jack gave the girl to the fairies because she wanted to go. Not the case?
Well, by that point, I was thinking, "Um, Jack, she's totally evil and not even that kid anymore, so you might as well toss her to the wolves," but the whole sacrificing-innocents angle didn't go over well with the Innuendo Squad at all. (The kid was looking pretty unswervingly evil and sadistic fairly early on, though, and she totally wanted to Go Join The Dark Side.) It was basically framed as "give up the kid or we'll start a war," and Jack took the easy, morally questionable option. The most interesting thing about it was that it mirrored "Fear Her," with the little-girl-possession and all, except TW took the "Eh, we can't win this, so let's give up and go home for ethically ambiguous tea" approach, instead of the Doctor's "I will save this cute fluffy bunny or die trying!!1!" philosophy. Didn't quite make up for the stupidity of the rest of the ep, but I was impressed that they went for such a dark ending.