Torchwood review

[iainjclark]

My review of the Torchwood season finale is up¹ at Strange Horizons today, should you feel yourself overcome with curiosity...

¹ "The reviews section. Separate from the articles, outside the poetry, beyond the art gallery."

Comments

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

The reviews section. Separate from the articles, outside the poetry, beyond the art gallery.

...

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

You won't be using my new slogan, then?

[snowking.livejournal.com]

An excessively fair review. Now who wants to go link Torchwood fandom to it? :P

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I believe that's my job. Just point me at the right community.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

I think torch_wood is the biggie.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I'm on my way.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

SLAPS FOR THE SLAP GOD!

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I can't tell if they allow individual posts about reviews or whether they want them all aggregated into the comments on one post. Guess I'll make the post and see what happens.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

No, wait, they do have to be as comments. That sucks.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Iain can re-write it as fanfic.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I believe that's Tim's speciality.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

I believe torchwood_three is our last, best hope for slapfights.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I have duly emailed them.

Although really, as I think I said before, surely the way to start a slapfight about Torchwood is to say that it's good?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

They didn't use the link! Bastards.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

What does it take to start a slapfight with these people?!

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

Maybe the internet has finally evolved beyond the need for slapfights. The alternative is that we lack the necessary skills to get people to argue about Torchwood, which is pretty scary.

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

They didn't use the link! Bastards.

More gallingly they *have* just included a link to syfyportal's disconcertingly positive review of the final two episodes (including dwarves, apparently).

I've emailed them about Strange Horizons myself to see if that helps!

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I think it has done: I just got confirmation that they're going to use the link today. Alternatively, maybe they just get vastly more email that we imagine.

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

I just got confirmation that they're going to use the link today.

Yes, me too!

Alternatively, maybe they just get vastly more email that we imagine.

Judging from the scary amount of fanfic this is certainly possible.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

And it seems to have generated two new comments already ...

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

internet goggles strike again.

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for those. I'm pleased the review is getting noticed, although one of them didn't read past the second paragraph. :-)

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Iain can re-write it as fanfic.

I think it would need more sex. A lot more sex.

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

I've just looked at some of the fanfic titles. Seriously, who watches Torchwood and thinks "this could be great if only it had more slash!"

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

An excessively fair review.

I knew I was doing something wrong.

[veggiesu.livejournal.com]

Good review dude :-)

Well, as far as I can tell anyway. Not having watched Torchwood beyond the second episode and all...

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And wise decision..