86 Days left...86...do you all know what it means to 86 something? It's slang, meaning to throw out or get rid of. You could 86 a person out of your restaurant. You could 86 a plan that you thought better of. I don't actually know if 86 is used in that sense in the UK, but it's pretty common in the US.
Since we're 86 days away I thought it would be fun to do a blog about things I'd like 86ed from Torchwood: Miracle Day. To be clear the fact that I am 86ing the ideas means I am supposing they were at one point considered, but really, some of these may not have ever even entered conversation. I'm not claiming to know anything here, just pondering things they might do in TW: MD and 86ing the ones that should never ever ever ever happen. Ok?
The following is my TW: MD 86 list. Should any writers be reading this, since it's too late and the scripts have been written, feel free to 86 away!
~ GWACK - I cannot emphasize this enough. GWACK is WACK! Now I know what you're all thinking "Dana is single minded and butt hurt about Ianto so she doesn't want Jack and Gwen together", well, that's true! BUT and there is a but, that's not my only reasoning. I think, I really think, that there is something great about a show with main characters that…aren't in love. I'm honestly a little over every show having the Scully/Mulder dynamic, can't any two people just be friends? In real life, I am a big believer in the fact that 2 people of the opposite sex can be friends, just friends, without any underlying sexual attraction. And while it's not the norm, it would be refreshing to see a different expression of their friendship. I realize this isn't going to happen, audience love sexual frustration especially with characters that more than likely will never act on it. It's what people expect, fine, but if I were in charge. 86.
~THE NAME REX - In fact, we can 86 all of the new character names. Rex? Esther? Oswald? I mean, I realize that if my biggest complaint about the new series is that I loathe the character names, we're overall in pretty good shape, but…who thought these were good names? Rex is the name of a cat, maybe a dog, Esther last popped up in the bible and Oswald is the penguin. I just don't understand. Can you seriously imagine in normal conversation saying " I'm going to the movies with my friends Rex and Esther…and Oswald may meet us there."?? I just…do not approve. 86, moving on.
~ ANY ATTEMPT TO REPLACE IANTO - I'm not talking about in Jack's heart, let's be reasonable, he's aloud to move on…in 1000 years time. I mean if there is a new teaboy or teagirl in the show I'm gonna have a fit. Leave the man's coffee machine alone and get to know your local Starbucks. 86 FauxIanto.
~ CHARACTER DEATHS FOR SHOCK VALUE - This is an issue with a lot of shows, and books and films, really if there is a story telling method the shock value death has happened within it's domain. Again, I get it's a typical tactic but I love that Torchwood is a show that keeps us guessing more often than not. I'm not saying that they will, or that they have done in the past, but I am saying I hope they don't. I don't want them to kill the entire new cast just as we start to like them. There is a fine line between Torturewood and ridiculous. 86.
~ STARZ NIPPLE QUOTA - OK so this is probably not a real thing, but in all my experiences with Starz there is a lot of nudity and I think, just maybe the high ups have instilled a nipple quota. Maybe, for every 15 minutes of screen time, they need to show 3 or more nipples and no more than 15 minutes apart. Now, I certainly don't mind nudity, when it's called for, but I don't know that I need to be able to pick out Eve Myles boobs in a line-up either. My point, keep it classy, and if there must me nipples, might I recommend Barrowman man-nipples? 86 the quota.
Now, that's just things a few examples on my mind at present, I'm sure there are things I am not considering but if these things remained out of the story, I would be pretty happy. So what do you think of my suggestions? Can 2 people of the opposite sex be just friends? Can Gwen and Jack? What about those names, Ianto 2.0 or the nudity? Are there any other ideas you would want 86ed? xx
<3Dana
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Since we're 86 days away I thought it would be fun to do a blog about things I'd like 86ed from Torchwood: Miracle Day. To be clear the fact that I am 86ing the ideas means I am supposing they were at one point considered, but really, some of these may not have ever even entered conversation. I'm not claiming to know anything here, just pondering things they might do in TW: MD and 86ing the ones that should never ever ever ever happen. Ok?
The following is my TW: MD 86 list. Should any writers be reading this, since it's too late and the scripts have been written, feel free to 86 away!
~ GWACK - I cannot emphasize this enough. GWACK is WACK! Now I know what you're all thinking "Dana is single minded and butt hurt about Ianto so she doesn't want Jack and Gwen together", well, that's true! BUT and there is a but, that's not my only reasoning. I think, I really think, that there is something great about a show with main characters that…aren't in love. I'm honestly a little over every show having the Scully/Mulder dynamic, can't any two people just be friends? In real life, I am a big believer in the fact that 2 people of the opposite sex can be friends, just friends, without any underlying sexual attraction. And while it's not the norm, it would be refreshing to see a different expression of their friendship. I realize this isn't going to happen, audience love sexual frustration especially with characters that more than likely will never act on it. It's what people expect, fine, but if I were in charge. 86.
~THE NAME REX - In fact, we can 86 all of the new character names. Rex? Esther? Oswald? I mean, I realize that if my biggest complaint about the new series is that I loathe the character names, we're overall in pretty good shape, but…who thought these were good names? Rex is the name of a cat, maybe a dog, Esther last popped up in the bible and Oswald is the penguin. I just don't understand. Can you seriously imagine in normal conversation saying " I'm going to the movies with my friends Rex and Esther…and Oswald may meet us there."?? I just…do not approve. 86, moving on.
~ ANY ATTEMPT TO REPLACE IANTO - I'm not talking about in Jack's heart, let's be reasonable, he's aloud to move on…in 1000 years time. I mean if there is a new teaboy or teagirl in the show I'm gonna have a fit. Leave the man's coffee machine alone and get to know your local Starbucks. 86 FauxIanto.
~ CHARACTER DEATHS FOR SHOCK VALUE - This is an issue with a lot of shows, and books and films, really if there is a story telling method the shock value death has happened within it's domain. Again, I get it's a typical tactic but I love that Torchwood is a show that keeps us guessing more often than not. I'm not saying that they will, or that they have done in the past, but I am saying I hope they don't. I don't want them to kill the entire new cast just as we start to like them. There is a fine line between Torturewood and ridiculous. 86.
~ STARZ NIPPLE QUOTA - OK so this is probably not a real thing, but in all my experiences with Starz there is a lot of nudity and I think, just maybe the high ups have instilled a nipple quota. Maybe, for every 15 minutes of screen time, they need to show 3 or more nipples and no more than 15 minutes apart. Now, I certainly don't mind nudity, when it's called for, but I don't know that I need to be able to pick out Eve Myles boobs in a line-up either. My point, keep it classy, and if there must me nipples, might I recommend Barrowman man-nipples? 86 the quota.
Now, that's just things a few examples on my mind at present, I'm sure there are things I am not considering but if these things remained out of the story, I would be pretty happy. So what do you think of my suggestions? Can 2 people of the opposite sex be just friends? Can Gwen and Jack? What about those names, Ianto 2.0 or the nudity? Are there any other ideas you would want 86ed? xx
<3Dana
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