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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2008-04-04 08:08 pm
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TW 2x13- a powerful finale

Overall a terribly powerful episode.  It had some problems, some unexpected solutions and several big bangs.

I'm very glad they made the quick mention of Tosh filling in for Owen for the pig-alien from DW S1.  That was a nice touch by the writers to fix a previous plot problem.

I had assumed Owen was getting the heave-ho in one way or another this episode, but I hadn't expected Tosh to leave too.  Her death shocked me.  And why wasn't there a glowy kiss of life?  Jack hasn't done one all season- have the writers forgotten about it?

Jack's sanity is amazing, and a bit unrealistic.  As is whatever fabrics his coat and shirt and pants are made of, damn it.  Really, after nearly 2000 years in the dirt and Jack's sanity AND clothes are intact?  Rather unlikely.

I *love* the John twist (he's not a twirl mustache crazy bad guy, but being forced to do what he's done)... but was a bit saddened by the Grey one. 

I'm confused about Grey calling him "Jack" before skewering him, especially after "Adam" and how they were careful NOT to name him as a kid.  Are we to believe his first name actually IS Jack?

Gwen's performance was excellent- I loved her in the police station taking charge.

I'm a bit confused how the Weevils were 'trained' to take out the people in charge though- did John do that and we just didn't see it?


I'll also admit that in a way I'm glad the season's over.  Although it's unlikely things will calm down much considering DW's starting up immediately, but with luck at least some of the rabid fanwank and shipwarfare will die down.  I'm looking forward to a time I can have a comm other than [profile] torchwood_meta on my Flist and not be overwhelmed by the insanity and backstabbing for in the posts there.

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
My harddrive is ridiculously small, so, until I get an external harddrive, I burn the good stuff (like TW), and delete everything else.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
so you dl-ed to an external harddrive and then wrote it onto a disc?

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
No, I just dl to my harddrive and then delete them once I've burned them.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
I hadn't considered burning mine to disc. I might do that since many of the episodes aren't really worth keeping and taking up space

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, there's that, too. If you've got a DVD burner on your computer, I think you can fit a season or two on one disk.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
hmmm.. (shows ignorance) what do I need to have on my puter to do that? A specific program?

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
If your computer already has the DVD burner built in, you can just use DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs as data discs, like you would CD-Rs and CD-RWs. They fit a lot more that way.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
(Shows even further stupidity) where do I look to see if my computer has a dvd burner? I thought it did, but I can't find it

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm not really sure. If you can find the system profile, it should tell you all that stuff, but I wouldn't really know where to look on a computer that's not a Mac.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
hmm, I'm going to have to play around and see if I can figure it out

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's probably the best way.

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that wouldn't be good.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm always a little paranoid that something will happen and I'll lose all my WIPs and pictures and everything

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I finally started backing up all my important stuff (like my homework) on a jump drive.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
*nods* that would be the logical thing to do.

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Eventually, I'll get an external hard drive, and I'll be able to back a lot more.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I'll never be organized enough to do that sort of stuff

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
every so often I email myself all the stories I'm working on so I can look at them when I'm at work... but half the time I forget.

And I never remember to back up my photos. If I remembered to take them in the first place

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I usually put the important photos up on Photobucket. That place really comes in handy.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
doesn't photobucket randomly erase things occasionally?

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Only if you go over your bandwidth, which, unless the purpose of your account is to post each and every photo you upload on-line, is really hard to do.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know that. Maybe I'll try that.

(Yeah right, and maybe I'll actually start that diet I've been talking about)

[identity profile] the-dark-side.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
LOL...well at least you know, now.