i am a fan of the show, but enough of the gayness.
if it is a part of the character's background, fine.
it seems that it is flaunted this entire second season.
i feel it could be toned down a little.
i will continue to watch, even though its lead actor completely over "acts".
i hope the rumours aren't true for next season, it'll change the dynamics of the
show too much. getting rid of characters that people like, and bringing in
people we thought they'd get rid of (i count that as a teaser, not a spoiler ;o) )
on a side note...
it amazes me the number of people who don't like the show because of the male
homosexual references and stuff... i would have thought people were more open
minded these days. no-one complained about tosh and her lesbian scenes.....
i am a fan of the show, but enough of the gayness.
if it is a part of the character's background, fine.
it seems that it is flaunted this entire second season.
i feel it could be toned down a little.
i've always said torchwood is russel t davies' way of promoting gayness. really
ruins a tv show when the showrunner (supposedly anyway...only running he's done
with doctor who is running it into the ground and running torchwood as gay pride
bbc) tries to promote their own personal beliefs in their show when the majority
don't care about it. i'm totally fine with gay people ... as long as they're
not shoving it in my face.
sorry. i have a large hatred of rtd. seriously. if i met that man in the
street, i would smack him as hard as possible in his face. absolutely hate how
he's made dw into a kids show after the stunningly awesome first season.
not liking the gay scenes is not necessarily anti-gay. i, personally, don't
care. i just wish that it wasn't so in your face. sometimes it looks like the
show is pushing a lifestyle instead of a story line.
who cares wether the main characters are gay or not., there are 3 sexualities
in the world now days that are acceptable,, male, female,(hetro) male male
(gay) female female (lesbian) oh and a 4th if you count bisexual. so what!!!!
time to get over the prejudice people and enjoy the series or what is left of
it......keep with the closed mind set and you probably think that the earth is
the only huminoid populated planet in the solar system.....;)and that people
are the only intelligent things on it...
where are the complaints about heterosexual sex scenes / relationships / story
arcs being too 'in your face' in the vast majority of prime time television? it
all seems to boil down to a particularly middle class prudishness that is summed
up by "some of my best friends are gay, but i really wish they would keep their
pesky lifestyle behind closed doors."
torchwood has always been about sexuality as a spectrum, and celebrating sex and
relationships in all manner of forms. it's refreshing to have a show that
doesn't place sexuality and sexual relationships within a particularly
prescribed hierarchy, whereby tits and ass are par for course and acceptable
viewing whilst eating one's dinner, but where two guys having a snog is verboten
and dangerous and let's all shake our heads and write a tersely worded letter to
the editor. good on the show for pushing the envelope and challenging peoples
deeply held prejudices in a way that is playful and celebratory.
if it's really too hard to cope with then quit the bitching and watch something
else that more closely conforms to everyday 'safe' heteronormative ideals.
a good place for sci-fi stuff is http://www.io9.com - there are lots of posts on
torchwood (episode recaps as well as rumours and spoilers), just do a search.