Devils and Miracles - Spoilers

[sariagray]

I re-watched Miracle Day today. Just because I could. And I had some other thoughts that are completely meaningless.

I would like to see what these 4-5-6 Amendments to the Constitution look like. This is, perhaps, because I’m a nerd. But I would like it. Also, 4-5-6 Level? I mean, it’s okay that not everything has “4-5-6” in the name. It also reminds me of how I jump whenever I see a 4-5-6 code at work. But I think that’s just my own insanity.

I think Dr Juarez is wearing dresses because she is in DC and in the midst of a high-level case (and therefore has to attend meetings/”parties”/etc). She is in scrubs for her introduction, when they’re bringing Rex in, so I’m thinking she goes to these events and then stops back because of an emergency or overwhelming need to check on her patients?

 

So, I listened to The Devil and Daniel Webster Miss Carew this afternoon. Yeah. About that radio play. I won't give a synopsis, because...well, I'm lazy. There. I said it.

I will say this: hearing the music and Ianto again was absolutely lovely.

However. The voice-acting seemed so forced to me. This is partially the nature of the beast, of course, but it just felt so completely unnatural. Which was a bit heart-breaking.

I did enjoy the Ianto&Gwen interactions, and felt that Rhys and Gwen were still lovely together.

I totally thought Fitzroy was The Wire Part II, and...Jack's line about snagging the sonic screwdriver was a lot funny. At least to me.

In terms of plot, I'm a little confused, though. Well, not plot, actually. But...the Hub gets its electricity from...a utility company? I know Torchwood fails at being a secret, but isn't that highly suspicious? I mean, I imagine the Hub uses a LOT of electricity, so....

I enjoyed the throwback lines. "There's a lot of things you can do with a Swiss Army knife" and "Lovin' that 40s..." gramophone, was it? I can't remember. Anyway. Yes. That was fun. And I will stand firm in my belief that "Very clever, these medics" is a tribute to Owen. Gwen's voice when she says it...*sob*

So, it's very much like any Faustian tale. But with aliens. I happen to like Faustian tales, but this one just didn't deliver much for me. The team didn't really do much of anything, and too much time was spent with Miss Carew hemming and hawing about ageism. Which is a legit thing, don't get me wrong, but it dragged.

In all, it was nice. It wasn't fantastic, mostly as it just felt so fake to me, but it wasn't bad, either. I'll listen to the other ones, that's certain.

Comments

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

My own, personal, theory is that yes, they get the electricity via the utility companies and it then gets amplified by alien tech - hence Jack then decides to add that alien power source into the mix - the bills go to the Tourist Office :D

(just finished listening to it and loved the Penny Farthing line... now there's an image and the Sonic Screwdriver too)

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

I'm didn't pay much attention to the other stuff, but the electricity thing in TW threw me too. Sooper sekrit operations like them usually make a huge deal about being off the grid, and they don't even have a generator to back up the main one? WTF?

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

They could just harness the rift machine deal as a generator! It's just sitting there like a giant furnace capacitating flux or whatever it does when it's not being opened. Anyway, my theory is, without Tosh, no one knows how to work the controls.

I've heard about half of the play but had to go to work so the rest is waiting for later. :)

[eldarwannabe.livejournal.com]

They siphon off ~secret~ energy off the top. Like leeches, but better looking.

Honestly, I thought it would make more sense if they were panicking about the internet. Because they might have a satellite hook-up, but they don't host the WHOLE INTERNET, so if it went down, they would still be stuck. They would also lose CCTV and cell phone service. It's like the one thing the radio play had them focus on is the one thing they probably could have dealt with on their own. SMOOTH, TORCHWOOD.

(Of course, it was implied that the magical not-a-virus-virus was going to take ALL the energy, from EVERYWHERE. Which includes Torchwood? IDK.)

[lawsontl.livejournal.com]

Um, they weren't 456 amendments to the Constitution. You can't ratify amendments without a Constitutional convention, and that would be pretty hard to pull off while trying to hide the existence of the cause for those amendments :)

I believe it was the 456 Regulations :)

[neeems.livejournal.com]

(Hey-o!)

Overall, I enjoyed the audio play a lot, except for the plot (but well, Torchwood wouldn't be the same without its huuuge plot holes, right?). It made me nostalgic in a good way. The music! The banter! (see? Ianto makes everything sound better) Still better than MD, imo. That's a reminder of the show I (used to) love.