...This is why I didn't tell you what I thought of it, cos I knew you were looking forward to it and I was a bit underwhelmed too.
The Electro isn't real, unfortunately. It was filmed at the Paget Rooms in Penarth, and is a small-scale theatre which shows amateur pantomimes and the like. The outside's a mite shabbier than they made it look on TW, but I'm kind of fond of it anyway - I like Penarth a lot. It's a proper genteel seaside town, and I'd be delighted to take you there.
For the record? I wanted to punch Ianto in this. And I speak as probably his greatest fan. His relationship with the team was drab, his leading of the investigation uninspiring, his relationship with Jack was meh (which just adds to my theory that the whole Jack/Ianto thing was an afterthought - that line from Gwen 'oh is that what you're calling it now' was soooo added in it hurt), and his emotional reaction baseless. Why was he so affected by it? He was nearly in tears most of the way through - was he just having a bad day? Where did that come from? GDL is a superb actor, and it's sad to see him used this way.
Aaaand this is turning into a rant. I'll stop here, and go and post over at my own LJ ;)
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Date: 2008-03-13 06:54 pm (UTC)The Electro isn't real, unfortunately. It was filmed at the Paget Rooms in Penarth, and is a small-scale theatre which shows amateur pantomimes and the like. The outside's a mite shabbier than they made it look on TW, but I'm kind of fond of it anyway - I like Penarth a lot. It's a proper genteel seaside town, and I'd be delighted to take you there.
For the record? I wanted to punch Ianto in this. And I speak as probably his greatest fan. His relationship with the team was drab, his leading of the investigation uninspiring, his relationship with Jack was meh (which just adds to my theory that the whole Jack/Ianto thing was an afterthought - that line from Gwen 'oh is that what you're calling it now' was soooo added in it hurt), and his emotional reaction baseless. Why was he so affected by it? He was nearly in tears most of the way through - was he just having a bad day? Where did that come from? GDL is a superb actor, and it's sad to see him used this way.
Aaaand this is turning into a rant. I'll stop here, and go and post over at my own LJ ;)