Today's post is a bit of a drive-by since I'm packing up all of my ill-gotten gains at the RT Booklovers Convention and heading home. Speaking of which, if you haven't yet seen sister-Word-Whore Carolyn Crane's hysterically brilliant post on HER RT experience, you really must.
So my pick for favorite non-US TV show or series? Has to be Torchwood. Mostly because John Barrowman does a superb job of playing the sexy and omnisexual Captain Jack Harkness. Never has a trench coat looked so awesome. I think partly because it is a British show, they are far more willing to break the lines that tend to confine American television. With a story that's all about challenging boundaries and ideas, this is a wonderful thing.
Seriously - go watch it.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Captain Jack Will Get You by Tonight
by Jeffe Kennedy
Jeffe Kennedy is a multi-award-winning and best-selling author of romantic fantasy. She is the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and is a member of Novelists, Inc. (NINC). She is best known for her RITA® Award-winning novel, The Pages of the Mind, the recent trilogy, The Forgotten Empires, and the wildly popular, Dark Wizard. Jeffe lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is represented by Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.
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I've heard wonderful things about this Dr. Who spin-off, but have yet to see any eps. Perhaps I should get around to remedying that...
ReplyDeleteI agree that the show is excellent, but if you have watched it since its conception, you'll notice that Jack has evolved from being omnisexual to 100% homosexual.
ReplyDeleteNow, I could care less about gay or not, because his relationship with Ianto was romantic and beautiful in a variety of ways. What I'm a bit disappointed in, is that his character feels less complete without that "He'll shag anything beautiful" 'swagger' of sorts.
He is still the least annoying and most action-oriented companion of the modern Dr. Who selections (Donna being the worst).
oh yes, KAK - I think you'd love it!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Branden. And I was kind of bored with all-Ianto, all-the-time. Still, I thought of it as being overall temporary, since Jack would live on and, presumably, go back to shagging anything beautiful.