James in Torchwood - Spoilers

Its this week!!!!

Torchwood season 1 was very hit and miss for me with some episodes the very exemplification of what makes TV good(Countrycide?) and others that are pretty dire(The season finale?!?!) but we're promised a great year.

First off don't Poo Poo James there 'Faith' - lol.
It looks like he's going to be a great character and hopefully one we will see again. He has some partting words for Captain Jack that will set up the season end.

Also, if my sources are accurate, Martha will be part of UNIT which will link with her stint on Dr Who(with The Sontarans!!!) and I love Martha.
I got a little bored with her mooning over The Doctor and I was left a little unimpressed by the end of LOTTL but the rest of the episode was awesome.

I also can't wait for the episode set in the 51st century - which I assume will be to do with James Marsters parting words and I suspect will be the season finale.
 
Bored of the Dead said:
First off don't Poo Poo James there 'Faith' - lol.
It looks like he's going to be a great character and hopefully one we will see again. He has some partting words for Captain Jack that will set up the season end.
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My problem with Jame's isn't anything character related, I quite liked Spike. I just don't like the guy anymore. They do say you should never meet people you are a fan of. I've been on the convention and signing events crew/scene for a while now and he just comes off less favourably to me because of what I know. I don't do gossip so i'm not spreading anything around the net and while i'm sure people won't like this its just my opinion.

Thus because I don't particularly like him I find it hard to watch him in things.

My problem with Martha isn't anything personal I just didn't take to the character. I'm hard to please now, I think its old age!
 
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ahhh no problem then:)
I have to say, that was pretty damned good indeed! I don't normally watch Torchwood, but I enjoyed tonight's.

Couldn't quite place James' accent at times, it seemed to fluctuate between British and American just a little; but nonetheless a great performance, and nice to see a little touch of Spike in Captain John's persona.
 
Just watched it, and James was awesome as always, what was weird though, was that Captain John was exactly like Spike, a womanising charmer pineing(sp?) for his lost love 😵 When he got upset at Jack, i almost heard "If i want Dru back, i just have to find her, tie her up and torture her until she likes me again". He was as funny as he is in all his roles and the only thing i didn't like was his character's dress sense (Wish he could change that godawful looking jacked for his 3 quarter length leather duster) and the fact that he looks weird without his platinum blonde hair D=
 
I've never watched Torchwood before but when I saw it on tv tonight and remembered James was in it I thought I should give it a go! James was lovelllly as per usual and I agree with Hit The Books about his accent.. One thing though.. what was that jacket he was wearing?!

If i remember I'll watch it next week, as I was quite impressed.. which is rare
 
i thought it was all fantastic (Yes, i even liked the jacket. it's no leather duster, but it was still nice) loved that his English accent had hints of American.just goes to show how good an actor that man really is. i liked the chemistry between John and Jack, and their fight in the bar.

i've never watched Torchwood before, i don't even watch Dr. Who, but from what i saw, it was pretty good. i might even tune in next week.
 
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I LOVED the jacket - it was great and I want one more than the duster
Lyri said:
i thought it was all fantastic (Yes, i even liked the jacket. it's no leather duster, but it was still nice) loved that his English accent had hints of American.just goes to show how good an actor that man really is. i liked the chemistry between John and Jack, and their fight in the bar.

i've never watched Torchwood before, i don't even watch Dr. Who, but from what i saw, it was pretty good. i might even tune in next week.
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It was the white bits coming off the jacket that i didn't like, they just looked weird D=

And i suggest you do keep watching Torchwood, the trailer at the end of that episode seems to show James coming back later in the series =D
 
Well, I liked the Jacket! It looked like Capt. John had been collecting weapons and military kit throughout the ages (or raiding Adam Ant's wardrobe 🙂)

Anyway, a good, solid start to series two. Jack came back from helping to save the world in Last of the Time Lords and no-one knew because of the rewind...they just seemed a bit pissed off 'cos he didn't tell them where he was going...genius 🙂

James' accent worked for me...I just can't get used to his American voice, which I'm guessing is the one heard in Smallville.
 
First of all, i'm going to defend the Jacket.
I thought it was awesome and want one.
Obviously it was akin to Jacks WW2 attire. I loved his accent and I'm probably 'outing' myself here but his kissing Jackn was hot!!!!

I did find a few bits predictable but the episode teaser was enough to make me say it was a great episode.
Can't wait for Martha, can't wait for more James(who SHOULD be a permanent member - he'd be great).

Was anyone else, when John asked about team names hoping when he listed excaliber and such, that he would say 'scoobies'?

Great first episode and can't wait for more.

My only issue with it, I have to say, is that the character relationships aren't as greatly written as they are in Dr Who.
 
I haven't watched a single episode of Torchwood up 'til now and after seeing it last night I wouldn't really want to have, for the rest of the cast I mean.

But James was brilliant in this episode:lmao:loved every scene he was in, and was it me or were his character and Jack just out-acting the rest by...a lot?

The jacket was cool, his hair being the normal colour didn't phase me much, and there was a lot of the Spike mannerisms coming through, especially towards the end of the episode.

"I've only got five minutes to live and you expect me to behave?!"

And that kiss was...very believable.
 
i thought james was fantastic in torchwood last night =] missed him on my tv sooo much! and hes as hot as ever 😉
 
I've watched only a few episodes of Dr Who and this was my first episode of Torchwood. I'm a little confused with the character relationships lol I thought Gwen and Jack had a bit of romantic chemistry but she's engaged to someone else, then there's Jack's interest in Ianto and vice verser and then there's the kiss with John. It all makes for confusing TV lol

James' accent was great. I can't picture him with anything other than an English accent now. It just doesn't sound right.

I'm trying to find season 1 of Torchwood now so I can fill in the blanks lol
 
Marsters: Captain John 'is like Spike'

LMAO - this one's for Faith 😀

Marsters: Captain John 'is like Spike'
Tuesday, January 29 2008, 13:26 GMT

By Ben Rawson-Jones, Cult Editor


James Marsters has admitted that his Torchwood character Captain John is similar to the role he played on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

In an exclusive interview with Torchwood Magazine, Marsters said: "In a lot of ways, this role is very much like Spike was in my first three episodes of Buffy. After those three episodes, Spike was always taken down a peg, because Joss [Whedon, Buffy showrunner] didn't want the audience thinking he was cool."

Marsters, who played cockney vampire Spike between 1997 and 2003, continued: "They basically deconstructed him, but it had the opposite effect, and he became cooler than ever: the outsider's outsider, in a show of outsiders!"

Captain John initially appeared in the opening episode of Torchwood's second season 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang', but is scheduled to return later in the series. He added: "This role is about unrepentant evil, and having as much fun with it as possible. I wish Spike had been like that a little longer, to be honest."
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Source: DigitalSpy

Courtesy of Whedonesque.com
 
It's clear he thinks his character Spike could have been written a bit differently, but like he said no matter what Joss did he still appeared cool. I'm glad James is able to play this type a bit more. I love his new character on Torchwood. Can't wait to see where they take it.
 
Y'know what I couldn't help thinking when I saw JM's episode of Torchwood? (don't watch the show in general, caught this one just to see JM in another role) . . . I thought: "That poor actor! He seems doomed to be that guy that gets beaten up, then made out with, then beaten up, then made out with, then beaten . . . often both by the same character!" What is it about his screen energy that says "I want you! Now hit me!!!"? Poor boy.
 
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