Torchwood: First Born

I read this because the local library is not oversupplied with F&SF. It's a Torchwood novel from after I stopped wanting to watch Torchwood. It features Gwen, Rhys, and a series of nightmares about dead team mates. And Gwen was never my favourite. To put it mildly. So I was never tempted to read this one.

It turns out to be surprisingly good. I mean, given that I didn't like any of the elements of the setup, I was surprised, but it was good. Engaging, funny, full of the tiny grimy details that make Torchwood feel more real and local than the standard SF fare.

It's set right around the time Gwen's baby gets born. The whole 'children do mind control' thing is unsubtle, is in fact spelled out clearly at several points, but is on occasion hilarious. ( Read more... )

Very Torchwood.

I liked it, enough to remember why I liked Torchwood.

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So I've been watching a lot of older TV and noticing how much slower it is
and I was, like, wondering if some people just find things too whizzy fast now and stop at some point?
And then I realised, I haven't actually watched any new broadcast TV this calendar year.

Agents of SHIELD finished, and I didn't like the most recent Doctor Who, and everything I've watched lately was filmed last century.

... am I one of them people I was wondering about?
Like, I didn't sit down and think, this is why I don't like the new stuff, but somehow I've been watching all this old stuff from liking it better...




Eh, I've watched a lto of cartoons, they're not known for their slow. And movies.
I think it's more like that I got out the habit of watching TV because interesting things are out on DVD eventually and I'll probably notice them then, and half the time I don't know what's on or what's starting so I miss half a season and can't be bothered to catch up.

... also I tend to watch older TV on fast forward.
Probably speed is not the problem.



The sneaking feeling I'm being left behind by technology and even pop culture is not a pleasant one though.