The characters are certainly biologically adults, but I'm not sure why that should affect the type of adolescent fantasy being presented: Batman and Superman are adults, as are the majority of their rogues galleries; the Doctor himself is 900+ years old, etc.
I was shocked at the high level of what I saw as thematic consistency within the show. With the exception of "Small Worlds" (Which came out of nowhere) I can't think of a single moment when the Torchwood team were what one could call good guys. There arrogance and egotism is continual. Their overall ethic seems to be based on a line of Owen's in ep 2: "We don't miss."
I'm far from convinced that Jack is not immature. Nor that his superiors (the Crown, I guess) necessarily saw Cardiff as a priority prior to the destruction of Torchwood 1.
I agree that Torchwood 3's behavior is creepy and pathetic; I think the genius of the show is exactly in the way in which it reveals the limitations of adolescent wish-fulfillment in this way.
The more competence Torchwood 3 shows, the more the message of the show as a whole becomes that a secret extragovernmental organization set up to "protect" Britain is a viable option.
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Date: 2008-01-08 11:48 pm (UTC)I was shocked at the high level of what I saw as thematic consistency within the show. With the exception of "Small Worlds" (Which came out of nowhere) I can't think of a single moment when the Torchwood team were what one could call good guys. There arrogance and egotism is continual. Their overall ethic seems to be based on a line of Owen's in ep 2: "We don't miss."
I'm far from convinced that Jack is not immature. Nor that his superiors (the Crown, I guess) necessarily saw Cardiff as a priority prior to the destruction of Torchwood 1.
I agree that Torchwood 3's behavior is creepy and pathetic; I think the genius of the show is exactly in the way in which it reveals the limitations of adolescent wish-fulfillment in this way.
The more competence Torchwood 3 shows, the more the message of the show as a whole becomes that a secret extragovernmental organization set up to "protect" Britain is a viable option.