quigonejinn

But what can I say? I found this after looking at a related thing from

ataniell93, and not only is it a Golden Compass tie-in -- AND A WEBSITE WITH DANIEL CRAIG, OKAY, EXPLAINING THINGS -- but my favorite part of the Golden Compass aside from the gay angels.

OMG, GUYZ, WHAT FORM DOES MY TOTEM ANIMAL HAVE???

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On a only slightly less plebey note,

John Barrowman's new and improved American accent is Torchwood's #1 present to me this season. I swear. It's pretty fucking good, man. He doesn't have all of the enunciation -- you know, the way his voice goes up and down within a sentence? -- completely right, but it's pretty darn close. It's the best American accent I've heard on British TV in a long time.

Present #2 has to be the new and improved plots that don't become immediately clear within about 35 seconds. Alas, though, after the total awesomepants fanservice of the first episode, I suspect that I'm going to spend most of every episode from now on being like I CAN HAZ IANTO NOW? HOW ABOUT NOW? HOW ABOUT NOW? I mean, I'm a little disappointed at how everything he's done so far has tended toward either the gay or the humor, but at this point, I don't even mind this whole Regis Philbin Casual Coordinates shit he's got going on.

Also: could that intro scene have been more profoundly YOU ARE NOT WATCHING AMERICAN TV? Interracial couple in bed! Cricket bat under bed! Burglars without guns! And then the endless Abu Ghirab/torture airline reference with the non-white prisoner sitting in the interrogation with indefinite detention and Gappy's references to "We're just doing our jobs!" The torture chairs! The determined American interrogator!

And then they wussed out and made the girl all heroic and self-sacrificing and believing them. Excuse me while I roll around on the floor in laughter.