Vote Ianto!

[bk_forever]

The next round of the Radio Times poll has begun, this time Ianto is up against some girl from Orphan Black - who's going to help our Ianto win this round? Go here to support out favourite Coffee King!

http://www.radiotimes.com/scifichampion

Jack got through to the next round too!

Comments

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

He seems to be doing very well against her, so far. I was so glad he came out ahead of Gwen. Is he not the most beloved character if all of fandom? Well, he is in my house, anyway. :)

[bk_forever]

The further he gets in the contest, the tougher his opponents will be! I never doubted he'd beat Gwen, I just wanted him to do so by the highest margin possible, lol!

This round has only just started so probably not many people have voted yet. Still, he's off to an excellent start!

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I haven't even ever heard of some of the characters on there, but I go with the ones I know and like.

[bk_forever]

Same here. Galaxy Quest? What's that?

I know quite a lot, and if I only know one out of a pair, that's who I vote for. LOL!

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

You don't know Galaxy Quest? Really? Rent yourself a movie, or whatever it is you do over there. It's one of my fav movies, too. I even bought the DVD, and I am very picky about what DVD's I buy.

[bk_forever]

There are a lot of things I want to get on DVD when I can - I'll add it to the list.

Who don't you know?

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

They all got voted out, so I don't remember, but maybe nobody else knew who they were, either.

These are shows I've not seen yet:

Guardians of the Galaxy (Looking forward to this one)

Orphan Black (Not interested)

The Hunger Games (Read the books, though. I think I would be disappointed in the movies. What I saw in my imagination, how can they translate that to a movie? Besides, the guy who plays Peeta? I don't think so!)

Iron Man (not sure if I care about seeing this or not.)

[bk_forever]

I've only seen the first Iron Man movie, but it's brilliant! Mind you, I adore all the Marvel comics characters!

Guardians of the Galaxy - Not seen

Orphan Black - Not interested either.

Hunger Games - haven't read the books.

Realised I put Galaxy Quest earlier when I meant Guardians of the Galaxy (my brain slipped a gear). I've got Galaxy Quest on DVD and I love it.

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I want to see Guardians of the Galaxy, too. Looks fun.

The Hunger Games were riveting reading, but disturbing. Not as much as The Girl with The Dragon Tatoo books, but still disturbing. I was kind of surprised they were considered young adult.

[bk_forever]

Young adults can take it better than older adults sometimes, lol!

Never read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I've got a copy *(unread as yet) of Adam Roberts' Dragon With the Girl Tattoo, lol!

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am so going to look that one up. There are three Girl With books, each more disturbing than the last. Swedes apparently like really intense fiction, with lots of abuse and violence and gore. I've seen other books by Swedish authors, not just basing it on those three. There is at least one movie, too, but not as good as the book, only because your imagination can conjure up more interesting images than movie makers, apparently. Mine can, anyway. LOL Now that I think of it, I rarely like a movie after I've read the book. If I see it before hand, then it can go either way, depending on how much I liked the movie. I guess I'm just a reader, through and through. Have spent my life since I learned to read, reading everything I can get my hands on.

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

Oh, I saw the Swedish movie (subtitles), not the Daniel Craig one. American versions are always worse, I've found. (See 'Miracle Day')

[bk_forever]

I've always been a reader myself and movies based on books usually fall short of what your imagination conjures up as you read. I mostly read SF and fantasy though.

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

I like mysteries, but I'll read pretty much anything except 'had I but knowns'. A lot of nonfiction. There is some really interesting stuff out there.

[bk_forever]

So much to read, so little time. I guess that's why I restrict my reading to certain genres. I just don't have enough time to read everything I know I want to read. Why do people have to sleep?

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

I have a lot of time to read. Only responsible for feeding the cat, and being ill means I am not very mobile most of the time anyway. And omg does tv suck. Books (and fan fiction) are my saviour. I love my Kindle Reader. Best money I ever spent. I'm a really fast reader, too, so that helps. Practice makes perfect, I guess. LOL

[bk_forever]

I'm a slowish reader because I like to savour the words, especially when something is really well written!

I have too many responsibilities and not enough time. Plus - writer! I write more than I read these days.

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's all about the words, isn't it? That's what I don't love above book-to-movie, so much of what is not dialogue is just gone. It's that, though, that makes a book so amazing. Not just what people say in it. And special effects, especially, are never as good as one's own imagination.

[bk_forever]

Very true on all counts. The descriptions and the way they're phrased give a real sense of place that can't be captured visually because nothing can match what you 'see' in your own head.

Although, I watched the BBC Gormenghast mini-series and one scene could have been ripped straight from my brain, it was EXACTLY as I'd imagined.

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

I know. I vote for him, too. I like Jack. Sometime. :)

[bk_forever]

I like Jack most of the time, I just like Ianto more!

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

Oh, me, too. Jack has some ambivalence about him that I find disturbing sometimes. It's really hard to tell what he's thinking/feeling, the way he's written and portrayed by JB. I think with Ianto, he is who he is, and circumstances can dictate his behaviour, but not his truth. I love stories that show him as the clever, loving, and courageous man he is, and not so much woobie-Ianto.

[bk_forever]

Ianto is a capable, strong man, not as teenage girl. We can all be a bit woobie occasionally (I can woob with the best of them), but most of the time he's more than capable of taking care of himself, Jack, the Hub, the team, all the Hub's other residents and god knows what else. I like Ninja Butler Ianto! *grins*

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

Ninja Butler Ianto. I'd watch that! :)

[bk_forever]

Me too! He's awesome!

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

I'm so there!

ZOOOOOM!

[bk_forever]

Yay! Don't injure yourself in the rush to vote... *grins*

[jo02]

Ianto was again leading 2 to 1 when I voted.

Oh, and I also voted for Jack .... *snort*

[blucougar.livejournal.com]

Jack and Ianto are streets ahead against their respective opponents. I dread the comp coming down to the two of them.... :P

[bk_forever]

I hope they don't get drawn against each other because... Sorry Jack, I love you, but Ianto is just... *smishes*

Of course, if either one gets drawn against the Doctor, it'll be game over for them. I'm so sad that Sarah Jane got drawn against him this round, it means she'll be knocked out sooner than expected.

[jo02]

It would be fantastic for Torchwood if Jack and Ianto were the last ones left in the comp.

My heart definitely lies with Ianto, and I'm surprised, after all this time, that I still haven't forgiven Jack for how badly he treated Ianto in CoE.

I know it was the writers' fault and that our-Jack would have treated him better given half a chance, but still, bad Jack, you will be voted off the island out if it comes down to that.
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[bk_forever]

Bad Jack indeed (the TV version). As I prefer most of the time to completely ignore the existence of CoE, my Jack never treated Ianto that way.

Looks like Ianto will be matched against Spock in the next round. This has me seriously concerned. There are a lot of Trekkies out there (myself included, though i will be voting Ianto!)

[bk_forever]

As did I!

Looks promising for our boys to reach the next round *crosses fingers*

[edith rudenstein (from livejournal.com)]

I've got a bad feeling this will come down to Ianto or Jack.

[bk_forever]

Probably not - The Doctor and several other characters are likely to get large numbers of votes too. The Radio Times is the leading TV listing magazine in the UK, so there will no doubt be a lot of viewers voting and fewer people will have watched Torchwood than Doctor Who, Star Wars and Star Trek, which are still Sci-Fi's big three fandoms. How far Jack and Ianto will get in the contest will all depend on who they're drawn against and how many Torchwood fans vote.

Still, getting them both through to the next round would be brilliant!