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Welcome to [Torchwood]: Miracle (abandon all hope ye who enter) Day (Beware Spoilers)
aerynkelly
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In case you're not aware, Torchwood is a spin-off series from Doctor Who. If you're a Who fan, you should definitely also be a Torchwood fan. The show looked doomed at the end of its last season
The Miracle Day is upon us - anyone else out there watching? I need opinions people! :-D
So nice to see Jack back in action - I'm hoping they have time in this short 10 episode span to tell us what Jack got up to when he took off, but I have a feeling the episodes will be too action packed to really fit that in.
killing off most the cast, yeah that's great for a series longevity!
but...The Miracle Day is upon us - anyone else out there watching? I need opinions people! :-D
So nice to see Jack back in action - I'm hoping they have time in this short 10 episode span to tell us what Jack got up to when he took off, but I have a feeling the episodes will be too action packed to really fit that in.
Anyone notice the Exit signs are green? Think there's something to that?
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I think it's mostly because of the absolute dearth of semi-decent sci-fi dramas at the moment that I'll keep watching.
Bill Pullman is a great actor doing his best in a terribly thought-out role.
Also this needs to be in the OP:
:P
haha didn't see that when I watched, awesome. and added.
I agree about the PR lady, that was just weird showing up with the docs, and the whole scene after just screamed "I am critical to the plot later but right now this was the best they could do to work me into the story". Just weird.
edit: ahahaha my super conservative boss is gonna LOVE this latest episode.
Also, the soulless are creepy as fuck.
The soulless are interesting (and yes, creepy as fuck!) - I wonder if they are going to become an enemy of sorts later.
Phicorp...dun dun dun! No surprise there that the big baddy is a pharmaceutical company.
The Doctor and Rose don't show up on Torchwood, but Jack will come back occasionally to Doctor Who, so keep watching.
Wut wut?
Ep 1. Ep. 2
Haven't written the Episode 3 one yet, but I will say - this episode had maybe 20 minutes of semi-decent Torchwood stuff in it. Which is more than the 2 previous episodes had combined. I still get the feeling that this show was concieved as a 5-parter, and then they got Starz onboard, and they just stretched it out to fit their broadcast schedule. The Phicorp discovery feels like it would have been the perfect cliffhanger ending to Episode 1, and instead, it comes at about 20 minutes into Episode 3.
The Danes character only JUST NOW got interesting.
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Even the editing is bad. Example: As Oswald approaches the hospital entrance, we see reporters watch him from no less than 100 feet away behind barriers. Then, after he has gone inside and is standing in the middle of a large room full of people, we repeatedly cut back to those same reporters (still outside, still behind the barricades) jumping up and down, calling "Oswald!" to get his attention, reacting with ooh's and ah's to the things he is saying (sans microphone) and doing (which they clearly cannot see) inside the building.
I think the idea there was they could see him through the windows and could tell that he was speechifying and they were trying to get him to come out to do an interview
That's the plan.
But yeah, it's not unwatchable, but so far it is below average. Best part though was totally:
Oh, and yes, the following absolutely needs to happen in the final episode:
*Squeeeeek*
The Doctor: Ah, good ol' Planet Earth. Always nice to pop in and....
*puts finger in the air, then licks it*
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?
Four episodes in.
Miracle Day is still crap.
The only character I can stand is Gwen. Everyone else is just shit, even Jack Harkness.
Then Children of Earth is basically pretty run-of-the-mill political drama... with Doctor Who style monsters playing the role of terrorists.
And now Miracle Day is more or less a tiny bit of dramamentary coupled with Spooks... and maybe with Doctor Who style monsters.
I really can't say there's much difference in quality between all of them really. In almost all cases, they've been carried by specific actors or actresses, since they're pretty much always based on weak storylines and not-as-deep-as-they-hoped commentary.
Eh? Every character annoys me, but Gwen is the only one I actively hate. Stop whining, Gwen! STOP WHINING RIGHT NOW!
Mekhi Phifer (Matheson) needs to stop chewing the scenery. The entire Torchwood team consists of pretty bad actors, but Phifer twitches with every word. He can't stay still when he talks. He's like a bobblehead doll during an earthquake.
Also, there was this one scene where Bill Pullman is talking a room of abandoned patients.
Bill Pullman: I'm the only one who's thinking about you! Here's a blanket! Blankets make everything better!
Old Guy: Hey, aren't you the guy who raped and killed this teenage girl!
Bill Pullman: Yes, that did happen, but now I'm standing by you!
Old Guy: Okay then! Thank you!
That's what I got from that scene. Every sentence ends with an exclamation mark, which I feel is center to the Torchwood experience. If I got a few details wrong, it's because I was also going through TVTropes entries at the time. In my defense, I think multitasking is a great way to watch mediocre television. It allows you to skip the parts you dislike and only pay attention to the better parts. It's how I managed to enjoy Stargate Universe. The show I watched had no Chloe, TJ, or Scott.
Haha, no. Torchwood wanted to be gritty and adult, but it felt like it was written by a group of eleven year old boys. It's actually really sad, if you think about it. The writers were asked to make Doctor Who more mature and all they came back with was "BOOBIES!" And because they wanted to push the envelope, the entire cast was bisexual or gay (or omnisexual) and managed to have sex most episodes with characters of no import. What annoys me the most is how thematically insignificant the sex-thing was. There was no point to it except to shout, "Look at how edgy and adult we are!"
I heard it got better in later episodes, but I had given up on the series at that point.
Also, I should mention, Torchwood had bad acting, poor directing, and shitty writing, but the bar is set so low that I'm willing to give Torchwood some leeway in this.
I didn't say it was all that good. Although there were some pretty good episodes to be honest.
Small Worls, Countrycide, Out of Time and Captain Jack Harkness from Season 1 for example.
What on earth is she whining about? I haven't noticed anything.
Better than CAPTAIN ANGER who's only feature is BEING THE ANGRY BLACK MAN WHO IS ANGRY AND WANTS TO BEAT UP PEOPLE AND IS ANGRY BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE BETTER THAN HIM AT EVERYTHING ANGER ANGER ANGER.
All they had to do was shoot 10 seconds of footage of reporters not 100' feet away and cut to it with the exiting audio track. I get that the idea was that they were much closer to the action, but what they chose to show us did not seem to match that reality. I call that sloppy.
Seriously.
Esther screwed up, and now two of your team are in danger. Do you:
A) Hurry in to the building and try to protect your team mates
or
Rat fucker needs to die.
I'd cut the guy a little slack because of that. Not all though. Just a little.
I think Rex would have jumped to that conclusion regardless - I actually wish it had been him who was followed instead of Esther. Rex is definitely my least favorite character.
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