Torchwood "renewed"
POSTED BY: ImNotHere
UPDATED: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:05
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Originally posted by Lemming:
Miracle Day...not so much. A weak (abominably weak IMO) 3 episode story stretched out beyond all comprehension to 10 episodes with no payoff and most things telegraphed well ahead.
Mostly agree. I think there was a half-decent 3 parter lurking in there somewhere but whatever possessed them to think they could pad it out to 10 episodes?
They also lost the horror factor - starting out with some promising "squick" which seemed to be forgotten about by the end, when people "killed" just seemed to lapse into convenient comas.
One problem is, we were supposed to be horrified by the "category 1" solution - but I can't really see a feasible alternative. Sure, any attempt to apply a similar solution to any plausible real-world problem would be deeply worrying (to say the least), but in the fantasy situation set up by the show it seems like the only solution - the guy spread out on the autopsy bench in ep. 1 would probably vote for it.
The "government out of control and sanctioning atrocities" theme felt like a bit of a re-tread of "Children of Earth" too, as did the close connection between the event and his Jack's shady past.
Plus, the bad guys needed to come to much, much stickier ends than (a) the Palpatine manouver and (b) being blown up offscreen.
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Originally posted by ImNotHere:Quote:
Originally posted by Lemming:
Miracle Day...not so much. A weak (abominably weak IMO) 3 episode story stretched out beyond all comprehension to 10 episodes with no payoff and most things telegraphed well ahead.
Mostly agree. I think there was a half-decent 3 parter lurking in there somewhere but whatever possessed them to think they could pad it out to 10 episodes?
They also lost the horror factor - starting out with some promising "squick" which seemed to be forgotten about by the end, when people "killed" just seemed to lapse into convenient comas.
Plus, the bad guys needed to come to much, much stickier ends than (a) the Palpatine manouver and (b) being blown up offscreen.
Yep, no horror, no sci-fi as such, no pace (goes with the 3 ep story padded to 10) Precious little characterisation (the CIA agent with the hole in his chest whose name escapes me just pissed me off and many others were just cardboard cutouts)
Gwen's whole "I'm Welsh, deal with it!!!" attitude smacked of desperately trying to get over to the US audience that she *wasn't* English (as all too often, the writers insulting the intelligence of the US audience.. they (and the UK audience of course, of which I am part) didn't need reminding every other ep with all the subtlty of a bad Friday night in Swansea! Patronising much?)
LOL: Palpatine manoeuver...I like that :-)
Nick
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On disc #3, eps 6 and 7, I believe.
Am very underwhelmed with these 2 eps. Not liking how the story is going, and the directing is ridiculous. The scenes are Primeval bad in how they're laid out. Ugh. Hope this trend doesn't continue.
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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