Um, is Torchwood airing in the U.S.? Or is the discussion solely from Net-based sources?
(Hubs is a major fan of the new Who, and I'm sure he'd want to know.)
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Fred Pete - Oct 23, 2006 5:27:43 am PDT #2985 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
tiggy - Oct 23, 2006 5:29:01 am PDT #2986 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Um, is Torchwood airing in the U.S.?
not yet, but i'm sure it will if it becomes as popular as Who.
sumi - Oct 23, 2006 5:29:03 am PDT #2987 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Sadly - not airing in North America yet.
I hope that Scifi or BBCA picks it up.
Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2006 5:30:10 am PDT #2988 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
None of us Americans has acquired Torchwood from net-based sources. That would be wrong.
Kate P. - Oct 23, 2006 5:33:32 am PDT #2989 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Downloaded [edit: heh, I mean, um, legally acquired!] and watched both Torchwood episodes last night, and I LOVED them (Shocker!). Gwen is fantastic, and I really love her totally normal, sweet boyfriend (wonder how long he'll last?) , and I just grinned every time Captain Jack was on screen. The bit in the first ep with Jack standing on the roof of that building, with the aerial shots swooping in around him from several different angles, made me laugh out loud. I don't remember if it had any relevance to the plot at all; it was just so perfectly "You wanted a Captain Jack power shot? Well, here's five of them!" And all the stuff in the second episode with the Torchwood staff gossiping about who he is and where he comes from was great too.
Oh! And in the second episode, Jack has the Doctor's hand preserved in a jar! And it's more important to him than almost anything else! Can't wait to see where they go with that.
ETA: the more I think about it, the more I think that Who is Buffy, and Torchwood is Angel, and that the comparison is fairly explicit. What do others think?
Oh, totally! That makes a lot of sense, now that I think about it. And the second episode of Torchwood even stole its plot directly from the second episode of Angel.
Jessica - Oct 23, 2006 5:41:55 am PDT #2990 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think Torchwood is more likely to be on BBCA than SciFi, but I can't remember why I think that.
sumi - Oct 23, 2006 5:44:28 am PDT #2991 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm fine with that. I'm guessing that BBCA is kicking themselves for not grabbing Doctor Who when they could -- thus the airing of season 1 on BBCA in November.
(Plus, if BBCA airs it so much more likely that the original UK version will show up On Demand.)
Kate P. - Oct 23, 2006 5:47:53 am PDT #2992 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I will have a major problem with the character who
Dana, that was my biggest problem too. And it would have made a lot of sense, in the second ep, for someone to draw a parallel between the alien sex smog and the cologne and make the point that they are both essentially rape drugs; it seems that would have been the best way to address the issue right away. Because you're right, his behavior is gross and awful and Very Bad, and I don't want to believe that we're supposed to think it was OK.
Also agreed that the atmosphere was much more subdued than I was expecting. The pacing also seemed weird to me in places, a little clunky. But I'm happy to chalk that up to new-show syndrome and hope they find their stride soon.
tiggy - Oct 23, 2006 5:58:27 am PDT #2993 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I think Torchwood is more likely to be on BBCA than SciFi, but I can't remember why I think that.
well...there was actual cussing in this show. they'd have to do some cutting and some bleeping/creative voiceovering if it was to be on SciFi.
Fiona - Oct 23, 2006 8:32:01 am PDT #2994 of 10001
I will have a major problem with the character who....
I agree totally, Dana, but that was all part of showing the characters' flaws (a major flaw in this case, I know), and I'm fairly certain we're supposed to find Owen unsympathetic at this point. Also I think showing that stuff was to draw attention away from Suzie's extra-curricular activities, which were kinda worse. I do have some faith that it will be addressed in future, actually. We'll see .
Kate - hah! The bit with the ariel shots of Jack on the roof of the building made me laugh too - it just went on for bloody ever; plus, Angelerific (again); also later events explained how he dared to be up there in the first place .