I have to admit I kinda liked the cheesiness of "Origins". I think this goes into the "so bad its good" pile. Of course I can see how if you were into the series (as opposed to occasionally choosing it as workout accompaniment) the awfulness would hurt. But if you can separate it from the series, they are approaching "Plan 9" territory here. Or at least "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" .

I never saw any of the original Dr. Who series. Thus I go into watching Who, and Torchwood, with no expectations. It's nice. Kinda like seeing the movie when you haven't read the book.

I watched the first episode of Torchwood last night, and enjoyed it. The second is waiting for me to finish cleaning my room. I've read enough of the discussion here to know what Jack was talking about when he kinda-sorta explained being immortal to Gwen, so that was nice. Also I caught the last couple minutes of the Dr. Who episode they showed just before, with the werewolves and the queen, and that explained how Torchwood came about, so that was good too. I no longer feel that I have to completely catch up on Who before I launch into Torchwood.

So, back on Series 1 of Doctor Who, at the end of The Unquiet Dead, what are people's understandings of the truth of events?

Because I'd always believed that The Doctor lied to Rose. He saw that Gwyneth was un-savable and willing to do what had to be done, so he told Rose she was already dead.

Trudy read it (and wikipedia backs her up) as The Doctor checks Gwyneth for a pulse and finds none, so he's telling Rose the truth.

I thought that she was dead from the moment they entered her body and from then she was essentially a spirit animating her own corpse.

But they entered her back during the seance, as well, didn't they? I suppose the overload of being the bridge...yeah, I could buy that.

The animating her own corpse thing seems like a cop-out to me.

Yes, but gross!

That was interesting. Preparing for the finale of 4400, I was listening to the cast interviews over on the USA site. I had no idea that Jacqui McKenzie was Australian (or Jenni "Meghan" Baird either) and hiding an accent. Wow. She has such a strong presence that I'm reminded of someone like Katherine Hepburn. She just comes across as supremely confident.

I was also gratified to hear Joel Gretsch talk about Tom's relationship with Diana. I think because they didn't try to force something romantic with the two, the characters have a stronger friendship and perhaps ultimately a stronger bond. Just thinking out loud.

Hee! I wanted Marco to hold up his hands as the camera spun around and yell, "I did it!"

Hee.

Blink: I LOVED IT - and it was creepy as hell. Right up there with Hush in my book. I plan on making it regular Halloween watching.

Didn't bother with Highlander. I suppose I could catch it later on.

Also I watched Bionic Woman, Chuck and Journeyman On Demand. I found Bionic Woman strangely mushy and not hard headed enough. Does that make sense? I REALLY enjoyed Chuck - I was worried that it would be all about laughing at his ineptitude as a spy or something and that's not what it was about at all. I loved 'Buy More' and the "Large Mart" and there is something insanely wrong about seeing Adam Baldwin in that "Buy More" uniform.