I think Siffy bought the USAian rights.
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DCJensen - Jul 13, 2009 3:58:15 am PDT #8839 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Typo Boy - Jul 13, 2009 8:53:56 pm PDT #8840 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh another point. Sarah Jane seems to save the day more often than Torchwood, more successfully and with fewer (though not zero) avoidable casualties. So in spite of hsi background Captain Jack is NOT the best one for the job.
I get the feeling that if Sarah Jane was Captain Jack's boss professionally, things would have worked out better. (Not artistically, very different series, but in terms of day saving. Umm and maybe in other ways too. In sum if the series were merged a lot imaginary people would be alive, two imaginary people would be happier, but the real people in the audience would have been totally miserable.)
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2009 9:10:53 pm PDT #8841 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't see Sarah Jane leading a group of adults into danger all the time, though.
They do different things, and she does it on a kids show, so there are fewer casualties.
Jon B. - Jul 14, 2009 3:22:30 am PDT #8842 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yeah, I think there's way too much meta cluttering things to say that Sarah Jane is a better boss. If Torchwood were The Captain Jack Adventures, his job performance would greatly improve.
sumi - Jul 14, 2009 4:56:03 am PDT #8843 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Hey, the Eureka premiere did quite well ratings wise - it beat ABC in the 25-54 demo.
25-54 - that seems like an odd grouping, doesn't it?
beekaytee - Jul 14, 2009 5:02:27 am PDT #8844 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Following ita's link in Movies, Screen Rant suggests there will be a Torchwood panel at Comic-Con on Sunday. Ostensibly, 'kid's day'...which is weird, except that the Dr. Who panel is that day as well.
I'm sure everyone already knew this but me.
Makes me want to be a fly on the wall (and therefore out of reach of the crushing and potentially irritated crowd) to hear about the future of the show, if any.
Vortex - Jul 14, 2009 5:42:02 am PDT #8845 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't think that Sarah Jane would be a good boss . She's a decent leader, but I'm not sure about boss. She's too much of a loner. She works well with children, but I don't think that she would work well with adults.
edited to make SJ a solitary person, not a car.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2009 6:54:12 am PDT #8846 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ostensibly, 'kid's day'
It's kids' day because there are a lot of kid-friendly panels specifically on that day.
beekaytee - Jul 14, 2009 8:01:32 am PDT #8847 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Right. I get that part, but why they'd do the Torchwood panel amongst the kid's shows seems odd. But, as I say, I'm sure it was more a timing thing than a 'theme' thing.
victor infante - Jul 14, 2009 11:54:38 am PDT #8848 of 30001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
At least one of his team members turned evil, another used alien tech for rape, another used memory erasure to manipulate and preserve a relationship. (Well the one who turned evil did that too.) And it looks like at least half his was chosen on gut instinct.
I think, what I like about "Torchwood," -- and not having seen COE yet -- is that, excepting that Jack has an ostensible superpower, they're not superheroes. They're normal people with the proper skill sets and motivations needed to do the job, but I can buy into the show's premise: that doing the job will seriously fuck you up. I actually like that Jack understands this, and doesn't condemn his people for being human.