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Torchwood... Page 56

I'm having to watch this in sections, & I'm not bothered about spoilers.
Overall I wish I hadn't bothered.

I think it's worth it just for the genuinely interesting central conceit. For all its faults I'm still curious to see how it all plays out.

Quote: chipolata @ August 6 2011, 12:57 AM BST

I think it's worth it just for the genuinely interesting central conceit. For all its faults I'm still curious to see how it all plays out.

And you have to assume it hasn't played most of its hand yet, that the most interesting/exciting stuff is yet to come.

Hopefully.

Coooourse it is.

Have faith!

Watching your wedding DVD again?

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 6 2011, 12:42 AM BST

I'm having to watch this in sections, & I'm not bothered about spoilers.
Overall I wish I hadn't bothered.

Cold.

When RTD cooks breakfast, it's a few tasty morsels, hidden in a huge pile of waffles. Same as when he wrote this.

It would kick ass a tight focussed 5 episode series.

Jack works interestingly because he's a sort of antiDr.

By which I mean he humps things, hits things and is just incredibly stupid.

Quote: chipolata @ August 6 2011, 12:57 AM BST

For all its faults I'm still curious to see how it all plays out.

RTD is not known for his intriguing endings. All he has to do with this one is have someone discover the morphic field generator and switch it off. We can then have an 'agonising' final episode when they have to choose between ending their undead friends lives and solving the crisis.

Quote: Nogget @ August 6 2011, 12:30 PM BST

RTD is not known for his intriguing endings. All he has to do with this one is have someone discover the morphic field generator and switch it off. We can then have an 'agonising' final episode when they have to choose between ending their undead friends lives and solving the crisis.

Oh yeah, that's been on the cards right from the get go. But that would be quite watchable.

Better but still far too slow and sadly a little predictable.

And I think it will be Rex that presses the button in noble and valiant self sacrifice.

Yeah, the plot seems to be advancing an inch at a time, which is frustrating as it was obvious this is how the world would deal with the should-be-deads five weeks ago. Shame Dr Sexy died too.

I liked the way they mentioned that China refused the overflow camps as it felt a bit like America was making legislation for the whole world up until that point.
Still, I wonder what they are doing with the should-be-dead in China, a lot of daughters sticking around longer than normal.

I also thought the big Oswald Danes speech was a bit naff. I like Bill Pullman, and generally like his performance in this, but his big conference speech was a bit "meh." We are Angels indeed! And God knows what all that writhing was when he'd finished speaking.

I did not bother with this last night, and doubt I will get round to catching up. It is just not entertaining enough to be compulsive viewing, and unlike Who, I do not have enough invested to persist in the hope it might become better.

It's odd so odd.

On the one hand it's balls to the walls fearless in it's use of horror. And like Children of Earth is genuinely nasty and horrific. With no nancy hqand wringing.

Bits of it are rather funny and some character stuff isn't bad.

But on the flip side in other ways it's utterly terrible. Does anyone actually believe Cpt Jack does anything with the Torchwood computers when the others are away, other than losing at minesweeper and jerking off over Justin Beiber?

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