Torchwood

[emmelinemay]

Ok, I have now watched the first three episodes of Torchwood.


I thought the 1st one was a bit all over the place, and a bit awkward, with slightly ropey acting. I figured, it's the first one, it's got a difficult job to do introducing all of this. I'll give it a chance.

Although part of me was saying 'how come Torchwood is such a chickenshit outfit what with being a MIB style 'outside the government' operation? even the x-files department was run better than this and the government didn't want them.

But i ignored that voice, thinking, it's bound to get better.

The second one was a bit better. The acting is still ropey as all hell, and the main female lead starts to piss me off.

This chickenshit outfit goes 'hey, there's this really clumsy and slightly stupid bint, but she's cute and might shag birds. let's give her a job, rather than modify her memory. She'd fit right in here as she's really irritiating and can't act.

But still, i hang on to faith. It's got Captain Jack in it. It's GOT to get good.

Despite the fact that part of me is saying it's like the tomorrow people, with slightly better production values and swearing.

We watched part three last night. It was a test of endurance to get through it. It had me shouting at it. I repeatedly asked Ben to make it Go Away and he refused, forcing me to watch the whole thing so i would truly understand that my faith in it was utterly misplaced. To understand the torture i'd put him through by insisting he watch the first two while maintaing that 'its BOUND' to get better eventually.

There was even a fucking gun learning montage A MONTAGE for fucksake. With pumping inspirational eye-of-the-tiger style music, bits where they share a joke, and where she ends up an expert of shooting after 2 minutes of some really obvious LOOK!!! LOOOK!!!! THEY FANCY EACH OTHER AND SHE'S GOT A BOYFRIEND!!! OOOOOOOOOH!!!! camera angles.

Edit - and another thing. How come an 'above the government department' who own the WHOLE TOP FLOORS OF CANARY WHARF in Dr Who end up in some basement in Cardiff?

And this is meant to be the same team that blew up the Sycorax₁ ship in the xmas special with a giant LASER_TM? The team we see on Torchwood the TV show would have difficulty throwing ROCKS at a space ship.




_{1 and yes, it pisses me off that they named an alien species after Caliban's mother in the Tempest. WHY????}


I'm sorry, Torchwood.

I REALLY wanted to like you. I did. Perhaps it's not you, it's me. I just have higher expectations. I don't think we can stay friends, you've just dissapointed me one too many times. I'm sure you and your fans will be very happy together, alas, for you and me, it just wasn't meant to be.

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[kirstenlj.livejournal.com]

I didn't see 1 & 2, but I did see 3. I was a bit underwhelmed, but ye gods that woman was annoying. And the gun thing was pretty bad. I'll watch on Sunday probably, but not too fussed if I miss it either.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons i never got into buffy was that i didn't like Buffy's personality very much. However, the series as a whole was very well written and acted, with a great sense of humor and the right balance of dark/camp.

In Torchwood, the main charachter is not terribly likeable either; but nothing saves it. Poor acting, dodgy dialouge, confused tone and terrible set-peices.