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neadods ([personal profile] neadods) wrote2010-06-07 06:11 pm

My $.02 on the Torchwood News

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To keep this from being entirely content free, and because everyone's posting their $.02 about Torchwood being picked up: (WARNING: I'm not squeeing)

Starz can afford it, at least. It shouldn't look or be cheap. And it sounds like John Barrowman and Eve Myles will get some free trips out of filming.

However, it's being run by the exact same team and RTD has already said that the first episode is "shocking and touching," for which I read "bloodsoaked and emotionally manipulative." As I still have not forgiven them for the end of COE, I intend to neither be shocked, touched, nor watching. Maybe if they get through without killing off 60% of the cast and torturing children to death onscreen, I'll catch up after.

[identity profile] neadods.livejournal.com 2010-06-08 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
To be fair, no American show is going to end on a suicide. It's just culturally Not Done.
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[identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com 2010-06-08 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish it wasn't culturally acceptable here!

[identity profile] neadods.livejournal.com 2010-06-08 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I rather liked the shock value. At least he wasn't implying that all the cool kids do it.
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[identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com 2010-06-09 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Right.