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.

Comments

[mtgat]

Pretty much yep. Except I won't be catching up regardless.

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

Sounds like 24-lite with aliens and nudity. I bet money on at least one and possibly more of the new cast being American (actually American, I mean, not just Yank-accented like Jack).

[stoplookingup.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to be rid of Rusty et al in DW, it would be madness to go there again, especially after that horror show that was the end of CoE.. But I suspect I won't be able to resist, just out of curiosity. (I just checked, and apparently I do get Starz.)

[un-sedentary.livejournal.com]

I still have not watched the end of CoE, mostly because it disturbed me greatly to read that Jack was forced to sacrifice his grandson in front of his pleading daughter. I thought it was going way too far with the ~"dark" theme.

Also, I think they took the "anyone can die" thing too far. I wasn't hugely attached to Ianto, or Tosh, or Owen, but to kill all three of them is too much. It makes it look gratuitous. And I think RTD wants to be Joss Whedon when he grows up. Except Joss could afford to kill off characters, because he had a lot more than 5 main characters (let's say 7, including Andy and Rhys - still not enough). I think RTD forgot about that part. -_-

I thought it was funny that JB posted on Twitter earlier, "I hope all of you will come on this exciting journey with Captain Jack and the Team." WHAT TEAM. 3/4 of your team is dead and the one who lived has a baby. How exactly is that going to work.

I'm happy for him and Eve and understand why they're excited... I just don't think there's any way that it can be really Torchwood, with the Hub destroyed and so few characters returning.

[bewarethespork.livejournal.com]

This, basically. I don't even know if I'll bother catching up, though. CoE was such a flaming pile of crap that I'm really not sure I want to go near the show again. (That said, I forgave my show for the Year of Specials, so...)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I'm not squeeing either - it'll probably end up being some horrible bastardised, Americanised (in the worst way) show instead of being its previously weird and quirky British self. They went out on high ratings at the end of S3, it's been a year since that, they should let it die.

I will, however, watch at least the first one out of sheer morbid curiosity.