Torchwood: Miracle Day

[strung out]

kind of. weeknights in the summer is nowhere near as good as weekends in spring/autumn, but i'd agree that 9pm on a main channel isn't that bad a slot. graveyard is a bit strong tbh.

 

[joustmaster]

this was on last night, in the usa. Torrents are up

 

[SpookyFrank]

What's you guys' opinions on this? I was reading the Wikipedia entry and it claims the CofE series was shown in a "graveyard slot". Apparently this is what RTD claims. As far as I'm concerned 9pm on the BBC's main channel is about as far away from a "graveyard slot" as you can get! In fact seeing as a whole week was dedicated to it I'd say it got special treatment.

It would be interesting to know what slot he'd have liked. Because I daresay most showrunners would sell both their eyeballs for a whole week in that particuar graveyard.

 

[ginger_syn]

definitely worth watching,was unable to wait until thursday although will have to see how the series develops before getting over exited.

 

[Frankie Jack]

definitely worth watching,was unable to wait until thursday <snip>.

Oh yes..

 

[Helen Back]

Not bad. A bit slow but this is just ep.1 so should pick up over a few more eps. No explanation about how Jack came back from space though unless I missed it. My other half couldn't watch the bit with the blown apart guy. Ickyyyy!

 

[maldwyn]

It's hard to give an opinion without drifting into spoiler territory, so I'll wait a week.

Will I watch episode 2? yeah but I'll probably wait until it's on iplayer

 

[Termite Man]

CofE .

can it not be called that . I keep getting confused about what the Church of England has to do with torchwood.

I'm starting to think I missed out on something with Children... Torchwood was just a bit crap so I didn't bother with it. Might have to give this new one a go because the trailer made it look good.

 

[greenfield]

I hated it. Too American - I felt that it's now an American series, with the BBC in the backseat.

 

[strung out]

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spoiler tags please. i know it's not much, but i prefer to not know anything when i'm watching it!

 

[joustmaster]

it will be interesting to see how different the english cut will be

 

[captainmission]

i presume the cringeworthy bit where they explain what wales is to americans will be gone (its the new jersey of england apparently)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Never saw that children of the corn one but downloaded this out of curiosity.
SO far Torchwood has been nothing short of utter bollocks.

 

[joustmaster]

Never saw that children of the corn one but downloaded this out of curiosity.
SO far Torchwood has been nothing short of utter bollocks.

Good old AS.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Hummm.
Not as bad as what has been before.
Some terrible lines like
"who are you guys"
"We're Torchwood" Ugh, as if they are like amazing badarses or something.

 

[strung out]

Hummm.
Not as bad as what has been before.

that's high praise from you

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

that's high praise from you

Well it was unbelievably shit in almost every way before hand so it's not saying that much. At least this one has an interesting idea and I am curious to see how it pans out.

 

[strung out]

wow! really enjoyed that

looking forward to the rest of the series now, til doctor who comes back.

 

[Helen Back]

Any differences?

 

[strung out]

my brother told me there weren't, but i didn't watch the US version so i can't confirm

 

[Bungle73]

I guessed what was going to happen when they cut the head off!

 

[Nine Bob Note]

I guessed what was going to happen when they cut the head off!

And so the Toclafane were born. All their own fault.

 

[madzone]

Loved it.

 

[joustmaster]

was it much different to the american one? I would imagine the first episode would both be long and cut similar..

 

[Nine Bob Note]

That episode was the same, it's all the shagging that was previewed that is to be excised. Personally, I can live without the sight of Cap'n Jack's cock, but I still object to an adult programme effectively being censored incase anyone is letting the kiddiewinks watch.

 

[gsv]

Particularly since it's the adults paying for the fucker. Or for no fucker in this case.

GS(v)

 

[RubyBlue]

was it much different to the american one? I would imagine the first episode would both be long and cut similar..

I haven't seen either yet - the UK one is on my hard drive and I'm downloading the US version - which is the best? Was it as good (so far) as CofE? (Which I loved - I'm a die hard Torchwood fan.)

 

[8den]

It was shitter than deep fried shit sandwich

Spoiler: for

That bit with the helicopter was so well shit.

 

[London_Calling]

The only good idea in it is the female-mother-Welsh-James Bond thing, but they don't just labour it, they work it to death and back.

tbf, Barrowman does a great job as well, in a Freddie Mercury kind of way.

 

[joustmaster]

Episode 2 was slow