torchwood

[Nine Bob Note]

Delightfully trashy. If you enjoyed HBO's Rome, you'll love this

If you want Doctor Who, might I suggest you invest in a couple of DVDs?

 

[Brockway]

what a fucking pile of utter toss.

...in your opinion.

 

[Loki]

Torchwood episode 1 now available for download on UKNova for those who care (clearly not tribal princess )

 

[Strumpet]

Enjoyed it though - it's nonsense of course, but highly enjoyable camp nonsense.

Zactly what I thought. Fun!

 

[nightowl]

great fun. i want a can of that 'shag me' spray

 

[ruffneck23]

hmmm cant say i enjoyes it myself but may give it a look next week.......

 

[pk]

Ideal scenario would have been the BBC paying Ecclestone enough money to stay in Cardiff to play the Doctor in the second series - and Tennant playing Harkness instead.

Don't like the smarmy Yank, and the bit where he kisses the young lass was beyond cheesy, but the Welsh cop lady makes up for his shite.

Other than that, seems odd they did this series for adults, could have done a 7pm series without the adult themes and won themselves three times the ratings... the BBC are a weird bunch of nerds at times...

 

[andy2002]

Not quite as good as I thought it was going to be but I'll continue watching. The best thing about it so far is the theme music - like Kasabian playing the X-Files!

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

this had all the signs of a good idea badly formed seems irreipressably designed for the US market and is about 10 years out of date. the storyline developed nothing, at best this was a bad pilot.

i expected better considering what has been written for dr who in recent times has been of a far higher quailty. This had all the hallmarks of a first year media stuides you have 2 days to film with these three cameras and come up with a 1/2 piece of work.

 

[pk]

this had all the signs of a good idea badly formed seems irreipressably designed for the US market

Yep, I was thinking exactly the same thing.

 

[poster342002]

For some reason, I'm put in mind of Garth Merenghi's Darkplace - only not actually a spoof.

Was this an accurate prediction, then?

 

[Vintage Paw]

Overall I found the first two episodes to be enjoyable. I thought the acting was atrocious by all actors except the woman playing 'Gwen'. Harkness' character was nothing like I remembered from the Doctor Who episodes - I have to say I didn't like him.

I will definitely be watching though, at least the next few episodes, as I hope it might improve. I saw somewhere they want to emphasise character relationships more than in Doctor Who, so that may add something to the programme as time goes on.

It was a little strange hearing someone shout "fuck off!" or whatever it was three minutes into the programme - I suppose I was hard-wired to expect the usual Doctor Who tameness, even though I knew it was aimed at an 'adult' market.

So, verdict is - the jury is out. I'll give it time and see how I feel a few episodes down the line. But to be honest, I like a bit of mindless drivel after working all weekend, so more than likely I will continue to watch it.

 

[Ceej]

Harmless enough, nice no-brainer for Sunday night (watched at at 1.00am after last Prime Suspect - how good was that?) I liked Captain Jack in the Dr.Who's...first bisexual lead character in a pre-watershead show - gotta be a good thing. Apparently John Barrowman doesn't do too well in the states except in musicals - they still can't quite cope with an openly gay action hero, so he's having the time of his life here!

 

[pk]

Overall I found the first two episodes to be enjoyable. I thought the acting was atrocious by all actors except the woman playing 'Gwen'.

I thought Sara Gregory did a superb job. (The young lass with the alien fart and the cracking pair of legs.)

 

[kyser_soze]

Enjoyable Sunday night pish innit?

And while I find him annoying as FUCK I quite like Captain Jack - that whole abrasive Yankee thing is intentional from what I remember of the Dr Who episodes he was in...

 

[Loki]

And while I find him annoying as FUCK I quite like Captain Jack - that whole abrasive Yankee thing is intentional from what I remember of the Dr Who episodes he was in...

Yes, that is all tongue in cheek, so shouldn't put anyone out!

 

[kyser_soze]

FFS, it's a TV series about a space/time rift in Cardiff...I mean it's not exactly BAFTA nomination stuff is it?

 

[wishface]

I don't know what to make of it; overproduced for one thing. Again with the bad sound mixing and the 'hip' editing. It strains itself trying to be adult - away from Dr Who, and the sex mist from space was just terrible (a script that even William Shatner would have balked at)! However it had some good ideas; will see how it pans out before dismissing it (unlike the dreadful Robin Hood).

 

[pk]

Yup, Robin Hood is shite...

 

[Moggy]

Watched the first ten minutes just now after having recorded, and just couldn't carry on - it was just so utterly tacky and... unwatchable

 

[Ms T]

i seem to be watching it because it is on.

1. who is captain jack??? i'm finding him tedious and irritating and i dislike his accent.

2. who is the bint. about the only thing good about her is the nice welsh accent.

3. who wrote the script. its shit.

1. He was a character in several episodes of Dr Who

2. Don't know - haven't seen it yet

3. Russell T Davies (revived Dr Who, wrote Queer as F***, among other things).

I'm looking forward to it -- intend to watch it tonight to celebrate a run of early shifts.

 

[kyser_soze]

Queer as F***,

I wasn't aware that 'Folk' required ***

 

[gsv]

Fuck 'Folk'
What needs a *** anyway

GS(v)

 

[secretsquirrel]

Is it just me or does John Barrowman look airbrushed? Reminds me of Jude Law in AI - like he's been plasticised or lightly shrunk wrapped? And I don't just think it's the role, am pretty sure he looks like that all the time

Still, I enjoyed it for what it is - a load of old hokem - perfect for Sunday night. And I think Captain Jack manages to convince that he would, indeed, shag anything. I must confess I find him weirdly attractive despite being made of plastic...

 

[wiskey]

1. He was a character in several episodes of Dr Who

2. Don't know - haven't seen it yet

3. Russell T Davies (revived Dr Who, wrote Queer as F***, among other things).

I'm looking forward to it -- intend to watch it tonight to celebrate a run of early shifts.

thanks - i obviously missed the episode of Dr Who that captain jack appreared in. i really dislike his character, i watched the second episode and he didnt improve.

the woman, gwen, she got better and she may carry the rest of the cast (although i agree with pk that the girl who had the alien in her was great).

i've really enjoyed the tennant dr who, but i didnt bother with the first series. the plot and the script for torchwood seemed so lame compared to some of the episodes of the last dr who series.

 

[T & P]

thanks - i obviously missed the episode of Dr Who that captain jack appreared in. i really dislike his character, i watched the second episode and he didnt improve.

The first one he appeared in was that two-parter set in Britain during the Blitz when a lot of people were walking around with gas masks fused to their faces. The best of the new Dr. Who episodes IMO...

He also appeared in the series finale (first of the new series that is) when the Daleks invade the space station

 

[wiskey]

oh i saw the gas mask one - i must have erased him from my momory.

 

[Ms T]

I wasn't aware that 'Folk' required ***

Was it folk not fuck??

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

I thought torchwood was very entertaining!

 

[tim]

Fuck 'Folk'
What needs a *** anyway

GS(v)

N**l Ed***ds