Torchwood

[SBoydW]

So I started watching this thinking "Doctor Who spin off, it must be good".  Is it just me or does anyone else find this show to be poorly written and acted? To have spun off from such an awesome show this one is really falling short on quality.  When did super awesome Captain Jack become such wimpy sap?

 

[Mr Ares]

Season one was quite weak, with a few good episodes, especially towards the end. Season two was better. Season three, Children of Earth, was great. And Season four, Miracle Day, was rubbish.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

I love me some captain jack and pet pterodactyls ftw... the epis vary a lot in quality but as always mr ares is pretty much dead on.

 

really blew when they moved to Hollywood.

[Apple Scruff]

They could film John Barrowman sitting in a chair for an hour and I'd never miss an episode. <3 :-D

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

have you heard him speak in his real voice?

 

kinda ruined it for me.

[badhead]

I found the show very juvenile in its attitude. It was like a 13 year olds idea of what an adult show is

[SBoydW]

Yeah I took all I could take... All the actors over acted and the storyline was week...

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

children of earth was juvenile? srsly?

 

uh.

 

no.

[badhead]

In Torchwood, every time a character swears, its almost as if they look into the cammera and say

 

"i just said a bad world, becaue I am a grown up, and I talk about sex as well, because thats what adults do". 

 

Then the plots are silly.  Also one of our heros uses alien Technology to commit date rape, and its played for laughts!!!!

 

But worst of all is a top secret orginisation that has its name on the side of the van.  But as long as there is sex and swaering that makes it adult right?

[BFG]

Which series did you watch? 

 

As Cindy and Mr Ares said, Children of Earth is genuinely great!  Seasons 1 and 2 were ok and Miracle Day was awful (at least I assume it didn't pick up, I stopped watching after Ep2) 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

it didn't pick up.

 

but I look at children of earth as the proper ending.

[BFG]

thanks for the info.  To be fair I was finishing my dissertation for my masters, so was incredibly busy, I didn't stop just cos I wasn't a fan.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

it was a different show when America got its hands on it. kids liked it better I think, lots of action. but it never touched me like the original.

[wotfan4472]

Which is why Doctor Who will never go to America. Especially after the disastrous Doctor Who movie they did.

 

All I can say on this is that there are Whovians out there whom use the DVD's for frisbee games during add breaks and as cup holders :D