Comments on: TV Update

By: seb

seb — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:39:02 +0000

torchwood is great ,is there naything else half decent to watch on a sunday eh

By: afray

afray — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:22:03 +0000

Yeah. the Madame Pompidou wasn’t great. And you could see the twist coming, but it was still a decent episode.

Torchwood, however… I think it may just be bad enough to be good, but only in short blasts. Couldn’t take a full episode of it. For instance, last night’s BBC2 transmission featured some of the worst dialogue since the Earth-based Original-BSG-spin-off, especially in the final scene. It’s incredulous how bad the whole show is.

By: pharoahe_monchE

pharoahe_monchE — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:46:07 +0000

you’re wrong about 30 Rock. it’s not great, but it’s not bad either. i’d rather not watch The Nine (i only managed one and a half episodes, it’s a mess), Six Degrees (ok, Campbell rules, but the plot is not very engaging), Heroes (pilot is terminally boring) or Help Me Help You (it’s kind of nice, but why should we watch it?)

By: Steve W

Steve W — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:43:14 +0000

Fools! Despite some dodgy science and even dodgier acting from a couple of the guest stars, The Impossible Planet was the best episode. The Girl in the Fireplace (I’m still waiting for the inevitable Bones episode with the same name) was crippled beyond repair by an appalling performance from Sophia Myles in the title role, sucking the life from any scene in which she appeared.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:49:57 +0000

The Girl In the Fireplace was written by Moffat, hence the vast difference in quality.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:06:44 +0000

The best episode of Series 2 was Girl in the Fireplace. As for Torchwood, I didn’t do 10,000 words, but I threw up some thoughts on the first couple: http://www.richardcobbett.co.uk/codex/journal/filingcabinet/torchwood/

I was trying to be positive. Episode 3 was a slight improvement, but not enough to care about.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:06:11 +0000

And indeed that god-awful episode of Doctor Who, you wrong-brained lunatics.

By: Tim E

Tim E — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:40:48 +0000

But even so Stuart, he’s right about Torchwood!

By: GamingHobo

GamingHobo — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:04:38 +0000

“Could you write 10,000 words on why Torchwood is shit, please? I loved reading my half-formed thoughts made flesh.”

I’ll second that motion. RTD’s writing is so vain and self serving, it’s just unbearable. I don’t understand how he keeps on getting these lucrative commissions. Argh!

By: Rev. S Campbell

Rev. S Campbell — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:00:41 +0000

Bear in mind that John thinks the best episode of Doctor Who series 2, penned by RT Davies, was rubbish, ie that John is a stupid-faced idiot.