Torchwood has always billed itself as the adult alternative to Doctor Who, which has traditionally been viewed as a children’s program despite its vast adult following. With “Children of Earth,” the show finally earned that billing. Casting aside the cheesiness and sloppy writing that plagued much of the first two seasons, Torchwood proved a show [...]
Continue reading about Torchwood: Children of Earth: “Day Five”
Politics once again took center stage as Earth tried to negotiate its way out of handing over millions of children to the 456. The negotiations were unsuccessful. The 456 demanded 10% of Earth’s children or they would wipe out the human race. The bulk of the episode dealt with the resulting ethical dilemma. Earth doesn’t [...]
Continue reading about Torchwood: Children of Earth: “Day Four”
After thinking he was being given a career-making (and history-making) opportunity, John Frobisher finally discovered just how thoroughly he was being screwed. There is no winning with the 456. I can only imagine that twelve children were secretly handed over to them in 1965 because the alternative would have been so much worse. Now the [...]
Continue reading about Torchwood: Children of Earth: “Day Three”
Ever have one of those days? Torchwood sure did.
The plot didn’t advance much in this episode. We learned that the 456 are coming tomorrow and that they want their contact in the British government to build something for them–something that can contain an atmosphere they can survive in. The bulk of the episode was taken [...]
Continue reading about Torchwood: Children of Earth: “Day Two”
The Torchwood mini-series event got underway on BBC America last night. Whacking great huge spoilers follow.
In 1965, a busload of Scottish orphans was abducted by an alien race codenamed the 456 by the British government, all except for one boy, Clement McDonald, who managed to escape. This wasn’t a random alien abduction however. These kids [...]
Continue reading about Torchwood: Children of Earth: “Day One”
Eureka is a summer series, right? It broadcasts a new season with a new story arc each summer, so one could be forgiven for thinking this was season four of Eureka. Fourth summer = season four, right? Except that last year, Sci Fi Syfy ordered twice as many episodes as usual for season three, then [...]
When the show first started three months ago, I complained bitterly about how the cast was so huge that it was impossible to connect to any of the characters. Now that it’s over, I perversely feel like I’ve lost friends.
Remember all those psych meds that J.D. was taking? Apparently he should have been sharing them [...]
[Note: Good grief! I thought I'd posted this already. Well, it's a week and a half late, but just pretend it's, oh, say, July 1st, as you read.]
When I read Television Without Pity’s “recaplet” of this week’s episode, I wondered if it was written by the fabulous Raelle Tucker. It was!
Sadly, though, we do not [...]
Geez Louise, have we ever had a body count this high in a single episode before?
So here I am, trying to be all objective and professional in my review, but no matter what I try to write, all that comes out is NOOOOOOO!!! Cal and Chloe! ::wails:: I am not in my happy fangirl place [...]
Can you tell I’m just not that into this show? I’m not sure why. There are characters I love, but they aren’t ones I need to see every week. I started watching the show because I love Raelle Tucker, and the two scripts she wrote last year (”Cold Ground” and the season finale) were the [...]
Loading ...
