Dr Who and Torchwood
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:31 am
Both series are good, but I prefer Torchwood. Are these shows shown outside the UK?
I am a huge fan of the new Dr. Who and of Torchwood. Dr. Who preserves the heart of the older version of the show (equal parts whimsy and "playing-for-keeps"), while giving the Doctor a dark, nasty edge that wasn't really there before. I'm all for giving old childhood favorites new teeth.Omphalos wrote:Ragabash is an old Dr. Who fan from way back. What do you think of the new one, Raggy?
No, it was a bit before my time. It was on when I was a kid, but according to Wikipedia it was taken off air by the time I was 9.Omphalos wrote: CL, did you watch any of the older Dr. Who stuff?
I'm an old Dr. Who fan from back in the day, but I haven't seen any of the new ones. They still have K9?Ragabash wrote:I am a huge fan of the new Dr. Who and of Torchwood. Dr. Who preserves the heart of the older version of the show (equal parts whimsy and "playing-for-keeps"), while giving the Doctor a dark, nasty edge that wasn't really there before. I'm all for giving old childhood favorites new teeth.Omphalos wrote:Ragabash is an old Dr. Who fan from way back. What do you think of the new one, Raggy?
Which is why I like Torchwood! It's like Dr. Who, except people drop the F-bomb, get drunk and have sex. It's refreshing to have themes we see every day as adults represented in a television series, but that's pretty much par for the course in most British shows. Also, there's only oblique references to the original source material (almost unheard of in most spinoffs). All in all, big thumbs up.
I think the characters are deliberately unlikeable. The gay snogging is such a bore, if you're going to poof it up, at least do it properly. Captain Jack is hot for a guy in his 40s though, I'd definitely do him.tanzeelat wrote:I can't say I'm a fan of Torchwood. Russell T Davies clearly wants to be Joss Whedon, but since I could never understand the appeal of Buffy, I don't see what's so good about Torchwood. The characters are unlikeable, the plots are silly, and having snog each other and anything else that moves is...
Having said that, the second episode of the second series (broadcast last Wednesday) wasn't bad. It actually had a plot, and one of the characters had a real story-arc.
The metal dog turned up for one episode. It was shit.Tleilax Master B wrote:I'm an old Dr. Who fan from back in the day, but I haven't seen any of the new ones. They still have K9?Ragabash wrote:I am a huge fan of the new Dr. Who and of Torchwood. Dr. Who preserves the heart of the older version of the show (equal parts whimsy and "playing-for-keeps"), while giving the Doctor a dark, nasty edge that wasn't really there before. I'm all for giving old childhood favorites new teeth.Omphalos wrote:Ragabash is an old Dr. Who fan from way back. What do you think of the new one, Raggy?
Which is why I like Torchwood! It's like Dr. Who, except people drop the F-bomb, get drunk and have sex. It's refreshing to have themes we see every day as adults represented in a television series, but that's pretty much par for the course in most British shows. Also, there's only oblique references to the original source material (almost unheard of in most spinoffs). All in all, big thumbs up.
chanilover wrote:I think the characters are deliberately unlikeable. The gay snogging is such a bore, if you're going to poof it up, at least do it properly. Captain Jack is hot for a guy in his 40s though, I'd definitely do him.tanzeelat wrote:I can't say I'm a fan of Torchwood. Russell T Davies clearly wants to be Joss Whedon, but since I could never understand the appeal of Buffy, I don't see what's so good about Torchwood. The characters are unlikeable, the plots are silly, and having snog each other and anything else that moves is...
Having said that, the second episode of the second series (broadcast last Wednesday) wasn't bad. It actually had a plot, and one of the characters had a real story-arc.
Agreed, the poofery in that show seems trumped up and solely done to be edgy.chanilover wrote:I think the characters are deliberately unlikeable. The gay snogging is such a bore, if you're going to poof it up, at least do it properly. Captain Jack is hot for a guy in his 40s though, I'd definitely do him.tanzeelat wrote:I can't say I'm a fan of Torchwood. Russell T Davies clearly wants to be Joss Whedon, but since I could never understand the appeal of Buffy, I don't see what's so good about Torchwood. The characters are unlikeable, the plots are silly, and having snog each other and anything else that moves is...
Having said that, the second episode of the second series (broadcast last Wednesday) wasn't bad. It actually had a plot, and one of the characters had a real story-arc.