Torchwood: Miracle Day

[altariel]

Right. Obviously Miracle Day is thoroughgoing bobbins (and rather bland and dull bobbins too), but last night's mad magic potion sequence made me feel fond of Torchwood for the very first time. Eve Myles the best thing in it by a country mile.

To my mind now obviously has nothing to do with SF/F any more, but has turned into action adventure with a hundreds-and-thousands sprinkling of technobabble. Seems to be feeling its way towards Burn Notice: small team of outcasts solving problem of the week with slightly preposterous use of whatever is to hand (Burn Notice obviously owing lots to The A-Team). But Torchwood nowhere near as savvy or well-crafted as Burn Notice. And Torchwood has nobody to compare with the Dream Team of Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless.

To my complete surprise, I am going to watch episode 3.

Comments

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Yes, the mad magic potion sequence was brilliant, and Eve Myles gave a bravura performance. I hadn't been a Gwen fan previously, but I am now. I was rather luke-warm about Miracle Day after the first episode, but this episode was much better. Still not up to the standard of Children of Men, though, which I thought was very well done.

I haven't watched Burn Notice, but the style and content of Miracle Day reminds me of Flashforward, though without such a large cast or convoluted plot (at least not yet). And like Flashforward, I'm having trouble making out some of the dialogue because of the actors speaking in the jumble that seems to have become fashionable.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Oops! For "jumble" read "mumble".