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

[executrix.livejournal.com]

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

"Democracy is the worst system of government, except for all the others"

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid no money in the world could make me watch any show completely centered around Gwennie-Sue. Having her taking screen time away from much more interesting characters in TW the Original was bad enough.

But again, it's a matter of taste, I guess. After all, I can't stand Sharon Gless, either.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, she did have a baby in November 2009, which explains why she looked so convincing as a recent mother...

It has suddenly occurred to me that I do have an icon more topical than Owen.

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not Torchwood, but it is McGuiver.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

I didn't put down my knitting after all, but Eve Myles is the only person in it worth watching. Pity she's ended up in something so dreary and homogenised.

And apparently the devil is stalking the earth, proffering temptation in the form of a red-headed woman. There's lovely.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know all that... but... it's Torchwood and I rely on huge helpings of WSoD (willing suspension of disbelief). It's Captain Jack after all. And while I would much prefer to see him reintegrated into Doctor Who I'll take Torchwood if it's all that's on offer.

Hmmm, actually, thinking about it, I'm not sure how Captain Jack and Eleven would be together onscreen. Maybe not the same chemistry as with Nine and Ten. Captain Jack and River Song, however would be fabulous together - maybe teamed up with Jenny (the Doctor's daughter).

Re Gwen. I like her. And she doesn't fit any definition of Mary Sue I've ever come across. Wish fulfillment for the writer? Hardly. For the audience? Definitely not.

[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.

[manna]

I love Torchwood with unconditional devotion. At this point, I'm pretty sure there's nothing that will change that (bar Steven Moffat taking over, I guess). Torchwood is also the only show on TV where you start each new series with no idea of what it's turned into this time, which I assume is how RTD stops himself getting bored with it.

Also, they tested the ageing process of the unkillable humans by looking at their telomeres, and I went all giddy. Telomeres!