Dosvidanya

It must be summer; the annual migration of incomprehensible Russian LJs has started attaching to my journal.

I have two already, though as usual I expect them to have gone withing a few weeks. Anyone got more?

Dosvidanya

It must be summer; the annual migration of incomprehensible Russian LJs has started attaching to my journal.

I have two already, though as usual I expect them to have gone withing a few weeks. Anyone got more?

Touchwood

Ah, Russell T Davies, it's been two years and that is enough time for me to have forgotten just how over rated you are. Bless you for reminding me in spades at the first opportunity.

I was really looking forward to Torchwood Miracle Day; I was excited as much by the change in direction as I was by the news that such scriptwriters as Jane Espenson were involved. Taking it Stateside was on okay idea, as long as the essential Britishness remained and the basic idea is a reasonable premise for a series. And Bill Pullman as a baddie. Nice casting.

Sadly, what we got was slow direction, poor pacing and RTD's agenda once again that once the US is involved, they are automatically able to over ride all UK customs, laws and procedures. Not to mention a homage to Robin Hood Prince of Thieves with the trip from Heathrow, down the M4, over the Severn Bridge and right down to the coast in the space of a single phone conversation. You couldn't get there that fast in a Typhoon on full after burn.

I think I'll watch next week, but if it doesn't pick up soon, probably not the week after.

The question I throw out for discussion therefore is: Torchwood Miracle Day episode one. Steaming pile of poo, or just house and garden variety shite?

And remember, folks, I am incredibly easy to please in matters televisual.

Touchwood

Ah, Russell T Davies, it's been two years and that is enough time for me to have forgotten just how over rated you are. Bless you for reminding me in spades at the first opportunity.

I was really looking forward to Torchwood Miracle Day; I was excited as much by the change in direction as I was by the news that such scriptwriters as Jane Espenson were involved. Taking it Stateside was on okay idea, as long as the essential Britishness remained and the basic idea is a reasonable premise for a series. And Bill Pullman as a baddie. Nice casting.

Sadly, what we got was slow direction, poor pacing and RTD's agenda once again that once the US is involved, they are automatically able to over ride all UK customs, laws and procedures. Not to mention a homage to Robin Hood Prince of Thieves with the trip from Heathrow, down the M4, over the Severn Bridge and right down to the coast in the space of a single phone conversation. You couldn't get there that fast in a Typhoon on full after burn.

I think I'll watch next week, but if it doesn't pick up soon, probably not the week after.

The question I throw out for discussion therefore is: Torchwood Miracle Day episode one. Steaming pile of poo, or just house and garden variety shite?

And remember, folks, I am incredibly easy to please in matters televisual.