Date   : Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:47:38
From   : rs423@... (Mick)
Subject: [BeebSoc] Bloody Torchwood

I liked Bugs. Oooo Jaye Griffiths :-)  Good theme tune too.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-gsQf_F-I>

Mick

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> Once upon a time we had a hardcore and often amusing sci-fi programme. 
> A band of elite dealing with alien tech (etc) turning up in the middle 
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> Being British, it was a little more than just sci-fi fun. Everybody 
> happened to also have <cough> relations </cough> with everybody else. 
> I think the only 'normal' relation was the one that never was (Tosh in 
> love with Owen, did Owen ever realise?).
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> But then it all went horribly wrong. In the course of a season, pretty 
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> This was then followed by a BLEAK miniseries. I mean, really really 
> downer all the way through.
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> And now this.
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> The plot *could* be interesting. But I find it hard to be interested 
> when a few minutes of action is punctuated by nearly half an episode 
> of Jack romping in bed with a weedy Italian bloke. In fact, his 
> subsequent significance to the story took less time than was spent 
> shagging, in what must rank as the most hamfisted and gratuitously 
> unnecessary character introduction in the history of television.
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> The way things are playing out now, "Bugs" will look good in comparison.
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> What happened to the Torchwood we used to enjoy? Can we have that one 
> back please?
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> Best wishes,
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> Rick.
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