Torchwood

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Yes it is back next Month! I can't wait. I wonder if this thread is allowed?

Series 2 trailor!

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You said wood! hehehehehehe!

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I'm glad to hear it is returning, I know a lot of people didn't like it but I thought it was rather fun 

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Yay it starts on 16 Jan! Have you seen the longer trailer?

Spoiler Jack and Ianto Squee! 

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Originally posted by Tweek:
I'm glad to hear it is returning, I know a lot of people didn't like it but I thought it was rather fun   

Please. It's been pwned by Driftwood.

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I'm Glad Martha/Freema will be in it. I just wanna know what they're gonna do to her.

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Did anybody saw the first episode?

Like the first snog between and Jack and John and OOOOHHHHH Jack asks Ianto on a date.

Jack and Ianto are a turn on   

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You don't have to have the initials JH to be a time agent, but it helps...

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Not a bad start to the new series 

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Torchwood started up?!?!
Great, now I have to go searching for the episode online...
curse me and my American channels!

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Weeell...so far, I'll say this much; Marsters was probably the best thing about the first episode. That's not to say that it was bad; I think they spent more on cinematography and CGI/whatever, so it looked better. And for the most part, the story was okay; it's just that you kinda wonder if Marsters would be a better lead for the show.

And I do note that they're making quite a lot about the cameos - hopefully, the stories will be good, but I'm not sure that's a good sign. We'll see. :/

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I think that's more because they're championing it as a proper crossover rather than a separate-entity spinoff - the good Doctor in an episode or two would cement that.

As far as the episode went, whilst I enjoyed it very much (John Barrowman, oh my yes) it did seem slightly cartoonish in the way it was presented. I'm not sure that that's a bad thing but certainly in Series 1 the really cracking episodes like Cyberwoman were the ones that were darker in subject matter and less obviously camping it up.

We'll see how it goes 

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Well, episode 2 is right around the corner...

Yeah, it's definitely early days. Though I will say something else about Ep 1; why oh why did they have to start the 'who's sleeping with whom' thing up again? Jack hitting on Gwen, Jack hitting on Ianto  (though those two deserve their own topic for 'Most Unrealistic Relationship'), Owen hitting on Tosh...I realise that TW is the more 'adult' end of the Doctor Who brand, but...ugh. Maybe this year they'll dial the rampant shagging down a few notches. :/

EDIT: Caught the character mix-ups. That's old age catching up, that is... :/

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You forgot Jack hitting on Ianto not Owen

Did you see the trailer where Owen told Ianto and Tosh let's all have sex? there could be a steamy scene there. hope there some Jack and Ianto action

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Fixed the screw-ups. Whoops. 

At the moment, I'm approaching TW with guarded optimism; the trailer for Ep2 looks good, but then again, the trailer for 'Love and Monsters' looked good, and the episode itself was utter dreck. We'll see.

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It was ok, more violence, less sex is good for me. But obviously my favourite line was: Lets all have sex" "And I thought the end of the world couldn't get any worse"

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Heh heh, yeah; that was a good one. Hopefully, that's the writers sending a signal that they're going to tone down the interoffice humping this season - though based on all the 'flirting' going on in Ep 1, that's probably a vain hope.

Ep 2...

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...was somewhat of a letdown. It was part '24', part spy thriller, part emotional thing - and sadly, the sum of the parts didn't add up to that much. It wasn't horrific, but compared to last week (and seeing as the BBC put Ep 1 on before they showed Ep 2), it was a letdown. I dunno; there's next week, which looks interesting, but that's based on the trailer - so I'd say approach the actual episode with caution. :/

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To The Last Man was what I'd describe as a mehpisode. A plot which once established goes absolutely nowhere to the end. Then once it gets to the end it brings out the deus ex machina machine which saves the day and does emotions and that. Then Tosh wanders off disillusioned with the entire human race because of this single experience. Whatever.

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The episode was good. The Soldier is so cute and I feel sorry for Tosh. That was a hot Jack/Ianto snog scene ever 

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I'll say one thing about this week's episode; it was better than last week.

I wish, though, that they'd try not to make the new potential 'couples' so obvious - Jack and Ianto aside (and I still think that's contrived), they're making it painfully clear that Owen is going to pursue Tosh. This episode worked because they put all of that firmly on the backburner, and went with a more traditional mix of sci-fi and creepy. And it worked.

I dunno; if things continue in this vein, I think Torchwood'll be around for some time to come. Let's hope they find the right balance.

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Adam and Reset

OH MY GOD! HOLY.........!

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Ok so I guess no one has seen this week's Torchwood?

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I know I saw some guys making out.

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I saw them.
HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?!
I was about to cry At then end
I'm so upset

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Are we talking about the one with Tommy? Was that the new one?

I certainly hope that Tommy being visited by whats-her-face changed him enough so that he didn't get gunned down.

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Originally posted by LoveForFry:
I saw them.
HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?!
I was about to cry At then end
I'm so upset

I know I was like "What the F*ck"! That was a suprising shock

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So is Martha taken over Owen?

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Originally posted by Juliet:
 I know I was like "What the F*ck"! That was a suprising shock

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So is Martha taken over Owen?

Seems like it. Freema done good in that episode. Encore. Bravo!

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Originally posted by dr.bender nye:
 

Originally posted by Juliet:
 I know I was like "What the F*ck"! That was a suprising shock

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So is Martha taken over Owen?

Seems like it. Freema done good in that episode. Encore. Bravo!

Nah; she's only around for another two episodes after Reset. So I guess that means Owen somehow comes back from the dead by then. Or else they find a new cast member.

'Adam' was possibly the best episode of Torchwood made so far; it had a good story based on a good premise, managed to make good use of the 50 or so minutes that it had, and apart from one extra actor, did it with just the core cast, with a minimum of outside locations, and with no cameos or explosions or latex creations. (By which I mean monsters; get your mind out of the gutter. :P)

'Reset' was pretty good, too; special guest star, yes, but it didn't end up as 'The Martha Show'. Martha became a part of the crew, pure and simple. And yes, a nice big fat cliffhanger as well.

Here's hoping that Torchwood has turned a corner, in terms of stories.

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Originally posted by THM:
Here's hoping that Torchwood has turned a corner, in terms of stories.

If it repeats on 7pm on Thursdays, I should think so.

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I'm not sure that the repeats mean anything, they are just trying to get a larger audience by showing a child-friendly version as well as the regular version.

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So, is Owen dead? 'Cause if he is, that's a hell of a swerve.   

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Just watched Dead Man Walking:

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He seems to be dead, but he is still in the series

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If you say 'as Tosh's personal walking dildo', I will a) be disgusted, and b) not really that surprised, seeing as that is the sort of thing that Torchwood would do. Of course, they're probably going to try and pursue the Owen/Tosh relationship *anyhow*... *shudder*

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No need to worry about that THM, he already discovered that he can't do that any more

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Originally posted by Tweek:

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No need to worry about that THM, he already discovered that he can't do that any more

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The office horndog can't have sex at *all*? *dies laughing*

(I know that's not a nice thing to say, but that has to be the funniest thing they've ever done.) 

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Seems like he's gone a bit bad now though, doesn't it?

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There is one good thing, though; he'll have a new appreciation of Welsh beer. 

(For those who don't know about Welsh beer, their most famous brand is called...wait for it...Brains. Yes, Brains.)

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Was it just me or did last night's Torchwood epicly fail?

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Which one? Anyway I got excited with the scene Gwen caught jack and ianto. Oh my yes!

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Oh yeah, I forgot that it's on a week ahead on BBC3. I meant the BBC2 one with the travelling circus which made next to no sense.