tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post1428611993591874180..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Sepinwall on TV: Jack is backAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-3883825840980208442008-01-25T23:51:00.000-05:002008-01-25T23:51:00.000-05:00I'm glad you reviewed it. I liked Jack on "Doctor...I'm glad you reviewed it. I liked Jack on "Doctor Who" but I found "Torchwood" too juvenile. With your good review, I'll check it out.<BR/><BR/>Does anyone know how bad BBC America is hacking it up for commercials?afogliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820361829972093800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80791142841583056582008-01-25T19:19:00.000-05:002008-01-25T19:19:00.000-05:00He does use a Spike-like accent in the clips I've ...He does use a Spike-like accent in the clips I've seen. It's on Saturday at 9.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170974635095930532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-55651304574292121492008-01-25T17:19:00.000-05:002008-01-25T17:19:00.000-05:00I love Capt. Jack in all forms, happy, mopey, what...I love Capt. Jack in all forms, happy, mopey, whatever! Sooo glad this show is coming back.<BR/><BR/>My question is, though, when is it on??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39311611132182990602008-01-25T15:59:00.000-05:002008-01-25T15:59:00.000-05:00Does Marsters use his British accent? If so, I won...Does Marsters use his British accent? If so, I wonder how that went over?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-29028899547146969402008-01-25T13:54:00.000-05:002008-01-25T13:54:00.000-05:00OMG Torchwood is a SPINOFF? I feel so lame. I had ...<I>OMG Torchwood is a SPINOFF? I feel so lame. I had no idea. This is what happens when one decides to watch shows in a vacuum.</I><BR/><BR/>Yup. For the most part, you can watch the show in a vacuum, but Torchwood season two doesn't really explain where Jack disappeared to at the end of season one, because it happened in a Doctor Who three-parter. Basically, all you need to know is that Jack got over the mopiness that overtook him last season. <BR/><BR/>Things may be harder to keep track of later in this season, when Martha Jones from "Doctor Who" comes over for a multi-episode arc.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14209364715311881852008-01-25T13:40:00.000-05:002008-01-25T13:40:00.000-05:00OMG Torchwood is a SPINOFF? I feel so lame. I ha...OMG Torchwood is a SPINOFF? I feel so lame. I had no idea. This is what happens when one decides to watch shows in a vacuum.-Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954608911800003574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1214197635666200492008-01-25T12:47:00.000-05:002008-01-25T12:47:00.000-05:00Thanks for the review! I've read a lot of good thi...Thanks for the review! I've read a lot of good things about the new season. I hope you'll keep posting about Torchwood, as it's one of a dwindling number of shows I'll be watching.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170974635095930532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66896459149416936682008-01-25T12:25:00.000-05:002008-01-25T12:25:00.000-05:00The good news is that Chibnall, Torchwood's showru...The good news is that Chibnall, Torchwood's showrunner, will be running Law & Order: London next year. Not that I particularly care about Torchwood, but one can guess that Chibnall would have been a contender for Davies' spot as Doctor Who's showrunner and, erm, let's just say I'm glad he's not in the running anymore.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40081268494997304172008-01-25T09:10:00.000-05:002008-01-25T09:10:00.000-05:00Incidentally, "Thirsty now" is more of a Bad Willo...<I>Incidentally, "Thirsty now" is more of a Bad Willow line than a Buffy line ("Bored now").</I><BR/><BR/>A good point, though I could hear Gellar in my head after Marsters said it. Either way, it's Whedonesque.<BR/><BR/><I>And the description of the young woman who finds out she's a sleeper cell for an alien race, and doesn't always have control over her own actions, sounds just like Boomer on Battlestar Galactica.</I><BR/><BR/>True, but it doesn't play out quite the same. I won't say more.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73981786339351498862008-01-25T09:08:00.000-05:002008-01-25T09:08:00.000-05:00Can new viewers jump right in?I think so. They exp...<I>Can new viewers jump right in?</I><BR/><BR/>I think so. They explain a decent amount of the concept and characters in the premiere. And, as Karen notes, the characters were so inconsistent in season one that it almost doesn't matter if you know the backstories. Just think of it as "X-Files" where every character wants to sleep with every other character, regardless of gender.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-57226218200905351422008-01-25T09:03:00.000-05:002008-01-25T09:03:00.000-05:00I was just incredibly unimpressed with S1, which s...I was just incredibly unimpressed with S1, which seemed to have a different set of characters with the same names each week (every character ends up betraying Torchwood at some point, but only Susie got canned in the first episode? Gwen and Owen hate, like, lust, lust some more, and then don't seem even to know each other anymore? ), and Captain Jack was a bore.<BR/><BR/>I kept watching, though, because I kept hearing how great the show was supposed to be: the most successful show ever on BBC-America (really??). And now you encourage me to watch it again, but it is definitely on notice.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, "Thirsty now" is more of a Bad Willow line than a Buffy line ("Bored now"). And the description of the young woman who finds out she's a sleeper cell for an alien race, and doesn't always have control over her own actions, sounds just like Boomer on Battlestar Galactica.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288100796201737845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-63179064656163594032008-01-25T09:01:00.000-05:002008-01-25T09:01:00.000-05:00Hey Alan - Can new viewers jump right in? Not onl...Hey Alan - <BR/>Can new viewers jump right in? Not only did I miss season one, but I've never watched any Dr Who (the very mention of the name always brought back horrible memories of a first semester college roommate who was obsessed with the original version of the show).That Dude Over Therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16334710299684909080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-7549882179286961192008-01-25T08:21:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:21:00.000-05:00I'm just back from seeing the first two episodes a...I'm just back from seeing the first two episodes and I'm excited by the reboot. I'm especially impressed that they gave Ianto a sense of humor - hell, an entire personality at that!<BR/><BR/>It would be nice if they could get Moffat to write up an episode for 'Torchwood', but so long as Chris Chibnall can keep up the level of play as he did with the second season premiere, rather than falling back on the type of stuff he did in season one, there's hope yet!Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-26835809580642092622008-01-25T08:00:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:00:00.000-05:00Thank God for James Marsters and his Captain Sp-- ...Thank God for James Marsters and his Captain Sp-- err, John.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.com