"Torchwood" - season 4

[Meds]

I've noticed that the better episodes are not RTD episodes. Also I'd like to see them take all the episodes, edit them down to a 7 episode series, cut the Pullman character (really so far it's pointless) and cut the welsh scenes because all thus airport nonsense is terrible. I mean in the first or second episode Rex flies from America to London then drives to wales whilst talking to the woman er !!! Pointless padding.
Anyway watching the latest one tonight.

[Kevin Bachelder]

What do you mean no genre content? The whole premise is sci-fi. People aren't dying ... can't get more sci-fi than than.

Granted the "problem" appears to be scifi but we're 2/3 of the way through the story and we haven't even seen a tiny bit about what's causing it. 

Zip...zero...nada...genre elements.


Kevin

[Rico]

Yes, the genre elements are certainly not very big - at least not yet.  But we did get some info last week near the end of the episode of possibly what might be going on or at least who might know about it.  Certainly this isn't like the Torchwood of the early seasons, but I'm still enjoying it.

[Meds]

Well just watched the latest episode and part of me wants to scream at the TV in anger at some of the writing and the other part i want to applaud. Great line " i will rip the skin from your skull " from Jack. I like the backstory, but I have noticed the serious change that Jack originally would sleep with anyone or anything and now its just men. If that's the case then RTD should have just wrote him as gay.
Very predictable end but hey ho, great to see Nana Visitor on the screen, always good to see her back on the screen.

[Rico]

Tonight's new episode preview - with Kira and Q!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgM2BlppKBk#

P.S. Maybe Q caused the Miracle.  ;)

[X]

I've noticed that the better episodes are not RTD episodes. Also I'd like to see them take all the episodes, edit them down to a 7 episode series, cut the Pullman character (really so far it's pointless) and cut the welsh scenes because all thus airport nonsense is terrible. I mean in the first or second episode Rex flies from America to London then drives to wales whilst talking to the woman er !!! Pointless padding.
Anyway watching the latest one tonight.

I noticed that too, but the again after that he had a woman and made a baby. maybe he has his phases and is on a man kick since he can't screw Gwen anymore.

[Redshirt97]

I think Tourchwood was intended to be a dark show.

I have no problem with dark.  I just wish this season of Torchwood was good.  :(

This season has been moving at a snails pace.  As Rico pointed out I think the big collaboration between networks caused them to stretch the story way out and by bringing in a bunch of new higher profile writers I think the story has gone in far too many directions.  Plus the fact that there's almost no genre content.  So, so disappointing.

I loved early Torchwood back in series 1 and 2.


Kevin

What do you mean no genre content? The whole premise is sci-fi. People aren't dying ... can't get more sci-fi than than.

  Yes there is plenty of scifi in it.  I thought the whole thing of immortality was well thought out.  it is not quite the Paradise people hoped it would be, immortality has bring a lot of unforeseen problems of its own.  I do remember seeing some good science being mention in episodes 2 or 3, this was during the meetings between the doctors and other scientist in d.c.

[Meds]

Lol Chris you have a point. I must Dmit it was good to hear him talk about the Doctor, although you still have to ask yourself where is he during miracle day? That's the downside of Torchwood. It's a bit like when we used to say why doesn't Superman ever help out Batman when Gothams in the poop, suddenly DC goes oh yeah and we have meet up comics. Won't happen though but wouldn't it be cool that at the end a blue box pops up and everything is fine lol, ok cop out writing.

[Rico]

Really interesting latest episode.  Things seem to finally be taking shape and heading down a certain path.  Good to be getting a little info - finally.  Fun to see John de Lancie.  He really needs a regular TV series - he's such a great actor.  I won't say too much more until more people have seen it.   

[Redshirt97]

Just watched the lastest episode this past Monday.   The mystery keeps getting deeper and deeper.  Loved the appearance by john delencey.  I loved his comment to capt jack when they first met in the massion of jacks former lover.    a lol moment.

[Meds]

Just watched the latest episode. Great to see John but urghh, i'm really struggling to keep watching. Great to see some scifi turning up but i'll keep saying you could edit all these episodes down into a ok series. I'll still see it out though.

[Scott]

Now I'm seeing the Scifi in it. Now it feels like Torchwood.

[Scott]

I've been thinking today.

[spoiler]If the blessing goes all the way through the planet, how in the world (bad pun) could the Racnoss space ship be at the center of the Earth as seen in the Dr Who episode "The Runaway Bride"?

Am I thinking too much into things? Did the reboot of the universe that happened at the end of the last season of Dr Who have something to do with it? I mean, come on, Jack mentioned the Doctor a couple weeks back. It's not like they are trying to take themselves away from the Dr Who universe.  Russell T Davies wrote both the "Run Away Bride" and the latest episode.

Screw it. I'm considering this one of those "Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey" things.
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[Geoff G.o.B]

ok whilst I luv many things american (most TV shows, several authors, football, pc games etc) please please can we have Torchwood back, this new series has been the most slow boring torture I can imagine. Its like they have a key check lists of points and you can't have more than one per episode. You could have wrapped it up by now! They should rename it Torturewood.

And whilst I'm ranting enough with the adult themes already, I get that a certain character is important to the plot and Jack's story arc, I don't need to see them getting it on for an entire episode! 
I'm fed up with adult content on my screens every night. Its part of the reason I haven't watched Game of Thrones yet, I know whats in the books and the series is pretty faithful. Does there really need to be so much adult content in everything we watch? We all like sci-fi and fantasy here, it follows we have active imaginations, we can work out what's happening without it being shoved in our faces.

[Rico]

The current season is definitely different, but I'm still enjoying things.  I miss some of the characters from past seasons, but I knew they couldn't be back.  I think they are starting to wrap things up now.  Only one more episode to go.