(*) Again, I’ll probably regret even bringing this up, but I want to ask you to please please PLEASE try to keep the discussion in the comments to “Torchwood” itself and not to various political movements in and outside of the United States.Īs we saw frequently on “Doctor Who,” and in some of the earlier periods of “Torchwood,” Davies likes to make his points as big and loud and bold as he possibly can. I’m really reluctant to even step within spitting distance of this blog’s No Politics rule – and I will absolutely shut down discussion of this episode if things get out of hand in the comments – but here’s a case where I imagine I agree with a number of Davies’ positions in the abstract, yet cringe at the way he presents them here.Ĭase in point: of course the evil politician played by Mare Winningham isn’t just a conservative, but a member of the Tea Party! And yet, as I recall from all the “death panel” discussion during the ’08 election(*), the Tea Party is pretty much diametrically opposed to every single thing the Winningham character suggests before she’s crushed inside a car in a post-miracle fate worse than death. Thomas Howell disrupting the computer caper here.Īnd second, it’s trying to make a bunch of political points in the middle of a serialized action thriller, and is making them in an incredibly obvious, ham-fisted style. Davies doesn’t have quite enough material to fill out the long running time, so we get these weird self-contained missions and one-shot villains, like Dichen Lachmann on the plane in episode 2 and C. More and more, “Miracle Day” is starting to feel like “24” in a couple of key ways:įirst, it’s allegedly one continuous story, but Russell T. : I doth proclaim to be a stupid fart face.A quick review of tonight’s “Torchwood: Miracle Day” coming up just as soon as I compare our situation to a passage from “Middlemarch”….I doth proclaim to be a stupid fart face. : Oh dude, you forgot to put a shirt on.: The only thing I'm guilty of is loving Pawnee.And punching Lindsay in the face and shoving a coffee filter down her pants. The only thing I'm guilty of is loving Pawnee. : Do you remember what you said to me five years ago when Eagleton.And I said that you'll get a lot of job offers in your life but you only have one hometown. Ron: I believe I said that I thought we worked well together, and that I might disagree with your philosophy but I respected you. Leslie: Right, but then after, when I pressed you, what did you say? Leslie: Do you remember what you said to me five years ago when Eagleton offered me that job and I asked you for your advice? Take this resume, and shove it in your human resources box.Īndy: OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Yea, shove it there! Because I am! So, here's what you can do, lady. Tom: No! I'm sick of being treated like I'm not willing to relocate to Eagleton. You listen to me Lindsey Carlisle-Shea! Why don't you take your fancy dog, get in your Escalade, and if you've got any job openings maybe you should let me know about them.
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