Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-10-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jul 2009, at 23:16, Richard Baker wrote: Gary said: I've also been watching Primeval on BBC America. SciFi Channel just started showing it. I didn't care for the first few episodes, but became hooked as the story arc developed. Of Course, BBC didn't renew Primeval and tonight's

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-30 Thread William Goodall
On 25 Jul 2009, at 04:02, John Williams wrote: I just watched the 3rd season of Torchwood, which was a 5 episode mini-series called Children of Earth. What a disappointment. [snip] Then I looked at the Torchwood forum on imdb.com, and found that quite a few people posting thought Children

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: It reminds me of the (cancelled) _The Middleman_ series. Seems like the fate of every good series that does not become sentimental :-( Alberto Monteiro ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
John Williams wrote: I'm trying to think of any good sci-fi on television recently, or coming soon, but the only thing I can think of is Dollhouse. Umm, and possibly A Game of Thrones, if it ever makes it to HBO, but that is fantasy, not science fiction. It's not sci-fi, but currently the

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: _Lost_ and _Fringe_ both return. _Lost_ was excellent last season and I expect great things from the final season. _Fringe_ kicked up a gear with the twists and revelations at the end of the first season so it will be interesting where that goes. I never

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-27 Thread Rceeberger
On 7/27/2009 7:42:51 AM, Alberto Monteiro (albm...@centroin.com.br) wrote: William T Goodall wrote: _Lost_ and _Fringe_ both return. _Lost_ was excellent last season and I expect great things from the final season. _Fringe_ kicked up a gear with the twists and revelations at the end of

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jul 2009, at 23:16, Richard Baker wrote: Gary said: I've also been watching Primeval on BBC America. SciFi Channel just started showing it. I didn't care for the first few episodes, but became hooked as the story arc developed. Of Course, BBC didn't renew Primeval and tonight's

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 26 Jul 2009, at 18:56, Max Battcher wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: Warehouse 13 - After two episodes, I'm not impressed or hooked yet, but I'll give it a few more episodes. I got a kick out of the first episode and I think that it might have staying power. Certainly it is yet another

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-27 Thread Max Battcher
On 7/27/2009 20:09, William T Goodall wrote: I'll have to try that show. If you liked The Middleman you should get a kick out of Better Off Ted. I'm hoping to get the Middleman DVDs eventually and the last episode comic sounds great. I also hope someone posts the reading of the final

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: Warehouse 13 - After two episodes, I'm not impressed or hooked yet, but I'll give it a few more episodes. I got a kick out of the first episode and I think that it might have staying power. Certainly it is yet another monster of the week program (albeit substitute

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Max Battcherm...@worldmaker.net wrote: Speaking of science is awesome on television, please tell me that you all are watching Better Off Ted? It's like The Office meets Eureka (with a dash of Arrested Development and a dash of Pushing Daisies); it's a fun

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
On John Williams wrote: Better Off Ted is the best new comedy I've seen in a long time. I particularly enjoy the Veridian Dynamics commercials. My favorite episode was the one where they installed new sensors for detecting if people were in the room, and they could not detect black people,

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jul 2009, at 04:02, John Williams wrote: I just watched the 3rd season of Torchwood, which was a 5 episode mini-series called Children of Earth. What a disappointment. [snip] Then I looked at the Torchwood forum on imdb.com, and found that quite a few people posting thought Children of

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread John Williams
SPOILERS for Torchwood: Children of Earth below . . . . . . . . SPOILERS for Torchwood: Children of Earth below Here are just a few of the things that ruined the story for me: Hostile, bloodthirsty aliens show up and the first thing the government does is assassinate their elite special-ops

RE: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread Gary Nunn
_Lost_ and _Fringe_ both return. _Lost_ was excellent last season and I expect great things from the final season. _Fringe_ kicked up a gear with the twists and revelations at the end of the first season so it will be interesting where that goes. I have to agree with John, Torchwood was

RE: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Curtiss
I hope they don't follow the trend that's developed in the last few years of taking 8 month mid-season breaks. Lost did that and it REALLY annoyed me when Battlestar Galactica did that. I thought that was due to the Writers strike? Simon

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread Richard Baker
Gary said: I've also been watching Primeval on BBC America. SciFi Channel just started showing it. I didn't care for the first few episodes, but became hooked as the story arc developed. Of Course, BBC didn't renew Primeval and tonight's cliffhanger episode will be the series last