Torchwood even less original than I thought
And I didn't think it was that original. (nb I am feeling pretty zonked, but if I don't write this now I'll forget)
EDIT: While we're talking theft of lines, from supernatural ep "Something Wicked" (paraphrase)
Dean: Has this thing struck before?
Sam: Yes, in Ogdenville, North Haverbrook...
Note that I watched Torchwood first, but it was made later.
So the Torchwood episode "Countrycide" is about a mysterious village where people go missing every ten years or so. It turns out the villagers are in cahoots to catch and eat people. The main characters are caught and freaked out by the wierdos who run the place, but eventually escape
I thought it was ok. A scene which didn't really grab me but some people like is this (5:10 in this video):
Man: *expresses concern*
Woman: I have to know. (To head cannibal) Why did you do it?
Cannibal: *creepy expression* Because it made me happy
Woman: *draws back in horror*
(Also, this video is an amusing synopsis :))
I then watched the Supernatural episode "Scarecrow" which has a very similar beginning (people vanishing in a small village every ten years or so) and it turns out there's a conspiracy amongst the villagers, but it's a supernatural one. The end is quite different.
This reminded me of the Torchwood episode, but I decided it was forgivable since it wasn't that similar.
Just now I watched the Supernatural episode "The Benders". It's about a town where people vanish at a slow but steady rate, and it tuns out there's a local family who catch people and turn them into hunting trophies. The main characters are caught and freaked out by the wierdo hicks who run the place but eventually escape. The "crazed psychos chasing people through dark trees" and "Wait, there's nothing supernatural, it's just people?" scenes were quite similar to "Countrycide" but I guess it wasn't TOO similar.
But at the end you have this line (4:44 in this video)
Man: *expresses concern*
Woman: (to head hunter) Just tell me why
Hunter: *creepy expression* Because it's fun!
Woman: *draws back in horror*
...and then she shoots him, because she's not a main character we have to remain sympathetic to (I get the feeling Supernatural's not big with the long-term sympathetic female characters)
I guess I shouldn't be surprised after all the wholesale lifting of ideas and plots from Angel and Buffy, but there you go. Or am I being overly picky? The scenes certainly aren't quite as similar as I remembered, now that I watch them side by side.
EDIT: While we're talking theft of lines, from supernatural ep "Something Wicked" (paraphrase)
Dean: Has this thing struck before?
Sam: Yes, in Ogdenville, North Haverbrook...
Note that I watched Torchwood first, but it was made later.
So the Torchwood episode "Countrycide" is about a mysterious village where people go missing every ten years or so. It turns out the villagers are in cahoots to catch and eat people. The main characters are caught and freaked out by the wierdos who run the place, but eventually escape
I thought it was ok. A scene which didn't really grab me but some people like is this (5:10 in this video):
Man: *expresses concern*
Woman: I have to know. (To head cannibal) Why did you do it?
Cannibal: *creepy expression* Because it made me happy
Woman: *draws back in horror*
(Also, this video is an amusing synopsis :))
I then watched the Supernatural episode "Scarecrow" which has a very similar beginning (people vanishing in a small village every ten years or so) and it turns out there's a conspiracy amongst the villagers, but it's a supernatural one. The end is quite different.
This reminded me of the Torchwood episode, but I decided it was forgivable since it wasn't that similar.
Just now I watched the Supernatural episode "The Benders". It's about a town where people vanish at a slow but steady rate, and it tuns out there's a local family who catch people and turn them into hunting trophies. The main characters are caught and freaked out by the wierdo hicks who run the place but eventually escape. The "crazed psychos chasing people through dark trees" and "Wait, there's nothing supernatural, it's just people?" scenes were quite similar to "Countrycide" but I guess it wasn't TOO similar.
But at the end you have this line (4:44 in this video)
Man: *expresses concern*
Woman: (to head hunter) Just tell me why
Hunter: *creepy expression* Because it's fun!
Woman: *draws back in horror*
...and then she shoots him, because she's not a main character we have to remain sympathetic to (I get the feeling Supernatural's not big with the long-term sympathetic female characters)
I guess I shouldn't be surprised after all the wholesale lifting of ideas and plots from Angel and Buffy, but there you go. Or am I being overly picky? The scenes certainly aren't quite as similar as I remembered, now that I watch them side by side.