Aliens??? In CLEVELAND?!?!?!
or... "I want to hear those lovely Yinzer vowels...."
According to io9 and other sources, RTD and Julie Gardner are putting together an American version of Torchwoood to be handled by BBC Worldwide.
If nothing else, it would be interesting to see how RTD would deal with actually having to learn how the US government works (the President-Elect negotiating with other countries? Really?). At least the US Gwen would actually know how to use a firearm and handle a standoff. The first season's dependence on her developing plot-Induced stupidity on a regular basis was a) annoying and b) led to her getting a lot of fan hate that I feel is undeserved...
I can't blame RTD for heading to the US to make serious bank in his chosen field, but has he talked to Joss Whedon yet? Has he seen what has happened to "Dollhouse" and "Firefly"? How could they make it different from "Fringe"?
Still, if he keeps in the cheerfully pansexual office romances, it could very well equal plenty of Fox News Outrage (and tons of free publicity). That, and the chance of RTD and Bill O'Reilly duking it out on the air. It would be epic.
I wonder though if it would be less Whoinverse-flavored and more like RTD's original "Excalibur" which was tinkered into "Torchwood"
Still, I wonder if they would base it in one particular US city, or would they go from place to place every week? The discussion on io9 and elsewhere make a couple of interesting suggestions, esp. on the subject of what US city could be like Cardiff.
Given Cardiff's industrial past, I imagine that any Midwestern to Northeastern industrial city would be a good fit. Besides which, climatewise that would be one of the places in the US where Jack wouldn't be risking heatstroke in his greatcoat.
Chicago would be an interesting choice. It has the Crown Fountain, history of city government shenanigans, and the possibility of epic car chases on Lower Wacker Drive.
That, or Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania is rainy and hilly, with a history of coal mining. Picture it as Wales, only landlocked and all of the sheep replaced with white tailed deer that insist on jumping into traffic. There are plenty of gravel pits and slag heaps around, so the BBC location scouts won't feel too homesick.
The 'Burgh also has the revitalized industrial city thing going on, and the original Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead were filmed nearby. That, and it is hilly as all get out, plenty of opportunities to catch air in any car chases. Plenty of skyscrapers too for brooding. Maybe they could have an episode where the Centralia Mine Fire is an interdimensional abomination that got stuck...
"But the SUV needs washed! Yinz guys totally wrecked the inside when yinz went dahntahn to wrangle weevils n'at! And you forgot to go a get me coffee at the Sheetz, you jagoffs!"
According to io9 and other sources, RTD and Julie Gardner are putting together an American version of Torchwoood to be handled by BBC Worldwide.
If nothing else, it would be interesting to see how RTD would deal with actually having to learn how the US government works (the President-Elect negotiating with other countries? Really?). At least the US Gwen would actually know how to use a firearm and handle a standoff. The first season's dependence on her developing plot-Induced stupidity on a regular basis was a) annoying and b) led to her getting a lot of fan hate that I feel is undeserved...
I can't blame RTD for heading to the US to make serious bank in his chosen field, but has he talked to Joss Whedon yet? Has he seen what has happened to "Dollhouse" and "Firefly"? How could they make it different from "Fringe"?
Still, if he keeps in the cheerfully pansexual office romances, it could very well equal plenty of Fox News Outrage (and tons of free publicity). That, and the chance of RTD and Bill O'Reilly duking it out on the air. It would be epic.
I wonder though if it would be less Whoinverse-flavored and more like RTD's original "Excalibur" which was tinkered into "Torchwood"
Still, I wonder if they would base it in one particular US city, or would they go from place to place every week? The discussion on io9 and elsewhere make a couple of interesting suggestions, esp. on the subject of what US city could be like Cardiff.
Given Cardiff's industrial past, I imagine that any Midwestern to Northeastern industrial city would be a good fit. Besides which, climatewise that would be one of the places in the US where Jack wouldn't be risking heatstroke in his greatcoat.
Chicago would be an interesting choice. It has the Crown Fountain, history of city government shenanigans, and the possibility of epic car chases on Lower Wacker Drive.
That, or Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania is rainy and hilly, with a history of coal mining. Picture it as Wales, only landlocked and all of the sheep replaced with white tailed deer that insist on jumping into traffic. There are plenty of gravel pits and slag heaps around, so the BBC location scouts won't feel too homesick.
The 'Burgh also has the revitalized industrial city thing going on, and the original Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead were filmed nearby. That, and it is hilly as all get out, plenty of opportunities to catch air in any car chases. Plenty of skyscrapers too for brooding. Maybe they could have an episode where the Centralia Mine Fire is an interdimensional abomination that got stuck...
"But the SUV needs washed! Yinz guys totally wrecked the inside when yinz went dahntahn to wrangle weevils n'at! And you forgot to go a get me coffee at the Sheetz, you jagoffs!"