torchwood
Finally finished Torchwood, it was a arduous process. Not always enjoyable. But it was interesting at least. Depressing at times and very non american, which some might consider a good thing. I know normally I prefer english comedy shows to american crap. But it's the drama shows that really hit home just how different we are across the pond. I mean in our mentality. I know that Children of Earth would never fly as an american show. The army wouldn't be taking the children to sacrifice to the addicted aliens, or not so easily. Where the english finally started fighting the soldiers (ineffectively I might add) with rocks and fist. The american version would have involved a lot more gunplay and probably a lot less soldiers willing to tote the line. In other words the shit wouldn't fly here. Not saying the American ways is always better than England but we are a few years behind them in the nanny state dept. And though we have plenty of folks that will bend over for our govt. More than I think we should. We still have some semblance of the rebelliousness we have so rightly been attributed with.
I still stand by my earlier observation that the cast from NCIS and the writing from that show would have kicked ass as Torchwood. Of course it wouldn't have taken 5 episodes for Jethro to finished off the bad guys. He'd have probably done it by hour 2 at the latest and without the innocent body count being so high. Other american sci fi captains would have dealt with shit a lot better as well. Picard would have figured the score in less than an hour episode. Malcom Reynolds would have done it in about half an hour leaving the other half hour for witty and fun dialogue.
Maybe that's the greatest injustice of all. Torchwood was 31 episodes give or take. And Firefly was only given 9 total. It just isn't fair.
I know it sounds all ultra negative about this show, it wasn't horrible it was just.. subtley wrong. Though I will give them props for having risky characters. Not like an American drama, sci fi or otherwise would have an openly bi male as the lead character. Kudos I guess. Though really is it the best choice to put out there? I mean you have a attractive male lead, who makes out with other attractive males. Far as I can tell this is not a selling point for women audiences who are doubly deprived of a sex symbol. Men for the most part don't find two men making out appealing unless they are gay as well. And oddly enough gay men and women seem to have the wierdest hangup about bisexuals. I've seen too many of them with the attitude of "Choose one sex or the other" I'm not sure why they get pissy on this point but I've seen it over and over again. So having an openly bi male lead doesn't attract a large demographic of viewers.. mainly other bi men and a few of the more interesting individuals. Vs the larger viewing audience that is unappreciative of this for viewing and the ones in the middle like me that just don't care one way or the other but would probably prefer if it was a chick lead having a bi thing going on.. Cause one thing almost everyone can agree on is two (or more) chicks making out is worth watching no matter what the show is.
I still stand by my earlier observation that the cast from NCIS and the writing from that show would have kicked ass as Torchwood. Of course it wouldn't have taken 5 episodes for Jethro to finished off the bad guys. He'd have probably done it by hour 2 at the latest and without the innocent body count being so high. Other american sci fi captains would have dealt with shit a lot better as well. Picard would have figured the score in less than an hour episode. Malcom Reynolds would have done it in about half an hour leaving the other half hour for witty and fun dialogue.
Maybe that's the greatest injustice of all. Torchwood was 31 episodes give or take. And Firefly was only given 9 total. It just isn't fair.
I know it sounds all ultra negative about this show, it wasn't horrible it was just.. subtley wrong. Though I will give them props for having risky characters. Not like an American drama, sci fi or otherwise would have an openly bi male as the lead character. Kudos I guess. Though really is it the best choice to put out there? I mean you have a attractive male lead, who makes out with other attractive males. Far as I can tell this is not a selling point for women audiences who are doubly deprived of a sex symbol. Men for the most part don't find two men making out appealing unless they are gay as well. And oddly enough gay men and women seem to have the wierdest hangup about bisexuals. I've seen too many of them with the attitude of "Choose one sex or the other" I'm not sure why they get pissy on this point but I've seen it over and over again. So having an openly bi male lead doesn't attract a large demographic of viewers.. mainly other bi men and a few of the more interesting individuals. Vs the larger viewing audience that is unappreciative of this for viewing and the ones in the middle like me that just don't care one way or the other but would probably prefer if it was a chick lead having a bi thing going on.. Cause one thing almost everyone can agree on is two (or more) chicks making out is worth watching no matter what the show is.