Choices, choices.

[tencrush]

I'd consider watching the second episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day tonight on the beeb, but Beany's still helping people whose house is falling down and Rick Stein is cooking something Spanish, so there's all those things needing to be watched. And to be honest, the other half downloaded it four days ago and that fact so far hasn't managed to tempt me, either. Ho hum. I have THOUGHTS about why this is the case, but they require me thinking about them to see if they make any sense. Ooh, prawns. Nice.

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[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming your other half wasn't amazed by it then?

The BBC announcer made me laugh out loud earlier when they showed a clip and she said "Miracle Day, when no one can die except Captain Jack" which I think hasn't exactly been confirmed on the show as of yet!

Rick Stein amazes me the way he'll just eat everything. The blood yesterday squicked me. This fried milk thing looks good. Might just need to get that recipe.

[tencrush]

That blood in a bottle thing made me do a sick in my mouth. But he's so enthused about it, I tend to forgive him.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I had to turn over, it was too gross for me. Otherwise though the show is lovely, and there's some cities I really want to go to now!

Just channel hopping as I watched about a minute of MD and was bored, figure I'll be one of those counted as switching over. Nothing much on though.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

Actually History cold case is really good and has held my attention more than the few bits of MD I've just watched. I like that it's an all woman team as well, you rarely see that on science shows.

[rivier.livejournal.com]

Is my hatey haterbater agenda driving me mad, or have the Beeb more or less completely stopped promoting MD at all? It might just be that I haven't watched much telly since last Thursday, but I know in the lead-up to the first ep there was a fair amount of airtime for the trailer... this week's I think I've seen trailed once.

Radio Times certainly doesn't seem to be as enamoured this week as it was last week - http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=20&channelId=92&programmeName=Torchwood:%20Miracle%20Day&startTime=21/07/2011%2021:00&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details_fullpage.jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp - unless phrases like "meretricious twaddle", "ludicrous" and "daft as lights" are some kind of cool kidspeak for "loving it". It does make me wonder if the bevy of Brit critics who were bigging it up last week across the print media had actually bothered to watch the screeners, or were going on the post-CoE / RTD hoopla, and are now starting to realise they might have been caught in a bad case of Emperor's New Clothes.

Jesus fuck, I sound bitter. BECAUSE I AM! And I'm going to post abvout that too, some time this weekend, maybe, how coldly relentless the depth of my loathing for RTD now runs in my veins, and how I think this is a perfectly reasonable thing.

And embarrassing confessions time: i dl'd the second ep last weekend, with the sole mean-spirited intent of watching to take the piss... and then found I just couldn't be fannied. Might watch it this evening, for the same reason. But oddly enough, it seems to be failing so substantively even at this stage, I'm almost starting to feel sorry for it, this poor reanimated corpse of a thing I once loved so hard.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I just laughed out loud at your comment about the phrases. I think you should go on all the main comms and the newsletter and link to that Radio times review. Cause that wouldn't invite any wank or anything. Seriously though, and being bitter as well, it's interesting how comms only link to good reviews, which for the most part are just some random blog, rather than ever discussing reviews like this.

Given the 30% dip in the ratings in the US, and the sheer numbers who turned it off last week on the Beeb, I'd be surprised if it rates well tonight. I've over heard people at work say they watched it and didn't like it and won't watch again.

I'll have to keep an eye out for your post on the weekend, that sounds brilliant, especially the reasonable bit!

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

Given the 30% dip in the ratings in the US...

That was due to Harry Potter premiering, didn't you hear? ;)

So far, I've been reading mostly nothing but LOVE for the new season, and I just don't get it. It's all right, but seriously, I'm more entertained by USA shows going on now. If I was a new viewer, I wouldn't be that tempted to continue tuning in. At this point, The Killing was more worth my effort than the first two episodes of Miracle Day. No matter how great it's going to be--because they need time to set things up, dammit!--it hasn't impressed yet. In fact, there were a lot of things in episode two that were just stupid and obvious and poorly done IMO. I don't think the humor is quite meshing with the serious business tone they're presenting. So, I'm mostly rolling my eyes at stuff...is that the sign of good TV? 'Cause I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be in this case.

So, two episodes in...eh. I would love to read your comments on the new episodes, though, tencrush...if you don't mind subjecting yourself too much to them. You could make a drinking game out of how many times they mention Torchwood to help ease the pain? Episode one alone would've had me under the table...

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I've only just seen bits of tonights, kept getting bored and I was a bit horrified at the gay jokes, I mean WTF?

It's funny though, because the USA version of The Killing is on opposite MD, on Channel 4, not many are watching, but that could be because the original Danish version did pretty well, and won Baftas.

I have no idea how Harry Potter could effect the viewing of TW, it makes no sense at all. You know, there are these things called recorders, not to mention booking one's cinema tickets at a time which suits you. Or was Harry Potter indeed shown once only? At the same time as TW? Shame in that case.

[tencrush]

I saw one short trailer for ep. 2, I guess maybe Tuesday night? That's it.

I didn't really go into this with a OMG LOATHING of RTD or anything like that, but seeing what he's done to this show in episode one, if this is really his ultimate vision of what Torchwood was meant to be, I'm really starting to hate the man again, so much.

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

and how I think this is a perfectly reasonable thing.

There are people who (still) think differently? :0

Oh, you should at least watch the Gwen-is-a-mad-skientist-now bits. Seriously, they're good for a laugh. (ETA: Oh, yeah, except for the another marvellous round of gay bashing and brilliant homophobic jokes?

OMG! "meretricious twaddle", "ludicrous", "daft as lights"? My, my, isn't *that* a turnaround? Thanks SO much for sharing that. ::chortles::

[radiant-pip.livejournal.com]

Oh, but "daft as lights" is supposed to be endearing, right? Sure. Even with the bad review, though, wasn't this still considered a highlight of the week for the Radio Times? (I read that in a discussion about this one bad review somewhere else.)

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

You're not watching it? What, you're gonna miss another marvellous round of gay bashing and brilliant homophobic jokes?

I heard ep. 2 is ripe of that. I'm not kidding.

[lawsontl.livejournal.com]

It's so bad it's almost good. Just shut down your brain and enjoy the ride.

Plus, Jilly? She's a hot mess. Emphasis on the hot. Though the reviewer gets it wrong - she's not sympathetic with the paedo, she seems him as a huge publicity opportunity. She's calculating and ambitious. And a redhead, always a selling point to me.

Seriously, though: shit science, Barrowman over-acting, special effects at the end that will make you haul out the Ianto-onna-unicorn pic, tacky gay jokes, doctors doing rounds in 4 inch heels. You just cannot attempt to take it seriously.

And this week? Jack shagging with his vortex manipulator still on. Is that the Time Agent equivalent of fucking with your socks on?

On the upside, when it's just original cast members, it still works and hits those lovely notes that attracted us in the first place.

[takenatwork.livejournal.com]

I'm watching Single Handed, but then I've a passion for Irish accents. Considering I'm from Irish American stock, I should probably be loyal to both, but I'll take the Irish accent anyday. And it's not a bad show either. With regards to TW, I'd decided not to put myself through it again, along time ago.