tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post90472739895584206..comments2024-01-10T00:07:48.304+00:00Comments on Cathode Ray Tube: TORCHWOOD SERIES 2 - 'A DAY IN THE DEATH'Frank Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-4154817813323445982008-02-29T10:41:00.000+00:002008-02-29T10:41:00.000+00:00Anon, thanks for that comment. Yes, although I tho...Anon, thanks for that comment. <BR/><BR/>Yes, although I thought it was a well written script the central premise was in danger of looking shabby. How they will play this out will either redeem the idea or leave it in shreds. <BR/><BR/>The hypocrisy of the team and their attitude to Owen's crisis just confirms that they haven't really changed that much from the self-centred bunch of Series One. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, we're eight episodes in and only two of them have so far impressed me. The rest have had flashes of brilliance but are then let down by poor effects, poor performances and risible ideas.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope that the situation can be turned round. I think there is a great series struggling into life and will continue to watch and review!Frank Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-49809366670140880952008-02-29T01:16:00.000+00:002008-02-29T01:16:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comments on this episode, which, a...Thanks for your comments on this episode, which, as you say, misses so many obvious emotional targets, the writer and director should have their hands slapped.<BR/><BR/>The premise of the episode really bothered me. Telling Owen that he's dead and, therefore, useful only for making coffee requires a certain buy-in that I simply couldn't make. His teammates/friends--if they really cared about him--would never shove him off like that but would instead help him deal with his situation. They would also work through their own feelings about Owen's demise and, hopefully, come to some resolution about them, but we don't get to see the others' evolution because the spotlight is focused so narrowly on Owen.<BR/><BR/>As you mentioned, one wonders whether having a dead person around can be sustained. Is he decomposing or just not healing? How can he speak if he has no breath in his lungs? <BR/><BR/>Also, why are the weevils running around in jumpsuits? Aren't they bad or something?<BR/><BR/>Whatever. I'm disappointed in Series 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com