tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post4791354163045908189..comments2023-06-11T13:03:29.777+01:00Comments on Diary of an old cheeser: Deadwood?Old Cheeserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-56676553416245629852008-02-15T12:59:00.000+00:002008-02-15T12:59:00.000+00:00Lost Boy - Yes that's what someone else said (abou...Lost Boy - Yes that's what someone else said (about the monster that is!)<BR/><BR/>I think your estimation is correct, good ideas which are poorly delivered.Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-41630147381349662112008-02-14T16:43:00.000+00:002008-02-14T16:43:00.000+00:00The monster looked like a sock puppet when it was ...The monster looked like a sock puppet when it was flailing after the injection. You know, it really seems to me that this show's main problem is that each episode kick off with a good idea but ultimately fails because the scriptwriters don't know how to develop it.Lost Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793590739893458535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-40013665645353812532008-02-14T13:36:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:36:00.000+00:00Steve - I totally agree with you, a very accurate ...Steve - I totally agree with you, a very accurate assessment there! The show is ALRIGHT, but that's as far as I'd go in describing it. AVERAGE is another good adjective. <BR/><BR/>Matty - Not just a comic drum, a very loud clash of cymbals!<BR/><BR/>Tim - I am still hoping (I say hoping) that Catherine T will confound expectations. I still wish that my theory that Donna is really a Time Lady, hiding behind a human persona like the Dr, would come true. One can but dream... Either that or the Dr subjects her to a powerful brain transplant that transforms her into an intelligent, brilliant, lucid person. Even bigger dreams!<BR/><BR/>Unlike you though I have enjoyed much of the previous three seasons of New Who. It's just that RTD's judgement and production decisions are starting to grate more and more. I'm sorry you don't hold New Who in high esteem.Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-84522919022850125722008-02-14T07:06:00.000+00:002008-02-14T07:06:00.000+00:00Your judgement of Tate is well-founded, though, an...Your judgement of Tate is well-founded, though, and bang on the Rani! With two irritating moments in the space of a short trailer, not to mention the numerous ones in "The Bride Everyone Wishes Would Runaway", just imagine how many there will be within a whole Season!!<BR/><BR/>I can't see any grounds for optimism. Over three years, RTD has overseen 42 episodes, in which he has had ample opportunity to prove himself, the exact same number Verity Lambert produced in her first year with the incomparable Billy Hartnell!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-4740009310593126512008-02-13T17:03:00.000+00:002008-02-13T17:03:00.000+00:00I still do not know this show, but anything with t...I still do not know this show, but anything with two boys kissing can't be all bad. ...certainly there is hope for the wood. <BR/><BR/>...did I hear a comic drum drop?mattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792716037555018912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-8734694422822036612008-02-13T13:50:00.000+00:002008-02-13T13:50:00.000+00:00I'm, I admit, quite ambivalent where Torchwood is ...I'm, I admit, quite ambivalent where Torchwood is concerned. I don't feel committed to it in any way and therefore don't care enough to be infuriated by its many faults... there's so little else on TV that it is (to damn it with faint praise) better then nothing. And that isn't really a recommendation. Torchwood has potential - it <I>could</I> be a launching pad for really good sci-fi if only the writers would push themselves. Maybe the show needs to invest in some decent, hard-assed editors who give them hell when they come up with sub standard sci-fi waffle storylines? It's bizarre. Torchwood in many respects is "almost" there. The characters are almost interesting, the storylines are almost clever, the direction is almost entertaining... but somehow it all falls short of the mark. If the Torchwood script writers had been on strike over the last few weeks would anyone have noticed?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-46783217731449669372008-02-13T13:03:00.000+00:002008-02-13T13:03:00.000+00:00Tim - Yes, so all we can do is grin and bear it eh...Tim - Yes, so all we can do is grin and bear it eh? I shall reserve judgement until I see her in a few eps of Season Four first! Although, ahem I think I've been pretty judgemental about her already...<BR/><BR/>Talking of being judgemental, I take your point about the weight comments. Being slightly overweight isn't a crime of course. <BR/><BR/>As for Gwen, yes she has definitely demonstrated sluttish tendencies in the past and now it looks like she has a thing for Jack! I think Rhys might as well sleep with the rest of the Hub, otherwise he's going to be the odd one out!<BR/><BR/>As for Burn G, I'm sorry but to me he DOES resemble a toad, and other people are with me on that one! I'm not wishing to cast aspersions on his ability as an actor though!<BR/><BR/>Mmm I could see Tosh as a potential companion in DW, but then as with Sally Sparrow, the production team seem to be looking a gift horse in the mouth, don't they? They just don't know when they're onto a good thing. Fools!<BR/><BR/>I agree with your assessment of the way the personalities of the characters have shifted to fit in with the storyline. I know you've said that before. That's the problem with T-Wood, too many soap opera dramatics...Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262218.post-83324224401208368902008-02-12T23:46:00.000+00:002008-02-12T23:46:00.000+00:00But Catherine's in every episode! I'd dearly love ...But Catherine's in every episode! I'd dearly love to put her to one side but that's going to prove impossible so what's the point?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, to "Torchwood". Worst episode for me is still the first. I don't mind the three since but haven't rushed to watch them again, on iPlayer, as I did the opening episode of "Ashes to Ashes" a few nights after transmission.<BR/><BR/>You seem prejudiced against people with a little weight. I noticed it first in your review of "Voyage of the Damned". I would describe Rhys as stocky rather than fat. Physicality aside, he is actually too good for Gwen who I would describe as a slut.<BR/><BR/>Describing Burn Gorman as toad face is a bit mean, too. He can't help the face he was born with and is actually capitalising on it after playing Mr. Guppy in "Bleak House"! Casting directors obviously find his features distinctive!!<BR/><BR/>Agreed on Toshiko. She's my favourite character in the whole mess. If only the Doctor were as you describe her... "Intelligent in an understated, rather than "Look at me, aren't I clever!" kind of way."<BR/><BR/>Summing up the regulars of "Torchwood", these essentially undefined characters shift, like those in a soap opera, to suit a given narrative rather than have the script work around the natures of the collective individuals.TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.com