http://ameliag.com Writer - Editor - Photographer Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:34:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ameliag.com/2009/07/would-you-give-in-to-alien-junkie-demands-%e2%80%93-torchwood-children-of-earth/ http://ameliag.com/2009/07/would-you-give-in-to-alien-junkie-demands-%e2%80%93-torchwood-children-of-earth/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:21:53 +0000 Amelia G http://amelia-g.livejournal.com/439757.html Would you give in to alien junkie demands? – Torchwood Children of Earth

by Amelia G : July 25th, 2009

This week BBC America ran the Torchwood miniseries Children of Earth one episode a night all week building to tonight’s epic finale. Sunday, they will run the whole Torchwood Children of Earth series with all five episodes back to back, so there is still time to catch it. Purely from an entertainment perspective, I recommend watching the first four episodes and skipping the fifth. Children of Earth has Torchwood’s usual style and panache and dark-edged fun. Captain Jack Harkness, played by the pretty John Barrowman, even has a couple of nude scenes which BBC half-heartedly fuzzed out for the American audience. One can always hope they will be censor fuzz-free on the Torchwood Children of Earth DVD release. The DVD comes out next week and it is pre-ordering at a #8 ranking for all DVDs on Amazon.

Torchwood is reportedly BBC America’s biggest hit ever. As usual, Torchwood has accompanying behind-the-scenes DVD extras segments with Children of Earth. The interviews in this one with show creator (and primary writer) Russell T. Davies are interesting and insightful. The BTS here is more about how the writer and actors feel about the subject matter, and less focused on the special effects the way earlier seasons of the show were.

My favorite aspect of Torchwood has always been that it is science fiction aimed at an adult audience and makes no pretense of . . .

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