http://genre-commentary.com/taxonomy/term/96/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. http://genre-commentary.com/node/99 <p><em>Torchwood</em>, the first in several planned spin-offs of <em>Doctor Who</em>’s revival series, premiered on BBC Three last weekend with a pilot episode that can only be described as odd. Not good/quirky odd or bad/pretentious odd, but uneven odd, showing hints of both promise and mediocrity. The fault definitely does not lie in the lead actors: John Barrowman’s Captain Jack Harkness is just as charming and rakish as he was when traveling with the ninth Doctor and Rose. Eve Myles is a worthy companion as wide-eyed police cadet Gwen Cooper. Given two fun characters, a venerable joy of a parent show, and the pithy writing of Russell T. Davies, it’s greatly disappointing that the aliens, special effects, and general spectacle of the thing seem so flat and uninteresting. </p> <p><a href="http://genre-commentary.com/node/99">read more</a></p> http://genre-commentary.com/node/99#comment torchwood Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:47:51 -0700 KW Taylor 99 at http://genre-commentary.com