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One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. Day after day, the phenomenon continues. And a secret British institution named Torchwood seems to hold the answers…
CIA agents Rex Matheson and Esther Drummond investigate the only two surviving members of the team--Gwen Cooper, who has retreated to a remote Welsh hideaway with her husband and new baby, and the mysterious, brilliant Captain Jack Harkness. But they soon find themselves on the same side, fighting the greatest threat to humanity ever known--humanity itself.
Earth is filling up, fast. Resources are running out. And as history has shown, bad things happen when good people get desperate.
CIA agents Rex Matheson and Esther Drummond investigate the only two surviving members of the team--Gwen Cooper, who has retreated to a remote Welsh hideaway with her husband and new baby, and the mysterious, brilliant Captain Jack Harkness. But they soon find themselves on the same side, fighting the greatest threat to humanity ever known--humanity itself.
Earth is filling up, fast. Resources are running out. And as history has shown, bad things happen when good people get desperate.
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53 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I got into Torchwood very late. Having see a couple of episodes from series 1 and 2 and really enjoyed them, I went and bought the boxed set of series 1, 2 and 3. Despite having had huge viewing figures for Children Of Earth, I far preferred the first two series with their self contained episodes and because of that I was a little less excited by Children of Earth. A bit of a downhill dip, but I could see that others might not think so. Fair play. Then, along comes Miracle Day.
Not quite a complete disaster, but close to it. I saw the episode of Torchwood Confidential where RTD said "We had to blow up the Torchwood hub" Really Russell? Did you REALLY??? So let's examine that idea shall we? You decided it was a good idea to take the hub of a story, a special place where we were told there was a rift in time and space, creating all kinds of amazing incidents, then blow it to bits. You took a story about defending the earth from aliens, then didn't put an alien in the entire series? What a load of tosh! Talk about overstepping the "We need a new formula line" Has it not ocurred to those involved in production that people LIKE the formula, that's why we watch! This is a case of taking your favorite formula for raspberry ripple ice cream and making it with a new formula where you think it's cute to take all the rasberries out and introduce a formula where you substitute it for Beef and Mashed Potatoe. Sure, I like beef & mash, but IT THOUGHT I WAS BUYING RASPBERRY RIPPLE!!!
Slow, over padded (The story could have EASILY been told in five episodes, not ten), entirely pointless "sex scenes" which didn't enhance the plot an inch, Poorly acted by the Americans, hammed up in far too many scenes. Have I gone on enough?
I think I watched this series because I wanted it to be as good as 1 and 2. I wanted it to take me back to the things that I had come to enjoy in the first two series. But just like many broken relationships, if Children of Earth was like realising that you and your partner really didn't have much in common any more and deciding taking a break, then Miracle Day was getting back together because you remembered the good times, only to discover that the break up was really the best thing you could have done.
Thanks for the memories RTD. It's not you, it's me. .......Nope... actually, it's most certainly YOU.
Not quite a complete disaster, but close to it. I saw the episode of Torchwood Confidential where RTD said "We had to blow up the Torchwood hub" Really Russell? Did you REALLY??? So let's examine that idea shall we? You decided it was a good idea to take the hub of a story, a special place where we were told there was a rift in time and space, creating all kinds of amazing incidents, then blow it to bits. You took a story about defending the earth from aliens, then didn't put an alien in the entire series? What a load of tosh! Talk about overstepping the "We need a new formula line" Has it not ocurred to those involved in production that people LIKE the formula, that's why we watch! This is a case of taking your favorite formula for raspberry ripple ice cream and making it with a new formula where you think it's cute to take all the rasberries out and introduce a formula where you substitute it for Beef and Mashed Potatoe. Sure, I like beef & mash, but IT THOUGHT I WAS BUYING RASPBERRY RIPPLE!!!
Slow, over padded (The story could have EASILY been told in five episodes, not ten), entirely pointless "sex scenes" which didn't enhance the plot an inch, Poorly acted by the Americans, hammed up in far too many scenes. Have I gone on enough?
I think I watched this series because I wanted it to be as good as 1 and 2. I wanted it to take me back to the things that I had come to enjoy in the first two series. But just like many broken relationships, if Children of Earth was like realising that you and your partner really didn't have much in common any more and deciding taking a break, then Miracle Day was getting back together because you remembered the good times, only to discover that the break up was really the best thing you could have done.
Thanks for the memories RTD. It's not you, it's me. .......Nope... actually, it's most certainly YOU.
34 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Let me start off by saying I love Torchwood. It has always been brilliant and it got better with every series (Series 2 is my personal favourite though). The americanisation of this fourth series has seen its fair share of ups and downs. There were many things to enjoy in this series, but the problem is it was let down by a very slow moving story which was all the time giving us questions and never any answers, I mean you don't even find out the who, what, why and how until the last 2 episodes, when they should have been revealed about half way in. Another problem is that Torchwood is a sci-fi show about a team of people who fight aliens, yet there was no aliens to be seen the entire series, plus the fact there wasn't even a clear strong protagonist for our team to fight. The best episode of the series is the 7th, called 'Immortal Sins'. It focuses heavily on Captain Jack and gives us more insight into his past while at the same time presenting us with a real, believable love between two characters that reminded me of the series 1 episode 'Captain Jack Harkness' and let me tell you that both these episodes broke my heart. One brilliant episode is not enough to make up for the averageness that was the rest of the series, with episodes 2 and 3 being outright filler in my eyes. I do hope another series gets made because in the end it is Torchwood and I do love it, plus the last episode sets some seeds for another series. Overall, it's a good series, not the best, you'll enjoy it, but just know it moves quite slowly.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had to give it at least one star but if I'm honest even one star is overrated.
As much as it pains me to say but buying this DVD is a complete waste of time and money.
I've watched the first 2 episodes on TV and never turned it on again.
For God's sake what has RTD done to his show and Captain Jack?
Torchwood was and still is one of my favorite shows, but what he started with CoE (that he pushed his main character to the sidelines in favour of a character who is so Mary-Sue that it hurts) he continued in MD.
Captain Jack is only there for the laughs and the sex (which is both not that bad) but there is nothing left of the character I fell in love during "The empty Child"
When I heard how MD ended I could only do one thing -> *headdesk*
Does RTD not even know his own canon?
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Rex immortality is from Jack's blood? WTF?
If Jack's bodily fliuds could cause immortality Ianto would have been immortal before CoE even started.
Does RTD not remember that Jack's immortalioty comes form the time vortex, or does he not care or is he only sloppy?
For me Torchwood died with CoE and as much as I hate to say it, but I hope it stays dead, unless RTD gives the reins to someone who appreciates this show and the characters.
I've never seen someone who was able to destroy their own creation so willingly as RTD did with Torchwood.
As much as it pains me to say but buying this DVD is a complete waste of time and money.
I've watched the first 2 episodes on TV and never turned it on again.
For God's sake what has RTD done to his show and Captain Jack?
Torchwood was and still is one of my favorite shows, but what he started with CoE (that he pushed his main character to the sidelines in favour of a character who is so Mary-Sue that it hurts) he continued in MD.
Captain Jack is only there for the laughs and the sex (which is both not that bad) but there is nothing left of the character I fell in love during "The empty Child"
When I heard how MD ended I could only do one thing -> *headdesk*
Does RTD not even know his own canon?
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Rex immortality is from Jack's blood? WTF?
If Jack's bodily fliuds could cause immortality Ianto would have been immortal before CoE even started.
Does RTD not remember that Jack's immortalioty comes form the time vortex, or does he not care or is he only sloppy?
For me Torchwood died with CoE and as much as I hate to say it, but I hope it stays dead, unless RTD gives the reins to someone who appreciates this show and the characters.
I've never seen someone who was able to destroy their own creation so willingly as RTD did with Torchwood.
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