This past Wednesday, guest blogger Larry wrote a list of things which make no sense to him about the British Telefantasy show, Torchwood. I too wrote something in the same vein, earlier.(I found this picture to the right: I think it's a behind the scenes look at actor John Barrowman studying the script.)
I spent too much time at the computer today, so it was only reasonable that I shut 'er off for a while and coincide this with the CBC's screening of Torchwood at 9 p.m.
Those of you who know me can only laugh at my lack of priorities.
Tonight's episode (hey, sounds like a Quinn Martin Production!), "Combat".
It is getting late; I am getting tired; and I have no desire to add too much to what Larry said the other day. If Larry watched tonight, then he probably thought the same odd thing in one pivotal scene...
Jack carries a gun as he walks through an empty warehouse looking for some incongruity when he suddenly hears a sound. He relaxes the gun for a moment while he pulls out a... flashlight! Wow, that organization -- Torchwood -- is woefully underfunded. You mean they cannot afford nightvision goggles or some similar apparatus? Besides, from a production standpoint, this would give the visual effects people a chance to do some kewl point-of-view infrared type graphics.
This show is overflowing with needless visual effects, so why stop here?
And Larry is right when he asks what some of these people do, exactly.
Just what exactly is this show trying to accomplish?
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