inbhirnis: (Cyber2006)
inbhirnis ([personal profile] inbhirnis) wrote2009-02-06 08:25 pm
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Jack is Back!

Torchwood Season 3 will be here in the summer, according to the article. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the show, but a little gheyrotic British scifi on the telly is always welcome. And, it will tide me over until there's a full season of Doctor Who, which won't happen until 2010 (with the new guy - not sure how I feel about having a 26 year old as the Doctor, but I'll give it a go). There will be four 'specials' throughout the year, so all is not lost.

But - 5 episodes? That seems odd, if I'm reading the article correctly. Normally, a season is around 13 episodes or so.

edit: just found out that the five episodes are all part of a single story, so it's a kind of miniseries.

[identity profile] inbhirnis.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a big John Wyndham phase when I was in my teens - read a ton of his books.

[identity profile] shirtlifterbear.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Creepy kids:

Poltergeist!

The Bad Seed

The Omen

[identity profile] inbhirnis.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I liked the 1960s film version of Wyndham's book, "The Midwich Cuckoos" that they named "Village of the Damned", but the 1990s version with Christopher Reed and Kirstie Alley SUCKED!

[identity profile] shirtlifterbear.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahem.

I am not a horror movie guy at all, so my ability to rate such a film on it's "merits" is quite slim indeed.

BUT, I had heard that the remake blew goats.

[identity profile] inbhirnis.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say it was more scifi than horror. The book is great - a nice little look at evolution, survival of the fittest - and what if we were not the top species on the planet and some 'cuckoos' were going to kick us out of the nest?

The 60s movie wasn't horrific at all. The 90s one was just kinda lame, but it was a little bit more gory than the original.

[identity profile] shirtlifterbear.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I see enough gore at work, you know?

Now, pop in a nice Europudding RomCom, and I am so there!