Tag Archives: Jane Espenson
TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY—E5
I'm hereby officially reclassifying Torchwood: Miracle Day as Category 1: it's not dead, but, by all rights, it should be. By all the laws of nature, by everything that is holy, by any reasonable assessment of quality of life, Miracle Day should be put to rest. Let's stick a red clothespin on it, throw a blanket over its pathetic carcass, and roll it gently over to the incinerator to be put out of its misery. Continue reading
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TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY—E3
Three episodes in, I'm still asking: what is the point of all of this? What makes this story worth telling? In the beginning I was willing to give Miracle Day the benefit of the doubt, since the basic set-up seemed to promise something fascinating; so far, however, the show has not delivered on the potential of its own premise. We have far too much 24-style running around—most of it unnecessary and unexciting—and far too little exploration of what would surely constitute the most important, life-changing development in the history of the human race. Continue reading
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GAME OF THRONES S01E06 "A Golden Crown"
"A Golden Crown" is all about justice; it's filled with characters—from Ned to Sansa to Tyrion to Viserys—all protesting, "It's not fair!" But justice, as we see this week, is very much a work-in-progress in Game of Thrones. Continue reading
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