Meanwhile, in less depressing news
Jan. 10th, 2011 04:01 pmQuote of the day: ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kathyh, when were were talking about my Yuletide story which she beta'd, shows the following deep insight into Starfleet: I suspect all Star Trek officers were issued with a little handbook Things That Jim Kirk Got Away With But You Won't and sex with crewmembers was one of the top items on the list.
You know this is true, oh fellow Trekkers. You know this is true.
From one of my oldest fandoms to one of the recent years, After Elton got more details about the new Torchwood season out of Rusty & the cast here. It warms my Children of Earthloving heart that he's still so unabashedly proud of it, our supreme Welsh evil overlord: Was there anything in particular Davies learned from Children of Earth that he's applying to the new series? "Yes," said Davies. "Partly what we got rid of in the first two years of Torchwood is the format of monster of the week. It was a great format. Lots of shows do that absolutely brilliantly. In Britain, it was always slightly in Doctor Who‘s shadow as a result. When we got the chance to do Children of Earth, it became what it is now, which is simply one continuous story with a beginning, middle, and end. This new series is 10 episodes long. But you won’t be still finding out the resolution to the story in five years’ time because that literally bi-eps of 10. It is 10 episodes. Bi-eps of 10, there is a massive, shattering climax to the whole thing. You’ll find out who lives, who dies, what it all happens, whether they can stop it or not, and that’s the end. So it’s got that sort of shape to it now." In fact, Davies feels that with COE, Torchwood grew up. "But it just — Children of Earth, it found its legs, and it’s kind of like, you know, when you get those pictures of things evolving, and you see a monkey turn into a hominid, turn into a man standing erect. The man is standing erect now just like it would erect. So it feels like we’ve stood up tall now.
Incidentally, and unsurprisingly, I'm totally with him re: the monster of the week format versus the miniseries format. (Not least because I think it plays to his strengths as a writer. If you look at the RTD miniseries, whether the old ones like The Second Coming or Casanova, or the original Queer as Folk, or more recently Children of Earth, vis a vis full seasons he helmed, you'll see what I mean.) The premise for the Torchwood goes fourth story arc, incidentally, which I saw at the Elton article for the first time, sounds really intriguing, but to avoid spoiling people who don't want to be spoiled for anything at all, I'll hide it below the cut.
( Could it be RTD likes a certain Queen song? )
Meta about Caprica byabigail_n, which sums up the flaws and strengths of the aborted spin-off perfectly.
kathyh, when were were talking about my Yuletide story which she beta'd, shows the following deep insight into Starfleet: I suspect all Star Trek officers were issued with a little handbook Things That Jim Kirk Got Away With But You Won't and sex with crewmembers was one of the top items on the list.You know this is true, oh fellow Trekkers. You know this is true.
From one of my oldest fandoms to one of the recent years, After Elton got more details about the new Torchwood season out of Rusty & the cast here. It warms my Children of Earthloving heart that he's still so unabashedly proud of it, our supreme Welsh evil overlord: Was there anything in particular Davies learned from Children of Earth that he's applying to the new series? "Yes," said Davies. "Partly what we got rid of in the first two years of Torchwood is the format of monster of the week. It was a great format. Lots of shows do that absolutely brilliantly. In Britain, it was always slightly in Doctor Who‘s shadow as a result. When we got the chance to do Children of Earth, it became what it is now, which is simply one continuous story with a beginning, middle, and end. This new series is 10 episodes long. But you won’t be still finding out the resolution to the story in five years’ time because that literally bi-eps of 10. It is 10 episodes. Bi-eps of 10, there is a massive, shattering climax to the whole thing. You’ll find out who lives, who dies, what it all happens, whether they can stop it or not, and that’s the end. So it’s got that sort of shape to it now." In fact, Davies feels that with COE, Torchwood grew up. "But it just — Children of Earth, it found its legs, and it’s kind of like, you know, when you get those pictures of things evolving, and you see a monkey turn into a hominid, turn into a man standing erect. The man is standing erect now just like it would erect. So it feels like we’ve stood up tall now.
Incidentally, and unsurprisingly, I'm totally with him re: the monster of the week format versus the miniseries format. (Not least because I think it plays to his strengths as a writer. If you look at the RTD miniseries, whether the old ones like The Second Coming or Casanova, or the original Queer as Folk, or more recently Children of Earth, vis a vis full seasons he helmed, you'll see what I mean.) The premise for the Torchwood goes fourth story arc, incidentally, which I saw at the Elton article for the first time, sounds really intriguing, but to avoid spoiling people who don't want to be spoiled for anything at all, I'll hide it below the cut.
( Could it be RTD likes a certain Queen song? )
Meta about Caprica by
abigail_n, which sums up the flaws and strengths of the aborted spin-off perfectly.
