Comments on: Review: Torchwood – Children of Earth

By: see-jay

see-jay — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:36:34 +0000

great acting and script/writing aside..i found it…
utterly depressing, i dont know but it was deeply uncomfortable for me at times, i watched it to see if the ending ensured all the kids were saved but was gutted..that not all were, maybe cos im a parent, but i cried, felt sick, scared..sad..i felt so weirded seein all their little faces so scared..it was too raw for me anyways..
kinda wished i hadnt seen it now..

By: Salman Shaheen

Salman Shaheen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:32:48 +0000

I have a feeling it will be back. Where there’s an audience there’s a way. And with viewing figures around the 6 million mark, this is Torchwood’s most successful series to date. The thing about sci fi is that you can do pretty much anything. Bring a character back from the dead. Go back in time. Start again in a parallel universe. Audiences have a much higher capacity for suspension of disbelief than in other genres. This means that even if they’ve written themselves into a corner, they can always slip through the tiniest of gaps just by reversing the polarity.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:53:10 +0000

Just read this not sure how reliable it is though

http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/14/davies-says-torchwoods-season-four-is-ready-to-go/

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:46:37 +0000

I have just seen the final episode of Children of Earth and cannot see how they can ‘bring it back’ for a fourth series. This upsets me greatly and I almost wish that I hadn’t seen it so that my hope for a new series could be justified. I think we just have to hope that Russel T Davis has already planned how he can create a 4th series without ignoring anything stated in this short series(Possible set it far in the future?). But as soon as any one knows if torchwood is coming back can you e-mail me please!!!? Thanks

rosie.fenwick@rocketmail.com

By: Salman Shaheen

Salman Shaheen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:47:33 +0000

Perhaps, though in fairness that was in the context of conveying more serious messages. Is it worrying that television should hold people’s interest whilst communicating ideas? I had little time for boring lecturers, no matter how important the things they had to say were. If visual media can’t entertain whilst informing, one would be better off getting the information from a book. I don’t think that’s particularly worrying.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:25:17 +0000

I think that “I never felt bored[...]In that regard, it does everything good television should” reveals something deeply worrying about the entire medium of television.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:04:49 +0000

Couldn’t agree more! Torchwood has always been a guilty pleasure of mine so I’m glad you’ve justified it’s presence on our TV screen so succinctly!