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Television may well be a vast wasteland and soap operas its warehouse district, but surprise, not all daily drama has to be melodrama. I have checked into Salem and Port Charles and Springfield many times over the last twenty years and its true, Stefano DiMera is still raising himself from the dead, Lisa Hughes is on her eighth or ninth husband, and on soaps, doctors are more often engaged in carnage than caring.
The BBC has been known in the past to continue a show long past the series should end. For instance, a show which included the titular star, Blakes 7, continued long past Blake's departure.
There is however a difference between a largely camp show and a quasi-historical one. I as a viewer would have reasonable expectations of finding Robin Hood in a show called, Robin Hood.
If Jonas Armstrong leaves the show at the end do series three, how about "The Other Guys in Sherwood"??
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson
I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to the blog, "Totally Torchwood." This was one of the first blogs that I read and it inspired me to start blogging myself. Because of time constraints, the blogger has decided to call it a day. I, for one, will sorely miss checking every day for the latest Torchwood news.
Thank you very much for all your efforts.
David Tennant is an excellent Doctor Who. He is a little manic, but I always attribute this to his training to play to the back of the house; he is a "serious" actor able to run the gamut from science fiction to Shakespeare and back.
On June 21st, I blogged about Torchwood being a part of a program to celebrate the Cern Super Collider, well, the date has been set for September 10th.
The Torchwood drama will be part of an all day celebration broadcast by BBC Radio 4. The station will be broadcasting from inside the research facility in Geneva and will include interviews with scientists and enthusiasts as the facility tries to recreate the Big Bang aftermath.
The team hopes to receive insight into the origins and composition of the universe.
Here's a head's-up for those of you planning to go to Comic-Con 2009: The Hilton San Diego Bayfront, which is adjacent to the "H" end of the convention center is opening in December. However, they're already taking reservations - including July of next year.
One of the bars in the hotel will have the FOX imprint so may well be the anchor for many activities. The surrounding hotels are already blocked, so this is just a word to the wise.
"Always be yourself... unless you suck."
-- Joss Whedon
On the plane home from Comic-Con, my daughter and I had a discussion about the possibility that we had been exposed to too many of our ilk and would not want to ever go again… riiiight.
I really shouldn’t make long-term plans because while visiting a gypsy camp last night, an old woman named Maleva read my palm and said she saw a pentagram, and by the way, I should stay away from a guy named Larry Talbot. Wait a second I have to stop watching videos at 4 A.M.
To make a long story short we have already made our hotel reservations for next July. Next year we will fine-tune our schedule so expertly, we will see twice as much and be twice as exhausted. And bring twice as many people with us to help load our haul!
Gareth David-Lloyd was a proper gentleman at Comic-Con. He was just lovely, signing autographs for three days and taking the occasional photo upon request. Meeting him was truly a pleasure.
