"Torchwood" - season 4

[Feathers]

I think it probably helps that Barrowman has an American accent.

[Rico]

Just watched episode three last night and it's getting more and more interesting.  I like the interplay between the old and new characters.  Oh, and things are starting to get a little steamier in true Torchwood style too.  And the Bill Pullman character creeps me out - a lot!

[Meds]

Ah but John is Scottish and of course does speak in a scots accent.

John Barrowman's Scottish Accent

[Rico]

Yeah, he was born in Scotland but he moved to the States when he was young so I'm guessing it makes it pretty easy for him to speak with either type of accent when he wants.  He certainly sounds American all the time to me on "Torchwood."

[Meds]

Oh yeah he swops his accent very well, it's weird he says his real accent is his Scots one but I find that hard go believe lol

[X]

Oh yeah he swops his accent very well, it's weird he says his real accent is his Scots one but I find that hard go believe lol

I don't think he said it's his real one, but more his at home with his family one. His normal accent with his partner is his american one. I'm willing to bet you'd find out his real accent after a few pints.

The cast of Torchwood past is interesting. Burn is American born but UK raised and John is Scots born and american raised.

Kind of like Mel Gibson was born and raised in New York for a little more than the first decade of his life and only in Australia for about the same amount of time (11 or so years).

[Redshirt97]

I think it probably helps that Barrowman has an American accent.

  I belive it does too. 

[Meds]

Just watched the latest one, still very much enjoying it. I am still having a hard time believing that people would forgive the Oswald character. I wouldn't, I couldn't care less if he cried on TV and said he was sorry.

[Redshirt97]

  Just watched  episode 3 last night.  it was very good.   [spoiler]got a suprise with the sex secean with capt jack and the guy he met at the gay bar.  then the scene between the CIA agent and his doctor.  the way it was edited was very cool.  The plot is really thickens now especial with this Danes charither involed. [/spoiler]  I hope that I have not given any plot spoilers away.


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I'll spoiler tag some of that for you. - rico

[Feathers]

I think the whole forgiveness thing is the bit that stretches it just a little far. Having said that, I find it easier to imagine the US audience falling for it (I'm guessing there's more to this than the obvious) than us cynical Brits.

Regardless of my earlier caution, I'm probably enjoying this more than most Torchwood that I've seen to date.

[X]

I think the whole forgiveness thing is the bit that stretches it just a little far. Having said that, I find it easier to imagine the US audience falling for it (I'm guessing there's more to this than the obvious) than us cynical Brits.

Regardless of my earlier caution, I'm probably enjoying this more than most Torchwood that I've seen to date.

Maybe because it was written by Brits that they believe that the US is less cynical, but that's not the case.  I chalk it up to another effect of Miracle Day.

[Rico]

I'm not following why you guys are all talking about the Danes character being forgiven.  They've only shown a few people here and there doing that and others not trusting him.  I don't see really see this as a big deal.  Now, in the most recent episode there were a few more twists regarding this, but nothing too shocking or hard to swallow.  Keep in mind that at this point the world is kind of upside down and people are looking for leadership.  One thing I'm having more trouble with is why they don't seem to be showing the government or the President much at all?  There are comments here and there about the government being silent and so forth.  Now, if something like Miracle Day did happen I would hope the government would try and step up - to some degree.  Of course we don't really know the whole story yet, so maybe there is something going on to explain some of these things.

[Meds]

I think it's because its been a central tag throughout the first episodes, people smiling at the TV, the fairly large lady saying "did you touch him". OK its not showing everyone but it still highlighted. [spoiler]Of course in the latest episode that takes a slight turn because he is preaching to the neglected and that's a nice little turn which works especially when he lifts the little girl up and says she will live forever, that was a good bit of writing there because we as a viewer know what he is and are aware of his crimes but the dying have to look past that.[/spoiler]

Nice little tag when Jack says his name is John Smith which of course the Doctors alias. I've noticed that some characters do not come off too great, they either come across as annoying or bumbling [spoiler](the woman phoning social services about her sisters kids and then getting upset when they take them away i mean what did she expect sheesh)[/spoiler] but that could also be that they are writing characters that do have flaws and that's brave for a TV series, well done them.

They need to do a Terminator 2 with the seriously ill, just dump them in molten metal, total incineration but that may be a bit hard core.[spoiler] What a fantastic end to the woman, crushed in a car, very creepy, reminded me of The Twilight Zone.[/spoiler]

The one thing that I always think of is where is The Doctor. I mean this is a pretty big thing, the Earth is at serious risk and normally the old blue box would turn up.

[Feathers]

I guess that's always the rik of playing in the Who-verse. I suppose that what should surprise us more is that the authorities aren't asking the same question on screen!

[Redshirt97]

I guess that's always the rik of playing in the Who-verse. I suppose that what should surprise us more is that the authorities aren't asking the same question on screen!

  Yes I agree,  Capt Jack keeps talking about how old he is and the CIA guy doen't seem to belive him.