Monday, July 27, 2009
Torchwood, you *!#$(&^!
Torchwood is a series from the venerable BBC. It is a spin-off of their Doctor Who franchise. The name is an anagram of the first program, and a character or two has been known to cross over from one to the other. I've never gotten into the doctor, but I've enjoyed Torchwood, which is generally billed as like "Dr. Who but for adults." Good enough.
Last week they aired a five-part miniseries titled "Children of Earth." Well, we all are, but in this case it was about how one of the main characters, who is, too bad for him, immortal, gave some children to an alien race once and how now they're back for a lot more. They love 'em. Not to eat, but to produce "chemicals." Yes, they use children (adults don't work, apparently) to produce drugs.
So okay, it's no lamer than a lot of science fiction plots. The reason I'm mad is because of the ending. Apparently there was some sort of political axe to grind or something. They had the immortal have to use his own grandson, who didn't survive the procedure, to defeat the aliens. See, the aliens were demanding ten percent of all of the children of Earth, hence the title. Having the immortal off his daughter's child was a lame, easy, and stupid ending. Why didn't somebody ask the aliens how they planned to get their drugs after they wiped out humanity? Why didn't they have the aliens actually start to attack, but then mess up due to their drug-addled state? They even could have ended up with Earth making a fortune off of the aliens by synthesizing the drugs some way that didn't involve sacrificing children. But no, they screwed it up. Thanks a lot, guys! If there's another season (or series as they call it across the pond,) try to do a better job of plotting, okay?
I'd appreciate it!
Steve
Last week they aired a five-part miniseries titled "Children of Earth." Well, we all are, but in this case it was about how one of the main characters, who is, too bad for him, immortal, gave some children to an alien race once and how now they're back for a lot more. They love 'em. Not to eat, but to produce "chemicals." Yes, they use children (adults don't work, apparently) to produce drugs.
So okay, it's no lamer than a lot of science fiction plots. The reason I'm mad is because of the ending. Apparently there was some sort of political axe to grind or something. They had the immortal have to use his own grandson, who didn't survive the procedure, to defeat the aliens. See, the aliens were demanding ten percent of all of the children of Earth, hence the title. Having the immortal off his daughter's child was a lame, easy, and stupid ending. Why didn't somebody ask the aliens how they planned to get their drugs after they wiped out humanity? Why didn't they have the aliens actually start to attack, but then mess up due to their drug-addled state? They even could have ended up with Earth making a fortune off of the aliens by synthesizing the drugs some way that didn't involve sacrificing children. But no, they screwed it up. Thanks a lot, guys! If there's another season (or series as they call it across the pond,) try to do a better job of plotting, okay?
I'd appreciate it!
Steve
