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Hi, I'm a 16 year old student and am hugely interested in games, DVDs and CDs.
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This collection of the first 5 episodes of Season 1 of the hit show Torchwood vary in stucture and content. The first episode "Everything Changes" is, in my opinion, a bit dodgy. It lacks the pace that the rest of the show picks up, and although it was just a starter episode to get it going, I feel it could have used a lot more oppurtunities for more pace rather than the heavy characterisation. However, it's a good episode - as long as you view it from a pre-season angle. The second episode "Day One" takes the show in a totally different direction - it's crammed full of sex and makes for a very action packed episode with plenty of rawness and the idea of the struggle of life. Let this be a warning - don't watch this with minors around! "Ghost Machine", the third episode, is exceptional and this is where the series really took off for me. The emotion, the horror of life and the fantastic chemistry of the characters come together to create an incredibly strong piece - it amplifies small situations (such as the rape and murder of a girl) and makes you realise how wrong life can be. Amazing. The fourth episode takes another twist and turn in the ever-changing Torchwood universe and takes us into Ianto's past (an excellent performance by Gareth David Lloyd makes this believable), and the team confront a cyberwoman from Doctor Who - a truly gore-packed episode! The final installment in this collection is "Small Worlds", which again shocked me and left me stunned by the amount of emotion conveyed through the performance of Lara Phillipart, a young female actress - who, as a sidenote, I have met!
The special features in this DVD are good also, no commentaries, but in depth documentaries on each individual episode which are fact-packed! Nice and cheap too.
It's in a 2-disc pack, and if you are a fan of any sci-fi or adult-themed show, I strongly reccomend you pick up this DVD to allow you to enter the tough, brutish, eye-opening, yet fantastically awesome world of Torchwood.
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Willow Smith, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson, Alice Braga
Thanks for all the comments people, really helpful for future reviews. :)
MI9to5 01.10.2008 19:13
I love Torchwood. Good review but to improve I would add some information with regards to who plays the characters and possibly a little bit about what Torchwood is to try and entice some viewers. xx
Set in modern-day Cardiff, Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack from Doctor Who. ... more
Captain Jack and a bunch of renegade criminal investigators are charged by the British government to find alien technology that has fallen to earth without the k...
Set in modern-day Cardiff Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack from Doctor Who. ... more
Captain Jack and a bunch of renegade criminal investigators are charged by the British government to find alien technology that has fallen to earth without the k...
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