Right. Otherwise it would be Torchwood vs Mandaconda or something stupid like that.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Uhhhh... we don't WANT Siffy involved in this. Right, folks? > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: bhsleepystude...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:08:14 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S. > > > but the writer of the original is writing this. I just want to know why > the scifi channel isn't showing this??? > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Tracey de Morsella < > tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: > > > > Plucking British shows from across the pond and remaking them for American > audiences is not a new practice. Also not new is the fact that most of them > end in disaster. Still, anyone with half a brain knows the trend will > continue, and that we'll just have to deal with it. But the latest show to > get picked for Americanization even made *me* wince. > Ready? Okay, here goes: Fox is importing > *Torchwood*<http://www.tv.com/torchwood/show/50470/summary.html>, > the popular spinoff of *Doctor > Who*<http://www.tv.com/doctor-who/show/34391/summary.html>, > according to *The Hollywood > Reporter*<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id183d5e80b48e57c7ceb299df8e4c2b0>. > > The show has a solid pack of rabid fans here in the United States, and the > standalone miniseries *Children of Earth* delivered big-time ratings for > BBC America when it aired last year. In other words, a lot of people are > going to be very weary of the project. > However, there is one indication that a U.S. *Torchwood* won't be a shell > of its former self. Series creator Russell Davies is writing the script, and > the rest of the *Torchwood* production team is on board for the U.S. > version. > Whereas the original *Torchwood* focused on a small group of operatives > that dealt with aliens on a local basis, the U.S. version will feature a > branch of the Torchwood Institute and cover more international territory. > With Davies on board, there's an infinitesimal chance that the reboot will > actually be good. What's your hope for the series? > > > http://www.tv.com/torchwood-is-coming-to-the-u.s./story/20871.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
