Torchwood

[sqbr]

So I've been watching the new Dr Who and enjoying it well enough, and getting into season 2 there's a bunch of intriguing mentions of "The Torchwood Institute". Unfortunately, I watched an episode of Torchwood season one and it was terrible, and from all accounts it doesn't get any good till season 2. So, is it worth starting in season 2? Or are there individual season 1 episodes I should watch to get the backstory? They have season 1 at the local video store so that's no trouble. Or should I not bother at all?

And is there a point in Dr Who I should get to before starting Torchwood? I just finished season 2 disk 2.

Thank youse all :) I really shouldn't be asking more questions before answering my mail (the point of a poll was to avoid having lots of comments to reply to) but I want stuff to watch! (Video store doesn't have disk 3, dammit)

Comments

I really didn't like S1

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

Torchwood is shit. Some cool ideas BUT that combined with incredible inconsistencies (it will go from middle of the night to day in about 2 minutes) plotholes larger then the episode and incredibly bad acting and very lame storylines and dreadful dialogue. AND RETARDED STOPWATCH. Oh and I forgot the bad inconsistent (I'm out of new words)2D characters. The best thing I saw while watching this season was not actually part of the show but this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE_-FeVNOZE video clip. (May have slight spoilers for a particularly nonsensical timefiller in S1)

I also should mention I watched them out of order. I watched S1E1 then S2E1, then went back to watch the rest of S1. I regret those hours watching the rest of S1, shooting myself would have been a better option, but sadly there was nothing else to do while being an insomaniac. It wasn't even good enough to sleep to.

That said, that's all in s1. I've only seen one episode and it had James Marsters making out with another guy. I'm going to watch the rest of this season.

So yeah, seriously not worth the time and effort. I mean you don't miss anything plot or characterwise.

Re: I really didn't like S1

[alias_sqbr]

Good to know I can miss it if need be, thanks.

Re: I really didn't like S1

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the chance to rant :D

Re: I really didn't like S1

[alias_sqbr]

That's what lj is for!