Theo Moore

Sheri and I have been switching off between BSG and Torchwood. We heard people raving about TW at DragonCon this year, so we figured we'd give it a try. Heck, we started watching Firefly and BSG on recommendation; would TW be as good?

Sadly, no.

So far (and we are on disc 4 of the first season), we are honestly underwhelmed. I keep hoping that it will improve, so we watching the episodes. It's just not catching me as I had hoped. I don't find the characters particularly compelling and the interactions between them don't seem genuine. Just my two cents; spare me the flames if you disagree. We actually liked the X-Files, but this seems like a lukewarm attempt to catch the X-Files feel and audience. I understand that people absolutely love this show, but I can't for the life of me understand why.

Most recently episode to disappoint me was "Countrycide". If there was ever a worse rip-off of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I've never seen it. It was so brusingly unoriginal that I practically sent the other DvDs back to Blockbuster un-watched. I am going to give the series to the rest of this DvD (3 more episodes) and it it doesn't improve I think we're done.

I don't like TV (if you've read my blog lately you'd probably not believe that) normally. I do like to watch some shows, but I tend to try to avoid the whole TV experience (commercials, etc). I like to rent DvDs from Blockbuster for shows that are several seasons in (BSG, for example). Sheri has been a big fan of Hulu for watching "her shows" (Dancing with the Has-Beens, Project Aufwiedersein, So You Think You Can Faceplant, etc.), but I've never really found a compelling reason to check it out much.

That has changed for all eternity.

Sheri showed me FULL NHL GAMES on Hulu!!!! I was watching Red Wings vs. Penguins Game 6 for the Stanley Cup finals. Given I am still a few weeks from the new NHL season, it was a wonderful, excellent way to get a taste of one of my favourite pastimes. It has also fired me up for the season to come...

You know, I look a lot like those guys when I play my weekly game, too....