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Torchwood - The Complete First Season 
Actors : John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori, Gareth David-Lloyd
Studio : BBC Warner
by BBC Warner
Brand : Warner Brothers
Release Date : 2008-01-22
Publisher : BBC Warner
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 7
EAN : 0794051420527
UPC : 794051420527
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 127 reviews)
List Price : $79.98
Our Price : $53.45
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Product Description |
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Separate from the government outside the police beyond the United Nations Torchwood sets its own rules. Led by the enigmatic ever watchful Captain Jack Harkness the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible. Everyone who works for Torchwood is young. Some say that?s because it?s a new science. Others say it?s because they die young.Running Time: 650 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 794051420527 Manufacturer No: E4205 |
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Americancivilwar.com |
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More than a spin-off of the Russell T. Davies incarnation of Doctor Who, the BBC series Torchwood is a wholly enjoyable blend of drama, science-fiction thrills, and mature subject matter that never fails to deliver its main purpose: to entertain on a weekly basis. John Barrowman, who captured the imagination of Who fans during the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant eras as 51st-century adventurer Capt. Jack Harkness, returns as the dashing, immortal time traveler; here, he's the head of Torchwood, a covert organization that investigates extraterrestrial and supernatural events on Earth without the help of the British government or United Nations. Eve Myles is a police constable who joins the team after discovering them in the middle of bringing a stabbing victim back to life (in the debut episode, "Everything Changes"), and she brings a decidedly human touch to the Torchwood team's tech-driven investigations. Among the mysteries encountered over the course of the 13-episode series: an alien gas that absorbs humans during sex ("Day One"); a half-human, half-Cyberman female with a connection to Torchwood support man Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) in "Cyberwoman"; a rash of cannibalistic murders ("Countrycide"); a very different kind of fairies than the ones of legend ("Small Worlds"); and most impressively of all, a skyscraper-sized demon that threatens to plunge the Torchwood team--and the world itself--into chaos ("End of Days," which features an off-screen cameo by a certain Time Lord). What separates Torchwood from the most modern television science fiction (save, say, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica) is the frankly adult tone of the series: The violence is plentiful and occasionally graphic, and there are frequent bedroom couplings between the team members and supporting players. There's also a maturity to the relationships that exceeds the usual scope of sci-fi, most notably in the affecting "Captain Jack Harkness," which sends him back to the London Blitz, where he meets and falls in love with a handsome American pilot who happens to share his name. Their love affair, like the majority of Torchwood's "grown-up" storylines, is handled with taste and real emotion. Extras on the First Series are remarkably plentiful; six of the seven discs include entirely new behind-the-scenes featurettes that explore the main characters and their major story arcs, location shooting, the impressive SUV that the team drives, and the show's extensive special effects and alien creations. Barrowman also contributes a very funny "Captain's Log," which invites viewers to join him on one of the final shooting days of the series. The entire seventh disc is given over to Torchwood Declassified, the 13-part program which explored each episode on BBC Three and the BBC's Torchwood website. Commentaries are offered for all 13 episodes, with Davies, Barrowman, Myles, Burn Gorman (who plays Torchwood's medical officer, Owen Harper), David-Lloyd, producers Richard Stokes and Julie Gardner, and various episode writers, directors, and producers all lending their voices. A small battery of deleted scenes and outtakes, as well as previews for DVD releases of other BBC programs, including Doctor Who and MI-5, round out this impressive set. --Paul Gaita Stills from Torchwood (click for larger image) |
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Wonderfully Entertaining |
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It's hard describing the "Torchwood" series. "Sort of like 'X-Files' when it first came out" just seems so inadequate. Yes, it's SciFi, but I compare it more to "The Sopranos" because the acting, writing, storylines and characters are so very absorbing. Like Tyler Perry's movies, the stories are amazingly creative and sometimes you laugh; sometimes you cry. So much happens in each episode that you MUST pause the DVD when taking a refrigerator break. My one caution is that you should watch two episodes before giving up on "Torchwood." Then you'll be hooked! |
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The members of the elite force are as emotion-driven as any group of toddlers or teenagers. Their recruiting method leaves something to be desired. The supposed "alien technology" is pure fantasy stuff. (No science in the science fiction--and please do not quote Arthur C Clarke at me.)
Those wanting to cherry-pick the better stories can look for ones not written by Russel T Davies. (Other superannuated couch spuds may remember that the best "Twilight Zone" episodes were generally by Charles Beaumont, et al, not Rod Serling's formulaic hackwork.) The opening theme is annoying. And the so-called pterodactyl is a pteranodon, if it's anything.
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GOOD IDEA BROUGHT DOWN BY IMMORAL CHARACTERS |
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I watched this show primarily because it was made by the producers of Doctor Who. The show starts off with a good concept and some very intriguing story lines. However, after half-way through the season it appears that all of the characters are nothing but shallow sex-craved individuals with little moral character. The stories appear to be just written around an excuse to get the characters into compromising positions. If this series was a typical prime-time drama that would be expected but since it is supposed to be a science fiction series I would expect a little more of a plot. In the end I found myself fast-forwarding through the episodes just to get to the end and see how things turned out. I will not even bother watching Season 2. |
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Torchwood Season 1 DVD |
Never seen the series before, but I'm a big Dr. Who fan and I like the Capt. Jack's character, so I thought I'd give the DVD set a whirl...
There's probably not many details that have been left out of existing reviews, and overall I loved the series. Like any show made for television, some episodes are better than others. That said, this series kept my attention for start to finish. I highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys science-fiction with a more "adult" focus. |
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*sci* fimantic. |
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Take a dash of Tom Cruise and teaspon of Mark Harmon and you get Dr. Jack Harkness.What starts off as a promising premise quickly turns into a an acting troupe governed but a zealous minion of Xenu. I hated the "upgrade" cyborg episode for its shoddy acting alone, but then felt even more shafted when Tash's character had her "emotional" character intro episode. Solutions seem all too easy for the Torchwood gang and their dirty little romps leave much to be desired. I'd much rather watch the X-Files....better yet, on equal fumbling terms, i'd rather watch the first season of Star Trek Next Generation...but somehow i will force my way through the rest of this series in hopes of redemption. |
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