Re: TORCHWOOD: Miracle Day episode two "Rendition" disscussions & comm
Has production fully wrapped so we know we'll get all episodes?
Has production fully wrapped so we know we'll get all episodes?
TORCHWOOD: Miracle Day episode two "Rendition" disscussions & comments
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Ah, got it. I didn't remember that from Lucifer Rising. Yeah, the morphic field is a dumb piece of pseudoscience which also appears in the awful Big Finish audio drama Scaredy Cat and as part of the climax of a major comic book series (where naming it is a spoiler).
Ah, got it. I didn't remember that from Lucifer Rising. Yeah, the morphic field is a dumb piece of pseudoscience which also appears in the awful Big Finish audio drama Scaredy Cat and as part of the climax of a major comic book series (where naming it is a spoiler).
Re: TORCHWOOD: Miracle Day episode two "Rendition" disscussions & comm
Maybe he'll get eaten by another dinosaur while hiding on the toilet again.
Maybe he'll get eaten by another dinosaur while hiding on the toilet again.
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No, no! That was the lawyer who got eaten while hiding on the toilet. Nedry got blinded by the venomous spit of a dilophosaurus which then proceeded to kill him.
No, no! That was the lawyer who got eaten while hiding on the toilet. Nedry got blinded by the venomous spit of a dilophosaurus which then proceeded to kill him.
Re: TORCHWOOD: Miracle Day episode two "Rendition" disscussions & comm
It's cable, you'll get the whole thing and that's even before you factor in that it's a co-production with international distribution.
It's cable, you'll get the whole thing and that's even before you factor in that it's a co-production with international distribution.
Re: TORCHWOOD: Miracle Day episode two "Rendition" disscussions & comm
the shmozzle that was the broadcast of Caprica on Syfy i.e cable would counter the first part
the shmozzle that was the broadcast of Caprica on Syfy i.e cable would counter the first part
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I wonder if that Pterodactyl is still alive.
I wonder if that Pterodactyl is still alive.
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Big difference between a commercial-funded cable channel and a subscription-funded channel.
Also, a 30% drop-off isn't terrible for a "new" show.
the shmozzle that was the broadcast of Caprica on Syfy i.e cable would counter the first part
Big difference between a commercial-funded cable channel and a subscription-funded channel.
Also, a 30% drop-off isn't terrible for a "new" show.
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That might make for a fun twist at the end of the finale.
That might make for a fun twist at the end of the finale.
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Mediocre episode. But then, I'm just grateful I haven't wanted to savagely mutilate any of the principal characters yet, something which I wanted to do to pretty much everyone that wasn't either Gwen or Rhys at the end of "Children of Earth."
As for that redheaded publicist, I don't think she's human. I think she's an alien in disguise.
As for Diechen Lachman, I had 2 thoughts when I saw her in the episode...
First: "So what's the Rossum Corporation's angle on this?"
Second: "OooH! Adele is going to be pissed!"
But one of the central impossible things in "Miracle Day" is that some force is continuing to oxygenate the flesh even after any physical supply of oxygen is cut off. Still, I'd like to see more extreme experiments testing the limits of humanity's deathlessness. Like:
- Will this force continue to oxygenate the flesh even in a vacuum without any ambient oxygen?
- Decapitation doesn't work but what about removing and incinerating the brain? How badly do you have to mutilate the body before it stops exhibiting anything recognizably definable as life? (But then, this comes into a morbid thought I've sometimes had: What if, when we die, the brain is still actually alive, just not in any way that is observable by the outside world? What if the brain still feels pain when its cremated but it's just too hopelessly disconnected from the rest of the body to express it?)
My friends & I have been working on a Torchwood theme song based on the theme for Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers:
"J-J-J-Jack Harkness! (Kill your grandson!)..."
Those were my favorite parts too.
In a similar vein, the Big Finish audio stories "Neverland" & "Zagreus" establish that Rassilon committed quite a few genocides against species that he deemed too exotic. Many of the strangest races were banished into the Divergent Universe. Then there were others, like the Vampires, which tried to escape extermination by genetically modifying their appearance to look more like Time Lords (not that Rassilon was mollified by this).
Mediocre episode. But then, I'm just grateful I haven't wanted to savagely mutilate any of the principal characters yet, something which I wanted to do to pretty much everyone that wasn't either Gwen or Rhys at the end of "Children of Earth."
As for that redheaded publicist, I don't think she's human. I think she's an alien in disguise.
As for Diechen Lachman, I had 2 thoughts when I saw her in the episode...
First: "So what's the Rossum Corporation's angle on this?"
Second: "OooH! Adele is going to be pissed!"
But one of the central impossible things in "Miracle Day" is that some force is continuing to oxygenate the flesh even after any physical supply of oxygen is cut off. Still, I'd like to see more extreme experiments testing the limits of humanity's deathlessness. Like:
- Will this force continue to oxygenate the flesh even in a vacuum without any ambient oxygen?
- Decapitation doesn't work but what about removing and incinerating the brain? How badly do you have to mutilate the body before it stops exhibiting anything recognizably definable as life? (But then, this comes into a morbid thought I've sometimes had: What if, when we die, the brain is still actually alive, just not in any way that is observable by the outside world? What if the brain still feels pain when its cremated but it's just too hopelessly disconnected from the rest of the body to express it?)
My friends & I have been working on a Torchwood theme song based on the theme for Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers:
"J-J-J-Jack Harkness! (Kill your grandson!)..."
Those were my favorite parts too.
In a similar vein, the Big Finish audio stories "Neverland" & "Zagreus" establish that Rassilon committed quite a few genocides against species that he deemed too exotic. Many of the strangest races were banished into the Divergent Universe. Then there were others, like the Vampires, which tried to escape extermination by genetically modifying their appearance to look more like Time Lords (not that Rassilon was mollified by this).
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That's just vampire propaganda. Don't believe their lies.
That's just vampire propaganda. Don't believe their lies.
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If I have a choice between trusting a vampire & trusting Rassilon, I'm going with the vampire! (Unless I have to say that to Rassilon's face. He might throw me in the Oubliet!)
If I have a choice between trusting a vampire & trusting Rassilon, I'm going with the vampire! (Unless I have to say that to Rassilon's face. He might throw me in the Oubliet!)
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I think one of the doctor mentioned that even individual cells were staying alive when they shouldn't, and judging by the way that arm at the end was moving, it's possible that the Miracle is also transmitting nerve impulses across disconnected bodyparts. So even atomizing someone would just make them into a free-floating cloud of pain. It'd solve the problems for everyone else with infections incubating and space requirements, but from a humanitarian perspective, it'd be a letter-perfect way of consigning someone to Hell.
I think one of the doctor mentioned that even individual cells were staying alive when they shouldn't, and judging by the way that arm at the end was moving, it's possible that the Miracle is also transmitting nerve impulses across disconnected bodyparts. So even atomizing someone would just make them into a free-floating cloud of pain. It'd solve the problems for everyone else with infections incubating and space requirements, but from a humanitarian perspective, it'd be a letter-perfect way of consigning someone to Hell.
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Still they showed it all eventually.
the shmozzle that was the broadcast of Caprica on Syfy i.e cable would counter the first part
Still they showed it all eventually.
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My suspicion is that attempting to vaporize someone affected by the Miracle would result in the same thing that happened to Jack when he was exposed to radiation that should have vaporized him in "Utopia:" It just didn't happen, period. Similarly, I'd bet good money that if someone were to be cremated alive, they'd burn very badly, but just wouldn't burn quite enough for the brain to be consumed.
My suspicion is that attempting to vaporize someone affected by the Miracle would result in the same thing that happened to Jack when he was exposed to radiation that should have vaporized him in "Utopia:" It just didn't happen, period. Similarly, I'd bet good money that if someone were to be cremated alive, they'd burn very badly, but just wouldn't burn quite enough for the brain to be consumed.
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Finally saw "Rendition" (stupid Spacecast) and thought it was really good. Pretty sure that there is some kind of advanced alien race behind this and that Wayne Knight is connected to them from some kind of front secret society organization.
Finally saw "Rendition" (stupid Spacecast) and thought it was really good. Pretty sure that there is some kind of advanced alien race behind this and that Wayne Knight is connected to them from some kind of front secret society organization.
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But then, how would you tell?
I do think showing the arm continuing to move even when it was separated from any nervous impulses making it do so opened up a whole other can of worms regarding how impossible it would be to kill anyone.
Still, I'm not sure total incineration wouldn't work. It was enough to kill Owen for good in "Exit Wounds."
I guess it depends on exactly where humanity is on the spectrum between Jack (who could regenerate even when completely blown to bits) and Owen (who was basically a walking corpse with no actual biological functions. He didn't age but he also couldn't heal).
But then, how would you tell?
I do think showing the arm continuing to move even when it was separated from any nervous impulses making it do so opened up a whole other can of worms regarding how impossible it would be to kill anyone.
Still, I'm not sure total incineration wouldn't work. It was enough to kill Owen for good in "Exit Wounds."
I guess it depends on exactly where humanity is on the spectrum between Jack (who could regenerate even when completely blown to bits) and Owen (who was basically a walking corpse with no actual biological functions. He didn't age but he also couldn't heal).
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They seem closer to Owen, only with operating biological functions.
They seem closer to Owen, only with operating biological functions.
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