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Torchwood
2006 · TV series · 45 min episodes · 4 seasons
Created by Russell T Davies
Science FictionFantasyActionAdventureDrama
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
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Hello, Torchwood season 3!
sounds like a torchwood episode
You can also watch Torchwood episode on this topic. It was beautiful.
This contrasts unfavorably with older media. In the broadcast television show torchwood the main character is a bi-sexual male. In Iain M Banks popular "Culture" series of novels it is common for some species to change gender, for example.
in contrast, the extent to which the Mass Effect franchise pushes the envelope of, say, the social norms of j. average suburban American community is roughly on par with the average pg-13 movie.
> To argue that we can somehow replace this very right-brained activity with crowd-sourcing or algorithms is untenable.
For now maybe. Ten years ago if you asked me if I'd spend 2 hours watching a movie because a computer said so, I'd laugh. Netflix recommendations, while not perfect, are still very good. Had I not told Netflix that I loved District 9, it would not have suggested Torchwood: Children of Earth to me. Had it not suggested Torchwood, I wouldn't have discovered that Doctor Who was back on air. Right now I get about 50% of my entertainment discovery done via algorithms. Sure, fashion is difficult and subjective but I don't see it as being any different from music or entertainment in the big picture sense.
Btw, that was a very well-written article. Thanks for sharing.
One of the things that is slightly disappointing here is that Starz is the one carrying Torchwood for season 4 here in the US.
That said however, I have completely given up on Netflix. I got sick of them years ago when they throttled my dvd subscription. An example; I used to get a movie on Monday, watch it, send it back Tuesday and I'd get another DVD on Thursday at the latest. By the end of it, I'd get a movie on Monday, send it on Tuesday and not get another DVD until Saturday or the following Monday.
Just got annoying. My brother has the streaming plan hooked up to my AppleTV and while Netflix streams fine on a computer it occassionally skips about 5-10 seconds of audio/video on the AppleTV. I'm not sure if that's an issue with the AppleTV or something to do with their streaming service. Regardless, it's annoying.
I've just gone back to DVRing the crap I want to watch and torrenting the stuff that isn't available in the US on normal tv.
Torchwood? I tried, I really did to purchase Miracle Day on iTunes, Amazon, Netflix - wasn't able to. I was _happy_ to give them my money - but they didn't provide me a mechanism (and "Cable" or "Satellite" was last considered a reasonable channel by me about 8 years ago. )
I think everyone here realizes where all the up-to-date Torchwood episodes could be found after I finally gave up looking for someone to take my money.
Ideally the marketplace will resolve these issues, and companies that fail to understand that their business model now has to be centered around providing content that people want, rather than forcing their "packages", will disappear while those that understand how to serve their customers will rise to the top. (And get my money while they're at it)
Well, guess I have no choice but to subscribe to starz.
Oh wait, their network is pretty much irrelevant to me, I have watched a few of their movies on netflix and I like Torchwood (although parts of this season have sucked) and Spartacus. Other that I honestly couldn't care less and I won't be spending a dime on their second rate premium channel.
When does their deal with Disney and Sony expire? Can't imagine they would go with starz over netflix.
Couple issues:
1. Some quotes don't match up with their movie/TV show- as an example, the movie at the bottom of this page ( http://www.subzin.com/s/torchwood ) isn't at all related to the show the quotes are from ("Sleeper" from Torchwood).
2. Why do the Netflix recommendations all have "!!!" after them? It's very exciting, but weird.
I haven't had Cable/Satellite since 2002. I started watching all my TV on DVDs that I bought from Amazon, but then switched to iTunes around 2006.
Now it's mostly a combination of iTunes/DVD - I'm pretty certain it's less expensive than subscribing to TV.
The good part of this (and it should be emphasized) - is that you now watch for a _purpose_ - Latest episode of Lost, BSG, Dexter, Weeds, South Park, Doll House, BtVS, Angel, The Wire, DeadWood, Heroes, The Office, Dr. Horrible, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Castle, Californication, Dr. Who, Kings, Sarah Connor Chronicles, True Blood, Torchwood.
Any time that might have been lost to just passively watching television, news, is now, of course, lost to passively reading ycombinator, nyt, wsj, groklaw... :-)