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outsdrI love torchwood. I love Captain Jack; I love Gwen, and man oh man do I love Rhys.
But Miracle Day? I can't help but feel the ball was dropped. At the end of episode 9 last night, I realized that the story would make just as much sense if episodes 2-8 were skipped.
Miracle Day was promoed as an action-adventure drama. And the first episode delivered. And then ....
I'm not saying that episodes 2-8 were filler, or that they were horrible, or anything like that. Episode 7 was very good and disturbing. BUt what there's been so far could have very easily been edited down to a tight 4-5 episode story. The other 5-6 episodes could have been standalone episodes, or a new, separate story.
Miracle Day has been a weekly slog through 40 minutes of humdrum for 10 minutes of awesome. Which disappoints me because so much could have been done. Miracle Day (supposedly) had a much larger budget than Children of Earth- so why did CoE look so much better?
ok drugs kicked in have to go noss
But Miracle Day? I can't help but feel the ball was dropped. At the end of episode 9 last night, I realized that the story would make just as much sense if episodes 2-8 were skipped.
Miracle Day was promoed as an action-adventure drama. And the first episode delivered. And then ....
I'm not saying that episodes 2-8 were filler, or that they were horrible, or anything like that. Episode 7 was very good and disturbing. BUt what there's been so far could have very easily been edited down to a tight 4-5 episode story. The other 5-6 episodes could have been standalone episodes, or a new, separate story.
Miracle Day has been a weekly slog through 40 minutes of humdrum for 10 minutes of awesome. Which disappoints me because so much could have been done. Miracle Day (supposedly) had a much larger budget than Children of Earth- so why did CoE look so much better?
ok drugs kicked in have to go noss
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Date: 2011-09-03 02:23 pm (UTC)I saw a rumor a week and a half ago that Miracle Day had been conceived as five episodes like CoE, and then Starz ordered ten. I believe episodes 2-6 are filler.
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Date: 2011-09-03 08:41 pm (UTC)