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Party time again!

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!

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Yes, it's sad :S I enjoyed that kind of sci-fi. I guess making present-day all-human sci-fi is cheaper, but I liked those shows. I grew up on Star Trek, after all! XD

:O I didn't know that Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures have gotten cancelled. I'm so out of the loop, it's not even funny anymore!

I guess making present-day all-human sci-fi is cheaper
Sadly this is probably the case, although you'd have thought that it wouldn't be so much of a problem with the fact that it can all be done on computer.

I didn't know that Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures have gotten cancelled. I'm so out of the loop, it's not even funny anymore!
Well, Torchwood as farmed out to one of the US people, but they have implied that they aren't going to be making more after this series; Sarah Jane Adventures I can't recall if there was a formal announcement but Elizabeth Sladen died.

*nods* Yeah, I heard about Torchwood being farmed out, though I don't know how to feel about it. Well, sceptical, mostly, but we'll see... It's a party, I don't want to be negative XD

I've seen the first couple of episodes of the new series - have the rest recorded but haven't got round to watching them... (although I should soon, or delete them - need to clear space on the pvr for other things)

Oh, you have? What is your opinion on it? I'm not afraid of spoilers.

In case other people would prefer no specific spoilers, Ill keep it general.

More Gwen and she is so dull and they keep saying how competent and wonderful and special she is but they don't show it. Jack seemed to have lost most of his characterisation and become a caricature. The new characters don't do much to make me be able to realise they were the same characters from scene to scene and they weren't very interesting. The main plot device seemed to be an excuse to see how gory they could be, and there seemed to be no depth to the story. It doesn't seem to work within the Doctor Who universe at all - although maybe they could have done something about that later on.

Basically if it was a random show that I'd tuned in to try I would not watch more of it... given that it is Torchwood I might try watching more.

Looks like I haven't missed anything! Ah well, I didn't have any expectations, but it's still a bit disappointing to hear I was right :)

Given that it is Torchwood, I will watch it anyway when it's aired here. Except if I find it truly awful, in which case I might stop watching so I'll keep my good memories untarnished.

Personally, I've decided that only s1 and 2 of Torchwood exist in the main Doctor Who universe and that the rest is some sort of alternate universe where the Doctor doesn't exist and everyone is stupid and/or evil. :)
Then it doesn't hurt my memories of the show. I really should rewatch the first two seasons - I haven't seen them since they first aired here - but recently got the dvds.

I completely agree with you. I never re-watched CoE, and I would't watch Miracle Crap if they paid me for it, but I randomly watch S1 and S2 eps as I need to check facts for my stories, and I must say that I still enjoy them. Even if I have to fast-forward the scenes with Gwen when they're too boring.

I liked Children of Earth well enough, though I'm kinda iffy on whether it's part of my headcanon of the Torchwood storyline or something I'm keeping separate in my mind. On principle, I like the kind of plot they used there, I just hated what it did to Jack's character.

Rewatching the early episodes knowing what one knows now about Jack's character would be an interesting experiment. I believe I rewatched some episodes during a rerun, but I'm not sure.

Part of my problem was that it just doesn't fit in the same universe with Doctor Who and

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Part of my problem was that it just doesn't fit in the same universe with <em>Doctor Who</em> and <Sarah Jane Adventures</em> - it just seems impossible that it would happen on earth in the modern day and none of them notice it or refer to it at any point.
Also, I didn't particularly like the plot. I get tired of the whole all politicians are evil stories - far, far too overused. I'd rather see something more nuanced.

I'm quite good at keeping several alternate canons separate in my head and just blending out whatever doesn't fit in with what you're currently watching. It's a necessary skill in some of my main fandoms! XD

As for nuances, sure, I love shades of grey. But I've resigned myself to only the very rare show giving me the shades of grey I need to be happy *sigh*

*g* Continuity is one of the things that I look for in shows etc - I want things to make sense and for the show to pick up things from earlier and allow the characters to develop. Possibly this is one of the reasons that there are so few tv shows that I actually love.

As for nuances, sure, I love shades of grey. But I've resigned myself to only the very rare show giving me the shades of grey I need to be happy *sigh*
Totally agree!

I like continuity, but I'm content with fandom doing the fleshing out of characters and world as long as the "bare bones" to work with are there. Some of my fandoms are of a very light-hearted nature in canon, so all the deeper stuff has to be interpreted into them anyway.

Makes sense! :)

I'm not in fandom for a lot of the tv shows because I prefer to watch unspoiled and most things take a while to get here. Therefore I don't tend to end up following shows unless they give me enough of the things that I like in the show itself. :)

Oh, where do you live that shows get to you late? They get late to Germany as well, with a few exceptions which the broadcasters expect to be big commercial successes.

I've gotten out of the habit of watching TV at all. For two years, I've been getting home late on weekdays and then I'm too tired to follow a show. Now, I only get home late on three days every week, but I'm not used to watching shows on TV anymore. It's a shame because I miss a lot of interesting new stuff that way, but there's nothing to be done about that for now.

UK, but I don't have pay tv - a lot of the shows get shown quickly on the various pay channels but only slowly filter through to free to air (except anything that is partialy funded or makes special deals with the bbc).
I usually end up 1-2 years behind on US shows, but more than that on some eg the first season of Castle showed here and I believe the s4 is showing in the US.

I end up watching a lot of it, due to being underemployed (rather complicated situation) and disabled so not having the money or energy to be out of the house much (and my bf like having tv or similar on in the background)

Oh, I didn't realise you have that problem in the UK, too. We're a bit farther behind, I think, due to dubbing, but two years seems to be a pretty good rule of thumb. The only exception I know is Vampire Diaries, that is/was only a few months behind the US since they wanted to cash in before the "we have vampires, just like Twilight!" slogan wouldn't work anymore and they would have to, you know, actually advertise the show they ARE broadcasting. But then, that broadcasting company has a track record of messing up the target audiences for ads/actual show.

Watching quality TV shows is certainly a good way to spend the extra time spent at home!

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Aside from the character butchery and the severe lack of Torchwood-ness, CoE also annoyed me with a stupid plot that had big enough holes to drive a track through it. So no, I don't think I'd have liked it, even if I hadn't expected it to be, you know, Torchwood - which it decidedly wasn't.

But again, evil government conspiracies bore me to death. It was an interesting idea in the first two hundred or so films and shows I saw it, but by now it lets me fall asleep.

Oh, I'll never get tired of the world going to hell in a hand basket :P

Conspiracies can be fun to me, but I prefer ones that at least seem to have some degree of sense to them (eg the cult of secrecy around the Stargate, then conspiracies to get control of it), not just conspiracies for the sake of evilness!

I second that. Look how long Stargate lasted with that concept, despite the sometimes harebrained non-science, even spawned two sequels - well, one, as "Universe" has about as much to do with Stargate as Miracle Crap had with Torchwood.

Sadly there'll be no more Sarah Jane Adventures once this current run of six has been shown. See here.

Very sad. Although I really couldn't see how they could really make more without her.

No, she was the heart and soul of the show. Awful loss.

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