I assume on any DVDs there will be both versions. BBC are usually good with that kind of thing, so I'm okay with this.
US and UK Getting Different Versions of New Torchwood
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Torchwood, to the best of my memory, was a programme about gay (with the exception of Gwen and Rat Face) nihillists fighting aliens. I doubt they could really pull off the cast all suddenly becoming straight.Riobux said:
Actually, we just legalised it. Up until this year, no british broadcaster could show product placement. Now, it's just the BBC as part of their Royal Charter. It means complete independence from any outside influence for the BBC, so not really pointless....Deshara said:
Deshara said:
I...er..well...what?
The ban had nothing to do with guns. It was to ensure programs concentrated on content instead of advertising.
The BBC isn't just any old broadcaster... it is the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is funded, to a large degree, by the citizen's Television Liscence (essentially a TV tax) and is, I believe, a major part of things like our emergency broadcast network.Deshara said:
It is expected to hold higher standards of behavior and remain free from commercial preasures.
Just to let you folks know, I've removed the line about the episodes being trimmed to accommodate commercial breaks. I'm not from the US, and I didn't know that Starz didn't have commercials. Apologies if I caused any confusion and thank you to everyone who pointed out my error.
I do wonder if the
is the part missed in the UK version.
One would hope so.
paedophilia : http://ragnarfan.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/billmpullman-toplay-torchwoods-controversial-murdering-pedophile-in-the-new-world/
One would hope so.
Starting to get frustrated with the new series of Torchwood now and it hasn't even aired yet.
Is there really any need for 2 different versions?
And RTD in today's Guardian claiming he hasn't prostituted the show out yet apparently what started as a British programme will be aired in the US a week before the UK.
I understand that's because the lion's share of the funding has come from the US but it still seems wrong to me.
RTD really has sold Torchwood out imo
Is there really any need for 2 different versions?
And RTD in today's Guardian claiming he hasn't prostituted the show out yet apparently what started as a British programme will be aired in the US a week before the UK.
I understand that's because the lion's share of the funding has come from the US but it still seems wrong to me.
RTD really has sold Torchwood out imo
Is the difference not showing twenty aerial shots of cardiff city every episode
This still being on shows that not enough people have noticed like the guys on the rumdoings podcast have about RTD terrible work.
This still being on shows that not enough people have noticed like the guys on the rumdoings podcast have about RTD terrible work.
Hmm, considering there was already an episode of Torchwood shown on the BBC that prominently featured a man with an unhealthly interest in little children, I can't imagine they would suddenly cut something like that for the UK version, unless it was really pushing the boundaries.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Secondly, if I recall, the general premise of the other Torchwood "event" Children of Earth was that the alien race the team found themselves dealing with was using human children as a drug of sorts, essentially getting "high" off them. Creepy. The again, the whole "kids" issue is even more of a big deal over here than it probably was back when Torchwood was last on our screens so who knows.
I've never been a major Torchwood fan, but I thought Children of Earth was quite good so I'll probably check this out, though I'm not sure if I'll wait until it actually appears on the BBC before doing so.