Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jul 2009, at 04:02, John Williams wrote: I just watched the 3rd season of Torchwood, which was a 5 episode mini-series called "Children of Earth". What a disappointment. [snip] Then I looked at the Torchwood forum on imdb.com, and found that quite a few people posting thought Children o

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread John Williams
SPOILERS for Torchwood: Children of Earth below . . . . . . . . SPOILERS for Torchwood: Children of Earth below Here are just a few of the things that ruined the story for me: Hostile, bloodthirsty aliens show up and the first thing the government does is assassinate their elite special-ops team

RE: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread Gary Nunn
> _Lost_ and _Fringe_ both return. _Lost_ was excellent last > season and I expect great things from the final season. > _Fringe_ kicked up a gear with the twists and revelations at > the end of the first season so it will be interesting where that goes. I have to agree with John, Torchwood

RE: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread Simon Curtiss
> I hope they don't follow the trend that's developed in the last few years of taking 8 > month mid-season breaks. Lost did that and it REALLY annoyed me when > Battlestar Galactica did that. I thought that was due to the Writers strike? Simon

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-25 Thread Richard Baker
Gary said: I've also been watching Primeval on BBC America. SciFi Channel just started showing it. I didn't care for the first few episodes, but became hooked as the story arc developed. Of Course, BBC didn't renew Primeval and tonight's cliffhanger episode will be the series last episo

The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
So who has a Kindle (I know someone mentioned them before), how do you like it and what do you read on it? I just got one today and am attempting to download the NY Times (free 14 day trial) right now. It seems like it's taking a long time... Doug ___ h

Re: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-25 Thread John Williams
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > So who has a Kindle (I know someone mentioned them before), how do you like > it and what do you read on it? > I just got one today and am attempting to download the NY Times (free 14 day > trial) right now.  It seems like it's taking a long

Re: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
John wrote: > > > I have a Kindle DX. I'm pleased with the display size and contrast. I > am less than pleased at the navigation, which is klunky, but I knew > that before I bought it. > > I don't read any newspapers on it, since I tend to get my news from > the web with a computer. I read mostly

Re: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-25 Thread John Williams
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > They talked about the whispernet in the instructions I've read so far, but I > didn't realize exactly what it was.  Before I got the thing I assumed that > downloading was via the computer/net.  Silly me.  I just downloaded a book > and it s