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Torchwood: Sleeper (2008)
This is the worst episode of anything ever
Let me get this straight. I love Torchwood. I like anything in the Whoniverse, even The Sarah Jane Adventures. But this episode sucked big time. Day one was a good second episode as it was supposed to tell you what Torchwood was about and stuck to what it was, a smallish case to get into the series but not so small that is is boring to watch. Sleeper is both too big and too small. The episode starts promisingly with a mysterious death and an innocent looking woman. Then the problems start. Firstly, we are all supposed to feel sorry for Beth but she is the most boring, unlikeable character around and we spend the majority of the episode watching Gwen try and make her feel better. Too small and too early in the series to have an emotional episode, especially if you are trying to win back series one haters. Then when the episode finally gets going 35 minutes in it just involves a lot more unlikeable people grow planks of wood out of their hands and stabbing loved ones. Finally the big plan is revealed, to destroy the world. Too big. In the second episode of the series the team are already facing the end of the world. To compare this to the earlier episodes of series one in which only a small but unexplained murder turns out to be some kind of puny alien influence (Suzie with the glove, Carys and the sex gas, the old guy trying to save himself going to jail and even Lisa the Cyberwoman barely racked up a body count of 20 between them) makes you realise how big it is. After that crisis is solved in a big explosion and 5 minutes the Gwen is still treating Beth as if she's a normal person and what a surprise! Gwen is taken hostage and the team pump bullets into beth.
This is the only episode of Torchwood I couldn't watch again. It is terrible, slow and predictable. I think 1/10 is a bit nice of me to be honest.
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
This Is The Best Movie Ever!
I loved this film!
I could make no sense of what was going to happen from the trailers and and couldn't see how they were going to fit all of that stuff into 90 minutes. But they did.
I saw this with several on its first showing at my cinema with a dozen of my friends who are all aged between 14 and 15 and a theatre full of 7 year old on a day trip but its safe to say we laughed a hell of a lot more than they did. The film got a PG rating by the skin of its teeth in my opinion due to the sex references and violence (especially the Itchy and Scratchy Movie at the start.)
I don't care is it isn't suitable for a family trip out. This film is perfect for an older audience and thats what the Simpson's should be for 10 year old's and over.
I was slightly disappointed that some of the greatest one episode characters didn't show up e.g Kang and Kodos, Hank Scorpio and The father and son carnies (who's names escape me.) i also thought that Spider-Pig should have had a MUCH bigger part.
So to sum up: See this film if: -You like the Simpson's -You are over 10 -You don't want to be known as 'The Guy That Missed The Simsons Movie'
Bring on the Sequel!