11 Minutes of Hot Barrowman-on-Man Action
(Sorry, not really. I just wanted to use the article title.) Starz has an 11-minute look at Torchwood: Miracle Day, which is kind of interesting. Partially because it has a lot of new footage and introduces all the new characters and what they’re deal is, but also because it was filmed in that utterly bland “preview before the actual movie previews” style, meaning it tries to make the show sound as generically exciting as possible without making it sound weird. Think they might allude to Captain Jack’s omnisexuality? Oh, I don’t think so. Jack is only “a modern-day swashbuckler” with a “larger-than-life” personality. Still, my favorite line is that “Torchwood: Miracle Day is like nothing you’ve seen before!” Unless, of course, you happened to have seen Torchwood season 1, 2 or Children of Earth. In which case you’ve seen something very much like Torchwood: Miracle Day before, actually. (Via Nerd Bastards)
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