TORCHWOOD “A Day In The Death” (S2E08 [No.21])

TORCHWOOD has quickly emerged as my favorite television show. After a very shaky start, the latter half of the first season was excellent, and thus far season two has continued to be good.

This week’s episode “A Day In The Death” completed the 3-part story arc, whereby the Martha Jones character from Doctor Who guest appears. Despite being a finale of a trilogy, the episode works quite successfully by itself, and is probably the best episode of the second season, but you need to pay close attention.

Just like Doctor Who, Torchwood isn’t perfect, its’ flaws are obvious, but that is also part of its’ charm, and it’s all great fun and produced by people that love and respect their characters.

RAMBO

Today I saw RAMBO for the third time. Though in recent years I have seen many films twice at the cinema, it has been many years since I liked a movie enough to see it at least three times.

I really love Rambo. It isn’t the greatest film of all time, nor this year, nor even of all Rambo films, but it delivers exactly what it should = hardcore graphic violence action!

To be honest, I’m totally fed-up with the formulaic romantic-comedy, by-the-numbers suspense movies and period-piece drama crap that seems to dominate the movie industry at the moment. In comparison, getting back to mindless 1980s action is a dream come to true!

The biggest highlight for me is the outstanding film score by Brian Tyler. Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite film music composer of all time, and his music for the original Rambo trilogy sets the benchmark for this genre of film. Tyler’s score is a homage to Goldsmith’s music, while beautifully extending the major themes and making them his own.

9 out of 10.