My Offbeat World

The Passing of a Thriller legend – Michael Jackson 1958 -2009

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The Essential Michael Jackson I am stunned, just like every other person on this planet, at the news of Michael Jackson’s death.

Having been a total fan of Michael Jackson since the beginning I, like millions of others have always thought he was the most talented musician and dancer ever.

I have to admit that I preferred his look when he was younger, before the days he became referred to as Wacko Jacko and took to hiding behind masks and having so much plastic surgery.

Such a troubled young man.  So sad to see him gone.

I don’t need to document his life’s journey, I just want to pay tribute to his talent.

I love the music on the album The Essential Michael Jackson and of course the legendary Thriller dvd.

Torchwood – The Dr Who Spin Off

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Torchwood Season 1I have always been a huge Dr Who fan, right from the time it began with William Hartnell as the Dr. And over the years I have been saddened as each one passes and then grown to love the next Dr as he introduces his own distinct style and foibles into the show.

Captain Jack Harkness and Torchwood were introduced to us a couple of seasons ago in the Dr Who series.

I am finding the series has less charm and appeal than I had hoped and after watching Monday nights episode I have to say it was more of a stock standard horror than an alien story.

Now I don’t mind a good horror story that gets the adrenalin pumping but ever since watching the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I have a definite aversion to meat hooks, so reference to the cannibalism and hanging humans on meat hooks, kinda made me feel uneasy to say the least. The storyline turned out to be nothing to do with alien lifeforces trying to take over the planet, it didn’t even have the good old updated Daleks or Cybermen. So what is going on?

For those who aren’t familiar, Torchwood is where alien artefacts and beings that emerge through the Rift – in invisible tear in the fabric of reality, are stored.


The Torchwood team, led by Captain Jack Harkness, is Earth’s first line of defense and they are supposedly protecting humanity from dangers threatening it, both from beyond the Rift and closer to home in a century where everything changes.

One of the characters that I liked, Suzie, was killed of in the first show, so that sucked. I am having trouble warming to the new heroine, Gwen and I’m not fussed on Owen. I find the interaction between them tacky.

Still having said all that I will continue to watch the series, after all apart from Dr Who in the guise of David Tennant, there isn’t much on in the way of Sci Fi these days.