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mb78 · 01-19-2014

All this is my own personal opinion, of course

Pros

1. Transformations - Yes, even so far, I'm including this under pros. Especially given that we have fair reason to believe the "main" transformation is yet to come, we've had two fairly nice partial transformations and a quickie in 2 episodes. It's unrealistic to expect a detailed transformation every time out. TF-Viewer brought up She Wolf of London, but the old Werewolf TV series didn't even have the main (male) character change every time.

Moreover, one of my major preferences is there with the "painful" part of the transformation, and the first transformation of the series as well as the main transformation to come gets another one in "non-consensual".

Could these be better and more plentiful? Yes, but barring someone hiring cursebearer to write a script and the Howling/AWIL teams to do weekly transformations, I'm not sure we're going to see a major series ever do a whole lot better.

I'll also note that, for me, the "buildup" to the transformation is a very close second to the transformation itself. While the first one on the show didn't exactly nail the transformation, the buildup was awesome.

Note that if the main transformation somehow turns out to be a complete dud, I still think these would be a positive, but much less of one.

2. Laura Vandervoort - Quite frankly, she is gorgeous, and I'm not even generally a blondes guy. Her acting is much improved from her oaken performances in Smallville as well (low bar to hurdle, admittedly). Any while the rear nudity is likely a body double, it's not an "obvious" one, so it works for me!

Cons

1. The plot - Let me premise this by saying I don't blame the producers for this; they are following (generally) the books. And I don't blame the author for this; the books are a pretty popular series, and there clearly is an audience for this.

I'm just saying that I don't really care for the overall setting/universe that is established here. Hard to put it into words, it's just that 90% of the characters annoy me. Most particularly the Clay character, with him it seems likely they are going to follow the "Veronica Mars" plan of having the lead female have the most involved relationship story with the biggest tool.

Again, this is very clearly a "me" thing, not a criticism.

2. The "only one female" rule - This isn't a problem right now, but they're fairly quickly going to get tired of showing Elena stripping/changing in the exact same way, especially once the first change is out of the way. The only way we are likely to get ongoing female transformations is with new characters, and the universe seems to close the door on that.

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None of this is to say I won't watch...I absolutely will. I'm even still with Being Human (US), despite swearing off of it at the end of last season. It's just pretty likely to turn into fast forward material for me pretty quickly, as the story isn't grabbing me.

But on the whole, it's not like we are swimming in great female werewolf transformations. Taken as a body of work, I think even the first two episodes probably qualify for the top 10 ever. Again, low bar, but still, that's not bad. Top 5 seems likely once the first change is shown, and top 3, even #1 are on the table if it nails it.

TLDR summary; complaining because we only get a little naked hot blonde female werewolf transformation in episode 2 is something I'm not prepared to do.

01-19-2014	#41
mb78 Process Fan Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 57	Re: Bitten: The Series All this is my own personal opinion, of course Pros 1. Transformations - Yes, even so far, I'm including this under pros. Especially given that we have fair reason to believe the "main" transformation is yet to come, we've had two fairly nice partial transformations and a quickie in 2 episodes. It's unrealistic to expect a detailed transformation every time out. TF-Viewer brought up She Wolf of London, but the old Werewolf TV series didn't even have the main (male) character change every time. Moreover, one of my major preferences is there with the "painful" part of the transformation, and the first transformation of the series as well as the main transformation to come gets another one in "non-consensual". Could these be better and more plentiful? Yes, but barring someone hiring cursebearer to write a script and the Howling/AWIL teams to do weekly transformations, I'm not sure we're going to see a major series ever do a whole lot better. I'll also note that, for me, the "buildup" to the transformation is a very close second to the transformation itself. While the first one on the show didn't exactly nail the transformation, the buildup was awesome. Note that if the main transformation somehow turns out to be a complete dud, I still think these would be a positive, but much less of one. 2. Laura Vandervoort - Quite frankly, she is gorgeous, and I'm not even generally a blondes guy. Her acting is much improved from her oaken performances in Smallville as well (low bar to hurdle, admittedly). Any while the rear nudity is likely a body double, it's not an "obvious" one, so it works for me! Cons 1. The plot - Let me premise this by saying I don't blame the producers for this; they are following (generally) the books. And I don't blame the author for this; the books are a pretty popular series, and there clearly is an audience for this. I'm just saying that I don't really care for the overall setting/universe that is established here. Hard to put it into words, it's just that 90% of the characters annoy me. Most particularly the Clay character, with him it seems likely they are going to follow the "Veronica Mars" plan of having the lead female have the most involved relationship story with the biggest tool. Again, this is very clearly a "me" thing, not a criticism. 2. The "only one female" rule - This isn't a problem right now, but they're fairly quickly going to get tired of showing Elena stripping/changing in the exact same way, especially once the first change is out of the way. The only way we are likely to get ongoing female transformations is with new characters, and the universe seems to close the door on that. ----------------------------------------------------- None of this is to say I won't watch...I absolutely will. I'm even still with Being Human (US), despite swearing off of it at the end of last season. It's just pretty likely to turn into fast forward material for me pretty quickly, as the story isn't grabbing me. But on the whole, it's not like we are swimming in great female werewolf transformations. Taken as a body of work, I think even the first two episodes probably qualify for the top 10 ever. Again, low bar, but still, that's not bad. Top 5 seems likely once the first change is shown, and top 3, even #1 are on the table if it nails it. TLDR summary; complaining because we only get a little naked hot blonde female werewolf transformation in episode 2 is something I'm not prepared to do.