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Anahki · 01-19-2014

Going back to the interesting comments, I am more or less with mb78. We can notice that in the books Elena complains about how painful and slow her TFs are, mainly because both her "mental block" and lack of practice (in Toronto the TFs are "forced"). Sadly, with CGI the "TF-timing" tend to be horribly fast forward (example: Wes Craven's Curse). The CGI is not bad, in fact, it is as good as a medium-budget movie (they got some software from Life of Pi for the hair). And yes, Laura is damn plain beautiful (I also prefer brunettes :P), but as an actress she still has much to demonstrate.
About the negative things, the issue with the plot is quite a hurdle, specially when you are doing an adaptation from a book and with the writer herself involved too. yes, Kelly Armstrong was "supervising" all, or she said so on her blog. That limits a lot the development of the series, and it could be problematic when dealing with an audience who has to be "trapped" into the series, and you cannot use certain tricks to keep the show going on (change of characters, sudden deaths, twists on script...). And about the female rule, I believe that it is something for the tastes of middle-aged female readers (the target of the books). I some miracle happens and they sign for a seconds season, you will have (briefly) another female werewolf.

Btw, I enjoy the show. It is not exactly what I usually watch on TV, but it can be enjoyable.

01-19-2014	#43
Anahki AAWIL fanatic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Talbot Manor Posts: 1,787	Re: Bitten: The Series Going back to the interesting comments, I am more or less with mb78. We can notice that in the books Elena complains about how painful and slow her TFs are, mainly because both her "mental block" and lack of practice (in Toronto the TFs are "forced"). Sadly, with CGI the "TF-timing" tend to be horribly fast forward (example: Wes Craven's Curse). The CGI is not bad, in fact, it is as good as a medium-budget movie (they got some software from Life of Pi for the hair). And yes, Laura is damn plain beautiful (I also prefer brunettes :P), but as an actress she still has much to demonstrate. About the negative things, the issue with the plot is quite a hurdle, specially when you are doing an adaptation from a book and with the writer herself involved too. yes, Kelly Armstrong was "supervising" all, or she said so on her blog. That limits a lot the development of the series, and it could be problematic when dealing with an audience who has to be "trapped" into the series, and you cannot use certain tricks to keep the show going on (change of characters, sudden deaths, twists on script...). And about the female rule, I believe that it is something for the tastes of middle-aged female readers (the target of the books). I some miracle happens and they sign for a seconds season, you will have (briefly) another female werewolf. Btw, I enjoy the show. It is not exactly what I usually watch on TV, but it can be enjoyable.