Bitten: The Series

[Chiaroscuros]

In the process of watching ep4

Non-TF critique :

World building in this show doesn't make any sense. We are supposed to believe 'The Pack' with less than a dozen members has global influence (and control)? Laughable. As one skeptical reviewer of the book on Amazon put it, they wouldn't be able to control more than New York State (at best!)

Setting up Elena as the only female werewolf looks like A) a romance novel trope, as she is supposed to be the 'unique snowflake heroine' who tames the 'brutal rough man' (Clay) and B) a slap in the face to women in general - so all other women are just 'too weak' eh?

Loved the cheesy voiceover in the basement scene where they showed the 'Pack archive'.


Watching for the TFs at this point.

-C

[make_her_grow]

Yeah I didn't think this show would be any good either. But it doesn't help that I believe the book series was targeted at women, so of course storyline wise it wouldn't appeal to us.

That's ok. I still have Supernatural and Lost girl to satisfy my fantasy needs.

Any TF's that happen on Bitten I can just watch on this site lol.

[trc071880]

I guess i must be a weirdo..but i am enjoying the show. in other news i think the big initial tf is going to be the next episode! Whether its awesome or not is a different story..personally im leaning toward awesome..but im more forgiving then most.

[mb78]

The next episode is what I predicted to have the "first change" based off the title (Bitten), and the teaser that's up is a flashback, so that's a good sign.

However, the promo for the episode is all "current", so while it appears the next episode will have a lot of flashback, it will not be all flashback. I could see a scenario where the next episode has it leading up to Elena getting bitten, and saving the change for a future episode. Which is to say, don't freak out if it isn't this episode.

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As for the plot/setting, thanks to Chiaroscuros for putting into words the nagging difficulty I'm having with it. They tried to explain some of that away with vague references to other packs in the last one, but it was forced. And at some point are they going to explain why it's cool for Logan and Pete to have their own lives outside, but they're desperate for Elena to not live in Toronto?

I know the books are basically written chick flicks, but the whole "one female character surrounded by males who worship and love her or want to protect her" and "brooding bad boy being the winner" things are killing the show for me. I really can't believe I'm saying this, but I think Being Human US may be better, and I don't think they plot out that show more than one episode in advance.

[Skalla-Grimm]

Originally Posted by mb78

The next episode is what I predicted to have the "first change" based off the title (Bitten), and the teaser that's up is a flashback, so that's a good sign.

However, the promo for the episode is all "current", so while it appears the next episode will have a lot of flashback, it will not be all flashback. I could see a scenario where the next episode has it leading up to Elena getting bitten, and saving the change for a future episode. Which is to say, don't freak out if it isn't this episode.

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As for the plot/setting, thanks to Chiaroscuros for putting into words the nagging difficulty I'm having with it. They tried to explain some of that away with vague references to other packs in the last one, but it was forced. And at some point are they going to explain why it's cool for Logan and Pete to have their own lives outside, but they're desperate for Elena to not live in Toronto?

I know the books are basically written chick flicks, but the whole "one female character surrounded by males who worship and love her or want to protect her" and "brooding bad boy being the winner" things are killing the show for me. I really can't believe I'm saying this, but I think Being Human US may be better, and I don't think they plot out that show more than one episode in advance.

It's been awhile since I since I read the book, but here are some explanations as I remember them.


The Pack doesn't want Elena in Toronto because she's denying the wolf in her, and that will eventually drive her into a berserk killing frenzy when it finally breaks out.

The werewolf gene is sex linked. A baby boy werewolf has to have a male werewolf father while a baby girl werewolf needs to have a werewolf mother. Natural born female werewolves disappeared at some point, so with the difficulty of surviving the infection made getting new ones really, really rare.

The number of werewolves is fairly small, so between modern transport and communications as well as The Pack's numbers they can dominate all the mutts in North America. Werewolves also have long lifespans, which helps The Pack accumulate wealth and influence.

Elena and Clay's relationship I think is actually the opposite of what people are assuming; she doesn't tame the bad boy, he unleashes the bad girl. In the later books she becomes the second scariest Pack enforcer after Clay. The books didn't feel so much like "one female character surrounded by males who worship and love her or want to protect her" as "woman breaks into a society dominated by men and kicks major ass". YMMV of course.

There are still romance elements of course, but much of the time they happen while the characters are wolves. Like in last night's episode when Elena and Clay turned into wolves and ran around, which in the book was totally a make-out scene.

[thatnightwolf]

I'm curious to see what else is in store for this series after the next episode airs because about 80% of all the footage in all of the season promotional trailers have been from these first 5 episodes. Best case scenario is that there is a bit more transformation material they haven't even hinted at yet.

TF interest aside, I'm liking this series.

[johnmichael]

[Cactus Jack]

And you will continue to wait politely.

[xxppxx122]

you can watch it here

http://vodlocker.com/kvo72f1wjo74

[aresx]

Did it air already or is it right now?

[thatnightwolf]

It aired. I just don't want to be the first to spoil it.

[Grievous]

That link takes me to a site full of malware-spamware install stuff