tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post7394051444495589439..comments2024-03-28T14:28:59.530-07:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: Being Human – season 2 – reviewTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-9659694474107229792010-03-07T01:05:07.417-08:002010-03-07T01:05:07.417-08:00It does seem odd, then again he does leave 90% of ...It does seem odd, then again he does leave 90% of a deer behind when he kills that!Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-68005488015483060292010-03-06T22:24:17.370-08:002010-03-06T22:24:17.370-08:00I'm also slightly mystified that there was any...I'm also slightly mystified that there was anything left of Herrick to resurrect, given that he was all George had to chew on for a whole night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-9891630383292952772010-03-04T13:49:00.429-08:002010-03-04T13:49:00.429-08:00Hiyah Sarah, it did get wonderfully dark - now all...Hiyah Sarah, it did get wonderfully dark - now all it needs is to tighten the looser aspects in season 3, keep the level of darkness and (as you say) kookiness and it'll be the best thing on TVTaliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-61666565321239986292010-03-04T13:22:08.064-08:002010-03-04T13:22:08.064-08:00This series was awesome, wasn't it?!
So much ...This series was awesome, wasn't it?!<br /><br />So much darker than the last. The last series got me because it was different, a little kooky, was about vampires etc and was fun.<br /><br />This time round, it had all that but also it took it to another level for me.Scare Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11909661486216989851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-53164349811184541262010-03-03T22:30:05.290-08:002010-03-03T22:30:05.290-08:00Simon, cheers for that.
I have to say that, iro ...Simon, cheers for that. <br /><br />I have to say that, iro point #2 it is also the polar oppsite of his decision in the finale of the season before.<br /><br />iro point #3 & 4 - absolutely agreed. Point 3 was an example of were the sloppier writing let down the better moments.<br /><br />Agree with your comment iro the Ivan character also.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-48176031526267413002010-03-03T20:08:10.778-08:002010-03-03T20:08:10.778-08:00I enjoyed the 2nd series, but there were bits that...I enjoyed the 2nd series, but there were bits that grated:<br /><br />1. Enough with the George and Nina tearfests already.<br /><br />2. The whole "don't kill Kemp in Annie's name" scene was daft. 99.9999999999% of sentient beings would have let Mitchell rip his throat out. Bloody whiney werewolf again.<br /><br />3. Didn't like the ending (from the moment Lucy turns up at the cottage until the demise of Kemp). Too hurried, illogical and sloppy IMO.<br /><br />4. Why does Daisy spend all that blood bringing back Herrick when she could have brought back Ivan?<br /><br />Favourite character: without a doubt Paul Rhys as Ivan. Great performance, and some of Ivan's lines were real beauties.Simon Dydahttp://dystopiatheque.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-57913867953663220652010-03-02T15:17:10.099-08:002010-03-02T15:17:10.099-08:00SPOILERS
I too, thought they were going to recr...SPOILERS<br /><br /><br /><br />I too, thought they were going to recruit the people on the train, but perhaps it leaves a bigger message of an eye for eye?<br /><br />Yes, I assume that door that Annie came through at the end to grap Kemp was actually Lucy's door, and they didn't show her go through it, so maybe Mitchell gave her his blood, which I think unlikely.<br /><br />But if Lucy IS a ghost then they have a better chance of using her unique abilities to help get Annie back. Apparently from what I've seen of Lyndsey Marshal (Lucy) in her resume, she's done quite a bit of theatre and film, so it would be a shame to lose her now.<br /><br />Well if Daisy saw that this could resurrect Herrick, she would logically use the same process next for Ivan if he wasn't cremated. <br /><br /><br />But that ressurection scene reminds me of the last episode of UK's ULTRAVOILET where that reporter who was turned met people (I think the hunters) on the bridge including the ex-fiancee of the dead vampire, and pouring the dead vampire's ash on the ground, he drenched it in his own vampire blood (and via SFX) we see him come back to life in a swirl of magic, clothes and all. <br /><br />But the series ended there so we don't know what happened after, like we will with Herrick...<br /><br />Lastly, seeing the ghosts of the dead werewolves they killed is a nice flip of the werewolves seeing the cadaver ghosts of the victims they killed in AWIL. <br /><br />It's a pity we may have to wait again till next January for a third season, too long of a wait. I love these BBC shows (I enjoyed HEX as well) but they need to make them longer than 6-8 eps, I'm sure DR Who is longer....Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172423699175288220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-67368136974865339232010-03-02T07:54:53.063-08:002010-03-02T07:54:53.063-08:00Cheers Black Count - I really enjoyed it too, more...Cheers Black Count - I really enjoyed it too, more than season 1 and my concern is that something so good can get so clunky as it did in places. A little more thought would have rectified some of the issues. It is a sin of the BBC from time to time and this could, genuinely, be one of the best vampire related series ever made with just a bit of care occasionally. For instance, why did the postman (in the epilogue) knock? If a parcel fits through a door they just put it through. If it fits and they knock it needs signing for and they wouldn't deliver it... it was just a clunky way of saying they were in hiding... a line to explain how Kemp found them was also needed.<br /><br /><b>Ahead lie big spoilers.</b><br /><br />Re the Garfield mug, I felt that was pointless. If they had done something like that 3 episodes before and then did something with it then I could see the point. In the end it was all sorts of creepy with no point to it.<br /><br />I don't know if Lucy has gone - we never saw her go through the door and thus she may be a ghost. Indeed she may have to atone for her sins prior to opening another door... just a thought.<br /><br />I actually thought that she might be turned, or even Kemp as a punishment, and it would be interesting to see what happened to the third man. I expected to see him pressure splattered but... if lycanthropy is more curse (as Kemp maintained) than disease then the ghost of the werewolf girl might have been able to pass something on to him... another thought.<br /><br />Re Herrick, who knows if he'll be the same as he was... perhaps he'll be feral... however I would have thought that Daisy would have resurrected Ivan and not Herrick. I also wondered why they (Daisy and Mitchell) didn't go on a recruiting binge on the train.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-14845717583953884712010-03-02T00:34:20.350-08:002010-03-02T00:34:20.350-08:00I loved this season and I think it was better than...I loved this season and I think it was better than the first. Perhaps due to the fact I loved the characters and were more familiar with them, but I think also that their plights were much more dire in this time around, and their human facades were crumbling around them.<br /><br />As you know I love flashbacks, and I found them to a welcome addition to this season, even though the earliest I think was in the last episode 1941 or so. <br /><br />It's a bit of a pity that werewolves aren't immortal as well, like they are in some lore versions, for it makes George's condition more tragic as he'd leave Annie and Mitchell behind when he passes on.<br /><br />I'm not sure if I was satisfied with the ending though, I mean Herrick wasn't that much of a threat in the first place IMHO, George and Co took him out easy enough. Sure he is Mitchell's sire and all, and all we can hope for is that he got some extra mojo up his sleeve upon his resurrection ala Classical vampires.<br /><br />One final thing, I was actually expecting Mitchell to turn Lucy, and I really wasn't satisfied with what happened to her in the end.<br /><br />Sure Kemp has some creepy fascination with her re the Garfield cup, but I enjoyed the actress in this (and finally recognised her as Cleopatra in HBO's ROME) and I feel she would have been good with Mitchell and perhaps with her knowledge help Annie's dilemma.<br /><br />On closing, it'd be interesting to see how the others help Annie, because so far they'd tried to ground the supernatural lore quite 'realistically', in as much as Vampires don't have physical powers such as superspeed, pick up a car, turn into a bat etc, the Wolves can't turn when they like or have access to some of their wolf powers in human form like in some mythos.<br /><br />So how in the world the vampire and the wolves are going to pass into the Underworld to kick some 'stick and rope' bearing prison guards remains to be seen....but I'll be there on the edge of my seat like last time to see it.<br /><br />Kudos to BBC to show the world how Supernatural drama is really done, and I fear the USAs rendtition of this, I imagine it to come off like Friends...Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172423699175288220noreply@blogger.com