[review] being human [us]; pilot

[krickets]

I'm pretty disappointed in the casting. "Annie" and "George" specifically. Aidan is okay, but I already have a strange fondness for Sam Witwer. However, I'm even having trouble warming to him in this role.

Annie is Sally? No offense to anybody named Sally, but IMO that's a downgrade.

Mark P. (Jacob, Lost) is kind of disappointing me here. Not digging it. I was hoping for an older, stately, and yet menacing actor for his role. He's just coming off as smug. Not what I was hoping for. (Also, I'm not sure what's going on with his hair.)

I had high hopes for this but I'm not so sure.

For one thing I'm kind of disappointed at how completely and utterly powerless they've rendered Sally. She can't leave the house, apparently can't even walk through walls like just about any ghost, can't touch or move things, and can't be touched not even by her roomies. Disappointing. It doesn't leave her a lot to do.

I didn't expect them to copy things exactly, and that would definitely be weird, but I do feel that each of the characters is way more bland than in the UK series. It's just a pilot so I'll give it another chance, but I'm hoping for some more depth or even just general quirkiness from them in the future.

Based on the promos I thought this was going to have a chance at not sucking. I'm not sure how right or wrong I was. I'm leaning toward wrong.

Comments

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

I couldn't bring myself to watch (I can't help it, the original series is way too near and dear to my heart), but I was curious to see what everyone's reactions would be.

I don't like the sounds of what they're doing with Annie. I can't remember much about the original pilot, but I know that when Annie works up to leaving the house it was a big deal. I much prefer the direction Whithouse took her in, in the second pilot.

Hey, at least season three starts on Sunday! :)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yes, at least there's that!

Also, I would recommend you not tune in to the US version. Even though I myself am giving it another episode or two to settle in. I'll try and leave ep response posts if I can.