Watched the 1st episode of Being Human

[rodneyscat]

Well...

Don't expect too much about this series in my journal. The pilot was interesting enough, but this episode didn't do much for me. Maybe I shouldn't have seen them back to back, because really, the original cast is just so much more interesting! And there's not enough interaction between Mitchell and George in here.

I've uploaded two small clips to YouTube. Examples of scenes with a different cast.

From the pilot

From the episode

I'm not giving up just yet, but my expectations aren't really high.

Comments

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

I'd not seen the pilot so thanks for uploading these bits. I love Andrea Riseborough but she's becoming a real star now (see The Devil's Whore) so I expect she was busy when they came to film the series.

Interestingly different interpretation of Mitchell.

I really enjoyed the episode this week and am prepared to give it a go.

[loreley-se.livejournal.com]

Hm. I still have to download the pilot...from the YT clip, can't see enough about how their relationships work in that short bit. Mitchell in the pilot clip does nothing to me but that's because I'm not into lanky guys wearing loads of bracelets! He reminds me of Orlando who never did anything for me. Girl in the first episode is too pretty and angsty, but girl in the pilot is too prat-ty...and the accent grates on my nerves, argh.

Maybe I should catch up with BG instead????

[darklock.livejournal.com]

I'm going to watch the pilot and the episode once I get them downloaded, but having watched these clips, I can't understand... why they would replace the original cast members. They were perfect. These replacement actors are... shallow in comparison. The vampire doesn't exude the sensuality of the original, the werewolf isn't as cute and full of personality as the first, and the ghost... please.

[lisabellex.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm with you on this one. Loved the pilot clip, but the cast in the episode just didn't work for me.

Such a shame. Thanks for uploading the clips.

:)

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Damn. On the one hand, I like that they went multicultural with the cast. On the other, I thought the original Annie and Mitchell were both incredibly compelling and charismatic. (I was thinking Mitchell was more like Adrian Brody dressed in Orlando's clothes. ;-) If they were going to switch out an actor, I would have gone with the third. The new Mitchell can probably bring that vibe--it was hard to tell in the scene from second clip. The new Annie--I don't know whether TPTB decided to go in a different direction with the character, the director for that ep told her to be like that, or what, but cutesy-bubbly isn't my type.