being human 2.1, otherwise entitled, wereangst, the sequel

[vanitashaze]

Well. Upon watching, I must say that while I am ecstatic to have the trio (now foursome!) back, I wasn't too impressed by this episode, especially the first half or so (it did alright for itself at the end). Emotional uneveness, random dramatic monologues, only a tiny bit of humor / domesticity coupled with lots of ANGST, and, oh look, yet another woman who turns men evil with her sheer sexual power. (However, though the ending seemed kind of compressed and random, I was interested in the direction they eventually took Daisy's character. I wonder if we'll see her again.) And, as if this weren't bad enough, GEORGE IS BEING A SHIT, and I want to SMACK him, though at least he repented at the end (and I still think Nina was much kinder to him than he deserved). On the contrary, George - not everything is about you! My god, it's Tully all over again. And I'm definitely getting tired of bad things that happen to women in order to showcase George's epic man pain. (Again, see: the Tully affair.)

On the plus side, though, Nina continues to be made of ten thousand equally fantastic types of awesome, Annie too (I do hope they bring back the "advanced powers" storyline). I love their burgeoning friendship, and suspect they will soon be a Force to Be Reckoned With in the house. And Mitchell, of course, continues to be a loveable dork* who flirts by giving goldfish. By the way, did anyone else like the new characters - the doctor and the bartender? I quite did. I thought that for supporting cast, they had a lot of character, if you'll pardon the pun. And, though this will probably not happen at least in one case, I really hope they focus more on the friendship than the romantic side of these new relationships - the doctor & Mitchell and the bartender & Annie - because they're both rather sweet, and both Annie and Mitchell need more friends in their... lives. Unlives. Deaths?


*This, I think, was one of the main reasons I ended up laughing for the last five minutes of the episode, as the mysterious old white dude did his dramatic biblical monologue. He's spouting off about David in the lion's den, dramatic music is building, and all this is done against what is probably the least threatening background ever. Squishy armchairs! Dorky movie posters! Dirty laundry! Laurel and Hardy! Gnome wallpaper!

Clearly, this is the dwelling place of some unspeakable evil.

Comments

[stubbel.livejournal.com]

O god, I don't even know what to reply to that because you pretty much said it all! :D

No, I haven't seen the previews, they weren't included in the episode I have... :/
You're probably right about the bartender... I guess I'm just paranoid about new character = love interest...
I'm not much of a love interest fan. I like Nina because she's a great character and The Doctor (hihihi, reminds me of Doctor Who :D ) seems to have potential, but a lot of shows just can't seem to pull it off. I'm afraid they might ruin the group interaction George, Annie and Mitchell have. I guess I'm still a bit hung up on the original pilot *sigh* Not that I don't love the "real cast" but I really liked how these three quirky characters balanced each other out :) I fear the introduction of lots of others could destroy that.

but I haven't figured out the coding to black-out text
I'm pretty sure you just change the font colour to white (Though I think I might have seen it with a grey background once and that wouldn't work, would it... :S)

I see werewolves as more wolf-like than most people apparently do. *drop* For me they are pretty much just huuuuuge wolves and what makes them so dangerous is mostly their size and the fact that they like hunting a lot (since they only get to once a month)
I was mostly annoyed at the six pack (I've never seen anything doggy with a six pack ;) ) because it was pretty much the only part of the wolf not covered in fur... It kind of makes sense since the BH werewolf has a lot of human features but still... IDK, maybe I'm just being weird...

I didn't catch the remark about type 3s... I GUESS I MUST WATCH AGAIN! :D (My bet is on toilette paper. They use it to mop up all the blood because they can just flush it down the loo afterwards! It's probably the extra thick one with 3 layers. Or something.)

Ah, not British here (though I'd like to be, they get much better tv-shows. :/ ). I'm German so I have the liberty of using both British and American vocab. ;) (Mostly British though because that's what we learn at school. Also, I often change it with the shows I'm talking about. I probably would automatically use more American words if this was about Supernatural.) I just like the way arsehole sounds in comparison to asshole. Rougher somehow. *is a freak*

Dunno if you can call it a speech... It was probably no more than a few sentences but they sort of stuck in my brain. (I'm a sucker for those hints of codependency)
You're right about George. I really should rewatch the first series, I had nearly forgotten about the Tulli scenario!
Somehow I imagine I'd get along better with Rodney though. No idea why.
Sadly I have to say I'm a lot like him in all the nasty ways *drop*

For not knowing what to write I sure wrote a lot. ^^°