Being Human

[alias_sqbr]

A six part British series about a vampire, a werewolf and ghost living in a house together, and is basically a cross between Spaced and Ultraviolet, flipping from charming everyday-life humour to tense, whack you in the chest fantasy/horror/thriller/drama in turns.

Overall I really liked it, it was actually a thoughtful exploration of what it would really be like to be kind of dead and not human, but still..kind of human too (rather than "ooh, aren't vampires scary/sexy?" Which is not to say they weren't that too, sometimes :)). Gender roles were a bit skeevy in parts but didn't piss me off in the end as much as I thought they would. It was very intense and succinct, I think I would have enjoyed it more slightly more stretched out, as it was I had to take a break in the middle of every episode to climb down from the edge of my seat.

There is apparently a pilot with a slightly different cast.

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

There is indeed.

[alias_sqbr]

Is it worth watching?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Haven't watched it yet!

[wolfhound.livejournal.com]

there a second season coming apparently

[alias_sqbr]

*nods*

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

The UK tends to go for shorter, and hopefully quality series, rather than a good idea stretched out over waaay too many episodes.

I'm enjoying it so far.

[alias_sqbr]

On the whole I like the British way but bits of this felt slightly rushed to me.

[triestine.livejournal.com]

I liked that series! (What I saw of it, anyway; I watch so little TV that I forget to check on new episodes of something that catches my fancy.)

[alias_sqbr]

There's only 6 episodes, you should track down the rest :)

[infamyanonymous.livejournal.com]

Haha, I finished Being Human last night, too! I watched the pilot first, so it was weird to see the different actors/takes on the characters. Definately worth watching as there is lots of George. Also, Adrian Leister (sp?) is Herrick! And Annie is very white, and needs subtitles.
Did I mention how adorable George is? He is. Oh, George <3

[alias_sqbr]

Right, when Cam wakes up from his nap he shall be instructed to get me the pilot :)

[dafwarg.livejournal.com]

definitely preferred the pilot ghost and vampire to the series actors :/

If there is a second series, I'm looking forward to it :)

[alias_sqbr]

Well then I'm glad I'm watching it second :)

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

The pilot was pretty cool, only thing I've seen. The ghost in it, this crazy irish chick was awesome.

[alias_sqbr]

The series is apparently a bit different (especially her)

[out-fox.livejournal.com]

I'd heard awesome things about it via fandom, so was slightly dissapointed with the [to me] slow pace in reality. Aside from that though, it was good actors and good fun, especially ghost girl. I hope there's a 2nd series cos I feel like that there's room to build on them.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes, I'd be curious to see where second series went from where they left it.