Being Human
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redfiona99I am stuck in the place between squee and unsquee.
Because it was good. Not as awesome as the pilot, but I think that's because BBC3 made them water it down (they wanted funnier, they got more mainstream and more straight forward laughs, but less of the pitch black belly laughs that they were getting). There are some pluses. I like new Annie more (nothing against Andrea Riseborough, she made the former PM known as Mad Maggie seem human so she can act for definite, she just didn't fit right), but I'm undecided on the new Mitchell. Really not the actor's fault, and like lots of other people have said, if I hadn't seen pilot! Mitchell I doubt I'd have a problem with him at all. It's just they've made him too human and not Mitchell enough. Oh well, at least I have the pilot at home.
Oh Annie. She's so bubbly and I have no idea what her boyfriend is doing with his new girlfriend because she is, indeed, orange. Such a step down. So very lovely.
Oh Mitchell. I mean, I'm cheesed off that they youthified him (even though the actor is older, the character is noticably younger) and demystified him, but oh Mitchell. Why do you go and fall in love with batshit ones? He really does get over the whole ravening self-hatred (not as well as pilot! Mitchell, but we forgive), and the withdrawl symptoms, and that scene at the end where they mirror George hiding in the living room and he's really isolated while George isn't. And he doesn't know that George has mostly forgiven him (or as close as possible) and oh Mitchell. I want to give you a hug.
One of the problems of humanifying Mitchell is that they've rather undercut George, which is a shame, because George is lovely and wonderful and oh George, why do bad things happen to you? And also because Russell Tovey's the best actor they've got.
As you may be able to tell, I did enjoy it, and I'm squeaky in advance of next week having seen the trailer and ooh Dean Lennox Kelly.
Because it was good. Not as awesome as the pilot, but I think that's because BBC3 made them water it down (they wanted funnier, they got more mainstream and more straight forward laughs, but less of the pitch black belly laughs that they were getting). There are some pluses. I like new Annie more (nothing against Andrea Riseborough, she made the former PM known as Mad Maggie seem human so she can act for definite, she just didn't fit right), but I'm undecided on the new Mitchell. Really not the actor's fault, and like lots of other people have said, if I hadn't seen pilot! Mitchell I doubt I'd have a problem with him at all. It's just they've made him too human and not Mitchell enough. Oh well, at least I have the pilot at home.
Oh Annie. She's so bubbly and I have no idea what her boyfriend is doing with his new girlfriend because she is, indeed, orange. Such a step down. So very lovely.
Oh Mitchell. I mean, I'm cheesed off that they youthified him (even though the actor is older, the character is noticably younger) and demystified him, but oh Mitchell. Why do you go and fall in love with batshit ones? He really does get over the whole ravening self-hatred (not as well as pilot! Mitchell, but we forgive), and the withdrawl symptoms, and that scene at the end where they mirror George hiding in the living room and he's really isolated while George isn't. And he doesn't know that George has mostly forgiven him (or as close as possible) and oh Mitchell. I want to give you a hug.
One of the problems of humanifying Mitchell is that they've rather undercut George, which is a shame, because George is lovely and wonderful and oh George, why do bad things happen to you? And also because Russell Tovey's the best actor they've got.
As you may be able to tell, I did enjoy it, and I'm squeaky in advance of next week having seen the trailer and ooh Dean Lennox Kelly.
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OT
Date: 2009-01-27 02:35 am (UTC)Um, for future reference, I don't check my Shaw address anymore. I'm at hopelessfancy [at] gmail.com
Re: OT
Date: 2009-01-27 01:41 pm (UTC)