I'd forgotten about that one. That held promise. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:26:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] "Demons" on BBC America - What did you think?
I read comparisons of Buffy, but at best they are a wannabe. I thought the show about the girls in boarding school where one was a ghost and the other was mating with satan came closer…Next. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:47 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Demons" on BBC America - What did you think? Well and succinctly put. Same here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:33:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] "Demons" on BBC America - What did you think? I did not like it. It’s okay for background, but I could not get into it From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:46 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] "Demons" on BBC America - What did you think? Did anyone catch the premier of this show a couple of weeks ago, after the Dr. Who finale? I wasn't really overwhelmed with it. It had some good moments, but the plot seemed a bit rushed. I also couldn't quite get the tone right; or, I couldn't tell if it was going to be serious, scary adult drama, or toned down a bit to apply to a younger crowd. Of course, the British can handle tonal shifts in a single show better than anyone, so maybe I'll give it a chance. But so far, no one really drew me in. http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/391/index.jsp On the surface Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke) is every bit the average teenager, but with the arrival of his dead father’s best friend Rupert Galvin ( Philip Glenister ), Luke’s life is about to change. Galvin has come to inform Luke that his father’s death fifteen years ago wasn’t an accident, and that he holds a secret destiny as the great-great grandson of Abraham Van Helsing, the vampire hunter in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Now Luke must carry the torch and do battle against the inhumans and the freaks that walk among us, but he must keep it all hidden and maintain his normal life as a son and a student. To train Luke in his quest, Galvin calls on the beautiful but icy Mina Harker ( Zoe Tapper ), a blind concert pianist with a history. She also happens to be the foremost authority on the undesirable entities preying on humanity. The sinister and moldering Father Simeon ( Richard Wilson ) is Luke’s other counselor on the lore and myths behind the creatures he faces. Luke’s first opponent is the villainous Gladiolus Thrip ( Mackenzie Crook ), a “type 12” vampire with a burning hatred for the Van Helsing line. The list of terrifying adversaries grows with the cockroach-munching “type 5” called Redlip ( Martin Hancock ); a “type 9” child-snatching demon-in-angel’s clothing called Gilgamel ( Rick English ); and the half-man half-rat Mr. Tibbs ( Kevin McNally ), who bears a deep and personal grudge against a member of the team.
