Being Human - Series 2

Posted by: droodzilla on 12 January 2010

Anybody watching it? I thought episode 1 (which I just caught on iPlayer) knocked the ball right out of the park. Fantastic, edgy, visceral drama, with some truly shocking moments. I enjoyed the first series immensely, but the new series already feels more confident and ambitious (just as, to make the obvious comparison, Buffy only realised its full potential in season 2). I have high hopes for the remaining episodes, and can't wait until Sunday. I'm amazed by the attention Doctor Who gets when Being Human is simply leagues ahead - it has cogent plots for a start!
Posted on: 12 January 2010 by Exiled Highlander
droodzilla

Agree on the storyline and plot for Being Human is just excellent but no need to compare ito Dr Who which has history and legacy that goes back almost 40 years. Let Being Human stand on its own without comparison to something else. It is first class TV!

Cheers

Jim
Posted on: 12 January 2010 by Ian G.
yep, one quickly suspends disbelief about the scenario - 'there was a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire sharing a flat....' and just enjoys the show. The script is pacy and the characters suitably flawed to allow one to identify with them. Good TV.
Posted on: 12 January 2010 by Staedtler
I loved the first series, but felt that the first episode in series 2 set out to shock (which it did) and I got a bit sick of George's shouting...and then forgot all that when George collapsed in the hospital in tears after meeting Nina.
Gripping stuff with huge potential. I too can't wait for Sunday night!
Posted on: 13 January 2010 by droodzilla
Hi Jim, a fair point about Dr Who. I just have a bee in my bonnet after watching the Christmas special (my umpteenth attempt to get into the new Who) and finding it pretty dire (especially the plot, which made little sense to me). But you're right, I don't have to diss the doc to make my point.

Jagster, I know what you mean about trying too hard to shock, but all of the shocking scenes I recall were rooted in character, and also in a commitment to explore the emotional ramifications of the fantastical premise of the show (like Buffy at its finest, in other words - I enjoyed the shoutout, and the line, "I stopped watching [Buffy] when I started living it"). I agree tha emotional capstone of the whole episode was George's breakdown on seeing Nina - just fabulous.

Cheers
Nigel
Posted on: 14 January 2010 by David Scott
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suitably flawed
You mean beyond being a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire?
Posted on: 14 January 2010 by BigH47
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and finding it pretty dire (especially the plot, which made little sense to me).



Vampires and such like real plot lines, FFS?

Dr W and BH are fiction like or not,as with a lot of things comparing is a waste of space.
Unless you are used to comparing? Eek
Posted on: 14 January 2010 by droodzilla
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Vampires and such like real plot lines, FFS?

Yes. The series assumes a supernatural premise but the internal logic after that is tight (OK, the rules for what ghosts can and can't do seems a little "bendy"). Likewise plotting is kept lean and logical - actions flow cleanly (but often unpredictably) from characters + situation, with little recourse to Deus Ex Machina. I've tried watching new Who loads of times, and always ended up feeling the writers were making it up as they went along (in a bad way).

Anyway, I don't want to turn the thread into an argument about Doctor Who. I just don't think it's for me.

Cheers
Nigel