Friday 6 February 2009

Being Human

About 2 weeks ago I started to watch Being Human online. Now I finally watched Episode 5 and I still don't really know what to say about it. My opinion about it is kind of mixed.

On the one side I absolutely like the idea that a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost share a flat together and I think the idea is quite new. Especially when you consider the fact that vampires and werewolves are actually enemies and should fight each other. I think the plot bears a lot of potential.

On the other side I am not sure if the characters' attributes will work over a period of several episodes or even several series without becoming annoying.
All three of them live in self pity and run from one crisis to the next. I can't really see a development in the characters although they try to cope with their individual conflicts. Additionally I think the path of the different stories are not very clearly constructed. For instance the relationship between the ghost and her former fiancee. Sometimes the plot moves on and on without any visible progress and then suddenly it turns so that you get quite confused because you couldn't understand what happened.
Also I don't really get the notion why they live with each other. Is it just the fact that they can't live anywhere else? After all, it is not the normal flatshare you would find every day. Thus I think there should be a conjoint development in their community which I haven't seen yet.

However, I am nosy and thus I guess I will continue to watch it.