I've Watched & I've Read

[ithildin]

Jen loaned me her Blood Ties books, and I've read the first one, and have also now watched the first two episodes. I have to say, as a besotted Forever Knight fan, it is extremely weird seeing the establishing shots of Toronto, especially as it's a vampire show too. The other weird thing is a TV show that has the same title as my Forever Knight/Highlander fic series. Keeps making me do a double take. Henry doesn't look anything like I visualized from the book, but that's not to say he isn't extremely and totally cute. It isn't a bad show over all, though it's very much like Dresden Files in some ways. It's strange how you have zero TV in this vein, and now you have two of them, with others on the horizon. Feast or famine, I guess.

The upshot is I'll start watching the show, and read the rest of the books.

Comments

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone else remembers the height thing.

One of the things I've always loved about Henry is that he, like Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Saint Germain, is closer in height to the people of the period in which he was actually made rather than the height of the readers. That, and I love the visual of him standing up to Mike and Vicki when they are both taller than him. ;)

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

One of the things I've always loved about Henry is that he, like Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Saint Germain, is closer in height to the people of the period in which he was actually made

*nods* I've always especially liked how she places Saint-Germain's appearance relative to the society he's living in. It's a bit of a shock when people in ancient settings think of him as this fairly big guy!

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

I've always especially liked how she places Saint-Germain's appearance relative to the society he's living in.

*Nods.* I like that too. The way the books are set in particular periods she can wholly fit him into a particular time period in ways others who only have flashback segments can't do so well, not to mention seldom bother to try to do. I think one of the reasons I liked Methos right off, outside of Peter's performance and the writing for Methos, is that on some level he reminded me of Saint Germain. I like the reviewer description of the Saint Germain novels they quote on some of the book jackets, "These solidly researched novels show us a Saint Germain who genuinely learns and grows from a fiend to a being of great gentleness, wisdom, and compassion. The series is probably the most sustained and impressive treatment to date of extreme longevity."