Moonlight

[ithildin]

We watched it today, finally. It wasn't nearly as terrible as I'd been reading before it aired. I actually like it better than Blood Ties, though it's such a total ripoff of Forever Knight.


The whole plot, including some of the dialog was pretty much straight out of the episode "Stranger Than Fiction". Throw in Joseph being Janette, and Mick's creator dying at the end by his hand. There was even flying Nick Mick face! And how many of us think his Master is actually dead? Err, yeah. she was probably 'too old and powerful' for that. Oh, and flashbacks while driving around in a convertible.

Now, this is on CBS, so I doubt it'll last longer than a few episodes, but I'll watch a few more and see how it goes. I really like the cast overall, and maybe they'll actually go for an original storyline next week!

Comments

[jinxed-wood.livejournal.com]

I downloaded it today, and quite enjoyed it too - apart from the voiceover. It was way too kitsch (film noir detective tropes are hard to do well) and I thought it was a pity, as the script was quite clever in parts.

Oh, and the opening would have been a lot stronger if they'd left the 'TV interview' dream out.

I think there is great potential here, though, and I even don't mind that they're stealing the concept from Forever Knight; lets face it, there are worse vampire programmes to steal from!

Plus, look at the pretty :-)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

When the voiceover started, I said to Nin, What? He's trying to be a vampire version of Magnum? [g]

[jinxed-wood.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* It just screams 'trying too hard', and takes some of the mystery out of the main chacter - a vampire can never be too enigmatic, I say!