Demons

[Opus the Penguin]

Did anyone see the premiere of Demons on BBC America? The premise for
the show seems familiar. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe you
can help:

1. The main character is a student. The student is found to have
certain powers beyond what others have in fighting inhuman
creatures--especially but not exclusively vampires.

2. The student lives with Mom, who is clueless about these powers.
Dad is out of the picture.

3. However, a father-figure shows up (first name "Rupert," last name
starts with G) and tells the student about the powers and offers to
be a guide. Rupert speaks English, just like the student and the
other characters, but with an accent from across the Atlantic. He is
somewhat of a stereotype of people from that side of the pond as
well.

4. The student is understandably upset about the news and tries to
resist. This messes with plans for school and ... well, life. On the
other hand, by the end, the student realizes you can't fight destiny
and these creatures will keep appearing so they'd better be fought.

5. Rupert and the student have access to a very nice specialized
library--almost posh, in dark wood tones, you know--where the inhuman
creatures can be researched. The library also apparently has a large
stock of weapons.

6. There's a special word for what the student does to kill these
creatures. Starts with an S. It's on the tip of my tongue....

So ... the Slayer is now the Smiter and is male. And Rupert G is
American while the rest of the cast are English. Original.

Did I miss anything?

Oh well. It was actually pretty well done.

--
Opus the Penguin
The best darn penguin in all of Usenet

[Rowan Hawthorn]

I saw it several months ago when it was first released. Been doing my
level best to *un*-see it ever since, and was doing a pretty good job
until this release reminded me of it...

--
Rowan Hawthorn

"Occasionally, I'm callous and strange." - Willow Rosenberg, "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer"

[kim]

It was an obvious rip-off of BtVS from the start and as the series
"progressed" (for want of a better word), the rip-offs become even more
obvious.

"Being Human" likewise.

(kim)

[Patrician]

"kim" <ntsc...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:M92dnQf44sXent_W...@giganews.com...

While I agree in the case of Daemons, Being Human had nothing in common with
Buffy or Angel beyond the non-human themes.

Trev

[Arbitrar Of Quality]

"Rowan Hawthorn" <rowan_h...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:WJmdnSTXb6C...@giganews.com...

> Opus the Penguin wrote:
>> Did anyone see the premiere of Demons on BBC America? The premise for the
>> show seems familiar. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe you can
>> help:
>> >>

>> Oh well. It was actually pretty well done.
>>
>
> I saw it several months ago when it was first released. Been doing my
> level best to *un*-see it ever since, and was doing a pretty good job
> until this release reminded me of it...

Based only on the first episode, I'm having a hard time seeing how it could
inspire a rabid following, but I'm also not quite understanding the intense
hatred it gets from commenters on Whedonesque and elsewhere. It strikes me
as a fairly harmless poor man's _Buffy_, not cringe-worthy on the level of,
say, _Merlin_.

-AOQ

[Rowan Hawthorn]

Keep watching. It wasn't great to begin with, but it gets worse.

[Morgoth's Curse]

Can they actually get away with that? Sounds like Joss Whedon or
Mutant Enemy has a plausible case of copyright infringement or
whatever Hollywood lawyers call it these days...

Morgoth's Curse