The Gates - 1x01 - Pilot
Jun. 21st, 2010 02:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fembuckMe officially likey the show.
Check it out here
Rhona Mitra is a goddess. She is what drew me to the show, and is totally the best thing about it. I'm so thrilled that she's getting a chance to do some actual acting instead of just being super hot and bad-ass. She's allowed to have a vulnerability in this show that I haven't seen from her much on screen, and it's lovely to see (especially since I also get my kick-ass Rhona in there along with this new and wonderful wobbiness).
I'm digging Devon a lot and look forward to more of her interactions with Claire. I've loved me some Chandra West long time, so it's great to see her on screen, and when you combine the wicked hotness of Chandra with the brain-melting hotness of Rhona Mitra, you own me for as long as your show is on the air. For reals. Plus, I love me some bad girls, so Devon being the naughty witch is very relevant to my interests.
And yes, I am already shipping Claire/Devon!
I like Teen Wolf. I felt for him, and his rage issues. Charlie and Andie don't really bother me, but I didn't buy their instant love connection either, so my sympathies are with dutiful Teen Wolf instead of his trifling girlfriend. Also, the werewolf pack thing is way more interesting than anything Charlie has going on, so Teen Wolf is my favorite teen right now. Also, he looks good shirtless, and I enjoy the whole homo-eroticism of the wolf-pack.
Not digging the police chief at all. His INTENSITY and disregard for the rules because of his FEELINGS didn't charm me. He's coming on a little too strong. We as the audience know he's right about the Radcliff's, but he honestly doesn't have a ton of evidence to be going on at the moment so sneaking onto their property in the dead of night to skulk around like a creeper came off kind of obsessive and douchey instead of heroic. I'm however, pretty interested in why Devon is interested in his wife and in what it is that Devon's 'tea' might end up doing to her.
Also, I'm calling that Papi (aka Female Cop) totally knows that the Radcliff's are vampires and is trying to cover for them, and that she is most likely a vampire herself.
I'm probably forgetting a lot of stuff, but I'm tired right now and need to go beddie bye, but I'm definitely intrigued by this show, I'm extremely happy with the large amounts of Rhona Mitra with bonus Chandra West, vampires and werewolves existing in the same space makes me happy, and I think this will definitely be guilty pleasure viewing for me for the summer!
*anxiously awaits True Blood download finishing so that I can see ever MORE vampires and werewolves!*
Check it out here
Rhona Mitra is a goddess. She is what drew me to the show, and is totally the best thing about it. I'm so thrilled that she's getting a chance to do some actual acting instead of just being super hot and bad-ass. She's allowed to have a vulnerability in this show that I haven't seen from her much on screen, and it's lovely to see (especially since I also get my kick-ass Rhona in there along with this new and wonderful wobbiness).
I'm digging Devon a lot and look forward to more of her interactions with Claire. I've loved me some Chandra West long time, so it's great to see her on screen, and when you combine the wicked hotness of Chandra with the brain-melting hotness of Rhona Mitra, you own me for as long as your show is on the air. For reals. Plus, I love me some bad girls, so Devon being the naughty witch is very relevant to my interests.
And yes, I am already shipping Claire/Devon!
I like Teen Wolf. I felt for him, and his rage issues. Charlie and Andie don't really bother me, but I didn't buy their instant love connection either, so my sympathies are with dutiful Teen Wolf instead of his trifling girlfriend. Also, the werewolf pack thing is way more interesting than anything Charlie has going on, so Teen Wolf is my favorite teen right now. Also, he looks good shirtless, and I enjoy the whole homo-eroticism of the wolf-pack.
Not digging the police chief at all. His INTENSITY and disregard for the rules because of his FEELINGS didn't charm me. He's coming on a little too strong. We as the audience know he's right about the Radcliff's, but he honestly doesn't have a ton of evidence to be going on at the moment so sneaking onto their property in the dead of night to skulk around like a creeper came off kind of obsessive and douchey instead of heroic. I'm however, pretty interested in why Devon is interested in his wife and in what it is that Devon's 'tea' might end up doing to her.
Also, I'm calling that Papi (aka Female Cop) totally knows that the Radcliff's are vampires and is trying to cover for them, and that she is most likely a vampire herself.
I'm probably forgetting a lot of stuff, but I'm tired right now and need to go beddie bye, but I'm definitely intrigued by this show, I'm extremely happy with the large amounts of Rhona Mitra with bonus Chandra West, vampires and werewolves existing in the same space makes me happy, and I think this will definitely be guilty pleasure viewing for me for the summer!
*anxiously awaits True Blood download finishing so that I can see ever MORE vampires and werewolves!*
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 06:53 am (UTC)Dunno what to think about Devon... I'm not as big a Chandra West fan as you are so I'm a bit meh about the Wiccan(?) storyline. I definitely am interested in how the werewolf thing is going to pan out.
Overall it was a pilot so there was a lot of info crammed into an episode, so I did feel a bit overwhelmed but I expected that. It was well executed and well set out, though, compared to other pilots. Hopefully the rest of the episodes will be a bit more centric to individuals/families and I won't feel like it's ridiculous to suddenly have vampires and werewolves and witches all in one gated community... actually I hope there's some overarching mythology or history to it that is more than the standard sort of "it's a safe haven" blah blah.
/ramble