WOW! Surprisingly unimpressive!
-Contains minor spoilers_ Well I was mildly excited about this show. I have read part of the first book, and thought this would probably make an excellent, or at least entertaining show.However I was frankly fairly bored through the whole first episode. I mean first off I heard that there was supposed to be a bit of humor injected, but unless you mean the tire lock I really didn't see it. Secondly I certainly hope every single episode isn't peppered by flashbacks of Harry as a kid. Very boring. I also thought the acting/writing was a bit sub par. I mean ...SPOILER... Why did no one even seem remotely upset about finding a skinned woman? Everyone was just kind of like "Meh...oh well, call harry".
Third, and the biggest offender to me was the special effects, or lack thereof. I mean this is a show about a WIZARD for hire. So don't you think he should at some point USE magic? I mean I was looking foreword to seeing SOMETHING. When the skinwalker walks in for instance what happens? Nothing. Cut to commercial, next scene hes strung up and being beaten. Wow, way to fight her Harry. And what about the Skinwalker? Anyone wanting to see what the horrible creature beneath the skin looks like? Nope don't get to, she just looks like a lady. Way to save on that budget...scarrrrry.
And the Raven-men? Looked EXTREMELY low budget. Hmmm, lets have em wear black, have badly done white face paint, and make their voices sound like you used the ten dollar "Darth Vader voice changer".
We don't even get to see Harry make the "doom box", he just mentions it, then has it in his hand the next scene.
Overall I thought the first episode was very weak. It reminded me of a very low budget episode of charmed. I will watch a few more but at this point my hopes are LOW.
-UPDATE-
Saw episode two, it was horrible as well :(
score 2/10
myrothe 30 January 2007
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