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Primeval season one revisited, part one.
I've been rewatching Primeval. We're due a second season in the new year at some point, and it's been ages since I watched season one, so I dug out the DVD set earlier. I wasn't sure about the first episode back when it was screened. I seem to remember rambling on about not being entirely sure what to make of it. It soon became clear that it was glorious fun for a Saturday night, though, and rewatching episode one for the first time, my opinion hasn't changed. Episode one isn't brilliant, but there's necessary setting up stuff, and that's okay. Ben Miller is fabulous as the thoroughly oily James Lester. Even his body language screams "git!". I hope we see more of him in season two. Claudia seems more annoying second time around. She's the winsome type. All grins and fluttery eyelashes, and a soft voice that screams "I'm the love interest!" at you. I never was interested in her allegedly romantic subplot with Cutter, though, which might explain why I never really warmed to her. She didn't seem to have anything much going for her beyond that subplot. And Cutter and Stephen make a far better couple. Sorry, but they do. Stephen's clearly interested, and it's impossible to ignore that. I do wish ITV would jump on the bandwagon, and take a leaf out of RTD's book on that score. But anyway. Claudia's annoying. Happily she doesn't do much in episode one except flirt with Cutter, and be winsome and eyelashy-fluttery.
( More rambling this way... )
I've been rewatching Primeval. We're due a second season in the new year at some point, and it's been ages since I watched season one, so I dug out the DVD set earlier. I wasn't sure about the first episode back when it was screened. I seem to remember rambling on about not being entirely sure what to make of it. It soon became clear that it was glorious fun for a Saturday night, though, and rewatching episode one for the first time, my opinion hasn't changed. Episode one isn't brilliant, but there's necessary setting up stuff, and that's okay. Ben Miller is fabulous as the thoroughly oily James Lester. Even his body language screams "git!". I hope we see more of him in season two. Claudia seems more annoying second time around. She's the winsome type. All grins and fluttery eyelashes, and a soft voice that screams "I'm the love interest!" at you. I never was interested in her allegedly romantic subplot with Cutter, though, which might explain why I never really warmed to her. She didn't seem to have anything much going for her beyond that subplot. And Cutter and Stephen make a far better couple. Sorry, but they do. Stephen's clearly interested, and it's impossible to ignore that. I do wish ITV would jump on the bandwagon, and take a leaf out of RTD's book on that score. But anyway. Claudia's annoying. Happily she doesn't do much in episode one except flirt with Cutter, and be winsome and eyelashy-fluttery.
( More rambling this way... )