Bones

holly_johnson · 13-01-2006 8:40am #1

Anyone watch Bones last night on Sky One?

Really annoyed me. It's meant to be based on the Kathy Reichs books which I love but there are so many things different!

1. She is a lot older in the books
2. She's blonde - in the programme she's brown
3. She works in Charlotte and Montreal - in the programme it's Washington
4. She has a teenage daughter - in the programme she's about 25!!!
5. She's a reformed alcoholic - in the programme she drinks

There's a lot more but it will only turn into a rant.

Also, I thought there was too much to fit into the hour show. It seemed like the solving of the case was very rushed, and the hologram technique for identifying the body was a bit suss.

Overall, terrible shame, I was really looking forward to this, being a big fan.

Earthhorse · 13-01-2006 10:05am

holly_johnson wrote:

Also, I thought there was too much to fit into the hour show. It seemed like the solving of the case was very rushed, and the hologram technique for identifying the body was a bit suss.

I agree that the show seemed rush. They spent a lot of the time on exposition and trying to shove information down our throats. If they'd slowed down just a little it would have been a far more enjoyable ride. The hologram thing was a bit lame but I wouldn't let it bother me too much.

As far your other complaint, well I'd tend to treat both things separately. I realise you're a fan of the books but whenever you see the words "Based On" always insert the word "Loosely" beforehand.

holly_johnson · 13-01-2006 10:23am

Yeah,

I get the feeling that they were trying too hard to introduce the characters. maybe it will be better in the coming weeks.

I know that I should take it all with a pinch of salt as regards the books, but I just feel that there are too many differences to make it believable. As a show that had nothing to do with Kathy Reichs, I might give it a shot, so perhaps the best thing to do is forget about the connection altogether.

Earthhorse · 13-01-2006 11:07am

Probably. Like yourself I'm holding out hope that this will improve over the weeks. There was a good script in there somewhere last night. They just need to trim it a bit.

kmurph · 13-01-2006 11:46am

It does get better. I've been getting the episodes from ahem, "other sources" and I've found myself really enjoying it now.

I was a bit iffy after the first episode too and the whole 3d imaging thing is still a little bit too far-fetched for me, but overall it does improve. Especially good is the chemistry between Bones and Angel (sorry, doesn't matter what David Boreanz will ever do, he's always going to be Angel to me.)

tvnutz · 13-01-2006 2:17pm

It was ok,never read the books or heard about them so that didn't matter to me. I have heard it improves so I'll give it a few more weeks.

Mossy Monk · 13-01-2006 2:47pm

going to watch it this afternoon. Sky's promoting caught my attention. they even have a huge billboard ad for it close to where i live

John R · 13-01-2006 2:57pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

going to watch it this afternoon. Sky's promoting caught my attention. they even have a huge billboard ad for it close to where i live

If you don't live anywhere near the Red Cow roundabout then they have at least two of them.

Watched a bit of it, seemed ok, just. Never going to be great with Boreanaz in it though.

Lochaber · 13-01-2006 3:36pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

going to watch it this afternoon. Sky's promoting caught my attention. they even have a huge billboard ad for it close to where i live

Saw one of those billboards somewhere as well, is this the first time Sky have used big billboards to promote a new show? Or for that matter has any other channel done that in Ireland? I'd seen it in the UK before but not here...

John R · 13-01-2006 4:10pm

Lochaber wrote:

Saw one of those billboards somewhere as well, is this the first time Sky have used big billboards to promote a new show? Or for that matter has any other channel done that in Ireland? I'd seen it in the UK before but not here...

RTE and tv3 have, I can't recall ever seeing one from Sky before though.

Cutie18Ireland · 13-01-2006 10:56pm

I've read all kathy reichs books and I was quite disappointed with Bones last night. As Holly mentioned She's a reformed alcoholic and she was drinking and she has a daughter in college in the books and the actress is so young in the program. Another thing that annoyed me was the amount of times he called her Bones. i lost count!

14-01-2006 2:13am

How many books has kathy reichs released.i read the first three.they were really good.

Cutie18Ireland · 14-01-2006 4:47pm

there is eight books. she brings a new one out every summer.

beanyb · 14-01-2006 6:24pm

They had billboards for Weeds when it first started too. I remember there being one in Templeogue Village.

Moe79 · 16-01-2006 12:26am

I just caught the repeat of it tonight on Sky. I agree with most of what's been said - I've read most of the Kathy Reichs Temp books (up to Grave Secrets) and love them, so was obviously expecting the series to be similar. BUt it seems to me that the only connection between the books and the series is the name "Temperance Brennan". The setting is different, there's no daughter, there's no Ryan - I had assumed David Boreanz was playing him, but no, he seems to be called Booth.. No cat, no dog...

I just wonder why they didn't call her a different name since nothing else was being true to the books..

As regards the pace, yes it was very fast at times and hard to keep up with, but I think that may be down to the fact that they only had an hour to hook people in *and* tell a story. I'll stick with it though 'cos it does have something good about it..

holly_johnson · 20-01-2006 1:55pm

Anyone watch the second one last night?

I enjoyed it more when I watched it just as a "detective story" rather than a Temperance Brennan story.
I did have a few words to say to the telly when that completely unbelieveable 3d imaging thing was used again, but otherwise I enjoyed it more than last weeks.

It does move very quickly, I think sometimes they try to tell too much of a story per episode, but it was good.

Earthhorse · 20-01-2006 2:05pm

I think the best scenes are the ones that are non pivotal to the night's story. In the car, in the bar, the light hearted scenes are natural and funny.

The scenes in the lab and at the station seem a bit forced and false. Just because your a scientist doesn't mean you have technical garbage coming out of your mouth every other minute.

Hopefully these scenes, and the actors involved in them, will become more relaxed as the series progresses.

holly_johnson · 20-01-2006 2:13pm

Earthhorse wrote:

I think the best scenes are the ones that are non pivotal to the night's story. In the car, in the bar, the light hearted scenes are natural and funny.

The scenes in the lab and at the station seem a bit forced and false. Just because your a scientist doesn't mean you have technical garbage coming out of your mouth every other minute.

Hopefully these scenes, and the actors involved in them, will become more relaxed as the series progresses.

Good point. The scenes in the car and the bar were very good. Also the one where she turned up at Booth's house.

I found this interview with the shows creators on the Sky1 website. It seems that bloody 3d thingy is here to stay...

http://www.skyone.co.uk/programme/pgeinterview.aspx?pid=66&iid=71

godtabh · 20-01-2006 3:54pm

Lochaber wrote:

Saw one of those billboards somewhere as well, is this the first time Sky have used big billboards to promote a new show? Or for that matter has any other channel done that in Ireland? I'd seen it in the UK before but not here...

They advertised Weeds or what ever it was called (about the drug dealing ma) on bill boards.

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