Demons (ITV)

Mr E

Anyone watch this new show on ITV tonight? A bit of a mess, I thought. Luke Van Helsing (no, really) is a descendent of Abraham Van Helsing, and finds out that he is the latest in a line of demon hunters.

I was a bit optimistic about this because Philip Glenister and Mackenzie Crook were in it. Glenister had a bizarre accent (supposed to be American, maybe?) and there was no sign of the gene genie in his character at all. I know its not fair to typecast him, but he wasn't a fun or interesting character at all.

Mackenzie Crook was a bit better, sporting a bizarre fake nose, but at least he was hamming it up and making the most of the role.

Some dodgy CGI monsters mixed with humans in masks and ropey raygun special effects didn't help things. The promo for next week looks a bit better than this weeks, so it might get better.

Anyone else watch?

Saibh

Mr E wrote: »

Anyone watch this new show on ITV tonight? A bit of a mess, I thought. Luke Van Helsing (no, really) is a descendent of Abraham Van Helsing, and finds out that he is the latest in a line of demon hunters.

I was a bit optimistic about this because Philip Glenister and Mackenzie Crook were in it. Glenister had a bizarre accent (supposed to be American, maybe?) and there was no sign of the gene genie in his character at all. I know its not fair to typecast him, but he wasn't a fun or interesting character at all.

Mackenzie Crook was a bit better, sporting a bizarre fake nose, but at least he was hamming it up and making the most of the role.

Some dodgy CGI monsters mixed with humans in masks and ropey raygun special effects didn't help things. The promo for next week looks a bit better than this weeks, so it might get better.

Anyone else watch?

Had all intentions in watching this but only saw the last 10-15 minutes.

Will watch it next week. It would be good to see if ITV can make a good programme for Saturday evenings instead of family fortune and who wants to be a millionaire

kerash

I watched it and your man from life on mars - his accent was verging on laughable Also hard to decipher what he was saying at times. I like him though.
Ah it was alright but the girl Ruby is a very annoying character. I was hoping she would be killed and the young lad would be filled with vengeance - that would have made it juicier.
Not too impressed with the blind woman side kick (the fact that I cant remember many of their names says a lot about my overall interest!) Crook was good as you'd expect.
I'd watch it again, but only if the was nothing else on.

Watching it now and while it's far from the best thing on tv it's entertaining enough for 11 o clock on a Sunday morning. My only real complaint is Glenister, his accent is dreadful.

Had they wanted an American in the main role then why did th ey now cast an American actor rather than have one of English televisions finest put on the American equivelent of Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent.

qwertplaywert

About to watch now. Most of the reviews I've seen have bene poor. Oh dear.

Firetrap

It was a bit of mess I thought but maybe now that they've got all the exposition stuff out of the way, it might improve. Glenister's accent is appalling though - I couldn't believe it when he started talking.

Basq

Anyone watch the second episode? Did it improve over the 1st?

I didn't even bother with the first after reading the horrific reviews.