Being Human - American style

My wife and I and one of our kids watched this show last night. I like things about Vampires and Warewolves so it is the kind of show I like. I thought it was pretty good, maybe a tad bit cliche but so are vampires and warewolves.. The acting was decent, I believed their strife. The story line is OK, but over all I liked the show and then ended the first show with a big cliff hanger so that was wise on their part I think. I will watch it again.

Since I love Supernatural I decided to give it a change because of Jeremy Carver and I did like it. Sure I was shallowly disappointed by the casting of Sam and Mark as vampires since I would have at least liked one of them to be hot. There are some changes and I'm hoping that they continue to change because that will make it easier to just watch the two and enjoy them both as separate shows.

it does seem a bit pointless to remake it. I'm really looking forward to the new season about to start, as a lot of things that happened are unresolved, particularly the issue with the door. I've watched it since the pilot, which ran as a series of pilot programmes and I contacted BBC3 as part of the campaign to have this one made. it's just a really great setup. I quite agree, why don't they just show the original? I think it's quite patronising that when a channel likes a UK series, they seem to think that an American audience won't "get" it if it's English. which as I said, is patronising. it seems that if they think it's easier to remake something for America that to show a UK programme, then they have a low opinion of their audiences.

My husband and I are really enjoying the show. I didn't know there was a BBC version so I cannot comment on the original, but so far I've enjoyed it. The character development is complex and intense. I am interested to see just where these three main characters go in their life, how they develop, and how they come to terms with their current situations. It is by far one of the best new series I've seen this year/last year in terms of vampires and werewolves, ghosts. I'm not at all impressed with the other two popular vampire series that I wasn't sure if I would want to even see this series, but once I saw the first episode I was hooked. It just goes so far beyond the typical plots of other series. It actually deals with their psyche and I think this important. They remember what it was like to be "human" and now they are forced to deal with another way of life, a way of thinking, and even being. The title itself brings so much to the surface as we're forced each week to reflect upon our own life of "being human". Namaste-Anora

I'm excited by the show. but then again I'm american. I watched the show when it premiered last night. I love syfy shows. what intrigues me even more is that it's a copy cat show from what you say, so now I want to watch the original to make comparisons. I love it, it's like reading a book and then watching the movie version of it. It's always different.don't be so upset watch it and make comparisons it's fun and it gives you a different perspective. Take care.

I like it because there are so many subplots going on at the same time. I think the vampire scenes are too graphic for kids though.

I don't think SyFy could have gotten the rights to the original show, BBC America gets pretty good ratings off of that along with Doctor Who (also formerly on SciFI), Torchwood, and Primeval. The BBC America has gotten a nice little niche of genre programming really. So of course SyFy did the next best thing, just remade it. I have no interest in the remake in the slightest, and just wish SyFy would create a new original show already, but hey they still have Eureka. We really can't complain too much about SyFy remaking a BBC show, as Skins, Shameless, and Top Gear just got American versions as well in the last little bit. You know us Americans, we can't watch anything from other countries! *rolls eyes*