Hey, no prob. Just sharing the wealth, that came via a post on IO9.
My god, the...something of the power plant pun is really making me roll my eyes even now.
I liked it a fair bit, and would probably have watched at least three or more episodes. I did not like Stockard Channing very much, though. I seem to remember her having control over more of the muscles of her face, and it made a difference to both expressions and diction. Kinda distracting.
I also wouldn't have paired Bamber and Callis. They're kind of boring together, although they're both capable enough actors. They just didn't have any spark between them. They don't have to be opposites or anything, but I didn't get any partnery electricity off them. They were two fairly good looking brunets, one with accent and one without, with no particular interactions or much in the way of standout characterisations. Although I did wonder at Bamber's character being so inept with magic --is that typical for a professional of his supposed calibre? Seems rookie.
I liked the rest of the casting and pairings, though. And would have liked to see where the long term conflict was going to go.
Also, the music supervisor clearly likes Massive Attack.
Probably placeholder music, it was mentioned.
Chuck: I think it's because Yvonne has never convinced me physically, but I found it disturbing to see her tied up and smacked around again by another bad man. At least next week it looks like there's a different woman chained to the chair. Still, they could stop dipping in that particular well any time now. Anyway, with Sarah/Yvonne, it looks abuse-y to me, whereas you can smack the shit out of Maggie Q all day, and all I'd say was "You'd better run far when you're done."