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Titolo: Demons

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Demons is a British six-part supernatural television drama series produced
by Shine Productions, which premiï¿½red on ITV on 3 January 2009.[3] It was
produced by the same company that made the Sky1 supernatural drama Hex and
the BBC One fantasy series Merlin. The DVD of the one series made was
released on 6 April 2009.
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If you're still mourning the loss of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, BBC America hopes to ease your pain. Their new
teens-fighting-the-underworld series, Demons, premieres this Saturday in
the States. We got a sneak peak.
The premise behind Demons, which aired in the UK on ITV earlier in the
year, is much the same as Buffy ï¿½ cute teenager finds out they have an
innate ability to battle evil while balancing school, dating, and driving
tests (the latter not so well).
In this version the cute teenager is a boy, but like Buffy, Luke
Rutherford, played by Christian Cooke (a Gossip Girl clone) has a mentor
who teaches him the ways of demon slaying. Rupert Galvin, played by Philip
Glenister of UK's Life on Mars, is a sarcastic American, often referred to
as the "colonial". He unfortunately is a bit of a drag on the show as he
tries too hard to channel CSI: Miami's David Caruso ï¿½ and well, no one
should do that, not even Caruso himself.
Rupert, who was Luke's dead father's demon fighting sidekick, comes back to
town to let Luke know that he's the real-life great-great grandson of
Abraham Van Helsing. Yes, the Van Helsing made famous as a vampire hunter
in Bram Stoker's Dracula. As a Van Helsing, Luke inherits the task of
protecting the regular world from the supernatural evils of the underworld.
In the first episode, we get a glimpse of who these goblins are, and the
introduction is stellar. First up is Gladiolus Thrip, a sleazy bounty
hunter who wears an engraved beak on his nose and has a bit of a Twin Peaks
air to him. Best part: He's played by Mackenzie Crook, Gareth from the UK's
The Office. The transformation from geek to beast is worth watching the
first episode in itself.
By the second episode we learn that Luke and his crew, which includes his
mentor, his mortal non-girlfriend, and a hot blind opera singer who has
visions, are in charge of solving every strange occurrence in Luke's
Sunnydale ï¿½ London.
Production quality is decent, though some of the special effects can be a
bit cheesy. As with most genre television productions, makeup and costume
effects beat out the show's CG. The writing is up to par with Whedon, with
witty banter between characters that runs the gamut between dark ages humor
to painful teen sexual tension and sarcasm.
Is it a bit too similar to Buffy? Sure. But it's not a total replica. It's
more like an extension of its predecessor. Or maybe an alternate, male,
Buffyverse. Either way, it's entertaining enough that you can forgive it
for ripping off the basic premise.
Demons premieres Saturday, January 2 at 10 PM on BBC America.
-- 
Jolan Tru
Filippo "Hytok" Simone
http://perestroika.iobloggo.com/

 Demons is a British six-part supernatural television drama series
Chiss� se in Italia lo vedremo mai...:((
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