Lifetime vamp
The channel generally for ladies (and fans of really terrible movies staring Delta Burke or a young Kirstin Dunst) has a new self-made series. Blood Ties comes on on Sunday nights, and is aimed squarely at the Buffy/Passions fandom. With the softcore porn of the best bodice-ripper. And the cheezy goth overtones of… I don’t know. Something goth and cheesy.
And, man, I haven’t seen schlocky writing like this since Forever Knight.
“You love it don’t you, the night–all… this?”
“It’s what I am, what I have been for a long time…”
She has a degenerative disease that will make her blind over time and is an ex-cop (with a cop ex-, both lover and partner it looks like) turned PI. With a really nerdy little goth assistant. (Girl was wearing a purple corset in the first episode, ok?)
He has sensitive high cheekbones and long curly hair that is frequently blowing in the wind. He also is a royal descendant of kings, 500 years old with an ex-lover/sire who still roams the earth like a really bitchy Cain.
He saves her, then she saves him by becoming a snack. Now they’re going to work together to solve supernatural crimes. Get it, blood ties?
Oi, but the special effects leave a LOT to be desired. I mean, really. Either get more money or go subtle and clever. There is quite a lot that can be done suggestively instead of just plain badly.
July 30th, 2007 at 2:49 am
I totally disagreed with this review and so would alot of the building fan base for this series. It is our opinion that this show has fantastic actors and the acting/writing is fantastic. The Lifetime board for this series has been within the top 5 daily topics, usually #1, since the hiatus in May and we are anxious for it to bring us the next 10 episodes in October.
JMO
July 31st, 2007 at 11:58 am
If you think the acting and writing in this Lifetime special series is fantastic, you are obviously the perfect audience for daytime soaps and movies of the week. I’m just sayin’. There’s not a thing wrong with it, but it’s not Academy Award material, regardless of how much anybody likes it.
Also, I didn’t say I wasn’t anxious for it to be off hiatus, or that I wasn’t enjoying every episode with a glee usually reserved for teenage vampire-hunting hijinks. (BTW, /love/ Buffy; still wouldn’t claim it’s high art.) I’m just saying this is the television equivilent of the Twinkie. Fluffy, sweet, tasty… but made of entirely synthetic stuff and resembling real food not in the least. ;P