Being Human: thumbs down

[alexandral]

I finally sat down to watch new "Being Human", it took me a while because I was a little afraid knowing that two out of three major characters are played by different actors than in the pilot. I was so right to be afraid - the magic is gone, permanently gone. I might get used to it and I might even like "Being Human" again as a background show, but I don't think it will ever be anything out of ordinary.
I don't even know what I like less:
- new Mitchell (totally lacking any charisma),
- new Anne (totally lacking any cuteness)
- or the new writing and cinematography (cheery and cliche ridden).

New Mitchell: the hat, the training jacket (colour coordinated with the hat), the bad acting:

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[alexandral.livejournal.com]

And they aren't doing a very good job of weaving the storylines of the three main characters together; there are so few points of connection. They barely shared screentime in the last episode.

There was so much of genuine friendship between Mitchell and George in the pilot and it is all gone!

To add to it, they also removed Adrian Lester (why swap him for that ugly chap?) and new Mitchell's girlfriend is way too cheap.