I saw the first couple episodes of Penny Dreadful

[potentiality_26]

Has anyone been watching that?

I... neither greatly liked nor greatly disliked it.  I mean, given the sheer awesomeness of the premise, I would have expected to either really love it or have enough visceral NO not to want to see it ever again, but I didn't really have either.  So sort of... meh?  I mean, the character motivations make very little sense to me (I could get specific with anyone who wants to talk about it, but I don't have strong enough feelings on the subject to go full on rant) and there's a kind of general bad horror movie logic to it, where a lot of little things happen for no particular reason just for cheap scares.

So, I like the cast a lot- especially Billie Piper, who I've missed seeing regular-like- and since I'd heard that Dorian was gay and he seemed pretty into girls in the episodes I saw I'm guessing he's maybe bi?  Which is cool?  (By which I mean it would be awesome if he was because I've never seen a bisexual male on TV before, but I will believe it when I see it)
  

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

I watched it. Strange show. Oddly compelling. And yes, Dorian is bi.

*HUGS*

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty weird.

[suzie-shooter.livejournal.com]

I watched the first ep and felt the same - meh. I did mean to give it more of a chance, but never got round to watching any more of it. I do know people who love it though.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Sometimes it's hard to get motivated enough to keep watching.

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

I watched the whole S1 and now I can't wait for S2.
The mix of the stories in one show appealed to me and I think the cast does a great job (even if I don't like some characters, like Victor, for example). I checked the show out for Eva Green and Rory Kinnear, but I warmed up to others as well.

And Dorian is bi. I don't know how many episodes you've seen so I don't want to spoil anything.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

I'll keep watching, but it'll probably be slow going. Maybe I'll warm up to it.

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

I know some people didn't get into this show at all because of the writing, so I guess it all depends on what you like in your shows :)

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I'm not wild about the writing, but I don't have a serious problem with it. I've definitely seen shows with worse. I guess it's just that there are some shows that I soldier on with when I'm not sure if I like them, and some that go by the wayside. I'm not sure which one this is yet.