Watched episode four last night, have to say, im really loving this series. I was gripped, i was curled up in my bed, eyes glued to the monitor, and i was really on edge for the characters.
Granted, it's not a very original idea, including the amnesia thing, but... what the hell is
really wrong with that?
We have noticed a trend in Hollywood that the movies are mostly unoriginal remakes and the majority of them are done badly. This is clearly unoriginal ideas being done with little effort. TV in America has had such a massive boom of recent years, with hit shows, and the fact that they can make more money off the shows in the long term. Now you get shows like this where, sure the concept isn't highly original, but its done perfectly. It has excellent character development (note EP4 has alot of this as well as action) which imo is crucial for a decent narrative.
And, the best thing about this show, it has piss all to do with a punch of "fangy" emo vampires moping about love... (nothing has changed much other than the outfits) .... dont get me wrong, i dont hate vampires (old school ones) but i didnt mind true blood, till the 3rd series, when they stopped the orgys and moved onto really really fruity warewolf bikers :S and just vampires acting like bitches.
Anyway, watch EP4! its awesome