What I knew prior to watching: It’s set on victorian London, it has a dark tone with supernatural aspects to the story. There’s magic or incantations or something of sorts. It has literary references and some people say it’s what “The league of extraordinary gentlemen” should have been. It stars Eva Green Timothy Dalton and Josh Harnett. Dorian Grey and Victor Frankenstein are a thing that exists.
These are my thoughts during the show… Or running commentary if I had someone to comment to.
Episode 1 Night work
That’s dark
Ok, two nondescript girls… They’re probably going to die… Right? This is supposed to be a kinda creepy show
Is she taking a dum-..Ok she’s dead…
And her kid is either dead or kidnapped
Cool intro… Is there going to be vampires and werewolves too?
Oh, Rose Tyler is in this
I’m not a fan of Dalton
Cross on a bare wall… This could be sacrilegious…
Yep, spider, cross. A slightly demented-looking Eva Green… This is definitely not for kids or conservative people
Is she going to eat that spider?!
Who is she talking to?
Damn… I’m betting demon
Boom, dude can shoot
Right, so it’s 1891
Fake mustaaacheee
And Eva is NOT impressed
Is Harnett actually southern?
something about the civil war. Why is it always the civil war?
He’s going to tap that
Ah, he did
Dirty circus sex. Enigmatic man. Corny dude… Ok, he’s smooth-… kinda
He’s got daddy issues
And Eva is onto his BS
OH! maybe he’s Dorian Grey? he had daddy issues… Didn’t he?
He goes for innuendo… She’s having none of it… I like her
She’s done the “I’m going to sherlock your looks” deal, in the Bond film she was in.
Yeah, he’s probably Dorian Grey
Night job? he’s in
Nice setup so far
Ooooh, good one. “you have a name?” “Yes” and walk away
Frida Khalo flower head thing
His name is chandler?
Is that an opium house? or a brothel?
Probably both
I like the darkness of the settings
Very noir
Oh, Dalton. You’ll have to impress me
Good so far. Straightforward on dialogue, evasive, they’re a weird bunch already
They all look so badass
That dude is definitely a vampire
What are they speaking?
Russian?
Chandler Bing is quite aware of the other guy
So is Eva
Oh, fight!
Nice action… Crying girl?… Shoot him!
Dalton can stand his ground
Creepy contortionist guy!
And he’s dead
Ew, innards and blood
I see dead people
and Vamp bites
Boss? Dracula of course
And the bat is dead now
Sure? can they die with normal guns?
Who are they looking for?
*jumps* Kill it with fire!
Oh, now, that is a vampire
He’s got the same marks as the mouth of sauron
Is tolkien in on this?
Creatue? vampire.. no?
Vampire shouts
Dead guy and penis
Hehe penis
Don’t try to have a regular conversation when there’s a penis on screen
So far, no boobs, one penis
Assistant is definitely frankestein, he’s sewing parts
And he’s got a shitty attitude
“Research”
Electricity?
Yeah Victor Frank
Oh, climb off your horse
Ew dead weird thing
Post mortem evaluation. Guy knows his stuff
“Dermis is unusual” no shit Sherlok
Disgusting
Is he a bug? call the men in black, surely an alien
Kidding
Oh?
Rad tattoos
Egiptian
Yes
Sass game is strong with this doctor guy
And the shooter isn’t too bright… Or is it just me
“come to my house, we’re having a party” And Eva Green with the smart remarks
ew, so. much. blood
Jack the ripper?
Flies and dead people
Jack?
Smile for the pic..
Yeah, Jack the ripper
Chandler doesn’t seem happy
So Mr. Malcom is kinda the Sean Connery equivalent from TLEG
Vanessa Ives, so that’s the name
Are they going to flirt now?
Weird star on the floor
She’s a card reader? spiritist? something
She looks so boss… But in a creepy way
Intense stares and exposition
Curses!
Ohh, tarot cards and intense dialogue
She’s tricky… She’s so taunting him
“great violence and hidden depths”
He’s so rough
Nice, explanations are good. But kinda knew most of it
And he says Nein
Good banter. I like the acting
being cursed is a big thing here
Pick a card… Oooh, not without thought
Eva Green is both enticing and scary
And I don’t think Josh Har.–
The lovers, of course..
I like the Harnett guy, he’s better looking now than when he had his moment of fame in the early aughts
Malcom had 2 kids. But only the daughter is missing? Where’s the boy?
Slughorn?
He looks cray-cray
I don’t like him
Oh, delightful, flesh eating bugs
Of course the hieroglyphs were Egyptian
blah blah text of the dead blah blah
Oh, a curse of blood
told you curses were a thing
he’s scared
this is getting interesting
“Let’s meet socially” yes, of course
The source…. Oooh, the book of the dead… Of course it is
More corpses
Oh, same corpses
Chandler doesn’t look happy… He looks quite affected…
Is he Jack the Ripepr? nah, but he probably had something to do with it?
Pretty box, not pretty place
For Frankestein… Yes, I’m sure he’s Frankestein
And the other guy, Chandler, could still be Grey? that’d explain the war thing
Nice suit
“The Explorer’s Club” is that like the Diogenes Club?
And he’s certainly like Connery
Background story time
not entirely, but yes
I like the way they unwrap the characters. Slowly, not entirely, and layer by layer
We all seek truth
Same goal, different methods
This guy. So arrogant
Yeah, definitely Frankestein
And this is getting creepier by the minute
Staaaalkeeer
Oh, he so wanted to go up to her room
Something’s gonna happen to Malcom
Mina? Harker? Dracula for sure
Oooh, Vanessa had something to do with her disappearance
“the lion turns, looks at you. The moment you realise you’re no longer the hunter, you are the prey”
NIIIICE
Creepy Victor
Vanessa prays quite a bit
Still not sure she’s praying to god
She looks… troubled
Candles are flying?… Oh crap. CRAP. EW!
Ok.. Frankenstein. I’m calling him that until they say his name
LOL dead guy on ice with stitches. He’s Frankestein alright
Why do they keep showing the penises of corpses?
Lightening fall
Monster’s SO waking up now
turn on the light you dummy
Behind you!
There
Bloodshot eyes and bleeding
HA. Called it
{Hits next so fast} Loved it. I’m hooked. NEXT
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