Bones - the verdict
Feb. 11th, 2006 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieWe've watched the first four or five episodes of Bones.
And the verdict is: virtually no resemblance to the books, but still fun in its own way. Given that, particularly in the early series, I always thought that the problem with Angel was Angel himself, I'm actually rather enjoying David Boreanas in this (and he must be enjoying filming in daylight...). Brennan herself is less likeable, but the two spark off each other entertainingly.
I do have to grit my teeth and suspend disbelief at times. They have Brennan and her people doing stuff that would surely be done by a CSI unit. I don't believe the hologramatic reconstruction stuff for a second (though I will, of course, eat my hat if someone tells me that it is all real...). And maybe it's different over here, but would a University facility really have all that space (half of which doesn't seem to be used for anything - we fit about 80 people into the same space in my office!), let alone all the equipment to fill it? Oh yes, and ditch the annoying grad student character (Zack? Something like that. It usually takes me about 20 episodes before I can remember names!).
So, quite good fun, but it's no CSI.
And the verdict is: virtually no resemblance to the books, but still fun in its own way. Given that, particularly in the early series, I always thought that the problem with Angel was Angel himself, I'm actually rather enjoying David Boreanas in this (and he must be enjoying filming in daylight...). Brennan herself is less likeable, but the two spark off each other entertainingly.
I do have to grit my teeth and suspend disbelief at times. They have Brennan and her people doing stuff that would surely be done by a CSI unit. I don't believe the hologramatic reconstruction stuff for a second (though I will, of course, eat my hat if someone tells me that it is all real...). And maybe it's different over here, but would a University facility really have all that space (half of which doesn't seem to be used for anything - we fit about 80 people into the same space in my office!), let alone all the equipment to fill it? Oh yes, and ditch the annoying grad student character (Zack? Something like that. It usually takes me about 20 episodes before I can remember names!).
So, quite good fun, but it's no CSI.
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Date: 2006-02-22 11:49 pm (UTC)If they didn't have the annoying grad student, who else would Brennan explain all the tech stuff too? Besides, he may be there as the person who's even nerdier than Brennan.
re: decor. Isn't it supposed to be like the Smithsonian, not a university? It sure is pretty, and wide open. Easier for the cameras to move around in, I suspect.
Every time I think about stuff like this, I wonder if I'm too willing to suspend my disbelief for visual entertainment. There's an interesting conversation going on in Will Shetterly's blog about the Kill Bill movies...