Comments on: They’re Werewolves, Bitches!

By: Will Bitches suck? « Nothing to see here. Move along.

Will Bitches suck? « Nothing to see here. Move along. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:45:41 +0000

[...] on January 3, 2009 Come on… I had to ask the question. I couldn’t believe it when I read that Fox is producing a new series called “Bitches”, which is supposedly half [...]

By: wildofski

wildofski — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:12:01 +0000

Watch the first "The Howling" (written by John Sayles) to see werewolves done properly.

By: AlphaGirl

AlphaGirl — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:09:49 +0000

Wilderness isn't one I'm familiar with. Neither is Dog Soldiers, but if Kevin McKidd is there, so am I!

By: Arol

Arol — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:11:30 +0000

Didn’t they do the sexy werewolf thing in the 90s with Wilderness? I wasn’t allowed to watch it so they must have successfully sexified it to some degree.

My pick for werewolves will always be Dog Soldiers – so low budget that aside from some yellow contact lenses and false nails the transformations weren’t shown at all. But awesome as awesome can be. The werewolves aren’t sexy but the soldiers sure are. Plenty of Kevin McKidd and Sean Pertwee goodness.

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:07:38 +0000

She was a good Vulcan!! I realize now that my comment makes me look like I really don't like Kim Cattrall–I actually do. What I should have said is that the only thing I watch regularly with Kim Cattrall is Big Trouble in Little China. Also I have this weird guilty love for Mannequin. I have no idea why.

By: AlphaGirl

AlphaGirl — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:58:36 +0000

Kim Cattrall did make a convincing Vulcan in Star Trek VI. I recognize that SatC wasn't for everyone, but it was a phenomenon at the time and its time has passed – now I look at it more as a period piece, like Emma or Sense and Sensibility. I also feel like, in this economy, there's no place for their kind of extravagance. I could have bought into Friends with werewolves or Cheers with werewovles. But, SatC I think is better off left in a time vault.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:36:24 +0000

I don't get SatC, and neither does my best friend. We realize that, as geeks, we're really not their target audience, though.

I've found werewolves to be hit-or-miss, much like any other genre monster. The ones I like tend to be in books more than TV or movies, simply because the special effects are really difficult to make believable, but there's no denying Oz from BtVS is still made of awesome. Thus far, my absolute favorite werewolves have been in Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" books.

I have to agree that the addition of SatC archetypes, the Fox network, and an unappealing title will not get me to watch a werewolf show. I think they could do a lot better.

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:25:12 +0000

I love werewolves. I really do. Vampires may be the “it” creature now…well they’ve always been the “it” creature…anyway, even though vampires are the “it” creature, I’ll always like werewolves better. I think they’re tougher (they can survive an explosion—at least that werewolf did in Monster Squad) and they can be hot too (David Naughton. NAKED David Naughton, running around a zoo with balloons covering his junk. Hilarious AND hot).
The thing that drives me away is the Sex and the City parallel. I can’t stand Sex and the City. The only thing I’ll watch Kim Cattrall in it is Big Trouble in Little China. I’m the odd girl out on this one (as evidenced by my coworkers) but I don’t care. I just can’t get into it.
And I’m totally pissed that werewolves are being dragged down into it. And Bitches has to be the stupidest name in the history of ever. Yeah I get the parallel, Fox. I still hate it.