Maybe they don't want to be too conspicuous. Hiding just within reach of power, but not so close that their comings and goings and doings would attract attention.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:00:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] "Being Human" I love this show too. I have a question. Why are vampires Orderlies and Cops and Not heads of Hospitals and Police chiefs? From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Worf Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:07 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Being Human" I am hooked on the show now. I was just telling someone about it last night. I believe that a theme of the show is that bad things happen to good people. The thing about the characters is that they are just regular folks that have been turned into monsters (and a ghost) that was outside of their control. I have been wondering if there are any other supernatural creatures in their universe. Also, why are the vampires trying to take over the world (again)? Seems like they should have been able to do that a long time ago. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: I know a couple of people mentioned "Being Human". Anyone watching it other than them and me? I enjoy the show. It's light at times, but then very serious at times, even scary and creepy. Only the Brits can strike that balance in scifi so well. I like the characters--i'll even forgive the eleventy millionth rendition of the young, hunky, angst-filled vampire. I find the whole society of vamps who look out for each other interesting ("don't mind me brother; you just keep doing your orderly duties and let me sip a little blood from the patient in the bed. What? You won't let me feed off a patient? You want to be an outcast?!") The young ghost who can hold objects but can't be seen by many is interesting. The actress is good as a bright spirit (no pun intended) whose natural ebullience is tempered by the fact that she's a mostly insubstantial shade who can't yet crossover. Among all the curses suffered by the roomies, I'd think being a ghost would be the worst. At least the guys can enjoy some measure of life--at least even the vamp can hold a woman, and in this show, he even eats regular food every now and then. But what got me most recently is a show dealing with the young nebbish dude who's a werewolf. The show starts off with him transforming, and a voiceover speaks of the pain of the transformation. It states that, since the werewolf frame is smaller than a human, the organs all have to shrink: the heart must reduce in size, which is painful, as do the liver and the kidneys. As the organs are rearranging themselves, bones break and reform, hormones are flooding into the system. At the height of the change, the narrator says in a eerily clinical tone, the organ restructuring is so bad that the organs literally shut down as they're reformed--the lycanthrope is effectively dying. But, he can't die, as adrenaline is pumped into the body in huge amounts, constantly keeping him alive, and of course the animal savagery starts kicking into gear. it's like a series of deaths-and-resurrections, all painful because none of the regular pain-killing hormones are working. I'm not quite accurate with my description, but the gist was I never ever thought of a werewolf change in those terms, and it was quite disturbing. kudo's for that. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
