Demons invade America
While Time Warner subscribers may be losing Fox after the new year, you can take comfort in the fact that you have BBC America. Not only can you catch up on the brilliant Being Human before the new season starts, but you can also see the new series, Demons, premiering this Saturday. The premise of the series is very buffy-tastic featuring a teenager who discovers the ability to fight demons from the underworld. However the BBC series mixes things up a bit by featuring a boy, named Luke, as the demon slayer. Further the series diverges from it's Whedon roots by having Luke mentored by a fussy, all-knowing Brit named Rupert and..and....Hmmm? Well maybe everything else is pretty much the same, but I'm not complaining. I'm glad to have a series back that features a mix of horror, high school, and witty dialog.
In the premier episode Rupert returns to town to let Luke know that he is the real-life great-great grandson of the infamous Van Helsing. As a Van Helsing, Luke inherits the task of protecting the regular world from the supernatural evils of the underworld and it is his sworn duty to accept these responsibilities, while maintaining a secret identity and keeping up his grades all at the same time.
In the first episode we get to see a few of the devilish underworld dwellers up-close. One such monster is Gladiolus Thrip, a sleazy bounty hunter who wears an engraved beak on his nose and is played by Mackenzie Crook. If Crook's previous performances in the UKs The Office and Pirates of the Caribbean are any indication his style and unique appearance will work perfectly for on such a series
By the second episode we learn that Luke and his Sherlock Gang, which includes Rupert, his mortal girl who's a friend, and a hot blind opera singer who has visions, are in charge of solving every strange occurrence in Luke's version of Sunnydale — London.
Some may look at this series as a rip off of it's predecessor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and immediately dismiss it because of the similarities. I am choosing to go in with an open mind and watch the series as an homage, or better yet a continuation of the story.
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