{"id":9611,"date":"2014-01-13T16:48:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=9611"},"modified":"2014-01-13T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T21:48:09","slug":"transmissions-bitten-sinks-its-teeth-into-syfys-monday-night-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=9611","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Bitten Sinks Its Teeth into Syfy’s Monday Night Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

We here a Geekstronomy have been given the opportunity to preview another\"Bitten\"<\/a><\/span> of the Syfy\u2019s brand new series, Bitten, which premieres tonight Monday, January 13th<\/span><\/sup>.\u00a0 Bitten is based on the novel of the same name written by best-selling author Kelley Armstrong and stars Laura Vandervoort(Smallville) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Life isn\u2019t easy in the big city, but to Elena Michaels, the struggle is well worth all the effort.\u00a0 Vowing never to return to her werewolf pack family, Elena has settled in Toronto as a photographer.\u00a0 It\u2019s been over a year and a half since she left her old life behind and moved in with her boyfriend Philip (played by Paul Greene). She is close to obtaining a life that she has longed for but her supernatural circumstances threaten to destroy what little she has gained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Things only get worse when Elena receives a phone call out of the blue.\u00a0 It is Jeremy Danvers (played by Greg Bry\"Bitten<\/a><\/span>k) her old wolf pack alpha ordering her return to Stonehaven.\u00a0 Dead bodies are showing up on pack territory and it looks like wolves are responsible. The existence of werewolves may be exposed jeopardizing Elena\u2019s hopes for living a normal human life.\u00a0 The reasons Elena left in the first place still haunt her, including her werewolf ex-boyfriend Clayton (played by Greyson Holt).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fans of the book will notice that the story doesn\u2019t follow the first book very closely with only about 40 percent of what was in the novel actually making to the screen. For example the first two episodes only highlight about the first third of the book. Minor points in the book are lost and other story points glossed over to move the story along.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Certain roles have been extended to help offset and explain details that were covered in the book by Elena\u2019s own internal monolog but I still feel that a lot of things had to be left out.\u00a0 Without reading the book many parts of the story are left to interpretation.\u00a0 This may also stem from the fact that the episodes are very short.\u00a0 The first two episodes should have been a single hour long premier instead of chopped into two.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE BOTTOM LINE:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If sex, murder, and the supernatural are what you seek, Bitten is a must see for you.\u00a0 Bitten offers the standard Syfy visual flair so transformations won\u2019t blow your mind.\u00a0 With a little bit of time for the story to play out, viewers will become more vested in the characters assuring the success of the series and with it hopefully some extra cash flow for visual effects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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-Nate Biller<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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