Being Human -- Brilliant U.K. Original vs. U.S. Mediocrity

Last night I saw the first episode of SyFy (See Fee) so called “original series” Being Human, a copy of a British series. How did it stack up to the original U.K. version? The perfunctory performances, lack of humor or wit that was such a spark in the original U.K. series really made for a passable, mediocre view in the U.S. version. Passable that is if you had never seen the original U.K. series. The SyFy version is a sanitized, Twilightized, going-through-the-motions and rather dull copy of a beautiful original. See Fee is trying to figure out this SF thing just like it was their first year.

It doesn’t miss the mark as nearly as bad as the U.S. version of the Life on Mars miniseries (aired on ABC) vs. the U.K. Life on Mars, but it sure doesn’t sparkle much, either. I guess it’s a step up from wrestling for SyFy, but it’s going to take more than a pseudo name change to salvage SyFy from second class main stream.

It may seem that I am coming down rather hard on SyFy, but frankly, they don’t measures up to Being Human. Why can’t we get it right?