Night Work

I'm a big fan of gothic horror such as Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dorian Gray, the list goes on, so I was pretty happy to discover a culmination of those stories for a more mature audience and with it's own characters to bring to the table and I must say when I first watched this a few years ago it really scratched that itch. it gets the visual style of the gothic horror exactly right, better than most if not all other shows and films and it's delightfully violent with interesting and well portrayed characters. Watching it back now that I myself have matured it certainly has it's faults such as some slightly cringeworthy dialogue and useless sexual scenes to cash in on the sex craze that shows like Game of Thrones popularised but it's still a very enjoyable watch and only gets better from here on out

The first episode of the series is a great introduction to this very adult Gothic horror series, the cast and acting was fantastic all round, the set pieces are just amazing to look at, I really enjoyed my first outing with the series, the show does not hold back it has plenty of blood gore scares and sex and nudity.

It has got me hooked on instantly. The Characters are very interesting and you start enjoying their acts immediately. Eva Green is mesmerizing, Her Eyes are beautiful. Josh Harnett plays the showman with effortless ease. Timothy Dalton's gaze is supreme. Harry Treadaway as Dr.Frankenstien makes you feel elated and wanting for more. A Fantastic feel of the 18th Century takes over and leaves you spellbound by this show

I have two issues with this first episode. ... The use of the word, "peripatetic", and the quartz pocket watch.

The producers go through all the trouble to put together a fascinating first show, even to go so far as to dig up the word "peripatetic", which means: traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods. But they use a quartz watch which wouldn't have been around at the time.

Other than that, I thought that It was a pretty good first show. This isn't my kind of show but I'm intrigued and I will watch a few more.

Penny Dreadful is the last of the "old series" that I've been catching up with on streaming. It helps that it's on Paramount+ which isn't exactly bursting at the seams with great content.

I'm glad I gave it a shot, because the characters are intriguing and the production design is cool. The premise, well that remains to be seen. Two characters have an obvious link to the premise, but the gunslinger and the scientist, less so.

The whole "hello, I'm (famous name from fiction)" routine could get awkward and fanficcy if overused. I'm sold on this for now.