Primeval

Weird actually, the first couple of minutes in the forest were VERY glossy and very well shot. It looked like it could have been shot on film. But half way through it all turned dull and Digibeta-ish, and in certain cuts it looked like the footage was going out of focus, and odd cutting was rather jaunting too.

Anyways, i have to admit i really liked this, and have series linked it. I find it quite funny that people in this thread (and on other forums) saying they laughed at how bad it was. People who say that, to me go in with the mindset of WANTING it to be crap because it was on ITV. If this was on BBC1, i'm sure it would have been a lot different.

I went into it thinking it was going to be a cheap answer to Torchwood/Doctor Who i have to admit, but after watching it, i thought it was brilliant and miles more interesting (so far) than Torchwood, which it is a lot more like than Doctor Who.

Of course they do. It's on ITV so it'll be rubbish, so I'll watch the first 10 mins and decide why it'll be rubbish. People also forget that it was made by an indie and therefore ITV doesn't have anything to do with a minor part of the plot

Outside of internet forums where people aren't wannabe Ian Hylands, I expect the ratings will be good

Of course, the same applies to the BBC in the case of yourself.

Find an example of that

Good point.

I enjoyed it. It has a lot of potential and the characters seem likeable enough.

I thought that it was an excellent production.
Though i will admit that I do nit pick into production values, in may opinion it looked amazing, the story was fantastic, the casting seems to be very good also.

I look forward to next weeks episode which in my opinion looks as though it could be more gripping.

My only concern is where will it take them, will they run out of prehistoric animals and settings? Hopefully the ratings will be good for the programme, though I'm not sure how many of the dancing on ice viewers would have stuck to it.

To make the most of it, I would have thought that an 8pm showing on sundays on ITV2 would be a good idea, grabbing audiences from american idol (if moved earlier), and keeping audiences into supernatural.

It's a thumbs up and a step in the right direction for ITV in my opinion, I really can't fault this winter Saturday night line up, they just need to move away from soaps and murder dramas through the rest of the week now.

MOst recent programme to have that affect on the BBC was "The Innocence Project" which was axed after 4 episodes and are now only showing th rest of the series in a post-1030pm slot.

I enjoyed that series and wondered where it had gone. Typical of them to pull one of the only decent series.

Anyway back on topic and any news of last nights ratings?



Here here. Saturday nights are now excellent on the whole on ITV1 during autumn and winter. I wonder what they have planned for Spring/Summer when series like Harry Hill, DOI have ended?

They need to turn their attention to Sunday nights now which are dire - I love Corrie but that doesnt mean we need to have it on a Sunday as well as many times during the week.

You know some of you are never pleased. You complain because ITV never take risks, so they take one and you complain even more!

I thought it was really good, and a different type of show to what they normally show, and if they carry on making good productions like they have over the past few weeks or so, then they are definitely moving in the right direction.

I am pleased that ITV have taken a risk doing this and I hope it pays off for them.

I agree that it was a different type of show to what ITV usually show on Saturday nights.

I don't mind this show - we should be greatful ITV are trying something different. So don't complain - give it a chance!

What ever happened to 'Murder Investigation Team' I remember it being shown on Saturday nights a while back, whatever happened to it?

Well some people are just out to knock ITV. I thought it was very good, and if a hit, will open the door for more original drama on ITV - which is what we want after all.