Bitten: Complete First Season
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
Watching a movie based on a book differs from watching a series made from a book. For one, there’s usually more time to flesh out characters in a series than during a movie, along with more time to show how that character changes. On the other hand, how much time is too much?
The key difference, in my opinion, between a book and a TV series, is that a book can get away with more. If Bitten were adapted faithfully to the small screen it would have to be aired after midnight, because some of the scenes between Elena and Clay are just too hot for prime time.
A point I would like to make though, is that the Bitten series is an adaptation. Yes, things are going to vary between them, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Not only does TV-Bitten have to deal with the current rating system, it also has to contend with how times have changed. A lot happened in the thirteen years between Bitten’s publishing (2001) and its adaptation (2014), diversity in movies and television and vastly updated technology ranking highly among them.
That said, the CGI wolves weren’t impressive. It was glaringly obvious that the blonde wolf on the screen wasn’t really there. Since the wolves vary widely in size and coat color, it would be difficult to first find enough wolves to correspond with the Pack, then train them to behave properly. Real wolves would have been fantastic, but I guess TV-Bitten doesn’t have a large budget like Game of Thrones.
Did I like it? Sort of, but not enough for a second viewing.
– FantasyDragon
in this Laura Vandervoort plays the photographer Elena Michaels. but Elena have a secret that she can’t tell her boyfriend or her bestfriend. Elena is the only female in the whole world. the story line goes that a murder has taken place near the home of Elena’s pack. there Alpha calls his way word children home to help find out what’s going on. they eventually learn that one of the former pack members was funding an up rising of mutts ( what they call werewolves not aliened with the pack) from the shadows. this man wanted revenge on the pack because he was denied the spot as Alpha. the CGI wolves look almost real and the all the pack members act you could believe they are family. if that doesn’t do it for you and you’re a lady the hot guys are either short less or walking around nude. ow guys Laura Vandervoort isn’t half bad in the buff.
– daryl drumheller
This show is based upon the Kelly Amstrong’s Women of the otherworld books and this season is focused upon its werewolf characters. Although, I hear they are introducing some of her other supernatural characters in the next season. This season is about the lone female werefolf Elena Michaels and her efforts to live a “normal life” (including a human boyfriend and job) but events force her to return to the “pack” by the end of the season.
If you like Teen wolf, you will also like Bitten its more mature version.
– Michael Soo
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Paul Greene, Steve Lund
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 4
Studio: Entertainment One
DVD Release Date: August 12, 2014
Run Time: 572 minutes
