DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY #6: BERNIE'S RETURN

Once again thank you for these. I just love hearing the directors' comments on why scenes were filmed in a certain way and in a particular location. These are almost becoming a daily treat!

Im looking forward to tomorrow going to mums to nab her internet for a bit gonna sit and watch all of these together :-)



Anyone else think the blog team should be in charge of the series 2 dvds? :-)

Absolutely!

I rather hope that this group of directors are on board too!

Sorry that was a bit unclear ..hope blog team are in charge of series 2 DVDs and directors directing Series 2 on telly!

And Richard Wells doing all incidental music too...glad I've got all that off my chest!

lol yup yup agreed on all of the above :-)

Male Claudia. Wonder if Mitch will buy him loads of teddy bears till he's 100 like Lestat. ;)

This was my favourite story line. I hope they follow it up but even so it's very dark and interesting just left to our imagination.

I still wanna know if it was one of the vampires driving the car - we kinda assumed it was but it was never actually said. Just been to see let the right one in - probably one of the best vampire films ive ever seen

Although I didnt like the whole sunlight makes you burst into flames bit but then that seems quite a common thing and I never like it so just try and ignore it now lol

Thanks Team and Alex another good 'un.



I really loved that scene but as a mum, I didn't see that Fleur was repulsed by Bernie. I thought she looked a little afraid of him...but not repulsed (only Vampfan telling the Director he is wrong!!) LOL.



Changing the location to Temple Meads was a good move because what made that scene for me was the gloomy, stark light. It made everything seem so cold and depressing...maybe a reflection on Fleur and Bernie's future?.



Anyway, once again thanks. And Alex, feel free to get in touch if you need any further advise.

P.S. I hope you all impressed by my remarkable self-restraint in not mentioning a certain prog aired on BBC2 at 9pm last night.....Off now for a cold shower....again

Of all the episodes this one raised the most questions in my head, and this scene most of all.



Mitchell's decision to 'convert' Bernie has to be decidedly questionable, we know via other episodes that Mitchell knows the almost inevitable negative changes that Bernie will undergo, (I'd not like to give odd's on his Mum's life expectancy), indeed in an earlier episode he lets a vampire victim die for that exact reason.



Not to mention he's condemned Bernie to an eternity as a young adolescent, (surely the most miserable age to be stuck in).



Also, what was the journey Bernie had between the mortuary slab and the station? Does that mean he was picked up by Seth, woke up in the Vampire funeral home and delivered to the station by them?



Seems likely he'd be on the Vampire radar from the start in that case!



Surely this is a plotline that need to revisited at some point!

Bernie's return reminds of the movie "Let the Right One In". It's a very interesting storyline, given the fact that it must've been excruciating for Mitchell even just to offer the gift (or curse) for Bernie's Mum to decide on.



More so, after Bernie's transformation and he mentions that he's hungry... That raised a lot of questions for me, as the only outcome is for Bernie's Mum to either feed her son with her blood, or for her to do the hunting for Bernie herself... even worse is when Bernie decides to hunt on his own.



It would be nice to have the scriptwriters or director explore the lives of Bernie and his Mum after the Train Station scene... Will Bernie be tutored by a vampire other than Mitchell?... or will Bernie eventually return to his roots?