Cast/ Characters
Every time a new cast member was announced for this show I ended up beyond excited. Most of this cast are the spitting image of how I imagined their characters in my head and I absolutely love that. I am going to start by talking about Clary as she is of course our protagonist. So Katherine Mcnamara is our new Clary, someone who I have never seen in anything before this show. My first impressions are sadly not that positive, so far I just haven't connected with her. This is something that can totally change, but as of right now I'm not really feeling her character, she just seems quite naive and un-Clary-like... I'm remaining open though.
Dominic Sherwood as Jace was such good news to me, I have seen Dom in other things and have really enjoyed his acting. In the show he has yet to completely blow me away, but he's doing great so far and I am just so happy that he is our Jace. So far I haven't felt that much chemistry between Jace and Clary, but again this is something that can take time so its definitely okay.
Simon makes me smile like an idiot already. Book-Simon is one of my number one characters of all time, with good reason, he is just a bundle of joy. No different to Alberto Rosende playing him. Ignoring a few cheesey lines, for example 'So hot' (you may or may not know what I'm talking about.) I think he is a fantastic Simon!Isabelle and Alec are absolutely spot on, they're so beautiful it kind of hurts. I am so excited to see more of them, I loved their interactions with each other and I just want more. Also, I just have to say that Simon and Isabelle together are just the greatest.
Magnus is literally exactly the way I imagined him in the book and I honestly could not ask for more. Although we haven't really had much from him yet, he is already so magical and quirky.
Alan Van Sprang is basically Valentine. He is actually scary and brings forth a character who can easily be seen as a pretty dangerous guy. Excited to see more from him!
There are quite a few other characters, but I don't want to bore anyone by going into too much detail about every single character!
Plot
Already they have changed quite a bit from the book, but this was definitely to be expected and it doesn't really bother me, obviously they are two separate things so they don't have to be exactly the same.
The pacing of this show is very quick and everything is always moving quickly. In a way this is a good thing because something is always going on, but at times I felt like I couldn't keep track and wanted things to slow down a little. One of my biggest pet peeves in books, TV shows and films is when the character has just found out something completely life changing, and they act like it is completely normal or just generally move on from things too quickly. It can make the whole thing seem kind of unrealistic and I felt this more than once watching Shadowhunters. Clary easily steps into life as a Shadowhunter and just accepts the whole thing in what seems like the blink of an eye. I can see that many people wouldn't even notice this, but personally I find this trope really annoying. World
So this franchise relies quite a bit on the world, demons, underworld creatures, technology, weapons etc. So for me this is something just as vital as plot and characters. We have only seen a tiny fraction of this world so far and that is such an exciting thing. We have seen a couple of demons so far and they're quite gory, definitely similar to how they are described in the book. I am so glad that they didn't hold back on this because they are demons and they aren't supposed to be pretty!
Episode 2 gave us The Silent Brothers and they are definitely scary enough, I hope we get more of them because I feel like they were a little bit skipped over in this episode.
I never visualized the Institute as being as technological as they have presented it. I'm definitely not saying that its a bad thing, but I think it is definitely different and I can't help but compare it to the Institute from the film which was the absolute opposite.
I love the Seraph blades and think they look so much cooler in the show than I ever imagined them in my head which is always something great when watching an adaptation.
So those are my initial thoughts and feelings about what we have been given so far from this series. I am definitely excited for the next episode because I honestly found these two so entertaining to watch. Right now there are some cringey moments and its not perfect, but I wouldn't expect that straight away anyway. If you've seen the show then let me know what you thought of it! I hope that this post hasn't been too rambly (I really need to organise my reviews better!) and I will see you again soon for another post,
-Darcy
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