Blood Ties – Season Two (2007 – 2008/Horror TV/Eagle DVD)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: C-     Episodes: C

 

 

After an amusing start, the sometimes campy Blood Ties moved on to a second season and here is our coverage on Season One if you are not familiar with the show:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8644/Blood+Ties+%E2%80%93+Season+On

 

 

The show had three directions it could move on to from the first: 1) get better, 2) become funnier intentionally or not or 3) become dull and run into problems.  Sadly, the last option is where we are taken.  Some storylines are bad, some scenes laughably bad in the worst way and worst of all, there is less energy than there was in the debut season.  Episodes this time include:

 

1)     Wild Blood

2)     5:55

3)     Bugged

4)     The Devil Knows You

5)     Drawn & Quartered

6)     Wrapped

7)     The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

8)     We’ll Meet Again

9)     Deep Dark

 

 

Another problem is not enough is made of the vampire-as-comic-book-artist angle, something that you could build a subplot or two on, but the show is too satisfied with being processed product at this point and as it looks to move on to a third season, it can only last so long going down a path too often taken.

 

The program was again shot in HD video and is not anamorphically enhanced, but letterboxed 1.78 X 1.  Detail is an issue as a result and this time, color and other clarity points suffer, making one wonder if it is and remains 1080i production over 1080p.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo has very limited surrounds, but is a good recording, though some harshness from the digital recording and mixing is present and the pseudo-Rock score (including the theme song) are as annoying as they are forgettable.  Extras include a trailer for the First Season and a Photo Gallery.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo