Thought about this a bit more after posting, and I think the difference between the two shows is the intent of the writer's in creating them.
Being Human is more or less a straight drama with comedic elements - but came out of the writer's interest in struggling with addiction, OCD/Attention Deficit and agrophobia - which he found supernatural metaphors for. While Buffy came out of the writer/creator's desire to critique the teen gothic and slasher horror trope - where the blond girl gets either butchered or attacked by the vampire/slasher and or seduced and taken over by him - a la Dracula straight through the Lost Boys, Halloween, and I Am Legend. As Buffy evolved, the metaphors evolved beyond that of course, but you can't quite get past that basic orgin. Where the vampire is basically not much more than walking death. So I think he does find them interesting - it's just in a vastly different way.
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Date: 2011-02-23 05:13 pm (UTC)Being Human is more or less a straight drama with comedic elements - but came out of the writer's interest in struggling with addiction, OCD/Attention Deficit and agrophobia - which he found supernatural metaphors for. While Buffy came out of the writer/creator's desire to critique the teen gothic and slasher horror trope - where the blond girl gets either butchered or attacked by the vampire/slasher and or seduced and taken over by him - a la Dracula straight through the Lost Boys, Halloween, and I Am Legend. As Buffy evolved, the metaphors evolved beyond that of course, but you can't quite get past that basic orgin. Where the vampire is basically not much more than walking death. So I think he does find them interesting - it's just in a vastly different way.