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The Series
When I first got the Ultraviolet DVD and saw that the show ran 6 hours, I genuinely thought that it would take me quite a while to get through it. To my surprise I ended up getting 'sucked in' to in and watched all 6 hours over the course of only 2 nights. After watching mini-series like The Lost Empire and The 10th Kingdom, I was very pleased at the way Ultraviolet told its story. Rather than beating you over the head with plot and setup in the first fifteen minutes it takes its time, and gives you the pieces to put things together for yourself. Writer/Director Joe Ahearne realized that he had 6 hours to tell his story, so he takes his time setting everything up while setting a pace that keeps you engaged.
One of the things I really liked about Ultraviolet was the way it approached the issue of vampires. It was obvious that the series was a result of a lot of thought about how Vampires would exist in our modern society and interact with people and technology. An example of this is the simple extension of the classic Vampire trait: "Vampires don't have a reflection." It makes perfect sense then when it's stated - if Vampires don't reflect then how can their voice be 'reflected' over a phone line. Interesting stuff that really does lay new ground for the Vampire myth.
