Remember when I fangirled about the announcement of The Mortal Instruments becoming a TV series? Well guess what, it actually pushed through and after all the casting announcements and progress, we finally get a glimpse of a teaser and a legit trailer! Unless you're one of those people who went to New York Comic Con, then oh, well. You already.
Now I am well pleased with the very first teaser. For me, all the colors and all that mystic shiz going on accurately captured the vibes of the TMI series, at least for the first book. Also, for once, the casting is pretty good. Isabelle finally looks Isabelle, Clary's hair color is correct, and so on. My only concern now for the show is that if it will also be able to transition into a much darker and eerie tone, like that of the movie. The problem with the movie was that it was trying too hard to be scary and kinda dark. The Mortal Instruments has that very element but it is wrapped around with some light and vibrant stuff. Kinda like ecstasy, but not really. The teaser is able to give me that very feel, but I'm really hoping for some serious things to happen, because as of now it really aims to cater to a much younger audience. I am honestly hoping they would be able to make the show look enticing for adults too, because the series deals with also very mature topics as the story progresses.
And then we have the trailer. Honestly, this very trailer kinda reduced my excitement. First and foremost, we again talk about casting choices. Kat McNamara pulled off the Clary look, but the acting skills? I'm not so sure about that. Her acting technique seems a bit ten times more awkward compared to what Lily Collins offered. Her screams and yells were too sweet-sounding, and Clary Fray is anything but sweet. Unfortunately, the trailer only showed her frightened side, but as they put in more teasers, I'd like to see another angle of Kat McNamara as Clary, preferably her stubborn side. I also have a good feeling about Harry Shum Jr. and Dom Sherwood who are playing Magnus and Jace, respectively. Harry, for me, will somehow never pull off the complete Magnus look compared to Godfrey Gao, but his acting was really good. It is the first time I've seen him act in such a setting, and so far I like what I see. As for Dom Sherwood, we only get to see barely a glimpse of his character. He managed to say a line that was very Jace ("What? No thank you?"), and that's probably the only Jace line I've ever heard. The rest was him explaining what Shadowhunters are. Mostly, the trailer and teaser highly focuses on Clary, who is obviously the main protagonist. I didn't get to see much Jace, and it is something that I still look forward to because he's also a very major character. Apart from that, I think he did okay. So apart from the eerie element, I am very concerned with the acting. Yes, I am looking at you, Kat. I will be watching each and everyone of the cast, especially her.
I do hope that the next trailers will reveal the other characters as well. I am also kinda disappointed that these guys do not have accents anymore. Having accents almost seemed like a shadowhunter trademark to me. But, whatever. Shadowhunters will premiere on ABC Family this January of 2016, and this time, I will lower my expectations for this. I get that most of these actors and actresses are still not that established, so I will cut them slack. But it's very important that they do the storytelling right. I'm not saying that it should be book accurate, but hopefully it would still be very interesting and that they will be transition to different types of tones.
Here ye! Here ye! We have a new Jace, and that means...aww, Jamie Campbell will not be our Jace.
Recently ABC Family announced that Dominic Sherweood shall be our brand new Jace for the Shadowhunter series! And honestly, I know nothing about this guy.
Since I love The Mortal Instruments so much, I took the liberty to do a little bit of research on him. Aside from being the boyfriend of the adorable Sarah Hyland, he was born and raised in Southeast England. And this makes him fit the role of Jace well, since Jace has English blood. But then again, if the series still intends to make all the Shadowhunters sound European, then yes we will get more accents than we bargained for.
I also checked the movies and televisions series he has done, and he's actually the guy in Vampire Academy (You know, the weird emo guy who stays in the library all the time). And he's also the guy who.....
Got that James Dean daydream look in his eyes! That's right, folks. Our beloved new Jace is the same two-colored eyed man in Taylor Swift's artsy music video, "Style". And as most Shadowhunter fans know, Jace has golden-like eyes, and he has neither. Looks like you still need contacts, buddy.
And so far, that's all I know about him. Hopefully we will receive more announcements about the upcoming show and hopefully a new casting for Clary Fray. So my question for you is, do you think Dominic Sherwood will do Jace justice? I know it's too soon to tell, but if we got more suggestions or if we still want Jamie back, then it's better to voice out those opinions now while the production is still young. As for me, I'm fine with it as long as they get him to look more like Jace. As for his acting skills, I don't have much worries. He may not have a very credible background on it, but I've seen him done the stoic bad boy archetype before. However, Jace is not exactly stoic, right? So I guess the question I have for him is that if he can pull off the troll, tormented, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive, pretty boy.
