I have to say I like the second one more, I'm not sure why, it just seems more interesting..
And I don't know if it's just me being a noob, but I notice two things in the second one that I don't gravitate toward in the first: the red thing in his hand, and the motion of his right foot. Also, I'm not sure I'd look at the wire as a problem. In the first one, the environment seems to dominate my thoughts more. I like it a lot.