I watched a few eps of Spiral before we got sucked into Top of the Lake; gotta go back to Spiral.
Also started THE FALL the other day and it seems alright but I wish focused more on Scully and less on the killer.
― ian, Friday, 27 December 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
i thought i posted abt it on this thread but this year I really enjoyed the novels of Gene Kerrigan. My favorite was probably "The Midnight Choir" about troubled policeman Harry Synott. All four of Kerrigan's novels give you the POV of both police and criminals, but I found Synott to be the most compelling. He has problems with the corruption he sees in the cops around him but he's also no angel himself. Lots of different plot strands that come together in unexpected and powerful ways. Kerrigan was/is a journalist as well and has written extensively abt crime and corruption in Ireland.
― ian, Friday, 27 December 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link
but I wish focused more on Scully and less on the killer.
It strikes a fine balance imo
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 December 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
i only watched 1.5 eps, so i will keep going.
― ian, Friday, 27 December 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
the fall is good, kind of wish there was more ni politics stuff and less life-of-the-killer stuff but in the absence of prime suspect ill take it
― max, Friday, 27 December 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Also belongs in the cartoon-movie-poster thread.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Les_Ripoux.jpg
― tbd (Eazy), Friday, 27 December 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
i am fully on board w the Fall now BTW.
― ian, Saturday, 28 December 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2014/01/true_detective_on_hbo_starring_matthew_mcconaughey_and_woody_harrelson_reviewed.html
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/arts/movies/2014/01/140108_MOV_TrueDetective.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg
yesssss
― j., Thursday, 9 January 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
I'm so down for this, it looks really good
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 January 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
I'm thinking about watching Prime Suspect, just 23 years after it came out...is it still considered good? I've caught a bit so far and it just seems so dated (not the styles though they do) but the attitudes...should I stick with it?
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 10 January 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
Thanks to being out of The Fall and Luther on Netflix
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 10 January 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
yes, watch it
its most distinctive payoff is in the long-term view of her career, self
― j., Friday, 10 January 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah the first couple seasons are the best if you view each individually, and are top-notch terrific policiers, but the real thing you watch for is mirren creating and moving through the character
― max, Friday, 10 January 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
i mean the fall is kind of a straight prime suspect rip with a little bit of silence of the lambs thrown in
otm -- prime suspect is SO worth it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Alright, thanks for the recs. Watched part 1 last night- it was a little slow, but I think that was just adjusting to the style. Your collective enthusiasm makes me look forward to more.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
Just caught up with the first episode in series two of the new-to-BBC police drama Hinterland. It was quite impressive. Definitely heavily influenced by the Scandinavian noir stuff of recent years. Aberystwyth looks really beautiful and it's nice to hear Welsh being spoken extensively in a show being marketed outside of the region.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 10 January 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
oooh that sounds interesting
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 January 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
Southland has just started another repeat stupidly late on ch4. not sure if it's procedural enough i've always liked it.
(it's season 4 and i've seen most of it before. still not sure i've seen all of them...)
― koogs, Monday, 13 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
i like southland a lot too
― max, Monday, 13 January 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
the wacky twist at the end of the 1st episode of spiral was super stupid. keep going y/n?
― adam, Monday, 13 January 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
channel 792(!) on freeview in the uk is showing the orignal Dragnet. it's 50 or 60 years old and is great. 30 minutes, no flab, and as dark as you like.
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Suspects, which is apparently the first British drama Channel 5 has produced in eight years, is better than expected. The plots could do with being stronger but the unscripted improv approach works pretty well.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Sunday, 9 March 2014 10:23 (ten years ago) link
there are few things better than when a character on a police procedural starts talking about sovereign citizenship
up there with russian mafia
― j., Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
AGREE
― max, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 08:28 (ten years ago) link
Enjoying line of duty, just finished on bbc
― just sayin, Sunday, 23 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
It was pretty silly at times but Keeley Hawes was awesome.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Sunday, 23 March 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
everybody's talkin about how good line of duty is, i'm down
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 March 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah I need to check this out
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 23 March 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
As a procedural goes, the bit in episode 5 where Fleming and Arnott interview Dryden is all-time A+. Hawes was pretty awesome in it, and I usually don't rate her at all.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 March 2014 11:32 (ten years ago) link
Highly recommended for fans of the genre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15IRXKn9LSU
― Walter Galt, Monday, 24 March 2014 12:17 (ten years ago) link
^ ha, yes.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
just reading james lee burke right now, it's really really good
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
my gf is a law and order: SVU addict. help me.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
Just watched S2E1 of line of duty - so good
There are at least two genuine HOLY SHIT moments, and already I'm basically trusting no one
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
line of duty is sick, so down
though at times i find it harder to understand than glaswegian
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
the police in uk procedurals always seem like such a mess
but their lady cops
http://www.rootfilms.co.uk/uimages/BLOG/VICKY.jpg
and their haircuts…
― j., Tuesday, 8 April 2014 03:18 (ten years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link
augh but they RUIN IT in the second series
― j., Tuesday, 8 April 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
do they actually say 'answering only yes or no' like that in uk prisons, a quick google makes it look like 'line of duty' is the only place that comes from, but it's so diabolically realistic i could have sworn it was real
― j., Wednesday, 9 April 2014 03:25 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/arts/television/steven-bochco-and-others-on-creating-hill-street-blues.html?hpw&rref=television&_r=0
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 23:34 (ten years ago) link
i would watch the shit out of a cable network that only showed 'racial tensions between homicide investigators and neighborhood residents' episodes of all the police procedurals
― j., Monday, 5 May 2014 05:49 (ten years ago) link
https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/-murder-in-the-first--trailer-premiere--silicon-valley-meets-slayings-in-new-steven-bochco-tnt-series-183208663.html
looks very hollywood but maybe that's just trailervision
― j., Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Happy Valley was really excellent, if a bit hard to watch occasionally.
― fields of salmon, Saturday, 7 June 2014 13:21 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/arts/television/murder-in-the-first-a-new-drama-on-tnt.html?_r=0
alessandra stanley likes it ok, course every time she winds up to make a judgment i feel a little dumber, so fwiw
― j., Monday, 9 June 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link
anybody seen these latest Wallanders? they're sitting on the DVR but i've had so much other fantastic stuff to watch i haven't gotten around to them yet
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
ooh there's more wallanders??
― j., Monday, 9 June 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
new wallanders are... odd. there's a massive elephant in the room and it's hard not to sit there scratching your head over it. like when becky on roseanne was suddenly this whole other person, only worse.
― koogs, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
oh, they're just taking over production from the swedish version? that's less… a thing. but i do love cast-switches.
― j., Monday, 9 June 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
it's series 3 of the swedish tv version with Krister Henriksson in the lead role only (a different) Linda's back having been missing (dead?) for all of series 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rwm3r/episodes/player
it's easy enough to enjoy them for what they are (and he is my favourite wallander of the 3) but, y'know, continuity
― koogs, Monday, 9 June 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link