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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
ooh there's more wallanders??
― j., Monday, 9 June 2014 17:29 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
Definitely The Shield.
― ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUBS WHATSOEVER, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
The new Wallanders are fine. The least engaging of the series so far but still solid.
New Linda is ok. I know that when Sällström died there was a lot of discussion over whether Linda should be permanently written out of the books, not just the TV series, but it hasn't been managed terribly.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
Started watching Whitechapel on a lark -- it's a bit corny but I kinda like it. 3rd season is a bit of a stretch, 2nd season was almost terrible but Peter Serafinowicz! Phil Davis is good, god he's such an odd looking feller - could have sworn he was in Prime Suspect but IMDB tells me no.
Anyway so I'm back on a british crime show tear
Inspector Lewis is streaming, but Inspector Morse is not. Can I/should I watch Lewis without having seen Morse? they also have Endeavor streaming. idk idk
No matter really...eyeing off Foyle's war as my next one anyway.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
and yes yess I know The Fall and Spiral are grebt but they're not streaming yet so imma bide my time unless I lose patience and get mr veg to t0rrentz them for me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
I adore Lewis and haven't seen much of Morse, so I'm not sure it matters.
Foyle's War is the best.
― first is the worst (askance johnson), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
i liked lewis a lot, and endeavour even more. haven't watched but a couple of morse and it's been years since.
― lxy, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
ooh this is good news
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
i also liked vera. i'm a sucker for the dippy detective shows.
― lxy, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
I tried a couple of eps of Lewis, it's good but it didn't really grab me?
Endeavour though -- YES. Have really enjoyed the first couple so far.
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 July 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
i seem to recall it taking a few episodes to get into the characters in lewis.
i've watched a few episodes of foyle's war based on the recommendation above; i like it very much!
― lxy, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
i also started The Fall - this one is def my wheelhouse
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
The Fall is so good - Anderson is great in it.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
i love her so much
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
I like Endeavour a lot even though it can be a bit "it's the 60s DO YOU SEE" at times.
― tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
Gave up on The Fall pretty quickly as I couldn't hack yet another TORTURED SEX KILLER mystery
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
i am sadly/creepily interested in such things, BTK tie-in etc
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 July 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
Murder In The First was kinda good at first, but slowed way down for courtroom scenes lately; think it's almost over? Liked the first three seasons of Justified, haven't seen it since.
― dow, Thursday, 31 July 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
they're making american version of broadchurch...
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 31 July 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
wanna see Top Of The Lake.
― dow, Thursday, 31 July 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
― j., Monday, June 9, 2014 8:34 AM (1 month ago)
this is kind of boring so far (about 4-5 eps in), the dialogue is flat and the characters are stock (STARTUP MESSIAH BURNING MAN OPEN ACCESS TECH BRO). kathleen robertson's shoulders are amazing and she has lots of good tuck-hair-behind-ears moments, taye diggs is kind of muted but potentially maybe interesting with his dead wife thing and kind of a frumpy buttoned-up dad style, but on the whole casting kind of feels too basic-cabley, like too many people who got work because they've been reliable character actors rather than because something about them popped for this project. which makes sense because the characters all kind of feel like they're vague copies of other cop show characters or media-world figures generally rather than having any basis in reality. raphael sbarge's weirdness will probably go unused. they do have out, sexually bantering squadroom dykes though, to make things contemporary and add a note of san francisco realism i guess. richard schiff is ok so far, seems like paycheck work he doesn't really need to dig deep for.
― j., Tuesday, 5 August 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link