http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2014/01/true_detective_on_hbo_starring_matthew_mcconaughey_and_woody_harrelson_reviewed.html
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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 (nine years ago) link
Happy Valley was really excellent, if a bit hard to watch occasionally.
― fields of salmon, Saturday, 7 June 2014 13:21 (nine 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