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I didn’t want him to be the killer, but I guess he had to be. Not one hundred percent thrilled with the climax, and I thought they misjudged the pace of the climatic two episodes.
Apart from these minor quibbles, I can honestly say that this was the best TV programme I’ve seen in many years. Thrilling, absorbing and at times, highly emotional.
Thoroughly looking forward to "The Killing II" and hope that many of the cast return.
I kind of realised that the last episode was going to be an anti climax, but it somehow didn’t matter because the series took on a sort of a life of it’s owm and whodunit became less important. The scene with Lund and the sweatshirt is possibly one of the most chilling moments I’ve ever seen on film or television.
Not impressed with Spiral but, having got used to watching subtitles for 2 hours on a Saturday night will probably continue to watch it. Not in the same league as The Killing. Read the other day that The Killing could also be translated as ‘The Crime’ meaning it wasn’t just about a murder but about the repercussions from that crime. Roll on the autumn.
Certainly, not up to the standard of "The Killing" – but, far better than the other dross elsewhere.
Moehat,
Thought you might be interested with following interview – Lars Mikkelsen:- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a31 … lling.html
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Certainly, not up to the standard of "The Killing" – but, far better than the other dross elsewhere.
Agree, but not too disappointed with the standard; it’s acceptable.
There’s a certain similarity with Lundt & Meyer there – much coarser, but a certain parallelism?Rather a lot packed into the first 2 episodes, far too much of the grotesque!
I’ll be watching, though – quite looking forward to next Saturday’s.
Thanks Matron; how did you guess I fancied him [didn’t we all?] and I bet you guys fancied Rie? Is it because of The Killing that I’m hardly watching television at all these days? Tuned in to Women in Love the other night and it was awful. There’s something later in the week with Gillian Anderson that might be good. In fact, I can see Gillian in one of these Swedish/Danish series; I found her mesmerising in Bleak House. I still liken The Killing to s Dickens work. I do feel like a lost soul at the moment!
"Thanks Matron; how did you guess I fancied him [didn’t we all?] and I bet you guys fancied Rie?"
Being, a male I certainly found Rie attractive – but, I am afraid I am old enough to be her father!
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Grimes,
What service were you in?
My, late father was in "Bomber Command" and served a term in India during the war.
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I was born in Calcutta in 1940, Matron, and my mother brought us three sprogs back to the UK, after divorcing my father. Oddly enough they did serve out there. My father was Anglo Indian and served as a junior officer in the Indian Engineers, and my Welsh mother, a captain in our RAF out there. (Obviously by chance), she was commissioned with Wavell’s daughter. She was plotting the positions (I suppose) of aircraft, yet she couldn’t find her way round the corner, and crossing the road has always been an ordeal!
Oddly enough, I was talking to a bloke in the next road on my once daily, now more sporadic walk, who told me had served during the war in the Engineers in India… something to do with putting planes together, if I remember correctly. Like giant Airfix kits, I suppose! I wonder if their paths or yours, crossed? Although that bloke was in our REME.
That bruiser who was the French girl’s side-kick reminded me of mad Stefan, which is what we call him. I loved his lines, "I won’t bend the rules…". And you thought… "Much"! And "We’re not ******* traffic cops!"
I was in Germany and Malaysia in the RA, for 4 years, 300 days and an early breakfast, during the early to mid sixties.
The highlight for me so far was the hilarious office politics between Bart Simpson and Skinny Face! That Bart Simpson was every bit as nasty as he looked.
Well, Matron, Wallander and The Killings had an easy-going pace and the interactions between the characters seemed straightforward. Rural English, in fact. Though without our manic banter. But I love the sarcasm and wit in Spiral, the maelstrom they’re in, in a big bad city. Just sooner them than me in real life. And the excitement created by Laure’s team’s illegal antics – never mind the judge (a sympathetic character) keeps me on the edge of my seat much the time. And didn’t the CEO of Fortis, or whatever it was called, look like one of our CEOs? A toff, anyway. There’s an actual person, but I can’t think who.
I’m beginning to quite enjoy Spiral
even though I constantly realise that it makes me more aware of how good The Killing was. It fills the gap of not having subtitles to watch on Saturday night, anyhow. A common thread though that runs through all three programmes [starting with Wallander] is how refugees/immigrants seem to be the scapegoats for everything; is it the same over here? Probably is.
To all
Just wanted to say TY to all TRF members who commented on this re this programme.
Remembered these threads from earlier this year so set record on American version showing on C4 on Thursday. Just watched first 2 epsodes after recording them on skybox from Thursday and me and the good lady wife are gripped already!!!
And I bet you all say this version is nowhere near as good as the Danish one…with it being only 12 x 45 min epsidoes rather than 20 x 1 hour ones…feel the need to buy a dvd box version of the origial once the C4 version has finished!!!!
yorkiedips
How strange to read this, yorkiedips, because I was just wondering how I would have felt about the American series if I hadn’t seen the original. It certainly doesn’t draw you into it the way the Danish series did, and I’ve realised how important the music was in that version. However, some of that is due to a certain feeling of deja vu, I guess. Also, having adverts every twenty minutes or so is not a good way to keep the suspense going.Interesting to see how this series pans out, though.
Been watching the American series, Justified, based on Elmore Leonard books. I read a rave review of it, and think it’s well-merited. About a federal marshall in a hill town in East Kentucky.
It’s on Wednesday nights at ten, purportedly on 5 USA, though it’s 153+1 for us. There’s a repeat on Saturdays at 9. Anyone else rave about it? That Maggs…. Creepiest female in films.
Thanks for that Grimes.
There is an episode scheduled for Tuesday so, I will record it and give it a try.
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Thanks for that Grimes.
There is an episode scheduled for Tuesday so, I will record it and give it a try.
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It’s epic stuff, Matron. Maybe you should get the box of DVDs expect is on sale, if you like this coming instalment. So much has happened already.
Unfortunately, I missed the first series, so I need to get those DVDs.
Regards to you.
Hey, perhaps the one on Tuesday is an instalment of the first series, as in my "TV Times" Wednesday’s has "NEW" next to it.
Enjoyed, the first episode.
Just a pity I came into the series so late.
In, the "i" today they have a list of the best ten "Crime "DVDs" and what surprised me was the price of "The Killing" – £9.99 for 20 hours of one of the finest detective programmes ever made!
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter … on=Gallery
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Good grief….that’s unbelievable. paid @ £50 for Our Friends in the North a couple of years ago. Pehaps it’s to do with the sub titles, but, then again, most foreign films I’ve bought over the years have been expensive.
Enjoyed, the first episode.
Just a pity I came into the series so late.
In, the "i" today they have a list of the best ten "Crime "DVDs" and what surprised me was the price of "The Killing" – £9.99 for 20 hours of one of the finest detective programmes ever made!
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter … on=Gallery
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Wow. We haven’t really got into it, Matron. Must get those DVDs and start from the beginning.
Glad you liked what you watched of Justified. I believe they’re coming up with a new series.
I also thought the new Sherlock Holmes was brilliant – except his nibs recited the clues he followed in his Smart Alec, way far too quickly to catch what he was saying; which spoilt it to a certain extent.
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