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Post by marispiper on Jul 10, 2017 7:30:20 GMT
I watch The Loch later in the week on a quiet evening...and I can whizz through the ads.
SFs character has improved as this went along - before that,the stereotypical hardened woman officer.
Will come back for an update when I've watched it ...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 8:24:07 GMT
I watch The Loch later in the week on a quiet evening...and I can whizz through the ads. SFs character has improved as this went along - before that,the stereotypical hardened woman officer. Will come back for an update when I've watched it ... One day there will be a police drama in which the female senior is not living in domestic chaos, is not paired up with a previous lover/husband or is not in a current troubled relationship, and can concentrate on solving the crime. Bit like a female Hercule Poirot. In fact that could also apply to many male seniors George Gently fitted the bill nicely except for his cheeky lippy deputy, he would never have got away with behaving like that |
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Post by marispiper on Jul 12, 2017 23:12:21 GMT
Tbh, I have stuck with The Loch but I'm beginning to wonder why.
Its completely daft...bodies everywhere but no one is particularly perturbed...
Nobody thinks it odd that a student goes on a geography field trip with a curling (rifle) bag in tow...nor that a mad woman with a jumper up her dress has pre eclampsia!
I long to be put out of my misery...next week.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 7:58:57 GMT
Tbh, I have stuck with The Loch but I'm beginning to wonder why. Its completely daft...bodies everywhere but no one is particularly perturbed... Nobody thinks it odd that a student goes on a geography field trip with a curling (rifle) bag in tow...nor that a mad woman with a jumper up her dress has pre eclampsia! I long to be put out of my misery...next week. Whenever did any of these modern TV detective dramas make any sense or have a storyline you could follow like the good old Agatha Chrisitie ones. Broadhchurch came close where you simply had to identify the least likely and least seen character to find the villain |
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Post by marispiper on Jul 13, 2017 16:11:10 GMT
I have recorded In the Dark...sounds good.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 13, 2017 16:19:24 GMT
I've stopped watching modern stuff
1. It's incomprehensible.
2. It's stretched and padded like a chesterfield.
On the other hand, if you can recommend something that doesn't fit those categories, fine.
(British for preference)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 16:46:50 GMT
I have recorded In the Dark...sounds good. I didn't bother with it, saw it as another incomprehensible TV cop drama in the same vein as Fearless |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 13, 2017 17:02:17 GMT
I've stopped watching modern stuff
1. It's incomprehensible.
2. It's stretched and padded like a chesterfield.
On the other hand, if you can recommend something that doesn't fit those categories, fine.
(British for preference) Orphan Black (BBC):   Not really modern, but still great:  |
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Post by marispiper on Jul 13, 2017 18:42:25 GMT
I would love to see Riviera. We don't have Sky Atlantic.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 20:01:52 GMT
I would love to see Riviera. We don't have Sky Atlantic. We don't have Sky anymore, had it for the Sport but now BT TV have it we switched to them. Delighted to not be supporting Murdoch anymore We do however like Game of Thrones but once the TV series ends the dvd is available, we have the whole series to date and will buy this one when it is available. Also means you can watch it again and again |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 11:25:04 GMT
Another thing that occurred to me last night whilst watching a Taggart is the way they rush to a crime scene where there are always ample parking spaces
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Post by rondetto on Jul 14, 2017 18:26:45 GMT
I could hardly make out a word of In the dark as everyone was mumbling. Same with the new series of Ripper street.
As for Riviera I stopped watching after the first episode. I'm no prude but f this and f that doesn't add to the plot for me.
The likes of Poirot, Death in paradise, Miss Marple and more don't need graphic violence or bad language, they have a decent plot and great scenery.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 18:52:35 GMT
I could hardly make out a word of In the dark as everyone was mumbling. Same with the new series of Ripper street. As for Riviera I stopped watching after the first episode. I'm no prude but f this and f that doesn't add to the plot for me. The likes of Poirot, Death in paradise, Miss Marple and more don't need graphic violence or bad language, they have a decent plot and great scenery. Agatha Christie apparently wrote her stories by writing the beginning and the ending first, and then filled the middle in afterwards |
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Post by rondetto on Jul 14, 2017 19:04:49 GMT
I cannot substantiate that only to say that most authors I have met do similar. The idea being is that you know the plot and
you have to engage the reader in the first few pages. You also know the ending, writers call the middle making it three
dimensional. It's complex but making each character an individual with differing habits and unique sayings is an essential
part of the centre of the plot. I don't know if you've read any of the Dick Francis novels, a fellow Welshman. He had this idea
of a former jockey who became a private detective. Well, he told me that the idea of the beginning and the end came to him first then the middle bit more or less wrote itself.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 19:56:49 GMT
I cannot substantiate that only to say that most authors I have met do similar. The idea being is that you know the plot and you have to engage the reader in the first few pages. You also know the ending, writers call the middle making it three dimensional. It's complex but making each character an individual with differing habits and unique sayings is an essential part of the centre of the plot. I don't know if you've read any of the Dick Francis novels, a fellow Welshman. He had this idea of a former jockey who became a private detective. Well, he told me that the idea of the beginning and the end came to him first then the middle bit more or less wrote itself. I think I read a couple some years ago, wasn't he something to do with the Queen Mother? |
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