[GreenMan]

blackshoe, on 2014-January-16, 01:42, said:

I suppose I was spoiled by the Maury Chaykin/Timothy Hutton version. But yeah, I'd watch just about any version.

The William Conrad-Lee Horsley version sucked.

[blackshoe]

GreenMan, on 2014-January-16, 01:45, said:

The William Conrad-Lee Horsley version sucked.

It did. Nevertheless, I watched it.

[GreenMan]

blackshoe, on 2014-January-16, 02:27, said:

It did. Nevertheless, I watched it.

So did I. It had the virtue of making the Chaykin-Hutton version stand out even more. I was wishing that one would keep going till they'd done every single story.

[Vampyr]

Have never seen any of them

[Scarabin]

blackshoe, on 2014-January-16, 01:30, said:

The third series is what's playing on PBS here now, apparently. I just added it to my watch list.

Have traced www.PBS.org but cannot find "Prisoners of war". Any help or advice?

[blackshoe]

I may have mis-read Scarabin. I thought "Prisoners of War" was a reference to an episode of "Sherlock", which is showing on PBS. AFAIK, "Prisoners of War", the series, is Israeli, is the basis for "Homland Security", and is not showing on PBS. Ah, but it is available on hulu. Maybe that's where Scarabin is watching it.

[Scarabin]

Never mind. The third series has been promised, not yet completed. Watching a new Scandinavian crime series called "The bridge". Which has similarities to the original "The Killing".

[GreenMan]

Scarabin, on 2014-January-17, 03:41, said:

Never mind. The third series has been promised, not yet completed. Watching a new Scandinavian crime series called "The bridge". Which has similarities to the original "The Killing".

That series was remade in a U.S. version, successfully IMHO. I haven't seen the original.

[barmar]

blackshoe, on 2014-January-17, 02:49, said:

I may have mis-read Scarabin. I thought "Prisoners of War" was a reference to an episode of "Sherlock", which is showing on PBS. AFAIK, "Prisoners of War", the series, is Israeli, is the basis for "Homland Security", and is not showing on PBS. Ah, but it is available on hulu. Maybe that's where Scarabin is watching it.

The US series based on "Prisoners of War" is just called "Homeland". It's on the Showtime premium cable network, not PBS. I don't see it on Hulu, except as a link to sho.com, and there are no free episodes there. I think you have to be a subscriber through your cable company to watch it on TV or online.

[Scarabin]

Studio, one of our TV cable channels, has a new Norwegian crime series called Mammon which, judging by the first episode, may be very good.

Caught up with Elementary but disappointed.

[kenberg]

Scarabin, on 2014-March-24, 23:31, said:

Studio, one of our TV cable channels, has a new Norwegian crime series called Mammon which, judging by the first episode, may be very good.

Caught up with Elementary but disappointed.

With regrard to Elementary, the word that comes to mind is "lazy". It seems as if the writers get started on a script and then decide that they could do a better job, but what the hell, let's just run with it as it is. I might or might not continue watching, we record it so we can sail past the commercials and we watch it when we are not up for anything requiring close attention.
I keep thinking it could be better, and maybe it will be.

[mike777]

I miss one lousy episode of the Good Wife and Will gets killed......geeezzzz, rats.

Elementary is starting to become more about fashion as Lucy Liu wants her character to be into fashion.

[kenberg]

mike777, on 2014-March-25, 17:34, said:

I miss one lousy episode of the Good Wife and Will gets killed......geeezzzz, rats.

Elementary is starting to become more about fashion as Lucy Liu wants her character to be into fashion.

I Love Lucy! I couldn't resist.

The Good Wife seems to be rebounding. There was a while there when I thought I could better do something else with my time. Still true, I suppose, but I am likeing ot more.


Tv shows are tough. All you do is say you want to move on with your life and they kill you off.

[mike777]

Season one of the Sopranos....great...truly great. I am watching it.

[Scarabin]

I think that for me "Elementary" is just a Sherlock Holmes clone too many. I guess I'm satiated.

When you are old and long retired, what makes your day is serendipity. So I was charmed when the second series of "The Bridge" suddenly appeared in my planner to be recorded. I think it's because I series-linked the first series and Foxtel remembers this (for a limited time?)

[barmar]

Scarabin, on 2014-March-27, 00:06, said:

I think that for me "Elementary" is just a Sherlock Holmes clone too many. I guess I'm satiated.

But none of the others have Lucy Liu.

[Scarabin]

barmar, on 2014-March-27, 02:31, said:

But none of the others have Lucy Liu.

I didn't watch enough to be fair but is she really an asset?

[Mbodell]

Scarabin, on 2014-March-27, 22:13, said:

I didn't watch enough to be fair but is she really an asset?

Yes.

[mike777]

I wss about to say not until Mbodell and others

clearly fashion matters for some.

[kenberg]

Scarabin, on 2014-March-27, 22:13, said:

I didn't watch enough to be fair but is she really an asset?

I guess being Watson to Holmes, any Watson, any Holmes, is a challenge. She does a decent job of it.
This is not a show to get excited about., it's enjoyable enough so that I watch it, and it's better for ber being in it.