tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post3962300856743450073..comments2024-03-23T02:59:40.776+00:00Comments on Euro Crime: Move over Wallander, here's The Killing (BBC4)Karen (Euro Crime)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-25033211081025721842011-03-19T16:55:26.266+00:002011-03-19T16:55:26.266+00:00top drawer thriller,very gripping,well written wit...top drawer thriller,very gripping,well written with good plot 10/10!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-52582249052422487682011-02-03T13:37:06.795+00:002011-02-03T13:37:06.795+00:00Completely hooked its fantastic
cant wait for the ...Completely hooked its fantastic<br />cant wait for the next episode....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-66201624013724787652011-01-29T16:37:22.547+00:002011-01-29T16:37:22.547+00:00I caught up on Thursday and I loved it. My take ht...I caught up on Thursday and I loved it. My take http://j.mp/g8rwN3, excellent acting, script and characterisation. I'll definitely be watching tonightAlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902286423921825067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-2269154805573108202011-01-25T22:58:40.551+00:002011-01-25T22:58:40.551+00:00First 2 episodes were tremendous. More political t...First 2 episodes were tremendous. More political than Wallander. Doesn't pull any punches in showing the human cost of the crime. The scene where the parents break the news to their 2 other children was gut-wrenching. Home life complications of the detective echo Wallander maybe? I'm hooked.cardinal_wolseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905015917103065061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-10759655667955520512011-01-23T22:14:39.766+00:002011-01-23T22:14:39.766+00:00It was really god, I thought. Thanks Karen for tel...It was really god, I thought. Thanks Karen for telling me it was one. I hardly ever read the complete tv guide.<br /><br />http://culturewitch.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/the-killing/<br /><br />Was also interested to find that the actor playing the charming politician is the brother of Mads Mikkelsen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-2859734878975384492011-01-23T17:42:05.949+00:002011-01-23T17:42:05.949+00:00I too have just watched the first two episodes bac...I too have just watched the first two episodes back to back and found them gripping. The Scandinavian writers and producers certainly know how to do crime series! I enjoyed Wallander immensely and this looks like another well written, well rounded, character driven series that the BBC have managed to get right.Glad to hear there is already a series 2 to look forward to - I just hope the Beeb have the sense to take it up.jessebabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487687542777958548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-60980870272013165122011-01-22T23:16:28.446+00:002011-01-22T23:16:28.446+00:00Have just finished watching the first two episodes...Have just finished watching the first two episodes - BBC4 are showing two at a time - and I found it very gripping. I am already hooked and know I will be sitting down each week to watch itElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739410242766153431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-89689119880011218972011-01-19T16:40:51.292+00:002011-01-19T16:40:51.292+00:00Was looking at this in the Radio Times today. I am...Was looking at this in the Radio Times today. I am really looking forward to it.WendyCarolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855552019336659332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-58092874723097862702011-01-19T09:55:25.778+00:002011-01-19T09:55:25.778+00:00Thanks for these recommendations - if Lauren and B...Thanks for these recommendations - if Lauren and Bernadette love it, then that is sufficient for me to watch, thanks again. <br />Maxine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-37611066870844870912011-01-19T07:43:47.411+00:002011-01-19T07:43:47.411+00:00Gosh, what we miss over here in the states!Gosh, what we miss over here in the states!kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-83295495486197223452011-01-18T22:57:24.156+00:002011-01-18T22:57:24.156+00:00Catch the original now before the US remake hits t...Catch the original now before the US remake hits these shores. AMC - the channel that brought us Mad Men and The Walking Dead - is launching a remake in April in the US.<br /><br />The only English speaking place I can find that has broadcast this is Australia where it seems to have gone down well. I'm making space for it on my PVR!LeeJayWhistlingIsNotAnnoyingMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918116711259798827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-5814990577333329252011-01-18T21:59:36.911+00:002011-01-18T21:59:36.911+00:00I got the first half of this series on DVD as part...I got the first half of this series on DVD as part of my subscription to an online news service here - it was so very good that I had to purchase the second half when it was released just before Christmas (which I'm sure was all part of their dastardly plan). The whole series focuses on the one case though there is lots of other stuff going on too not just the police procedural elements - but it is almost like a good novel rather than a tv crime show in that it's not a new crime to solve each week. I thought it was very good acting and decent writing - there are lots of themes explored including following the impact of the death on the family of the murdered girl and there is a political thread as the case draws in the campaign of a local politician. Not sure it's anything like a Wallander or whatever else they're comparing it to - to me it's more like Twin Peaks meets Murder One (an old US TV show that followed a single case each season).Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-32572859937634901792011-01-18T21:26:55.295+00:002011-01-18T21:26:55.295+00:00I've seen this, and actually own it on DVD (it...I've seen this, and actually own it on DVD (it's available as an all-region version from Australia). It's absolutely fantastic - gripping and not at all what you'd expect. Definitely not predictable, and not really Wallander-esque either. It's much more political, and definitely "rotten in the state of".<br /><br />They've just shown series 2 here (in Germany), which was both equally gripping and gave me actual nightmares after the final episode.<br /><br />Can only recommend it highly. (Actually, there's several good Danish series out there that I'd recommend looking out for - Unit One and The Eagle spring to mind, though I think the first of the two is better.)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905529307987104069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-42028265296759672962011-01-18T17:41:12.976+00:002011-01-18T17:41:12.976+00:00Thanks for this, Karen, looks good. Have you or ha...Thanks for this, Karen, looks good. Have you or has anyone heard any details about whether it is actually good? (Always an investment to watch a long series.....and disappointment can set in pretty quick as most TV crime lurches into predictable formula rather quickly - or did, I don't watch it now - was v disappointed in the recent "Blond Swedish" Wallenders - DNF!.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-86523698951246072942011-01-18T14:28:36.011+00:002011-01-18T14:28:36.011+00:00This looks pretty gripping. And very much part of ...This looks pretty gripping. And very much part of the Scandinavian "something's rotten in the state of" - in this case, Denmark. (Where have I heard that before?)Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689314012050314027noreply@blogger.com