Also the actors playing Nanna's parents were totally the best thing about this. And Meyer, I loved that guy.
― Matt DC, Monday, 10 October 2011 09:20 (twelve years ago) link
Poor Meyer!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 October 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
never trust a loyal confidante with no initial discernable plot function.
looool
Also I don't think Rie actually did anything wrong? Except maybe fucking that guy but equally maybe not. Hartman was just extremely paranoid at that point and a massive dick to her. But then he couldn't actually go back on that without hanging Weber out to dry, which would in turn break his career.
If I was a fictional citizen of Copenhagen I'd have been out on the streets in protest at the completely farcical state of my political system and police force but no one really seemed that arsed? And then Hartman just became mayor by default? Bit weird.
― Matt DC, Monday, 10 October 2011 09:35 (twelve years ago) link
Does anyone know when the Killing 2 gets to be shown on the BBC? I thought it was scheduled for Autumn?
― mmmm, Monday, 10 October 2011 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
1st November according to someone on the Facebook page. DVD available on Amazon on 12th December.
― mmmm, Monday, 10 October 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
1st november is a tuesday though. and these things are traditionally on the saturday.
they are currently showing the wallander films. last saturday was 'man who smiled' and next saturday is 'one step behind'. there are 2 more after that (firewall, pyramid) but the first is a two-parter. so i'd say the 5th or the 12th.
― koogs, Monday, 10 October 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
Sarah Lund fashion is so ubiquitous right now - I walked through a shopping centre today and saw nothing in windows but patterned knitwear.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 10 October 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
tomorrow, bbc4 (and on front of radio times)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017h80m
― koogs, Friday, 18 November 2011 10:09 (twelve years ago) link
Beeb cuts back on sweariness
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 18 November 2011 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think the swearing was particularly obtrusive in the first series - I don't think I even noticed any - but maybe I'm just desensitized to it.
― next thing she's shaving my skrillex (NickB), Friday, 18 November 2011 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't notice it at all.
― Madchen, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Thread needs Danes, are there any on ILX?
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 18 November 2011 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't finish season one (got careless with the recording -- was on ep13), so just glad I can pick up on s2 independently of what happened, apart from a 'return from exile'.
Given some of the disussion from upthread it sounds like 10 eps is a good thing. Personally thought the 'this must be the guy' theory with any case falling apart by the end of the ep was a by product of putting a *day-by-day* investigation under the microscope. I was enjoying that.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 20 November 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
Lund is not convincedDURATION: 02:50SERIES 2, EPISODE 10 Lund wants more informationDURATION: 01:13SERIES 2, EPISODE 8 Lund pursuing suspect through an abattoirDURATION: 02:36SERIES 2, EPISODE 7
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Friday, 6 January 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Where's the discussion for the 2nd season?! A lot more suspenseful than the 1st, I say. Possibly because death toll a lot higher.
― danzig, Saturday, 7 January 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
ILX packed up during most of the month in which it was on hence the lack of discussion.
In the Sandox I said I enjoyed it, someone did say there were a lot of plot holes but I didn't get round to asking what those were - not that attentive, in need of repeats.
In the end I did like the political sub-plot although at the end 'the pact' just seemed like some sort political dark ages nonsense that was just placed there for Sarah to shoot to shit. But the politician was great, liked the shots of him strutting around with a toothbrush.
Also liked Sarah's reduced interaction w/her family. The whole 'no time for family' is a cliche I seldom care for in cop dramas however her scene w/parents in the taxi was the comic highlight (couldn't they go in separate taxis, sheesh!).
The reduction of episodes did allow for more suspense, felt trashier because of higher death toll, and I am always going to like that more.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 7 January 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
**SPOLIER** One big plot hole was why did that one guy blow himself up? He was supposedly opposed to extremists and yet he kidnapped someone then detonated a suicide bomb. Didn't make a bit of sense, especially considering his innocence.
― Some English guy in West Bumblefrickin' nowhere (NickB), Saturday, 7 January 2012 10:49 (twelve years ago) link
**More Spoliers** but wasn't he in a conspiracy with the Danish secret services, so the way I saw it was:
- He hated extreme islamists- his crime was to let certain messages go by/not be interceted/flagged up, as this was an op that murdered Taliban informants (but also one in which innocents died)- I think the kidnap/blowing himself up was to put all the guilty on himself, the guilty go free, allowing them to carry further naughty ops, killing more extremists. He didn't blow himself in a shaopping mall, it was an old military site where and no one else died
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 7 January 2012 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone for Brogen?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jan/06/the-killing-sanish-drama-borgen
Not sure its gonna work. There is a real taste for crime, really. Put in the politics, just don't forget to bring a corpse.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 7 January 2012 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry Borgen
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 7 January 2012 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
I think the kidnap/blowing himself up was to put all the guilty on himself, the guilty go free, allowing them to carry further naughty ops, killing more extremists. He didn't blow himself in a shaopping mall, it was an old military site where and no one else died
The putting-all-the-guilt-on-himself bit sounds plausible, but don't forget he almost blew up two police officers and Raben's wife in the process. Can't remember the details of some of the other bits that seemed a bit dubious, gonna have to tease them out of the recesses of my brain.
― Some English guy in West Bumblefrickin' nowhere (NickB), Saturday, 7 January 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
The way I recall he let Raben's wife go w/ease then displayed the explosives allowing both Lund and Srange enough time to run off.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 7 January 2012 12:02 (twelve years ago) link
Any reports on Borgen? I might start watching this on iPlayer
― mmmm, Saturday, 14 January 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
V much liked episode 1, family dynamic excellently done. Not sure I have the attention for something politics based though. Both Lund's partners from Killing 1 & 2 are in this btw.
― pandemic, Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, (Killing Spoiler!) I kept expecting Strange actor to go on a murder spree. Not sure the politics will be enough for me either. I do really like some of the characters though. The spin doctor guy looks to be a good baddie.
― mmmm, Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
they've done ok, especially episode 4 where they moved beyond the coalition-building back and forth. i liked the greenland montage, for instance.
― koogs, Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
I've just finished the first episode of Bron/Broen or just 'Bridge'. It's got that Killing gloomy feel. Anticipating watching the second one. I did love Borgen in the end. I liked how she transitioned from unlikely politician to, lets just say 'learning on the job'. There should be a collective scandinavian tv thread!
― mmmm, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of Bridge, partly because it uses the same central plot device as Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
It has the same kind of Northern European industrial noir feeling as The Killing but there's lots of comedy there as well.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
anyone watching the third series? why does no-one finish their sentences on this show?
― tpp, Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Yes. Because that's standard realism-tool. No one finishes their sentences in
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
We don't have time for that now - we have to bring the entire department where the killer isn't
― Brakhage, Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
I watched it, but I still haven't seen the final two episodes. How far are they in UK?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 13 December 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
the last 2 (of series 3) are on this saturday
― koogs, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
i still love lund but the plot has gotten tiresome esp. the political aspect
― tpp, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah the problem w/this last series is the whole thing being so tied up with the PM's office. Additonally never quite believing the outcome of the kidnap would've determined the outcome of the elections, or that the opposition would use the kidnapping to score political points as that has a danger of backfiring.
Then you have the ending...again, would Lund step outside the law here? Other possible endings on a postcard please.
Go to admire the craft to keep you watching.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
On episode 12 season 1. It's gripping as hell, though the 'He did it! Oh wait he didn't' structure could wear thin soon.
Danes seem to like smoking indoors a lot don't they?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Season 1 > Season 2 > Season 3. Still, this one was was good though. With hunky Borch showing his love and Mark making amends, with his newborn it was only going one way for Lund.....
― mmmm, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
Loving the 1st season. Is it bad I watched 14 episodes in a day. I tried to stop, but I just had to know what happened next.
Only passing out from tiredness stopped me. I intend to finish the last 6 tonight. I have seasons 2 & 3 ready, but I will leave it at least a week before starting them.
I haven't read the thread as I don't want to know, but I think I have an idea who I want it to be/who it is...
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
it's so good. just finished the second series myself. the first series was excellent, but i think i enjoyed the second even more. making it 10 episodes instead of 20 was the right choice, it was a lot tighter with fewer loose ends/red herrings. i'm going to take some time before watching the third series.
currently watching the sort-of knockoff series broen/bron. the plot and characters are a bit more csi and less bleakly realistic, but it's good fun and having the action switch between malmø and copenhagen is a genius move.
― chilli, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
i prefered Broen / Bron (The Bridge) purely because of the red herring thing in the killing.
The french thing, Spiral, also well worth a watch (4 series now)
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
\ / V ! !sara!jevo '84! ! !
On to episode 20 now. I'll have to dig out Broen / Bron & Spiral.
Will report back in 59 minutes.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
boo, my little drawing didn't work.
Excellent.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
meyer's bananas
― j., Sunday, 5 January 2014 07:14 (ten years ago) link
The Bridge is back on BBC 4! First two episodes were really good.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Sunday, 5 January 2014 07:38 (ten years ago) link
lol
— Did you forget to log off?— No way! … I don't know
— No way! … I don't know
― j., Monday, 6 January 2014 07:58 (ten years ago) link
The Bridge is good. Martin's charachter seems to have a more sympathetic on Saga's Aspergers like traits in this series.
― mmmm, Monday, 6 January 2014 09:34 (ten years ago) link
—Are you walking out on your mother's speech?—Yes, that's exactly what she's doing.
― j., Wednesday, 8 January 2014 04:47 (ten years ago) link
i was enjoying how no one on danish tv is familiar to me, and then i start watching 'borgen' and there's lund's old partner meyer in a new role, doh
― j., Sunday, 12 January 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link