they're not all middle-aged by any means! they just have to be wearing a skirt
― mark s, Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
lol truth
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCeG35Ihxjs (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
tho i've got to say his taste leans towards the more experienced English character actress
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCeG35Ihxjs (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
re: magical Oxford - that's certainly true, ha.
Even if Morse is easily captured in the romantic aesthetic, there's something to be said for his character. Lewis, as I mentioned before, is a sad and conservative indictment of contemporary life bereft of any vitality, very depressing and not something I wish to engage with regularly.
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
if I'd known this many people watched Lewis I'd have turned round and gone the other way a few weeks ago when I was slobbily dressed and found my walk home covered in giant filming lights everywhere, too dazzling to work out what was actually being filmed (if anything)
saw two episodes from the first series which seemed to have some slightly unconvincing attempts at edginess shoehorned in (iirc the sidekick turned out to have ~history~ with the victim and/or main suspects of both, one of them from his time in a mysterious cult or something), but I suspect Morse must've been like that too and I was too young to notice
― how do i shot slime mould voltron form (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Morse had that ravers ep!
― Joe Hart is Fellaini Hunter (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
that's a classic one. lol.
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
well i think with morse the "mysterious edgy cult" was actually "behind the scenes at an oxford college" <-- ie this was groundbreaking behind-the-green-door stuff, in whodunnit-with-the-curare-tipped-blowpipe terms: but yes, the three i just saw back-to-back plus the one a passing spacecadet mentions (which i saw about a month ago) do all work the "weirdos are among us" lever a bit heavily (and hathaway seems to have to recuse himself a lot, but as noted my theory is that his backstory resets to zero every time)
right back to sherlock h, tec-fiction switches between the episodes which are subtly mundane -- "the norwood builder" -- and the eps which are pruriently exotic, pegleg lascars, secret societies, the mormons etc
― mark s, Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
xxp I do remember that one! I considered mentioning it. I don't remember any other episodes like that, but maybe it's only because rave culture was a thing I was dimly aware of, as an admittedly v sheltered 12y/o who liked the Shamen, and any other "edgy" references were completely lost on me
(checked the air date in case I'd severely miscalculated my age when seeing it, and Wikipedia says it was directed by Danny Boyle! Apologies if this was common knowledge...)
― how do i shot slime mould voltron form (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
now I have read it and not just stomped past it to the Submit button, mark s's post seems wise
hoping future Lewis viewings will be improved if I take "Hathaway's backstory resets every week so he can have history with whatever any victim/suspect does" as the intentional recurring schtick of the show, rather than an accidentally overused plot point
― how do i shot slime mould voltron form (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 19 November 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
i knew but i'd forgotten. lot of biggish writers and directors did a Morse ep
― Joe Hart is Fellaini Hunter (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 November 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
the rave one is quite bad in many ways btw
Lewis ≥ Morse >>>>>>>>>>>>> Endeavour
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 11:39 (six years ago) link
Are any TV detectives cute? New thread enquiry perhaps.― mark s, Thursday, 17 November 2011 21:36 (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mark s, Thursday, 17 November 2011 21:36 (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
mark mark mark... John Nettles? Catnip to ladies of a certain vintage.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 11:49 (six years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/50/7f/7a507fecb29df297303b5706d9fa748a.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 April 2018 11:55 (six years ago) link
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/31/01/37B6B5D700000578-0-image-m-69_1472605046580.jpg
Berge
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 April 2018 11:57 (six years ago) link
I like Endeavour, but it is a bit DO YOU SEE???
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 13 April 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
Is there a Midsomer Murders thread?
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 13 April 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
Taking Sides: Midsomer Murders vs 24
Only this one, apparently.
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
john nettles' nipples: too close together? a visual investigation
― #TheBeatlesIn5Words Both surviving members are Vegan (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Lewis > DCI Banks > Scott & Bailey > Morse > Silent Witness > Broadchurch >>>>>>>>> Endeavor
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
I liked Judge John Deed tbf but not sure it qualifies?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
I can bear anything with Martin Shaw in it, so disqualified.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
Fair.
Morse hasn't aged well tbh
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
Scott & Bailey doesn't really fit tho it's an ok show, i want to see toffs murdering each other
haven't watched Banks, nor hardly any of Broadchurch. French and Saunders have permanently rewired the other one as Witless Silence in my head
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
Well yeah, because he's dead... But y'know what I mean xp
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
Morse has definitely aged but mostly in quite a cute way imo
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/styles/pi_large/public/DCI_BANKS4_EP1.jpg
Don't know their names but these three (Banks) are all just really good actors. At least in this series.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Morse feels too nostalgic for me to take completely seriously these days? Idk maybe that is indeed cute. Simpler times etc
not sure of the one on the left, Stephen Tompkinson in the middle, Doc Marten's wife on the right
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
i.e. same revolving cast of actors that are in everything.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
i don't watch this stuff to be challenged
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Same. It's comfort food.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
Can't stand that one with Brenda Blethyn in it, dressed all dowdy, though it has got Jon Morrison in it.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
Vera isn't terrible but too seedy again, like most of Frost for that matter
and i kinda like Dalziel and Pascoe against my better instincts, it's basically a celebration of twattery
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
Vera gives lots of actors the chance to "Tak like that, man. I divven't kna what's happened to wor lass, like". And Alun Armstrong isn't even in it.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
New Tricks! liked that before all the good actors left/died
― you're my luger not my rifle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
I can't take Brenda Blethyn's crap Geordie accent
My mum loves it though, and every other show mentioned above. I was wondering whether to recommend Game of Thrones to her (too violent?) until we watched a Silent Witness where a lead character got his skull crushed and his body set on fire
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 April 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
I like the Dalziel and Pascoe books, never saw the show.
I've read most of if not all of the Banks books. Still laughing that one book was about a Mojo writer getting murdered while writing an article about Not At All Syd Barrett.
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 13 April 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
its been on in the background as i do the dishes and i feel very very strongly that nobody involved in endeavour should be paid to be so
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
Roger Allan's solid enough. I've watched very few of them tho, it's not a patch on its 2 companion serieses
― biliares now living will never buey (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
I typed Allam, my phone is a dick
― biliares now living will never buey (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
i love roger allam but the scene i caught was parody dressed as historical drama
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
It's no Heartbeat
― biliares now living will never buey (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
endeavour sends me into instant anachronism hives every fucking episode: someone always uses a spoken phrase no one used before 1995
― mark s, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
of all the "classic prog rock band gets back together then one of them is murdered" stories in all the brit-tec series, the lewis one is way worst
― mark s, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
A Blairite with long term memory loss is found as a stunning new exhibit at the Museum of Human Disease. Suspicion falls on Little Crosby’s professional clown guild, angry that sex-toy anarchists might threaten to upset their plans for world domination.— Midsomer Murders Bot (@midsomerplots) December 3, 2018
― mark s, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
also a handy bit of pub quiz knowledge: the number of villages in midsomer murders called midsomer ____________
answer here, but guess before you look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsomer_Murders#List_of_fictional_villages_in_Midsomer
― mark s, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link
Endeavour gets better iirc. It’s preferable to Lewis.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
i am happily not in the position of being forced to choose
there are v many things that get better that are still better off left id say
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
Was also the original Estragon (Peter Hall's 1955 production)!
― Michael Jones, Monday, 22 January 2024 17:17 (three months ago) link