**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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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
oh man 'borgen' is so watchable, way more compelling than 'forbrydelsen'
it's like if they took all the sorkin shit out of west wing and just left you with the drama of governing
― j., Sunday, 12 January 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
also half of it is about journalists so it is also better than the newsroom
― j., Sunday, 12 January 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
there's lund's old partner meyer in a new role, doh
VERY different character as well
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 January 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
find Borgen extremely over-rated. The Greenland episode, oozing with Scandi goody-goodyness really threw me off the whole series.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
i like how she started out all full of life and then became dead inside
― j., Monday, 13 January 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
the circle is drawn a little too closely, i think. like after their green party muslim friend quits government, there he is again 1-2 episodes later in their PEACE IN AFRICA episode to act as translator between the african presidents. they didn't have any professional translators in for that shit??
even ol bengt had basically disappeared before nyborg had to fire him. makes it seem like she runs the country w/ basically one pr flack and her secretary and civil servant. then again, it only has a population of 5 million.
― j., Thursday, 16 January 2014 07:19 (ten years ago) link
So caught up with season 2 of 'The Bridge', well up to episode 8 anyway.Saga Noren is such a BOSS!
― pandemic, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, what an ending!
― pandemic, Monday, 3 February 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
troels looks like limmy
― cozen, Monday, 14 March 2011 12:33
LOL
Just finished S1 of this. Good stuff! Would like to read the thread but don't want to see S2/3 spoilers.
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
Ha, that's a bit like us -- we snagged a cheap used Blu-ray import of all three seasons last year and saw the first, but haven't had a chance to do the follow-ups.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 January 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
Got S2 lined up. Cheap used sets is usually how I do TV series'. Of course now I'm intrigued by The Bridge...
― Noel Emits, Friday, 19 January 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
Saga Noren is such a BOSS!
I feel like I'm going to miss her when the show ends, although I've only watched the first two seasons so far.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Sunday, 29 April 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
The villains in seasons 1+2 of The Bridge were kind of ludicrous but heck it's very good entertainment.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Sunday, 29 April 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
oh, this is probably a better thread to bump.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bnc34
The Bridge series 4 starts on the 11th, on BBC2(!). all 30 previous episodes currently available on iplayer if you feel like a binge.
― koogs, Thursday, 3 May 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
I'm down with any scene where Saga and her partner are in the car and she's aggressively questioning him about his sex life.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 3 May 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
you may like this then (turn on subtitles):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ4bMOU23D0
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link