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[Lou]

3 hours ago, Taylor said:

Lou, I have a really great show recommendation for you.

It's an older HBO show called The Wire.

If you guys aren't going to take my recommendations, I'm not taking yours. 

[Slegnaac]

I am waiting for @Lou's review of Loki S1 E1.

[AngelsLakersFan]

17 hours ago, Taylor said:

Lou, I have a really great show recommendation for you.

It's an older HBO show called The Wire.

Watching LoD it feels like a British attempt at The Wire but without the authenticity, or level of craft. That's not to say LoD isn't a good show, it is, the difference is people will still be talking about The Wire a hundred years from now, and God willing, they will still be trying to convince Lou to watch it.

[Lou]

I don't think LoD is trying to be The Wire in any sense at all. 

[Taylor]

A British show that I watched years ago but is one of my favorites of all time is MI-5 (it was called Spooks in the UK). It was like 24 but with better writing and better characters.

[AngelsLakersFan]

34 minutes ago, Lou said:

I don't think LoD is trying to be The Wire in any sense at all. 

How do you know?

[WicketMaiden]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Watching LoD it feels like a British attempt at The Wire but without the authenticity, or level of craft. That's not to say LoD isn't a good show, it is, the difference is people will still be talking about The Wire a hundred years from now, and God willing, they will still be trying to convince Lou to watch it.

 

1 hour ago, Lou said:

I don't think LoD is trying to be The Wire in any sense at all. 

Both of these shows are among my favourites, but I don't see any similarity beyond the genre.

The Wire is much more of an all round social commentary than just a crime drama, showing all sides of the crime game and it's societal impact: police, criminals, victims, students, teachers, politicians, reporters etc all with deep back stories to examine big social ideas. It's a show about modern America's social challenges and the blurred lines between good and bad. Each season had an overlap of characters but a fresh perspective.

LOD is purely a Police procedural with the overwhelming amount of camera time being taken by police officers, the back stories are nowhere near as deep or as far reaching and the social commentary isn't really there. It's a show about coppers nicking coppers and every season is fairly similar in setting.

Both are superior quality TV dramas I'd recommended to anyone into crime fiction.

[AngelsLakersFan]

9 minutes ago, WicketMaiden said:

 

Both of these shows are among my favourites, but I don't see any similarity beyond the genre.

The Wire is much more of an all round social commentary than just a crime drama, showing all sides of the crime game and it's societal impact: police, criminals, victims, students, teachers, politicians, reporters etc all with deep back stories to examine big social ideas. It's a show about modern America's social challenges and the blurred lines between good and bad. Each season had an overlap of characters but a fresh perspective.

LOD is purely a Police procedural with the overwhelming amount of camera time being taken by police officers, the back stories are nowhere near as deep or as far reaching and the social commentary isn't really there. It's a show about coppers nicking coppers and every season is fairly similar in setting.

Both are superior quality TV dramas I'd recommended to anyone into crime fiction.

Yeah they are different shows but LoD is more than just a procedural. It's pointing it's aim back on the police department, the legal system and the politics of it all. Obviously it's not as deep as the wire but it's subject matter is much closer to it than any of the other British crime shows I've seen.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

How do you know?

How do you know they are?

[AngelsLakersFan]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

How do you know they are?

How do you know that I know?

[Lou]

36 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

How do you know that I know?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruin 

[Redondo]

@Lou

Spoiler

6 episodes into the The Bridge

Checked out E1 of The Tunnel

Is the same show with slight differences

Is the Swedish one the same plot? 

 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Redondo said:

@Lou

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6 episodes into the The Bridge

Checked out E1 of The Tunnel

Is the same show with slight differences

Is the Swedish one the same plot? 

 

Spoiler

Yes, but the Swedish version is the best, imo 

 

[Lou]

City on a Hill S2 is out.  If you liked S1, watch it. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

LoD Season 3

This was a real step up for an already good show. It actually made me mad at one point, and it's a rare feat to get me to feel much of anything. It was great that they let us spend more time with some characters that I didn't expect to see again. While the plot of this season can feel perhaps a little too polished it manages to work with the help of some rather humanized 'bad' guys. When you find yourself feeling conflicted about a character that's when you know a show's done a great job.

[Homebrewer]

On 6/10/2021 at 3:02 AM, Redondo said:

Started the Bridge on Hulu

It's the one that takes place in El Paso and Juarez

Weak acting through the first 2 episodes

Wanted to watch the Bridge on Amazon, Norwegian series, but it costs per show

I'm sure Lou can watch it

Stick with it...it gets really good.

[Homebrewer]

On 6/7/2021 at 3:16 AM, Redondo said:

@Tank

I think you will like The Kominsky Method

 

On 6/7/2021 at 9:16 AM, Tank said:

hulu or netflix?

Netflix...and one of my favorite shows of the past few years. Very well done.  

[Tank]

i've been rewatching LOD with my brother on the weekends. He's really been enjoying it, especially as we wrapped up S3 today, which was such a brilliantly done season.

he's an accountant and he tends to overanalyze things a lot, and that part gets annoying pretty quickly. 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

i've been rewatching LOD with my brother on the weekends. He's really been enjoying it, especially as we wrapped up S3 today, which was such a brilliantly done season.

he's an accountant and he tends to overanalyze things a lot, and that part gets annoying pretty quickly. 

Hey, were accountant brothers brothers!

[Tank]

13 minutes ago, Lou said:

Hey, were accountant brothers brothers!

we should start a club and create a secret handshake.

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, Tank said:

we should start a club and create a secret handshake.

Meet you in Throne Hollywood.

[Tank]

58 minutes ago, Lou said:

Meet you in Throne Hollywood.

i'll have my authorney draw up the necessary legal paperwork.

[Redondo]

6 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Stick with it...it gets really good.

Into S2 now and it's better

Character development by the writers is making it work

About half way through S1 the show improved, but the first few episodes were weak

[Redondo]

Has anyone seen Manifest on Netflix? 

A friend of mine recommended it to me

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, Redondo said:

Has anyone seen Manifest on Netflix? 

A friend of mine recommended it to me

The trailer looked interesting.  Hopefully it doesn't go too far in the bizarre direction.