Originally posted by FMFNine episodes in. Excellent stuff!
The Good Fight - series 1 - a spin-off from (or sequel to) The Good Wife centering on the Diane Lockhart character but also featuring a lot of other people from the previous show. I've only watched one episode so far and I thoroughly enjoyed it... same old same old but in a good way... I reckon Christine Baranski has got plenty enough screen presence and good writing to carry this off for who knows how many series.
Also getting some screen time chez FMF are Homeland (final episode should be available for download in about an hour or two), Billions, Legion, and series 1 of Red Dwarf.
Homeland and Americans
First series is adaption of Izraelian series and Saul Berenson character (actor Mandy Patikin) looks like a Jew, and latter is in British spirit, under influence of Le Carre.
Claire Danes is cute and it's role of her life (so far) and operatives are too mossadish.
In Americans actors look like like parodies in commercials from seventies. Unbelievably that Americans can act so - British.
Line Of Duty series 4.
The usual taut, well acted, carefully plotted thriller/police procedural.
The hard nut, joyless, brainy, driven-and-stressed Thandie Newton (who was one of the highlights of 2016's superb Westworld) is the bent copper that AC-12 (internal affairs in the UK) has in its cross hairs.
Harlots
UK, ITV.
A bonkfest given a gleam of dodgy glamour as an C18th period drama. I am disappointed. But it was written, directed and produced [somewhat unusually] by an all-woman team, so I hope my initial reaction [I watched half of episode 1 before giving up] is off target and premature. I will give it another try when I have nothing better to do.
Originally posted by vanderveldeNathan Fillion was in the excellent, quirky, cowboys-in-space sci-fi series called Firefly 15 or so years ago that was axed by Fox even before all its episodes had been screened.
Castle on Fox channel.
Male part of the pair is overweight, has to hide paunch with big shirts, is wearing a wig and has scars on his face. No action from him.
Very atypical for American series.
NCSI Los Angeles
I don't watch it, only sometimes see minute or two. No actors that can attract my attention. Not even Linda Hunt who looks mummified.
Fortitude
however, looks interesting, Serbian national channel airs one episode each Sunday, yesterday I saw 3rd episode. I wish I could move to this town. Like Twin Peaks in ice cream freezing truck. Very, very intriguing series.
Originally posted by vanderveldeSeries 1 or series 2?
Fortitude
however, looks interesting, Serbian national channel airs one episode each Sunday, yesterday I saw 3rd episode. I wish I could move to this town. Like Twin Peaks in ice cream freezing truck. Very, very intriguing series.
Originally posted by PonderableI was disappointed by how they tried to blend in some James Bond genre stuff with what is already a precious and particular genre all of its own.
I don't know if that Counts: we have now watched the fourth season of Sherlock a very interesting Hommage to Arthur Canon Doyled detective.