betty boop Posted May 23, 2021 Author Posted May 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, BLAH BLAH said: Well if your going to get into French Crime Series then you canna miss out on the best one of all imo..."Spiral"... this one here ? I think i could like it good practice for my poor French hehe https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477507/ looks like 88 ! episodes so could keep me pretty happy for quite a while thanks for the suggestion... 2
BLAH BLAH Posted May 23, 2021 Posted May 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, betty boop said: this one here ? I think i could like it good practice for my poor French hehe https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477507/ looks like 88 ! episodes so could keep me pretty happy for quite a while thanks for the suggestion... That would be her! 1
andyr Posted May 23, 2021 Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, BLAH BLAH said: Well if your going to get into French Crime Series then you canna miss out on the best one of all imo..."Spiral"... On which channel, BB? Andy
BLAH BLAH Posted May 23, 2021 Posted May 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, andyr said: On which channel, BB? Andy Channel "No Pay"... 1
betty boop Posted May 28, 2021 Author Posted May 28, 2021 finished Trapped...gosh what a convoluted mess they uncovered ! fantastic finish as well... I wonder if it will lead to subsequent series from here ? anyways another lockdown... and with comments here, last night we checked out Marcella. found it on netflix which is good, didnt want to pay for it on apple...per episode intriguing start to it and before we know it we were hooked into this as well... not much character development in it beyond marcella but like london setting and the intrigue of goings on has our interest ..fantastic picture on audio on this as well. be very interesting how this progresses 1
tripitaka Posted May 29, 2021 Posted May 29, 2021 Hey Betty, good topic. Ive probably watched at least half of those series you listed and quite a few others in similar vein, though my wife eventually jacked up and said 'enough' (too dark). For me, Sarah Lund will always be hard to beat as a character, still miss her. Hilgrimson was also a good character in early The Eagle series (I havent seen the later ones yet). 1 1
andyr Posted May 29, 2021 Posted May 29, 2021 On 23/05/2021 at 3:42 PM, BLAH BLAH said: Channel "No Pay"... I found it - no thanks to you. And yes - interesting. As is 'Stella Blomkvist'. Andy
betty boop Posted May 29, 2021 Author Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, tripitaka said: Hey Betty, good topic. Ive probably watched at least half of those series you listed and quite a few others in similar vein, though my wife eventually jacked up and said 'enough' (too dark). haha love it ! i suspect my wife is on the verge ... hehe but we are actually watching marcella together ... so who knows ...maybe she is into it as much as I and we havent bounced off the limit as yet ! 1 hour ago, tripitaka said: For me, Sarah Lund will always be hard to beat as a character, still miss her. Hilgrimson was also a good character in early The Eagle series (I havent seen the later ones yet). gosh this is so spot on ! Sarah lund... indeed .... I miss her too...amazing for a charecter ! interesting re hilgrimson and The Eagle... something for the list @andyr will check out stella blomkvist at one stage... i see its on sbs on demand... 1
betty boop Posted May 29, 2021 Author Posted May 29, 2021 @tripitaka now you mention Sarah Lund, watching episode 4 of Marcella ...gosh am seeing some similarities of her character to Sarah Lund ! 1 1
betty boop Posted May 30, 2021 Author Posted May 30, 2021 ah marcela ... we are truly hooked... we binged our way through season 1 yesterday after kids had gone to bed... ...gosh... and yes i see marcela is very much the Sarah Lund reincarnate...so those that enjoyed her charecter in "The killing" that kicked off the nordic noir genre, this will be very much up your alley... so many similarities in her charecter.. Marcela very much carries the series. more character developement as episodes go on with each of other characters ... but its slow..but you get to know ..just a little bit more as things go along... looking forward to series 2 marcela, I wonder where or how this will go or lead... 1
BLAH BLAH Posted May 30, 2021 Posted May 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, betty boop said: ah marcela ... we are truly hooked... we binged our way through season 1 yesterday after kids had gone to bed... ...gosh... and yes i see marcela is very much the Sarah Lund reincarnate...so those that enjoyed her charecter in "The killing" that kicked off the nordic noir genre, this will be very much up your alley... so many similarities in her charecter.. Marcela very much carries the series. more character developement as episodes go on with each of other characters ... but its slow..but you get to know ..just a little bit more as things go along... looking forward to series 2 marcela, I wonder where or how this will go or lead... Yes one does wonder! 1
groovem Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 Sorry to be a party pooper, but IMO season 2 of Marcella is a huge disappointment. I won't say anymore but it was enough to put me off watching any more series that they might produce. 1
betty boop Posted May 31, 2021 Author Posted May 31, 2021 1 hour ago, groovem said: Sorry to be a party pooper, but IMO season 2 of Marcella is a huge disappointment. I won't say anymore but it was enough to put me off watching any more series that they might produce. oh i wouldn't be surprised... follow ups are always a tough gig... especially all went into the first series / part. happy to give a go though, but am also not shy to just drop it if turns to point not worth while 1
Ian McP Posted June 1, 2021 Posted June 1, 2021 Not Nordic but Spanish, this one grabs you from the get go! Antidisturbios, great name! Riot Police https://variety.com/2019/tv/global/rodrigo-sorogoyen-antidisturbios-riot-police-human-drama-1203450833/ https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/antidisturbios < When an eviction that a six-member police unit is called out to enforce goes wrong, internal affairs launch an investigation into what's going on behind the scenes. The only woman on the Internal Affairs group, Laia, becomes obsessed with the case and ends up discovering that behind the botched eviction is a corrupt real-estate network that reaches up to the highest circles. > regards Ian 3
betty boop Posted June 1, 2021 Author Posted June 1, 2021 thank you @Ian McP appreciate the headsup... not only nordic noir... but crime dramas eg what have suggested are most welcome 1
betty boop Posted June 6, 2021 Author Posted June 6, 2021 well...... we got through marcella ... unscathed...but my wife left me ... ... to watch series 2 and 3 on my own as it got a bit much for her... series 2 indeed is a complete departure.... really gets quite dark and goes way off and more and more so to the end... wont be at all to everyone's likings Could understand that easily... Series 3 is even more off beaten track with marcella going undercover...looses the london feel totally ..with being set in Ireland of all places... interesting ending .... id agree with the summation above series 2 and 3 not quite as gripping as series 1 ...and seem to go their own way... jumping into bloodlands... noticed its popped up on sbs on demand ... by coincidence also set in ireland stars james nesbitt... apparently following along "line of duty"
BLAH BLAH Posted June 6, 2021 Posted June 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, betty boop said: well...... we got through marcella ... unscathed...but my wife left me ... ... to watch series 2 and 3 on my own as it got a bit much for her... series 2 indeed is a complete departure.... really gets quite dark and goes way off and more and more so to the end... wont be at all to everyone's likings Could understand that easily... Series 3 is even more off beaten track with marcella going undercover...looses the london feel totally ..with being set in Ireland of all places... interesting ending .... id agree with the summation above series 2 and 3 not quite as gripping as series 1 ...and seem to go their own way... jumping into bloodlands... noticed its popped up on sbs on demand ... by coincidence also set in ireland stars james nesbitt... apparently following along "line of duty" Line of Duty has the 'caddy' whilst Bloodlands has 'goliath'.. 1
BLAH BLAH Posted June 6, 2021 Posted June 6, 2021 Hi @betty boop maybe try 'Mare of EastTown' for an excellent crime thriller... 3 1
betty boop Posted June 6, 2021 Author Posted June 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, BLAH BLAH said: Line of Duty has the 'caddy' whilst Bloodlands has 'goliath'.. ah I see... was wondering the connection ... 11 minutes ago, BLAH BLAH said: Hi @betty boop maybe try 'Mare of EastTown' for an excellent crime thriller... definitely .... thanks for the heads up ...
betty boop Posted June 13, 2021 Author Posted June 13, 2021 Luoin the gentleman burglar is back... series 2 and 5 episodes... am on it
betty boop Posted June 13, 2021 Author Posted June 13, 2021 Lupin looks fantastic on Netflix and via projector in 4khdr... it is so lovely shot... beautiful lighting... I do have high bandwidth nbn internet here and probably getting the best netflix has to offer. Lovely sound track too.. with a 5.1 mix that beautifully upmixes to 7.1.6 with neural - X . Very enjoyable we are upto episode 3 on series 2 already was tempted to binge through last 2-3 episodes but it got late. Did skim back through for some screen shots ... some scenes and characters...
betty boop Posted June 15, 2021 Author Posted June 15, 2021 We really enjoyed lupin...great finish to the series as well. Not one i knew about, but "Unforgotten" seems pretty decent in the UK crime dramas....good acting and story...only upto episode 3 but interesting cold case..that takes back to the seedy 70s.... found this on "Britbox" watching this in parallel to "bloodlands". as that seems to only release an episode a week
betty boop Posted June 19, 2021 Author Posted June 19, 2021 VERY impressed with "unforgotten" its on brit box, nicola walker and sanjeev baskhar are superb as is all the acting all around. just finished series 2 what a finish... wow ! impressed. onto series 3
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted June 19, 2021 Volunteer Posted June 19, 2021 Some good suggestions here, thanks all. I'm watching “Springtide” on SBS on demand. Highly recommended 1
ZEN MISTER Posted June 19, 2021 Posted June 19, 2021 Not Nordic, more Canuck Cinema, so adequate snow and full fur to enjoy, CARDINAL a crime thriller set in the icy wastes of Canada. I binged it last evening, getting to bed around 01.00hr. Not for the faint of heart, but the narrative made sense, and the main characters rang true. Billy 1 1
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