Oh, I loved Cracker. The remake was deadly, though.
My food is problematic.
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amych - Apr 23, 2003 2:17:27 pm PDT #4046 of 9843
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sarameg - Apr 23, 2003 2:19:24 pm PDT #4047 of 9843
Heh. Funniest part of the finale of the series for many Baltimorans (I think it was the finale): two detectives eating their way through Little Italy and Fells Point, IIRC. For locals it was neat how true they stayed to the actual geography and neighborhoods of the city,
deborah grabien - Apr 23, 2003 2:25:16 pm PDT #4048 of 9843
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think it was the finale
Either that or the movie.
So far? My own take is that the original Cracker and H:LOTS were the tw best cop-shows ever. Of course, I'l still waiting to see "The Bill" and it comes highly recced.
sarameg - Apr 23, 2003 2:29:38 pm PDT #4049 of 9843
The one that made it final final. A couple years ago.
Nutty - Apr 23, 2003 2:33:10 pm PDT #4050 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
For locals it was neat how true they stayed to the actual geography and neighborhoods of the city,
My aunt lives in Baltimore, and watched the show faithfully, like the evening news. She reports that the only time the geography or proper names were ever wrong was the name of the school in the Jerry Uba episode. (The one with the pet pig.) She said it was probably because the school didn't want its name associated with hostages and violence, not a mistake on the writers' part.
This is the "police force" that used to shoot on the streets of Baltimore, and a fleeing purse-snatcher tried to surrender to the cast one day between shots. The real cops showed up in hot pursuit a few minutes later, and laffed and laffed at the poor dumb actors.
deborah grabien - Apr 23, 2003 2:50:02 pm PDT #4051 of 9843
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nutty, that's one of my favourite anecdotes about H:LOTS. They sort of referred to it in the episode where in the beginning, Lewis and Kellerman chased a robbery guy down an alley, he jumped into a scene being shot, and Barry Levinson glared and yelled "CUT!"
andrea l. - Apr 23, 2003 3:08:15 pm PDT #4052 of 9843
That's the documentary episode, which has scenes of the various detectives talking about Miranda warnings. In the Box.
sarameg - Apr 23, 2003 3:10:40 pm PDT #4053 of 9843
I moved to B'more 6 years ago, after having watched HLOTS only now & then before that (no tv). But after moving here? Oh definitely, and not just because it helped me get the neighborhood figured out (they aren't on maps as such!)
Betsy HP - Apr 23, 2003 3:16:23 pm PDT #4054 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Nutty - have you read the original Homicide book? There's fantastic sequence where Simon explains that there are no circumstances whatsoever where waiving your right of silence isn't a dumb-ass move.
Yesssss. Also the sequence where they discuss how homicide detectives get confessions.
deborah grabien - Apr 23, 2003 3:19:46 pm PDT #4055 of 9843
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yesssss. Also the sequence where they discuss how homicide detectives get confessions.
My favourite moment in the book is the two detetctives in one of their personal cars, having an intense discussion about something, totally offduty, and they see some kid scoping them, ciricling, getting ready to come over and pull something. One of the cops goes oh for #$$$??# sake, gets out of the car, stalks over to the stunned kid, flips his badge and says "We're COPS. Go rob someone else."