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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
And yes, Patrick is often insufferable. Frequently.
Yeah, I think at its best Mentalist is a comedy much more than a procedural. A lot of the pleasure is seeing a charming asshole get away with stuff that is hilarious with a glass screen between you and him, but would godawful in real life.
To change the subject completely, has anyone seen "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries"? set in Australia in the 1920s - the plots are so-so, but the characters are fun. And the clothes are DIVINE.
I have not seen "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries" but I will keep my eyes open. It sounds fun.
A lot of the pleasure is seeing a charming asshole get away with stuff that is hilarious with a glass screen between you and him, but would godawful in real life.
Half the fun of The Mentalist being so insufferable, is that I'm not the one suffering. But I have to say it might be fun to see someone with my sort of behavior management skills bring their A game and take him on.
I've seen the whole first series via something on the Roku. They are a lot of fun and are based on a series of books.
The books are slim and quick reads but the TV series made some changes to characters and also made changes to the plots and stuff (some of them drastic like mixing parts of 2 books into 1 episode, or moving a subplot from one story to another and creating other stuff up completely). I want get into more detail than that.
The actress who plays Phryne does a really good job with making the character sparkle.
has anyone seen "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries"?
I have, via Netflix, and I've read the books they're based on. I've been enjoying both. The production values in the show are nice, and the lead actress is good. Also, I want her hair cut. (There are a couple more months of growing out my pixie cut before that's an option.) I understand there's a second season in the works, which makes me happy.
I LOVED Miss Fisher! I watched on Netflix, and I pretty much mainlined it in 2 days, and then I was disappointed there was no more. I think I heard Season 2 was already underway in Australia, so I hope we can get them soon.
I think that's what I liked about "House", too.(I'd love a shirt that said "They used to have more respect for cripples...no, they didn't. also)
Sherlock: [link]
This "Making Light" thread on Sherlock spoils like a spoilery thing. Not the post itself, which is just a (quite funny) tease, but the comments. (With "Making Light", the rule is: DO read the comments.) However, one thing I can share is that even for TV, Sherlock is incestous. As in the actors, and producers and probably the film crew are personal friends of Moffat, or married to Moffat or related to Moffat's wife and so on. Also, Sherlock started out as fanfic written by Moffat and a friend which they then had the pull to actually turned into a TV series. If Moffat had had equal pull in the film industry it probably would have ended up as a movie rather than a TV series.
Seriously, if you don't mine about hard core spoiers, the comments are really good. And generally, if you read Making Light, the comments are often as good or better than the posts - a major exception to the usual rules on the internet.
by Moffat and a friend
I'm pretty sure Mark Gatiss should get equal blame/responsibility. It's as much his show as Moffat's.