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We've discussed a few of these mini-series like Sherlock ( http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=2530) and the Miniaturist ( http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=4626), surely more if I poke around more. I'm always watching these. We just started two more.
World on Fire. 2 eps in. It's about Europe leading up to WWII - England, Poland & Germany. Sean Bean as a shell shocked dad - I think he's gonna die again. Helen Hunt as a U.S. radio reporter in Berlin. Decent production values so far, slightly predictable characters, keeps making me think of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Nazis are bad. It's nice to see that again. Why are they even having a comeback now?
Baptiste. Premiere. Retired French Detective with a limp is called back into action to find a missing junkie prostitute. Set in modern Amsterdam, it got super twisty in the last 10 mins or so, flipping most of what was set up in the rest of the ep on its head. Gotta give it cred for unpredictability.
We'll continue watching both for now. Why not?
The constant cruise ads makes me wonder who will sponsor MT after that industry collapses post-covid.
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Their Little Women was also very good.
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We've enjoyed the murder mysteries lately: Endevour, Grandchester, & Inspector Lewis.
Stacy was into Poldark, and watched some of Durells in Corfu. Neither really worked for me.
We tried to get into Indian Summers and Mr. Selfridge but dropped out after only a few eps.
And all of us (Tara too) loved Downton ( http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=5117). That was the last show we watched together as a family before Tara moved out.
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Baptiste e3 - this show is all about the last five mins of each episode. that's when the throw all the curve balls, setting that hook so you'll watch the next ep. it's okay but man, the amsterdam sex trade is seedy. we were about to give up and then those last five mins sold the following ep each time.
World on Fire e4 - And the war is on. Lots of killing now, shooting, stabbing, bombs & tanks. The characters are growing on me, especially the rich mom. very soap opera-esque in that masterpiece sort of way.
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Baptiste e4: only one last minute twist and we totally saw it coming. one of my fav character's throat was slit and is now in the morgue. bummer
World on Fire e5: Dunkirk. Many of the characters unwittingly cross paths. The scope of this show is big, like movie big. Still very enjoyable. It's all about shell shock now.
So missing Homeland tonight...
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World on Fire e6 was Paris falling to the Nazis. Next ep is the season finale. Damn, and I was just getting into it.
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Well crap. Next week is also the Baptiste finale.
Once again, there's a big twist at the end.
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Baptiste ended well. Nice twist. Shoulda seen it coming. Twas a decent ride overall. I kept thinking Paul Giamatti would've made a great Stratton. Turns out it's a spinoff of a 2015 series called The Missing. Might have to check that out.
World on Fire didn't really end at all. There was some resolution, but not 'season finale' resolution. Now we have to wait a year for the next installments? grrrr.
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Today was a binge day. Season 1 (8 eps) of The Missing, which was the intro of Julian Baptiste. Stacy had watched it last night, or bits of it and then skipped to the final ep. She said it was okay but there were a lot of loose ends. I felt I deserved a day of binging self care and watched it straight through. Stacy came back in for the end of it, picking up what she missed or dozed off during and decided that most of the loose ends she just missed because she wasn't paying attention. Set in 2006 and 2014, mostly in Paris but some in London, a child goes missing and Baptiste is on the case. It's stylistically and structurally similar to Baptiste, a bit more raw on the edges, not quite as slick, but enjoyable. Same formula of Baptiste partnered with an obsessive civilian, an array of rich characters, good and evil ambiguity and that last twisty hook in the last 5 mins. I was pleased to have guessed one of the main criminals, but it was mostly from the plot devices, not because I figured the motive or method. The other main culprit was a total surprise.
No sword fights. Only recommended for DOOMers that enjoy Euro police procedurals (it's the Euro part that gets me hooked).
There's a season 2, which I'm putting in our Netflix queue now.
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The Missing Season 2. We got halfway through in one night (it's only 8 eps). This one takes place in 2003, 2014 and 'present day' which must've been 2016 when it came out. An abducted girl reappears after 11 years and she's connected to another unsolved case of a different missing girl of Baptiste's (when did this guy earn his master detective rep anyway?) Same formula, great characters, complex jumps back and forth through time, child sex trafficking by an evil underground, crazy twisty hook at the end of the ep to keep you hooked. Added bonus is DI Thursday from Endeavour and DS Annie from Loch Ness. A major twist is that Baptiste has a brain tumor, so naturally he goes to the front lines of Iraq where mercs are battling Isis to follow up on a clue. Set in Switzerland, France, Iraq, and Germany so far. I've submitted my guess as to who the main villain is. 4 more eps to find out.
No sword fights yet. Front line fire fights. Still reserved for DOOMers into Euro police procedurals.
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Finished Season 2. This is the best of the three Baptiste series. I was semi-right about my guess but completely off about who the villain was (it was a character that wasn't introduced significantly until late in the series). It got brutal and really complex, but it was rewarding in the end. I hope they make another Baptiste series. He's a fine detective character.
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We rented Endevour Season 1. Love this show. Set in Oxford, it's a buddy film with the hard ass old school DI Thursday and the up-and-coming brilliant sleuth Morse. We've seen every ep already but I hadn't seen the pilot. It was very enjoyable - a brilliant twist in the end and fun to see the cast's first go at it.
Must remember some of these fine Brit phrases.
'dig me up' for 'look me up' and codswallop. fine words, very fine words indeed.
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Bag full of cunts.
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(06-10-2020, 05:40 AM)Greg Wrote: Bag full of cunts.
yeah...um...not on PBS.
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Prudes.
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