Broadchurch

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Sat August 10, 2013 11:11 pm

Pretty great, yeah?

I can't even imagine how bad American TV is going to fuck this one up.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Sun August 11, 2013 3:06 pm

So...no, then?

BBC America has the entire first episode (of an 8 part series) up on YouTube. Strong storytelling, powerful acting, stunning cinematography, and music by Ólafur Arnalds. So basically, America is going to take a big dump on the remake.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun August 11, 2013 3:13 pm

Looks brilliant. Fucking Brits and shit.

McP, did you see Top Of The Lake?

malice · Post by **malice** » Sun August 11, 2013 4:06 pm

I think I've missed the opening episodes from BBC America, but will catch them 'OnDemand' - definitely interested in it - Is it being done again Americanized, or are you anticipating a remake? I don't pay enough attention to know.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Sun August 11, 2013 4:11 pm

It's been picked up to be remade by Fox.

Which I assume is like having a record of Bon Jovi covering all your favorite songs.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun August 11, 2013 4:13 pm

Just watched the first episode. Holy shit.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun August 11, 2013 4:13 pm

McParadigm wrote:It's been picked up to be remade by Fox.

Which I assume is like having a record of Bon Jovi covering all your favorite songs.

AL

mkay0 · Post by **mkay0** » Sun August 18, 2013 4:40 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:McP, did you see Top Of The Lake?

I did, its fantastic. The accents were tough for me during the first episode, but by the second one I had become accustomed to them. Outstanding story, love the premise and the execution.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun August 18, 2013 5:25 pm

mkay0 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:McP, did you see Top Of The Lake?
I did, its fantastic. The accents were tough for me during the first episode, but by the second one I had become accustomed to them. Outstanding story, love the premise and the execution.

Me too. I adored it.

And I watched the second episode of Broadchurch last night. The writing was bit more genre typical and the performances a bit less engaging. But I still loved it.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Tue August 20, 2013 11:18 pm

Top of the Lake was really, really good. Please reread that sentence at the end of this post, and remember that I loved it. I bought it, for fuck's sake.

It just had a few things that bothered me.

Ms Mad Men's total wandering and logicless presence through the first few episodes, for one. I sort of wanted her to die by the time she bumbled up on that Austrian or whatever, in episode two. A little too much work on fleshing out wild characterizations in distracted side moments when they should have been able to easily nurture them through the main plot. It just seemed to want to have a John Irving quality that didn't pan out, and it seemed to want to be able to say "Well, okay, but this is all bleached out like an indie film, so it's artier than it looks on paper..."

Broadchurch, to my eyes, has the best performance of either show by far (Jodie Whittaker), the best cinematography, the best soundtrack, and an ability to wrap very similar features to Lake in a stronger, more impactful base plot.

nyquillyn · Post by **nyquillyn** » Wed November 27, 2013 6:27 pm

This show was fantastic for 6 episodes, then it elevated itself into "best show ever" territory with the final two.

The thing that really struck me was the quality of the acting. Every single role was superbly acted.

The other thing was how subtly it toed the line between darkness and light. A lot of shows would have just bogged down in total darkness, but this allowed enough light in to fully illuminate the town and its people.

The cinematography was fucking amazing.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Wed November 27, 2013 10:08 pm

I heart it in the butt.

daft twat · Post by **daft twat** » Mon January 20, 2014 3:38 pm

Just watched all 8 eps this weekend. Completely in love with Jodi Whitaker. What a performance. Could not help but see the Radiohead dude in the lead detective.

nyquillyn · Post by **nyquillyn** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:35 pm

First photo of Fox raping this show.

Post by **Alex** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:37 pm

the american office was better than the british office

tommymtcom · Post by **tommymtcom** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:38 pm

Alex wrote:the american office was better than the british office

fuck you

nyquillyn · Post by **nyquillyn** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:39 pm

Alex wrote:the american office was better than the british office

No.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:45 pm

It seems extremely unlikely that Gracepoint could possibly be on a level with Broadchurch, because holy shit Broadchurch.

It'd be like hoping a cover band's track-by-track (with two bonus originals) recreation of Zeppelin 4 will be every bit as good as Led Zeppelin's Zeppelin 4, because after all Robert Plant did agree to sing on it so probably just as good.

Post by **Alex** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:49 pm

tommymctom wrote:
Alex wrote:the american office was better than the british office
fuck you

turned2black wrote: No.

trolling anglophiles is too easy to be fun

nyquillyn · Post by **nyquillyn** » Fri February 28, 2014 6:57 pm

The American version of The Office was about 5 seasons too long.

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