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Pretty great, yeah?

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

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.

Looks brilliant. Fucking Brits and shit.

McP, did you see Top Of The Lake?

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.

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.

Just watched the first episode. Holy shit.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I heart it in the butt.

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.

First photo of Fox raping this show.

the american office was better than the british office

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

fuck you

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

No.

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.

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

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