Random TV that do not need their own threads...

[Martin]

lol.

I'll remember that for season 2!

[gravedigger]

Homeland is slow to a fault. George Francisco aside, that show didn't pick up until 10 episodes into the first 13-episode run.

[Abraham Smashington]

I made it like 8 episodes in and just couldn't care anymore.

[Bobby Bear]

Martin, Elba going detective is surprisingly good (British cop shows, I find, are very inconsistent). I finished all but the last series in less than a week, largely because the recent discussion here persuaded me to try it.

Sometimes massive city-wide crises get resolved a little too quickly with some convenient "Idris knows the answer immediately" plotting and such, but it's still very solid stuff. His chum Ripley - much more than stock cop sidekick material - and the tremendously watchable Alice are big contributors to the show's quality.

[IggytheBorg]

Do British cop shows ever have gun battles in them? Or do they just beat the perps into submission w/ billy clubs? That might be more entertaining, come to that.


Or should I have posted this in the Questions for the Brits thread?

[B_Metal]

Luther carries no gun. Mostly because Luther needs no gun. But also Britain.

[FilmNerdJamie]

AMC reportedly ordering a pilot for Preacher.

[BillyG]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YES

[Martin]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

[Bobby Bear]

Great question, Iggy, and just the place for it (although that other thread is a cracker, too!) I don't watch too many British cop shows, but they do tend to use guns quite sparingly. Weapons in general are a bit of a delicate issue, really.

At the risk of oversimplifying this, it probably stems - in many cases - from a desire to reflect our comparatively anti-gun culture. If shootouts and the like were to become too prevalent, the shows would probably face accusations of "Americanization" and risk losing viewers; it wouldn't accurately reflect the on-the-street reality of life in most British cities. Consequently, what constitutes a gun battle for a British cop show will probably feel a little restrained to most North American audiences.

British cop movies, however, seem to be getting more like their US counterparts in that respect.

[Captain Russ]

AMC reportedly ordering a pilot for Preacher.

Eh.

[Abraham Smashington]

yeah. I have no faith after The Walking Dead.

[Timothy225]

Kind of in the same boat re: Preacher. While I'm excited that a TV series is coming, I wish it would've been on something like HBO where they can go balls out like the comics did. I'm afraid the AMC version will be neutered on several levels (nudity, violence, cussing, etc. as well as whole storylines getting axed - I'll be amazed if they do anything with all the stuff that went on in Salvation).

[Captain Russ]

I don't give a shit about Preacher. Read it, didn't change my life or anything. Only thing that would change my complete lack of interest in this is the casting of The Saint and Herr Starr. But even then, it's all a big novelty act at this point.

[Abraham Smashington]

I'd rather they do Locke and Key or Chew. Those could be fun.