Comments on: Game Of Thrones, The Shadow Line, The Killing, Running Wilde

By: Entropy

Entropy — Thu, 19 May 2011 06:28:00 +0000

The best thing about Game of Thrones, for me at least though, is listening to all the non-book readers speculate. It’s funny how wrong they usually are.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:14:58 +0000

‘I would rather be framed than admit something shameful until the last minute’ is every minute of every episode of every flavour of Law and Order. I know TropesAreNotBad, but in this case it’s the largest of the many reasons to pay absolutely no attention to those shows.

By: Lack 26

Lack 26 — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:22:38 +0000

Ah yes, Archer, another brilliant show, between GoT and this I’m a very happy man (Slightly less happy now Campus has finished though).

It literally has me rolling around in hysterics half the time, unfortunately I can no longer talk to my own mother without saying “MOTHER!” in Archer’s voice.

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:15:22 +0000

And now I’m remembering an old GK Chesterton Father Brown where a man nearly was framed for murder because he pretended to be his own manservant, saying he was out, to duck an interview with a reporter and keep reading a really good book.

And I’m also thinking of totally legal actions that I would prefer to be tried for murder than have as public knowledge. Not many, but they exist, especially if I was reasonably sure other evidence would clear me.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:52:11 +0000

I’d love to watch all of these, but I only have time for Archer. Please tell me you’ve seen it, Tom!

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:49:28 +0000

Hah. That’s like the longest episode of Castle ever. If I was a cop, I’d start every interrogation with “Would you like to be convicted of murder, or the thing you were really doing on the night of the 16th?” All the red herrings would fess up and save time, and I’d know the real murderer because he’d have to really think about it.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:26:39 +0000

I didn’t know that The Killing had been translated. I’m watching the Danish one at the moment, about half way through (it clocks in at twenty hours). I really liked the Swedish Wallander – let’s hear it for the Scandinavian crime thriller massive.

Trying to not have spoilers here, but even the generality of my statements might not be enough if you’re aching for everything to surprise.

In the first ten episodes, about eight hours have been taken up by investigations into people acting suspicious when questioned by the police about their whereabouts on the night of the murder, only to have it turn out that they were just doing something entirely innocent but they didn’t want to tell anyone in case of the consequences – embarrassment apparently being less preferable than convictions for kidnap, sexual assault and murder. I didn’t know Denmark had such strict societal rules.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:25:33 +0000

Oh yeah, Peter Dinklage is amazing as Tyrion.

By: Lack 26

Lack 26 — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:05:29 +0000

I’m really enjoying Game of Thrones, I don’t think I’ve actually enjoyed TV this much in quite a while and it’s certainly nice to see a ‘fantasy’ world treated with this level of respect (due to the books, I’m sure). The dwarf is an excellent character and very well acted, probably my favourite at the moment.

Although I’ve found that the ex-slave trader’s voice has actually become the sound of my internal monologue, (mixed in with a bit of Robert Bathurst’s voice from his reading of A Dream of Armageddon).