tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post4391385283343165306..comments2023-10-18T11:17:26.147+01:00Comments on Hauling Like a Brooligan: The Killing 2Stephen Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-61803150573179313052011-06-25T22:44:17.618+01:002011-06-25T22:44:17.618+01:00Saw part of the first season and wasn't keen, ...Saw part of the first season and wasn't keen, though my Twitter feed suggests that season 2 may have raised the game.<br /><br />Maybe I'll stop at five JESSE STONEs. That one last bad mouthful can ruin a whole meal.Stephen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-7581935345549616582011-06-25T18:40:20.208+01:002011-06-25T18:40:20.208+01:00The last two JESSE STONES have been lousy...but th...The last two JESSE STONES have been lousy...but the first four or five were terrific.<br /><br />What do you think of LUTHOR? I thought the first season was ridiculously and ludicrously over-the-top...with all the bad guys from the Ernst Starvos Blofeld School of Acting. The first episode of season 2 was more grounded, but haven't been able to bring myself to watch ep 2 yet.Lee Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442268370192897461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-11641285885522950182011-06-25T14:07:56.483+01:002011-06-25T14:07:56.483+01:00From what I can gather without actually seeing it,...From what I can gather without actually seeing it, AMC's remake of THE KILLING starts with very much the same tone as its original but then gradually diverges, to its disadvantage. Denmark's has a proper and well-tuned ending, and paces its final two episodes so that not everything hangs on a single moment of unwrapping.<br /><br />After seeing them mentioned a couple of times on your blog I've been catching up with the JESSE STONE series of TV movies, and in atmosphere and execution I'd say they seem to be a creditable US parallel to THE KILLING. Though I think you said the very latest isn't so great?Stephen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-6272566972972516432011-06-25T08:33:11.128+01:002011-06-25T08:33:11.128+01:00I am midway through season three of ENGRENAGES and...I am midway through season three of ENGRENAGES and am loving it. Still haven't caught up with KILLING 1 and KILLING 2, both of which are waiting for me here on my desk...Lee Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442268370192897461noreply@blogger.com