Reply to: "The Killing" (Scandinavian Noir on BBC4 on Saturday evenings).

[Big Blue Plymouth]

I thought The Bridge was quite silly compared to The Killing. I highly recommend Borgen if you like that sort of thing;



Plus Silvio from The Sopranos.

Being held up by The West Wing at the moment, halfway through series four. Then it's Breaking Bad series 5 (first 8 episodes), then Lillyhammer. The benefits of a long commute.

I liked the Paulie Gaultieri cameo as a catholic priest in season 2.

[VectraMan]

It's not quite the same without Martin, but maybe the other bloke will turn out to be as good.

I did laugh at "Would you like a hug?".

[VectraMan]

I've been watching the US version of The Killing, thanks to Netflix, which is pretty good so far. Never saw the first Danish series.

Started watching Swedish series 30 Degrees in February last night, which is a bit boring. Then there's 1864 (or whatever year it is) from Denmark to watch. Bloody Scandanavians filling up my time with TV.

[Bunk]

Destroying Denmark and most of southern Sweden in a nuclear explosion was a bit of a shock. But at least Martin and Saga survived; albeit in their genetically mutated amphibian forms.

lizard

Perfect for Zeity

[VectraMan]

No spoilers! No spoilers!

Destroying Denmark and most of southern Sweden in a nuclear explosion was a bit of a shock. But at least Martin and Saga survived; albeit in their genetically mutated amphibian forms.

[VectraMan]

Well that was cheery

WHS.

I'm guessing series three will have a slightly different format.

[Bunk]

Well that was cheery

[Platypus]

Saga is wonderfully odd.

I have a feeling you'd get on very well together

[Bunk]

Managed to watch ep 1.

Saga is wonderfully odd.

She actually manages to be quite caring in one episode, entirely by accident of course

She looks very stiff and uncomfortable when she gets a hug for it.

[Platypus]

The Bridge II is on BBC4 at the moment

Didn't know that was coming.

Me neither. Fookin missed it. Thank goodness for iPlayer

[VectraMan]

The Bridge II is on BBC4 at the moment

Didn't know that was coming.

Just finished rewatching the original, which the BBC were showing at 3am last week without telling anybody. I only spotted it when I was looking for something else on iPlayer. Interesting to compare to The Tunnel, which I did think was pretty good, but The Bridge was something else. If anything I was more glued to the screen second time round.

And that continued with II last night. Martin's now a nutcase, and Saga has started trying to laugh at other people's jokes - which is hilarious.

[Bunk]

Saga's still quite odd

[Bunk]

The Bridge II is on BBC4 at the moment

Didn't know that was coming.

[Lockhouse]

"Borgen" series 3 is imminent.

Sommat to look forward to on Saturdays.

I've heard it's not up to the quality of the first two.

[VectraMan]

I watched. It was quite good; I wouldn't mind seeing the original again so watching a faithful remake isn't all that bad. I was just pleased to see a) the French spoke French, and b) they filmed it properly and didn't go down the whirly camera route.