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Post by Queen E on Dec 7, 2007 18:55:44 GMT -5
Welcome to the Manchester CID...
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Dec 7, 2007 20:00:58 GMT -5
Watched the pilot; thought it was well written, well acted, etc and interesting. I don't really have much more to say about it. I'm hoping other people will.
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Post by Queen E on Dec 8, 2007 15:25:49 GMT -5
Hmm. I have a few things to say.
1. John Simm...he has so much to do in this episode. In all the episodes, really, but this episode gives us a glimpse into what he has to play: dry humor ("From the diary, quote, 'I killed her. She's been killed. I'm a killer, an ace killer.' That particular entry is not awash with ambiguity.'), frustration and coldness (saying feelings have no place in their world), total confusion, hope, fear, on and on.
2. Philip Glenister: The energy between JS and PG is just amazing. And of course, playing Gene Hunt must be so much fun; energetic, bastard-y, hilarious, completely rude. Gene represents everything that is wrong with the 70s CID while simultaneously representing everything that's wrong with the 2006 CID.
3. The music works so well in this show...especially the Bowie here bridging the "cross-over" between present day and the 70s.
4. The little boy who played the younger Colin Raimes? Possibly the creepiest looking child on TV since the Olsen twins. *shudder*
I'll have more thoughts, but that's what I've got for now.
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