AMC's Next: The Killing
 

Sunday, April 3, 9/8c

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Its called The Killing you ****ing reerun.

It's not like I'd fixed it before you even posted or anything.

Nope you didn't...

It still said The Killers when I posted.

Mods lock the thread please.

It was changed before there were any replies.

Mods, ban this reerun please.

Or at least change his name to "Buckmeetingclayinagaybar".

Mods please post timecodes of all edits.

lulz

On to what I think about the show.

Seems cool. I like mysteries. I don't get why Rubicon had to go and this show gets to come, but I bet the same thing will happen to it. Plus this seems like a 1 season story anyways.

Not that it matters, but there seriously weren't any posts after I submitted the edit. I realized I'd made a mistake immediately after I created the thread.

(I do that a lot, things are often jumbled between my brain and my fingers)

Not sure why anybody would care, but there it is.

It looks cool, but the whole time I'm thinking it's that wife chick from Big Love (which I completely haven't watched this season) dressed up as a cop. Weird. And then there's the asshole kid from Tower Prep, which probably nobody but me has seen.

Gotta love the stolen Sunshine music.

People get buttsore over the queerest things on the interwebs.

Pretty sure Buck and Keg were just having a little fun there.

Ban this ****er too. Mods!

**** you

Looks sweet. Clay, can you steal this for me?
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Or get Dane to get you a copy from his neighbor.

Man, this looks good. AMC is doing work. It may not be Mad Men good, but I imagine it will be worth the watch.

It looks like Twin Peaks minus the crazy.

Is that an offer? We can meet in the men's room opening game 2012(since there won't be a 2011 opening game). Sound good to you?

Sounds good

The Killing is a Stanley Kubrick film

Just a reminder, kicks off tonight.

Here's what I was looking for [God there are a lot of threads with Killing in them]. Mods, feel free to merge my FP thread if you wish.

Again, as per my FP thread, anyone seen the Danish original? Be interesting to get insights on how this one measures up.

I havent seen the original Baby L, But this series looks seriously good.

Looking through the preview on AICN, the reviews for it (the US version) are outstanding.

Haven't seen the original.

Some raving and obsession over here. Seems like they treat this show like their mashup of The Wire and Lost [early to mid-seasons Lost, without the Lost letdown at the end].

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-rad...ode-by-episode

Its a shame really.....these are the types of shows the big Networks used to take chances on before they got reality obsessed..

The previews make this appear a little like Twin Peaks......cant believe that show was 20 years ago......if made today, it would be on HBO, FX or AMC.

That is a good thing. "Network" shows pretty much blow now a days IMO.

I couldn't even make it through the first 10 minutes of the first episode of Twin Peaks. Is it something I should give a chance?

To be fair, it's hard to judge. The pilot was a force of nature when it aired. People went crazy. Can't think of another pilot that created nearly as much water cooler talk, not even Lost.

The rest of the episodes were more conventional, until you got to Agent Cooper's famous dream sequence. The second season descended into ridiculous melodrama.

I'd suggest giving the pilot another try with your expectations set for quirky. If it finally lands with you, try the rest of the first season.

Or maybe acclimatize yourself to Lynch with some Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, and Mullholland Drive, first.

Yea i agree....Pilot was great....then series slowly went downhill. A show waaaaay ahead of its time. Looking back, i have no idea how that ever aired on network TV?

Wacted it last night. I really enjoyed it. It took about 20 or 30 minutes to get going, but after that i was fully invested in the mystery. Hopefully the payoff is worth it.

In that preview, when the dude uncovers the girl at the scuzzy guy's house, is that the guy's wife? I couldn't tell.

Really liked the first episode. Will definately continue to watch.

My money is on the black teacher.

Loving this show. AMC=win

Watched the whole series so far last night and love it.

Not sure what that was about...maybe he's part of something bigger like a FED or something.

Holder is my favorite though, he's got that Sawyer [Lost] thing goin on and it works well in the northwest.

Linden is really good too, really like this show so far.

It seems odd that in the entire Seattle PD Homicide department, she's the only one who can handle this case. It's not like in Turner and Hooch where Turner was the only detective the department had.

Suspects:

1) Councilman's girlfriend/advisor
2) Dad's employee

There are a lot of odd contrivances in this series so far. But it's entertaining enough. I enjoyed the first three episodes it spite of the convenient plot set ups and chunky dialogue.

I'm still waiting for the show to distinguish itself though. It's not really any different than any other cop show. They're trying way to hard to make people care about the mystery. It's like they're forcing what came naturally with "who killed Laura Palmer?"

Also, the show makes me wanna watch The X-Files again. I mean, serious redhead, goofy, unconventional partner thrust together. And when she says his name (Holder) it sounds an awful lot like Mulder.

But, yeah. I'll keep watching. The end of the third episode was great. Really nice hook.

Also -

yea, thats a cliched, contrived gimmick....i guess i can accept a few of those if the rest of the show is as solid as its been.

The thing im starting to wonder about is the politician (Billy Campbell). He obviously has something to do with the overall mystery, because if he didnt, why would they spend so much time with his character? That would be alot of time to waste on a character who isnt central to the murder.

Could the friend have put on Rosie's wig and witch outfit in the basement? The video didn't really show her face.

It's not her.

I noticed that as well and it seems clear that they want us to notice that.

Yea, I was like...where is it. Now with the "It's not what you think" line by the kid then it's probably that it's not her and the girl was into it...

Twin Peaks, X Files, let's not forget the legacy of Murder One.

Season long single murder mystery.

I've skipped through this thread but i dvred the 1st 2 episodes...worth watching so far?

They're starting to do comic book style crossovers on AMC, so Rosie is actually a zombie meth dealer who works at an ad agency and the butterfly necklace will be retconned into a four leaf clover in a reference that precisely 12 people in the world will understand.

In related news, Mad Men season 5 has been pushed back to 2012. FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU....

I think it was renewed for multiple years, though, so there's that.

It's a great show. Enjoy while it's around, which won't be long.

Will do...what makes you think it wont be around? I assume the premise of the show?

I'm curious to see what the ratings were last night. The premiere did pretty well.

No stars, no explosions, no sex. It's a quiet, moody, unattractive type of show. Basically most of the reasons I'm liking it are the same reasons most other people won't.

You can Wiseguy in there as well. Wiseguy and Murder One might be the most groundbreaking shows (format wise) of the past 25 years.

Oh..and i guess before that there was Hill Street Blues....which pretty much defined the "Multi-Episode" story arcs + gritty realism.

Bump.......should be an interesting night...

Looking forward to this.

Haven't caught up on last week's yet, but I'm already hooked.

Took initiative in the Forbrydelsen, comparison. At first blush, TMC lost a beat characterwise in failing to secure a



Sponsorship

;)

Also, our Nordic fiends have found a brunette Julianne Nicholson that is very intriguing as Linden/Lind

strong episode.....Show is starting to fall into a predictable pattern though....

slow burn simmer for 50 minutes...then a big reveal at the end with a suspect.....then clear the suspect in the next episode....wash, rinse repeat....

Still well done though....

That's exactly what I was thinking when I caught up last night. They need to toss a wrench into the formula.

Eventually have to figure out why the mayoral election stuff is so important too. Obviously it's connected, but there better be a good payoff.

Yea, same here....

I didn't care for this particular episode and hope that the show doesn't use the same template. I mean, hey, we've got a clear suspect! Only, he'll be exonerated (for a while) in the next episode (after 50 or so minutes), because we've got a new clear suspect!

yea this is true but oh well. Still love the dude cop, can't wait til his H addition becomes an issue

That teacher......do not like that teacher.

it's nothing ground breaking, but so far I like it...i'm a sucker for slow, i guess

best thing about it, by far, imo, is Joel Kinnaman....I kind of already don't care about the murdered girls family, they're just emotional fodder thrown in for 'weight'...

it also seemed not accidental that the premiere episode's music had a faint but noticeable Twin Peaks chord in it...

I was about 3/4 asleep when I was watching it, but were they teasing at the end that the guy Rosie showed up was him? It's starting to feel like that to me, too. The grief of the family was engaging initially, but now it's becoming wearing. It's almost to the "stop this shit and get back to the mystery" point.

And I actually didn't like tying the dad in with organized crime out of the blue. They tease none of that in the previous episodes, tease no connection of any kind, and then suddenly he has a house he's going to spring on his family and he's somehow tied in crime? Sudden left turn makes no sense.

I guess im of the opposite opinion. I thought the grief thing had run its course so it was a nice twist for me.

Going to be interesting to see how they tie everything in....the Mayor race, the grieving family with the crime ties, the teacher who played ball at the politicians campaign stop.

Oh, and something is telling me that the scuzzy cop dude is a leak of some sort...remember he had the mystery phone conversation last week where he uttered something like "Shes too smart for that" then quickly hung up when the female cop rolled up.

Agreed. The organized crime bit came out of nowhere and doesn't add any interest (to me).

I thought something was up with the scuzzy cop dude from the very first episode. The way he was hitting on the high school girls for info just set off alarm bells for some reason. But that's probably a red herring.

Of course, that's how you're supposed to feel after the last episode. I'm sure they'll make you think differently in a week or so.

Its not what it appeared most likely. They showed the notes, which implied love letters, but from what i could read, it didnt really sound like love or affair.

"You have an old soul in a young body" is the kind of line that'll get you shanked in the cage after arraignment.

heh, like i said, it does imply affair, but it vague enough to not mean that exactly.

Finally watched the latest episode. I agree with the majority here. The formula is wearing. I was happy to see the fiance show up and surprise the lead, though. He was becoming way too obvious and stereotypical after the previous episodes.

The show feels fairly obvious to me right now. The biggest twists have all been things that I've seen coming. And I know a lot of you have seen them coming as well, because you've commented on them in advance.

But I like the characters and I'm still curious enough to keep watching. It's a really well made show. Just hope, like most of you, that they can find a way to mix things up and crank up the surprises.

I'm so used to see Callum Keith Rennie as a villain that I can't get away from the idea that he's somehow involved.

(That's the fiance)