[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-19 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Unlike Turq, I found both the SE and US versions compelling. I think they had Kruger dial back a little on the Aspergers syndrome a bit because with all the problem we've been having with bully cops in the US the idea that a police

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-19 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/19/2014 12:48 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: */I'm enjoying the new season of Justify as well, and agree that it's one of the better shows on American TV. Although the writing has been turned over to other people at this point, it still has a lot of that Elmore Leonard look and feel, and is

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-19 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/19/2014 12:48 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: */I'm enjoying the new season of Justify as well, and agree that it's one of the better shows on American TV. Although the writing has been turned over to other people at this point, it still

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-19 Thread ultrarishi
I watched both the US and European versions. Saga nailed it, where as Sonja was not as interesting or compelling. I liked the Euro version better, but the American version had a lot to offer as well, especially Sonja's partner Marco and her boss. They didn't need to stretch into 13 episodes

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-19 Thread Bhairitu
Not sure how they would have made the series work between the US and Canada. There may be a few bridges to base the story on. But it might not have generated the interest that setting it between the US and Mexico did. On 01/19/2014 12:51 PM, ultrarishi wrote: I watched both the US and

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-18 Thread nablusoss1008
Like all the B-films the Turq recommends The Bridge is boring. The director has a seemingly neverending fascination for syndrome's like Asberger and creates a character (Saga Norlen) that glues people to the TV giving them their own square-eyed-syndrome eagerly awaiting what next crazy thing

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The Bridge SE on Hulu

2014-01-18 Thread Bhairitu
Unlike Turq, I found both the SE and US versions compelling. I think they had Kruger dial back a little on the Aspergers syndrome a bit because with all the problem we've been having with bully cops in the US the idea that a police force would allow anyone with Aspergers on the force is a

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Bridge

2013-09-05 Thread iranitea

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge

2013-09-04 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Which [the Bhagavad-Gita] was probably an allegory not a real event. Just as a question, is there anyone here who believes that it WASN'T an allegory, and that the events portrayed in the Bhagavad-Gita not only actually took

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Bridge

2013-09-04 Thread doctordumbass

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series and this one is about two police detectives one from El Paso, Sonya North,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/11/2013 11:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series and this one is about two police

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/11/2013 11:57 AM, Bhairitu wrote: On 07/11/2013 11:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge, in going to show the US, after all

2013-06-18 Thread turquoiseb
My mistake. In my haste to share the good news, I posted the article without reading it first, because it had a photo of the original series at the top. It seems to be a review of the original Danish series, piggybacking off of FX's remake of the series. I'll give the remake a shot, because the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge, in going to show the US, after all

2013-06-18 Thread Share Long
: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge, in going to show the US, after all   My mistake. In my haste to share the good news, I posted the article without reading it first, because it had a photo of the original series at the top. It seems to be a review of the original Danish series, piggybacking off

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge, in going to show the US, after all

2013-06-18 Thread Bhairitu
Debuts July 10th which for some of us means we haven't watched much of FX since The Americans finale in May unless you are into Wilfred. Season 3 of The Killing has been good thus far. Borgen is available as a PAL DVD and Region B Bluray on Amazon if you are a must have person and have the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-13 Thread merudanda
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen) A second series has been commissioned and is due to begin production in October 2012 and will last for seven months .You may expect that the series is ready for TV viewing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-13 Thread Emily Reyn
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 11:11 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)   Yes somehow Emily was in my mind sending this lyric but  the other YouTube seems to be more appropriate to the topic The Bridge How beautiful are the lyric accompanied by a delicately

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-12 Thread Emily Reyn
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen) A second series has been commissioned and is due to begin production in October 2012 and will last for seven months .You may expect that the series is ready for TV viewing

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-12 Thread merudanda
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen) A second series has been commissioned and is due to begin production in October 2012 and will last for seven months .You may expect that the series is ready for TV viewing and a broadcasting in late 2013

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-12 Thread merudanda
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen) A second series has been commissioned and is due to begin production in October 2012 and will last for seven months .You may expect that the series is ready for TV viewing and a broadcasting

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: The plotting so far (I just finished episode 3 of 6) is excellent, and consistently surprising. Aggghhh! I just got to the end of episode 6, only to discover that there are 10 episodes in total. Here I was thinking

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-11 Thread turquoiseb
If you're at all interested in this, check out its IMDB page and read the reviews at the bottom. Especially the ones at the end, the one-star, I hated the actress reviews. As many of the other reviewers noted, their reaction was one of the highest compliments she could have received. Saga

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-11 Thread merudanda
A second series has been commissioned and is due to begin production in October 2012 and will last for seven months .You may expect that the series is ready for TV viewing and a broadcasting in late 2013. So keep your coffee cup warm

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-11 Thread turquoiseb
Neat. I read today about the second season of Bron/Broen, and about the third season of Forbrydelsen. Happy happy joy joy. :-) Maybe in some future season Sarah Lund could have to team up with Saga Noren. Now *that* would be interesting. The blurb below is correct, in that The Bridge is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/08/2012 07:47 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: snip I get a kick out of the US version of The Killing having lived in Seattle for many years and watching the mischaracterization of the city. This is off topic. Bhairitu, have you guys painted your trees blue yet like us Seattleites? I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Ha ha.  Touché. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)   On 05/08/2012 07:47 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: snip I get a kick out

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: For those few who might have enjoyed my continuing obsession with Danish crime TV (one shared by millions of Brits, BTW, not just millions of Danes), here's another series to be on the lookout for. It's made by the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: For those few who might have enjoyed my continuing obsession with Danish crime TV (one shared by millions of Brits, BTW, not just millions of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/08/2012 09:41 AM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: For those few who might have enjoyed my continuing obsession with Danish crime TV (one shared by

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 05/08/2012 09:41 AM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: For those few who might have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 05/08/2012 09:41 AM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: The US and Danish Killing were running at the same time here but I couldn't watch the US one as it was weird, like they were pretending to be the same characters and once you know the story you just look for differences, heard they changed the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Wondering what they would censor from Sherlock though, must be a sensitive bunch over there They think that everyone in the mid-west is a Bible thumper. I have to agree

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: However the Showtime version of Shameless is racier than the BBC version which I've been catching up on via Netflix. But then Showtime is a premium network. Racier? Uuurghhh!That's one show I never liked, too close to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Wondering what they would censor from Sherlock though, must be a sensitive bunch over there They

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Wondering what they would

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/08/2012 11:53 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Wondering what they would censor from Sherlock though, must be a sensitive bunch over there They think that everyone in the mid-west is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread turquoiseb
The plotting so far (I just finished episode 3 of 6) is excellent, and consistently surprising. Aggghhh! I just got to the end of episode 6, only to discover that there are 10 episodes in total. Here I was thinking that I could finish the series tonight and stop thinking about whodunnit,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)

2012-05-08 Thread Emily Reyn
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Bron/Broen) On 05/08/2012 10:00 AM, salyavin808 wrote: The US and Danish Killing were running at the same time here but I couldn't watch the US one as it was weird, like they were pretending to be the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge (Spoiler Alert)

2012-04-23 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: There's a new Scandinavian crime drama starting on UK TV that I look forward to, especially after Wallender and the original The Killing and Borgen. It's called The Bridge Saw the first episode... [small spoiler alert -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
Fuel efficiency has increased in the last decade so the taxes in the state were down, and they didn't have enough money for repairs. boo_lives wrote: Fuel efficiency is not revelant, it's total gallons purchased. You are incorrect, Sir. ...the push to reduce American's oil

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/3/07 8:18:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, buttsplicer @gmail.com writes: Don't be foolish to think that, Perhaps somebody just didn't think it was necessary to make repairs until it was too late. The funds are not there. Most of our infrastructure in the US dates

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-04 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/3/07 12:12:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you think the bridge collapsed due to structural failure willy? wow that's brillant. structural problems in the bridge were noted

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bridge symbolizes the state of the US economy ready to collapse at any time. If you don't believe it the bridge's collapse itself is the result of the strangulation of government from the Reagan regime onward.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread Stu
Bhairitu - I am with you. The anti-government rallying cry of the last 20 years has cost the US its infrastructure. You would think that once and a while they would read the founding fathers words about a government of the people, for the people and by the people. There are cases when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bridge symbolizes the state of the US economy ready to collapse at any time. If you don't believe it the bridge's collapse itself is the result of the strangulation of government from the Reagan regime onward.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
rflex wrote: No New Taxes has been the rallying cry for decades now, but nobody ever said how we were supposed to pay for the things we all take for granted. This is silly - the bridge fell down becasue of structural failure. Fuel efficiency has increased in the last decade so the taxes in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread Bhairitu
do.rflex wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bridge symbolizes the state of the US economy ready to collapse at any time. If you don't believe it the bridge's collapse itself is the result of the strangulation of government from the Reagan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rflex wrote: No New Taxes has been the rallying cry for decades now, but nobody ever said how we were supposed to pay for the things we all take for granted. This is silly - the bridge fell down becasue

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: The Republican governor of Minnesota vetoed the funs that could have fixed that bridge. The reason that the bridge fell down is because of idiots like you that buy oil and gas from tyrants like Hugo Chavez and foreign cars from Japan. You are not supporting the U.S. economy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/3/07 12:12:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you think the bridge collapsed due to structural failure willy? wow that's brillant. structural problems in the bridge were noted years ago by inspectors, the issue is why there hasn't been any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-03 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/3/07 12:12:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you think the bridge collapsed due to structural failure willy? wow that's brillant. structural problems in the bridge were noted