--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
On 09/01/2013 03:25 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
To get the bad taste out of my eyes from watching a couple
of episodes of the US version of The Bridge, I decided
to watch the new season of Borgen. What a difference.
Now, now, I watched the first episode of Broen. I don't
understand why you didn't like the US remake. After all
it's by the same writers and producers and done with a
better budget.
It's interesting about the writer credits; if you see
an article talking about how that worked, send me a
link. I have to wonder whether one of the licensing
agreements was to name the original writers as the
writers of the remake, however much rewriting took
place.
The storyline was pretty much
the same but adapted to the US/Mexican border.
In other words, dumbed down for an American audience.
I don't think Americans
would have found a show about the the Denmark/Swedish
border to be all that compelling.
See above.
Then they were able to bring the Mexican drug lord
element in and the coyote element as well.
See above.
I think it is just your Amercans sucks, Europe good
meme you often expound on here.
It's really not. I am the first to admit that I was
pleasantly surprised by the remake of The Killing.
That was the exception to the rule. In the two
episodes of The Bridge I watched, it...uh...
wasn't.
Of course you know I get that. Hell, when the first
day of my TTC in France I looked around and thought
you idiot! You're going be cooped up in a hotel for
six months when you should be traveling around seeing
Europe! I did intend to get back and do exactly that
but so far that was limited to a stopover in Amsterdam
to and from India.
It's an education to leave the United States, to get
the fuck out of its psychic mindspace. I highly
recommend it.
Of course the Swedish actress is sexier and Unger...
Kruger
...chose to play the role
about bit more wallflower which sells the Aspergers
a little better.
I found it to be just the opposite. People with
Aspergers are *not* necessarily wallflowers. Many
combine their lack of empathy with strong, even
narcissistic egos. Sofia Helin did her homework
when preparing for this role, and spent a lot of
time with actual Asprergers sufferers.
You should see what they say about her performance
on support group forums for people with Aspergers.
It's heart-rending the appreciation and love they
have for her. For them it's like being black and
growing up their entire lives and never seeing a
black face on TV. And then one day there is it,
the first black character you've ever seen, and
it's a *great* character.
OTOH Crossing Lines, a European production which
played on NBC this summer did respectively. Yup,
some scenes had subtitles too. This may be the odd
difference between Comcast running NBC and GE which
ran it.
Subtitles are tough for Americans. I think I've
passed along my brother's take on that before,
but I will again. He thinks that Americans just
can *read* well enough or fast enough to watch
a movie while reading them. I think there is a
lot of truth in that theory.
After watching the first episode of Broen, which
looked like someone captured it off a DVR on the
composite output.
Too bad. The cinematography *screams* for HD.
Thanks for the other recommendations. I'll check
them out if I have time, but as I've said I don't
have as much of that as I used to. I've jetissoned
at least five series that I was watching faith-
fully, because I just don't have time to watch
them all, and so I've had to prioritize.
