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 detectives one from El Paso, >> Sonya North, played by Diane Kruger and one from >> Juarez, Marco Ruiz, played by Demian Bichir, pairing >> to investigate the murder of a woman judge whose body >> is found on a bridge between Mexico and the US. I >> liked the first episode and hope they can keep up >> this pace. Check your local provider for repeats >> and VOD. >> >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2406376/ > I honestly hope it's good. The basic story -- and > the characters -- of the original are strong enough > to survive a remake. And AMC didn't do a terrible > job when remaking "The Killing," also based on a > great Danish series. So I'll give FX a shot. > > All I can say, however, having seen the original > "Bron-Broen" three times, and considering it one of > the best TV series I saw all of last year, is that > Diane Kruger has some seriously big shoes to fill. > > Sofia Helin just *owned* the part of Saga Norén > (Sonya North in the remake), delivering one of the > most powerful performances by an actor in either > TV or movies last year. > > It *is*, after all, the very essence of a "star- > making role," as much so as Carrie Mathison in > "Homeland." The image of a strong, powerful, and > beautiful woman doing her best to be good at her > job while battling a mental disorder (Bipolar > Disorder in Carrie's case, Aspergers in Saga's/ > Sonya's) must be a veritable dream role for a > talented actress. Diane Kruger has done good > work in the past, so I wish her well. > > She's got a tough road ahead of her to have her > personification of this character be considered > at the same level as Sofia Helin's, but hey... > Mads Mikkelsen "took on" Anthony Hopkins in > "Hannibal" and kinda pulled it off, so there's > just no tellin'...
Having not seen the Danish series I cannot compare. I'm still not sure why the Danish version of "The Killing" is not available outside of an expensive PAL import DVD in the US. However Netflix help fund the third season on AMC and when it finishes season three will be available on Netflix. Perhaps the Danish series will then be available for streaming. Content creators and owners are funny sometimes and have mistaken ideas about the value of their properties. Only a real die hard fan would buy the region 2 DVDs. Most people would just like to pay a reasonable fee just to watch the series. There is an Indian movie I came across that I'm looking to see if it is available online called "Swaha: Life Beyond Superstition." There are some video links shown to some of the Indian fan sites but the videos don't play. Probably can pick it up for a $1 at the local Indian grocery. It's about a guru who visits the house of one of his devotees who son has gone astray. Sounds like something right up the alley of the folks here. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1633250/
