I often like to think of FFL as if we are sitting around a table at a
restaurant and having a conversation. If that were the case people
would be so alarmed of jibes people make.
On 09/01/2013 09:14 AM, Share Long wrote:
bhairitu, that "Now, now" made me smile. Makes me realize how fun and
funny language is, how 2 little words can convey a nuanced tone.
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*From:* Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net>
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:00 AM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Borgen, season 3
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. The storyline was pretty
much the same but adapted to the US/Mexican border. I don't think
Americans would have found a show about the the Denmark/Swedish border
to be all that compelling. Then they were able to bring the Mexican
drug lord element in and the coyote element as well.
I think it is just your "Amercans sucks, Europe good" meme you often
expound on here. 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.
Of course the Swedish actress is sexier and Unger chose to play the
role about bit more wallflower which sells the Aspergers a little better.
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.
After watching the first episode of Broen, which looked like someone
captured it off a DVR on the composite output. I watched a DVD
rental "Evidence" with Steven Moyer and Radha Mitchell. Probably no
interest to you and not to much of FFL but it was found footage horror
flick with the spin being that Moyer is a forensic video analyst.
After that I tried to start a popular title on Netflix and stopped it
as soon as it began rebuffering. So chose a Netflix recommended title
"Abduction of Eden" which was excellent. I had intended just to watch
about a half hour but finished the whole film. It's based on an true
story about a girl who was abducted and forced into prostitution in
the Las Vegas area. I think we'll be seeing more from the young actor
Matt O'Leary who did a bang up job on his role as her handler. But I
have to be a bit embarrassed as I assumed it was shot in the
Southwest. It was shot in Washington state in areas I am familiar
with. But eastern Washington doesn't look a whole lot different in the
desert areas than the Southwest. Just no suguaros. :-D
For those who have never seen the series, it's a drama set in and around
the buildings of the same name (meaning "citadel" or "castle") which
house the Danish government. The first two seasons dealt with the rise
to power of the (fictional) first woman Prime Minister of the country,
and with all of the shit she had to deal with on a daily basis, both in
political life and private life.
And they were brilliant, in all of the ways that Danish TV series are,
and US series (on the whole) are not. It was a series filled with nuance
and subtlety and real characters with real-world problems. It "pulled no
punches" when dealing with the political pressures of Danish politics
(mainly centering on issues of immigration and corruption), but it did
so without histrionics, and without the posturing so present in American
"political" dramas. But what made the series so brilliant was that it
wasn't about politicians and News broadcasters, it was about human
beings who happened to be politicians and News broadcasters.
These people aren't different from anyone else, and "Borgen" brought
that to life on the TV screen. They have "issues," like anyone else.
They have problems at home, and with their romances, like everyone else.
And they make mistakes, just like everyone else.
The main draw of the series, as with all of the shows created by the DR
production company there, is the strength of the actors chosen to
portray the roles, and the dialogue given to them to portray. Season 3
starts with the former Prime Minister having been voted out of office a
few years before, and wanting to return to politics, but feeling
betrayed by all of the compromises her former political party has been
making. So she starts another political party, one dedicated to
principle rather than expediency. It's really great so far, so I highly
recommend it to others who saw the former two seasons and liked them.
