Well, bhairitu, that image makes me smile too, of FFL sitting at a restaurant
with throwable food at the ready. Yes, my bad!
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From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Borgen, season 3
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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>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Borgen, season 3
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>On 09/01/2013 03:25 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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