I’m 5 episodes in and loving it. It does get a bit too broody at times, but I am very much interested in the crime and am trying to figure it out.
Yep, it is of the same broad genre as The Killing - the original Danish Killing, anyway.
It’s nice to be lured in by intelligent character development (esp. emotional development) - as well as taking a good look at a particular type of society/community - rather than the plot relying on another shooting spree or another alien invasion, etc.
Being treated like an adult!
Glad you’re all enjoying it.
You should really try and watch the Danish original, it was brilliant and had MUCH better reviews than the American version.
My wife and I finished it tonight.
Wow.
We figured it out towards the end of episode 7(out of 8), but it was a great show and a very good reveal/ending.
We loved it and will watch series 2 next year. We can’t imagine series 2 living up to this, though.
Loved it.
Watching it when it aired it definitely made me think that ITV was using The Killing and The Bridge as templates for a British drama. Not that I’m complaining, I enjoyed both of those. But at times it seemed like a pretty shameless lift from one or other show.
I really enjoyed David Tennant and Olivia Coleman though. Great pairing.
Having seen all three (original versions), if I knew what a “shameless lift” was I’d say my arse.
Not asking for a spoiler, but does Alec have some neurological problem?
It’s better just to find out what is up with him by watching, but I’ll spoil-box a one word answer for you.
No.
Hmmm… okay. Thanks.
You enjoying it - better than Luther, right?
I had to give up on Luther. As I’ve said before, he makes Elliot Stabler look mellow. (Although he is reeeeally attractive.)
I’m concluding that *Broadchurch *is not so much about the murder as it is about the effect of the murder and the investigation on the family, town, and detectives, correct?
I guess. If you want it to be - it certainly seems to work on that level.
Others see it more as a murder mystery with clues and red herrings littered about. For me, it’s also a work for the [UK] zeitgeist, that is a study on amoral media and media influence on police, police investigations, relatives of victimes and their communities. Perhaps especially on indirect, underhand and even occasonally unintended influences and consequences.
The UK has seen a number of cases where media has played unfortunate roles.
Okay. Someone who has seen the whole series: does anything happen to the dog that belongs to the creepy lady who loves in the trailer? Put the answer in a spoiler box in case others don’t want to know. Thx.
No. The dog is fine. Anything with it is a big tease.
Thanks.
Not surprised at tonight’s turn of events. Very sad, however. The slow pace is wearing. Briscoe and Green would have had this solved by now.
Did Alec intend to go to bed with Becca, had she been willing? WTF?
He’s just inept, in sex as in police work. As perhaps we mostly all are.
I thought Tennant did embarrassment quite well. Love, love the acting in Broadchurch.
btw, how come Broadchurch gets 35 comments and some bullshit about a dome gets 434 with 21,000 page views… jeez.
It does seem to be turning out to be about this. As for unintended, that’s like that female reporter and her editor throwing a bomb in a crowded room and then saying, “We didn’t intend for anyone to get hurt. We just wanted to make a big noise because…well, people like big noises.”
There’s no reason for an American to know about the atmosphere in recent years (that culminated in a Public Inquiry into media) but this link is a classic example of time and place. Fwiw, plenty of viewers went along and enjoyed the overt storylines in Broadchurch without considering undercurrents, which I guess is the hallmark of good writing:
Nigel (the bald guy who works for Mark Latimer) seemed way too gung-ho about encouraging the mob at Jack Marshall’s house.
And while I still think the show is copying the approach of The Killing in focusing on how a town is affected by a murder, the creator claims that Murder One (a Stephen Bochco drama from 1996) was his inspiration.