Yep - you would think there would be a different expression for each of those things. I just tried it myself in front of a mirror and I came up with varying ones, and I’m no Olivier.
Please vote in this poll:
“The Killing”: Yea, Meh, or Nay
Yeah, that’s what annoys me most about all this. It really was exactly like a standard police procedural show, just stretched out over 13 episodes with way, way, WAY too much useless filler thrown in, which has the effect of making it a tedious trudge through each episode. Maybe (probably) real detective work is that boring, but that’s not what I want in my television entertainment.
I wouldn’t have minded the unresolved ending if the journey up to that point had been halfway interesting. Heck, at the end of the first season of LOST when Locke finally busts open the mysterious hatch and the scene fades to black before we find out anything about it, I was thrilled and pleasantly frustrated and looking forward to the next season. Because the show was actually truly intriguing, and they had earned my loyalty at that point.
The Killing hasn’t given me any reason to care about any of the characters. Linden is a robot. Holder is a little bit interesting, but unevenly so. Richmond is a boy scout. The Larsens are just depressing (understandably so, but they are not very sympathetic people). I really have no interest in what happens next. They had all this extra time (13 episodes for one case) to really pull me in and get me invested in what happens. And they utterly failed to do so.
But are you a Le Petomane?
Huh. Ok, thanks for clarifying. Not sure what the reason is, but I never made the same assumptions. I saw those ads and I didn’t get any promise out of them. “Who killed Rosie Larsen?” is exactly what the show is about. Doesn’t seem misleading to me.
Your loss. I’m waiting on pins and needles for Mad Man, Walking Dead, and Breaking Bad to return. Hard to deny they’re three of the best shows on TV, irregardless of The Killing.
I’m right there with you on Mad Men and Breaking Bad but Walking Dead didn’t interest me at all. I gave Rubicon my attention and interest for the full season, but it wound up not surprising me that it got cancelled (or not renewed, whichever is the case).
However, The Killing has seriously damaged AMC’s rep in my view. They have me ready to bail out of their next venture after the first sub-par episode. No more “staying with it because of AMC’s track record.”
I still feel that FX can keep me around a while with a weak episode or two, even if they did cancel one of the best shows of the season in Terriers.
Yeah, Breaking Bad and Mad Men are amazing.
The Walking Dead has amazing visuals. And some really stupid characters and writing. But there’s always at least one exploding zombie brain per episode to help you forget that fact.
So, now that we’ve had some time to cool off. Who is in and who is out on watching season 2 of The Killing?
I have to admit to being on the fence. I really hated the finale last season, and thought that the season as a whole was pretty uneven, but showed some promise at holding my interest. But, the middle finger to the audience at the end of the last season has me at 50/50 as to whether I’ll be tuning in for season 2.
I’m out. I didn’t think the show was very good, and after a while I was only watching to find out whodunnit. I’ll just read recaps of the first new episode or two to find out.
I’m out. I like to say I won’t hold a grudge, but I’m making an exception here.
From the articles I’ve read over the past two days, they don’t intend to resolve the who killed Rosie Larson until the finale of season 2, so one would have to sit through another entire season.
We’ll watch, at least until it turns stupid or unbearable. When does it start up again?
I’ll sit through another entire season, being that is how TV series usually come now, in seasons. I enjoyed following it last year, and will watch this year - why not? It’s not like there’s anything better on Sunday nights.
I’m out. It started off well but then got incredibly tedious and I only continued watching to find out who killed Rosie. By this point, I don’t even care anymore. I’ll read the recap of the finale to finally see who did it, but they lost me with last season’s “fuck you” to the audience. I really hope they get terrible ratings for the 2nd season.
I enjoyed the show, except for how they handled the end of the season. Since I don’t think I ever deleted the series recording from my DVR it will eventually show up and I imagine I’ll watch it.
If I’m not enjoying it then, I’ll stop.
I always interpreted ‘Who Killed Rosie Larsen?’ as the premise, not a promise to wrap things up neatly. So I was surprised to see so many people upset. Were people this furious about Twin Peaks?
I liked the show mostly. The political stuff is boring. I’m back for Season 2, though.
Can someone recap the middle finger and “fuck you” to the audience? It’s been almost a year, and I very possibly could have been drunk that episode.
The tagline of the show was “Who Killed Rosie Larson?”
Half of the season was spent aiming the police at one suspect after another, only to have that suspect finally ruled out. So, when in the last two episodes, it looked like we finally had our killer (who is also one of the last characters who hasn’t yet been accused and cleared, leaving us with a pretty small number of people left who could still be suspects) they decided to pull the rug out again, and say that, nope, he didn’t do it either.
So, to keep everyone watching for another season, they decided to not tell us who killed her.
The obvious suspect is never the suspect, though. I don’t get why this was upsetting or surprising. I was actually disappointed when it seemed like Richmond was the killer. Too obvious. That would’ve made the whole series pointless to me, because they were hinting at him from the start.
I’m so glad you’ve decided that! As this was your thread I felt bad about shitting all over it for so many posts. But now that you’ve expressed your lack of interest I don’t feel so bad for saying what I did. I have no desire to spend another minute on the show. I have also bailed out on Survivor after threatening to for so long.
What pisses me off most about The Killing is that it continues while Terriers was axed after one season. No justice in TV these days!