PodBill Just what I expected

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

evaeva-959-238771 I saw this on Netflix and thought I'd give it a go. I use the show for falling asleep. The jokes are not funny, the plot is never interesting enough to keep me awake, and you won't miss anything if you skip an episode. Works for me.It's terribly dated. I first thought I was watching a show from the early 90s and was really surprised when I found out it was from 2010. Expect boring, sexist jokes that stopped being funny in the 1970s. I imagine the writers as middle-aged men who think equality and/or feminism has gone too far and complain about women all the time.I love Lucy Punch, though. Too bad she was only there for the first season.

Special K I've only just discovered this series (seven years after the fact, sigh) and am only on the second episode, but am already wondering why there were only nine episodes in total? Very funny stuff! I'm constantly almost spitting out whatever I'd just sipped, choking with laughter. Lovely dark humour, successfully throwing zaps in every direction. I did read in these reviews that the effervescent Lucy Punch left after the third episode, and her replacement wasn't as interesting, so I might yet be coming back here with a different opinion. Even so, when I see that something as lame, predictable and just not funny, as "The IT Crowd" or "Love" have lasted for almost four times the episodes... Quite pathetic!A quick followup regarding "the replacement"... Not quite sure why Miranda Raison's character, DI Georgina, would be seen as either "uninteresting" or "straight laced", as she doesn't come across as either of those in my opinion. I like her character a lot -- she's genuinely funny and nicely out there, all the while portraying a competent detective in contrast to DI Jack's not so competent anything. She's not an imitation of the DI Kate Bishop character, and nor should she be. Miss DI Kate, but not disappointed by her replacement at all.

HersiliaS The long gap between the two series does make for a slight chance for its recommissioning, even though I know this is most likely wishful thinking. But I'd really love to see another season of this series, which made me laugh and at the same time watch the story lines with genuine interest, which is a rare combination in detective comedy.The first season is definitely better than the second one, mainly because it's much more irreverent and more politically incorrect, which is one of the series' greatest assets. Also the female character and her story is more interesting with DI Bishop than with DI Dixon; moreover the (intended and perfectly played) absolute lack of chemistry between Jack and Kate is a much better premise than the growing liking between Jack and Georgina. Still, I would definitely enjoy a sequel, possibly with yet another partner for Jack, and with all the crazy humour of the first series.The second season had good crime stories, always with good twists to them, only the grown up and tamed Jack was slightly out of the place (the last episode with the pillow battle with the brother made up for many earlier shortcomings of the character, though). I particularly loved the post-gender episode with the nice David Lodge touch to it, partly because apart from the really good storyline it also showed the former boldness in touching current issues and fashions. It also portrayed the academic life very well, even if ironically, which makes me believe that other episodes were also well researched for small details.As for the actors, I could watch Toby Stephens forever, and I would encourage the producers to let him balance on the border of overdoing a comical character - he can perfectly do it, as he showed in the wonderfully camp Prince John, one of the few redeeming qualities of the otherwise hardly watchable "Robin Hood". Jack Armstrong could use more camp features, too, as the 'mature student' scenes in the academic episode showed.Lucy Punch is certainly a better actress than Miranda Raison, but the latter did better and better from episode to episode, and much as the first ep. of the second season left me with huge doubts about the character's development, she had her moments later and I even ended up liking her. Her 'picky and desperate' single trait made her character less interesting than Kate's troublesome marriage, though, so the actress could not help that.Still, the series has got potential and would certainly benefit from a third season.

pensman Come on, you have to love this show. In episode one it appears D.I. Jack Armstrong and his partner D.I. Kate Bishop are checking out apartment rentals until they step over dead and bloody body. Toby Stephens as Armstrong is cynical and laid back and out of step with his comments on everything. He is so non PC that you know this show would never make it on American TV. But he is a good cop with good instincts. He does go through two female partners, Lucy Punch in season one and Miranda Raison in season two. Their characterization are completely different but both work well with Armstrong. The stories are interesting and laced with humor. Think of the better episodes of Castle with darker humor. Roger Griffiths plays Tony who runs the bar where the two detectives go to drink and think. Took me a while to recognize Griffiths who also starred in Chef. A fun series. Hope they do a third.