The Killing on AMC HD - Page 5

I'd say that guy has some serious anger issues.....

Another great episode last night, as the story continues to unfold and the pieces of the puzzle keep getting found in different places. Im sad that there are only 3 episodes left ......Since I ahvent looked into it much does anyone know if this is supposed to be a one off (1 season only) show or is it set to have more than one? Only 3 episodes left and I think if they find the killer in 3 episodes it will seemed rushed compared to the rest of the show..

I like "The Killing" too, a lot, however.....are we really supposed to buy that Linden just happens to run (pun intended) across a ferry named "Adele"? If she had taken a different turn would she and Holder still be searching for a person named Adele through seasons 2 and 3 (if the series was renewed)?

Again, wifey and I look forward to this each week (it's one of the few series for which she will stay awake). But I'm really disappointed. Do the original Danish (Swedish?) writers take the easy way out like this? I'm thinking of how much I enjoyed the "Girl With the Dragon Tatoo" (and subsequent two movies) and "Kingdom" trilogy (unfortunately cut to only two installments).

No. There's nothing "easy" in the Danish (not Swedish) ending. In fact, it is quite painful.

I've become a fan of Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl).

Season II got top reviews. Season III currently in production.

Instead of copying these series, why don't the networks just hire their WRITERS and assign them to create new original shows for American TV?

No but coincidences happen in daily life, this just happen to be one of them. If she took a different path then she would still be looking. Of course this is American TV and we.are thought (and it has been proven) that the greater audience does not have the patience to keep up with drawn out serial shows.

If a show is well done then why not try to "port" it. These days there isn't much that hasn't been done on either TV or movies, so original stories are slim. Heck even this show reminds me of Twin Peaks and a few other shows.

What I've seen by comparing "Shameless" and "Being Human" American versions with the originals the creators took advantage to polish up the stories and develop them a little more. I really don't like "Americanized" remakes because that process often means "dumb it down." Scandinavian films often have a pace that would torture action fed American viewers so it is quite a challenge to remake them. With Asian remakes it's the culture differences that sometimes has to be addressed. I often like the originals more than the remakes.

Being a former Seattlelite I find amusing references to places that don't exist such as "Seattle General Hospital". There was one apparently early in the 20th century but long gone. Also being somewhat familiar with Vancouver the shots of it standing in for Seattle.

This American version is suffering from having so little time for exposition as compared to the Danish version. As ls115 notes, the Danish version didn't take shortcuts like this, of course it's twice the length of the American version so they had more time for both character and story development.

I'm curious to see how the second season of the Danish version goes as it's half the length of the first season, hopefully it doesn't suffer in the same manner as the American version.

I got it last week from a friend in Amsterdam, subtitles from someone else. All I can say is WOW!! What a plot! At 10 episodes, it is definitely faster paced than the first series, and something in the ending, while still possible in real life, seems to have given in to the "easy way out" solution. This case also has a political side, which is the dominant story, unlike the more human approach of the first season.

But is it gripping!! I watched it over the weekend in three sessions. I just couldn't put it down!!

Sofie Gråbøl is one heck of an actress! She absolutely nails Sarah Lund's vulnerability and her obsession with getting to the heart of the case, regardless of the misery that lies ahead for her.

Gråbøl is very good, a character much more defined than Mirille Enos' portrayal of Linden, although I don't blame Enos, it's likely the direction and the lack of time that has left her character a bit shallow when compared to the original.

Is the second season DVD with English subs available anywhere yet?

Enjoying this very much. Like with all mysteries, I accept that there must be red herrings and false leads. It's all very well done. The only thing I don't care for is the husband subplot. The guy needs to accept she's not going to drop a murder investigation and go wherever with him.

Lund is awesome. The end did seem a bit out there, but I think I enjoyed the 2nd one more than the first, which I didn't think was possible. I can't believe #3 won't be until 2012. I absolutely loved the soundtrack in the Danish version, it was perfect and left me totally pumped at the end of each episode.
Since getting hooked on Forbrydelsen, I've watched a dozen or so Danish movies, for something off beat check out 'The Kingdom(mini-series)', it's available on Instant watch Netflix.

Sorry for the off-topic. I'm catching up on the American version now, I've gotten way behind, but I like it better when I can watch them one right after the other.

Terribly Happy is worth a look if you haven't seen it already, very offbeat - reminded me a lot of Blood Simple.

yeah, already watched it. Another good one is 'Flickering Lights'.

Thanks, just added to my Netflix queue.

I got the first one from Amazon UK. I guess Season II will be out by the end of the year, as the series is coming up on BBC. I have a friend in Amsterdam whose wife is Danish. They were the ones who told me about this show a couple of years ago. The other day, I asked them about season II and they offered to sell me their Danish DVD set -they had already watched it twice- to which he added a CD with English subs ripped from one of the many subtitle sites on the web.The subs could use some proofreading, but they did the job. After some ripping and re-muxing, it worked.

How many episodes are left ..?

There are 3 episodes of The Killing left this season.

Thanks ... I thought there was to be 13, & I thought this storyline would conclude "this Season" ... ....
Do you know if this mystery "wraps up" after the 3 remaining , or do we have to wait for a "2nd half" for this Rosie Larsen murderer thing ? ....

If it follows the pattern of the original it should wrap up this season, in the last 3 episodes. In fact, that's something a well know TV critic was grousing about the other day, that we spent most all of the season on a red herring, the teacher, and now they only have 3 episodes to show us who the real killer might be and finish the story out.

Lawyers cause that. Keeps lawsuits rare. I've seen shows where entire cities (that happen to have corrupt police departments) are created. Remember East Pasadena in "L&O: Los Angeles" ?? No such place.

Most of the season on the teacher? That was dealt with in three episodes in the original version, which is supposed to be the slow-moving one...

That was sort of my point, due to the truncated run-time of the US version the story itself has suffered somewhat, in my opinion anyway. There's still 3 eps left, so there's a reasonable amount of time finish on a high note. At least I hope it does as I definitely would like to see the show return, especially after losing Rubicon, another long form serialized drama AMC canceled after just 1 season.

I'm curious to know which show has more rain, this one or Caprica... . Seems like every ep there's a gully washer coming down.

So has Linden finally met the end with her BF? Sure looks like he's had enough of her OCD. I'm not sure why they wasted time on that whole subplot, really, except to show that she is OCD.

Seattle has rain but it isn't a torrent because the Olympic mountains take away a lot of precipitation. Go out to Neah Bay and you get monsoons. We had a monsoon this morning in the Bay Area where we're still waiting for spring to arrive. We've had some previews but the season has yet to show up.

You got that right, June 1 and it's raining?

Would it be worthwhile to seek out the Swedish version of season 1 or will the plot points be spoiled?

I'd suggest you finish watching one and then do the other. The Danish series is worth viewing even if you know the ending of the US version. Alternating them would give anyone headaches...

BTW, it's Danish. Do they (Scandinavians) hate being lumped together!!!

I agree, I tried to watch both simultaneously but I kept getting the storylines mixed up so I decided to watch the Danish version over a weekend - Fri, Sat, Sun(it's 20 hrs after all ) so I could give my undivided attention to the US version currently being broadcast.