He's been in a fair few things, he was the husband in a comedy I can't remember,.
He was in Whites the chef comedy with Alan Davies, that I can remember.
As well as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency with Stephen Mangan.
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[TV] Killing Eve
- Thread starter The Clamp
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He's been in a fair few things, he was the husband in a comedy I can't remember,.
He was in Whites the chef comedy with Alan Davies, that I can remember.
As well as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency with Stephen Mangan.
RaphaelMeade
New member
- Aug 30, 2011
- 67
The MI5 'bants' & general lightheartedness is cringey & embarrassing. All the characters are cliched & derivative.
Fair enough if you're watching this for light entertainment, no one's taking it as serious piece of TV, right?
Fair enough if you're watching this for light entertainment, no one's taking it as serious piece of TV, right?
Nah, although I did what the whole thing and was satisfied by the conclusion I just couldn't settle into it, due to the constant flashbacks.
Best series so far this year is Osark.
Blimey after watching Dr Who do you scream at your telephone for not moving you through time and relative dimension in space?
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
I'm with you. they tried to do a kind of Cagney and Lacey banter while discussing national security issues and ended up calling a senior manager a "Dick Swab " WTF ! a strange programme, it showed one killing in grisly detail and four at one time in aftermath, no doubt our assassin bounced down the hall without a drop of blood on her or a hair out of place in the out takes. Ridiculous.
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- #47
Ah! The backlash.
Silverhatch
Well-known member
The writer has, to date, written black-comedy drama. Killing Eve is a black-comedy drama. If you're expecting anything else then you will not get it.
DumLum
Well-known member
sydney
tinky ****in winky
thought they were both very watchable....looking forward to 2nd series , of both . Sandra Oh nominated for an emmy no...?? not everybody's cup of tea , but i would.
lovely hair
sydney
tinky ****in winky
sort of had a ring of kill bill about it , Deep State is another one worth watching imo although not much humour in it.
Arthritic Toe
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Agree - it reminded me very much of Kill Bill, and all the more excellent for it. Those above, critiquing it as a serious police/MI5 drama are missing the point by a mile.
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Just finished it. Not a very satisfying ending but an enjoyable romp. 7.75/10
robinsonsgrin
Well-known member
thoroughly enjoyed this series...quirky... then saw who wrote the version for tv and it all made sense!
sydney
tinky ****in winky
i was hoping for the toy bag to get found and a large jar of nutella to be spread liberally over the 2 lead characters
Superphil
Dismember
I guess I’m in a minority having watched the first episode last night and thought it was just a sensationalist effort to show how unpleasant writers think people can be. Murder, gore, violence does nothing for me, even if it is wrapped up with good actors and what passes as a good script.
The odd thing is, I was prepared to overlook that (the hairpin scene is not one for the squeamish) but what you say is beginning to grate now I've just started episode 4. I can't really divulge why as I don't want to spoil anything but her churlish baby-girl act after committing another act of barely-believable gratuitous murder is really quite unpleasant viewing. I'll stick with it simply because I'm half way through, and some of the acting is indeed excellent.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
I started watching The Bodyguard last night. First two episodes, and I'm enjoying it. I'll add Killing Eve to my list now
Talking of bodyguard, did anybody else see Glenn Murray driving the black range rover which picks up the ex-aide girl
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Enjoying Eve. Reminds me a lot of Utopia so anyone know if there are any connections to writers etc