Argh! And the "doink doinks" freaked me out. And it was obvious who was behind the death from about five minutes into the show - at least the US version tends to double-bluff you a bit.
In the American versions they have pretty good character actors in the L&O shows, which I think is a major reason why they're still interesting to watch despite the fact you don't know that much about their personal lives. Bradley Walsh is never going to compete with Jerry Orbach or Christopher Meloni, or Ben Daniels with Sam Waterston. I do think Bill Paterson was a good bit of casting though. And I'll reserve judgement on Harriet Walter.
Agree with Mr Altariel that dramatic cutaways would work very well. It's never great when your dramatic courtroom action is limited to health and safety...
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Date: 2009-02-27 12:27 pm (UTC)"Go home, it's over."
"... For us maybe."
Argh! And the "doink doinks" freaked me out. And it was obvious who was behind the death from about five minutes into the show - at least the US version tends to double-bluff you a bit.
In the American versions they have pretty good character actors in the L&O shows, which I think is a major reason why they're still interesting to watch despite the fact you don't know that much about their personal lives. Bradley Walsh is never going to compete with Jerry Orbach or Christopher Meloni, or Ben Daniels with Sam Waterston. I do think Bill Paterson was a good bit of casting though. And I'll reserve judgement on Harriet Walter.
Agree with Mr Altariel that dramatic cutaways would work very well. It's never great when your dramatic courtroom action is limited to health and safety...