Just finished watching the two hour premiere of the Killing and thought if there werr any other people who watched it, discussion about it could be fun.
Given AMC's track record for quality (Breaking BAd, Mad Men, Walking Dead and Rubicon are all top notch shows IMO), I had to give it a go. I'm not usually a murder mystery guy, I find most cliche and but this one COULD be different.
I liked the premiere, definitely had me intrigued the whole time and this show has some promise. It looks like a show that will keep you guessing every damn episode and may get frustrating because it's gonna take 13 episodes to solve.
For those who don't know the show I am talking about. Here's the trailer:
Anyone else watch the premiere?? What did you think??
I liked it. It started out a little slow, but picked up a lot faster than Rubicon did (did Rubicon ever really "pick up"?).
I thought it felt a lot like Twin Peaks if it had been done by a normal person and not David Lynch.
The Pacific Northwest region is perfectly suited to a murder mystery, although, I was taken out of it briefly because the Councilman's office is in the Vancouver Convention Centre (I've never been there, but they showed it enough during the Olympics).
Solid acting, although, the female cop was a little wooden. I wasn't sure if that was the actress or her character.
The parents of the murdered girl were pretty much the only actors I recognized from other shows, and I think this is the first thing since Deadwood I've seen the father in where he wasn't playing a cop (and even there, he was running for Sheriff), and I don't think I've ever seen Michelle Forbes play a character who wasn't a totally in control bad-ass. This should be a good role for her.
No spoilers because this is based on nothing at all...
Here's my completely off-the-wall guess right now for what happened: She was running away from the person who raped her and climbed into the trunk of the car to hide, then someone from the councilman's campaign was trying to cover up something completely unrelated by disposing of the car in the lake. Wrong place-wrong time for the girl, but still two crimes for the cops to piece together: The rape and whatever shady stuff the councilman's campaign people were up to.
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I like the way the lead female cop doesn't look like a super model that got lost on her way to a beautiful people only party but ended up in the middle of crime scene, instead. Much better for my suspension of disbelief.
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I thought it felt a lot like Twin Peaks if it had been done by a normal person and not David Lynch.
LOL! I said that exact thing (word for word) to Mrs. Parallex after watching it.
I liked it a lot... when did AMC move from showing Back to the Future and John Wayne spaggehti westerns 18000 times a year to producing the best shows on TV (Outside of HBO?)?
The wife and I really enjoyed it too. I hope they can keep it up for the whole season. AMC is awesome, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Mad Men now the Killing. Awesome awesome awesome!
On a side note AMC will be running Breaking Bad from the beginning Wednesday nights 2 episodes per week. My PVR is set for it.
I thought it was really good. The actors who played the parents of the girl did a great job I thought. The main character was also really good. She was a bit stoic, but I thought it played off of her excitable sidekick well. The sidekick was really annoying at first, but it seems like he's going to be a good character.
I'm looking forward to the next episode. I just hope the killer isn't the politician.
I liked it a lot... when did AMC move from showing Back to the Future and John Wayne spaggehti westerns 18000 times a year to producing the best shows on TV (Outside of HBO?)?
AMC: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, The Killing
Any show that frequently has a naked Anna Paquin is a-ok in my book.
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When HBO had Sopranos, Wire, Six Feet Under, Curb, Sex and the City, Deadwood, Rome.........they just couldn't be touched. Not anymore.
Yeah, I was giving them some retroactive credit for all those shows (except Sex in the City... but then I'm not the target demographic for that show). I personally think The Wire is one of if not the best TV show ever made.
The teacher is the only obvious connection at this point
One theory I have is that Mother finds out daughter isn't where she said she'd be, discovers daughter diddling teacher in the basement, freaks out and accidentially kills daughter... only problem is that there is no connection to the campaign car.
I think it's pretty awesome that a show this well made and well acted is shot in Vancouver. Not very often does this city get really good projects like this.
The show gave off a 'Silence of the Lambs' vibe to me which I totally loved. The characters are all very real, none of that superficial junk you see nowadays on most television shows. Excited to see more!
The non-stop constant rain was also a little annoying.
Well, it is shot in Vancouver.
The show is based on a Danish show that aired in 2007. From people who've seen the original, the first episode was pretty much a shot-for-shot remake of the first 2 episodes of the Danish show.
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