Broadchurch

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croyde

22,999 posts

231 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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unrepentant said:
Hopefully we'll get it in the US soon after. The execrable remake "Gracepoint" has just finished here. Tennant reprised his role but with a US accent. Actually it wasn't terrible by American standards, just when compared to Broadchurch.
I just finished watching the 1st series on US Netflix so I presume there is a demand for British drama over there. Why do they insist on remaking it for the States? Is it because, being such a large counntry, that many would not be able to follow the accents or how things are done over here in the UK?

Just interested smile

croyde

22,999 posts

231 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Trailer for the US version. Grace Point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc

Blimey! it's virtually scene for scene exactly the same. Freaky seeing David Tennant looking the same but speaking American biggrin Even the Pauline Quirk character, the mum and the sister's boyfriend look the same as well.

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

171 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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The new UK series doesn't follow on from series on and is not necessarily going to be a who dunnit.

Even the cast and crew have/had no idea of the plot, and were only given scripts etc a day or so before filming, plus they also filmed several different endings.



Disclaimer: The above is from the net, so may or may not be 100% accurate.


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K12beano

20,854 posts

276 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Wow!

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

196 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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I didn't see the first one. Am I missing something?

Laurel Green

30,785 posts

233 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Off to a good start!

griffin dai

3,204 posts

150 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Fishtigua said:
I didn't see the first one. Am I missing something?
Yeah, you need to see the first one really wink

K12beano

20,854 posts

276 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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griffin dai said:
Fishtigua said:
I didn't see the first one. Am I missing something?
Yeah, you need to see the first one really wink
I think you need to know who's who and their history.....

Laurel Green

30,785 posts

233 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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...as I was saying a few episodes back; the milkman did it(or did I say the postman?).

Lordglenmorangie

3,056 posts

206 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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We saw the first one but it was ages ago and they have that many bloody adverts we are struggling to understand what's going on on !

Janluke

2,595 posts

159 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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griffin dai said:
Fishtigua said:
I didn't see the first one. Am I missing something?
Yeah, you need to see the first one really wink
Can anyone do a brief catch up? I'm piecing bits of it together

PlankWithANailIn

439 posts

150 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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So far this is looking awful.

L1OFF

3,365 posts

257 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Since when do the victims family have to find a brief to procecute on behalf of the CPS ?

Dan_1981

17,414 posts

200 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Blimey.

Intense last 15 min.

croyde

22,999 posts

231 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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No idea it was to be a continuation. Brilliant!

PlankWithANailIn

439 posts

150 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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This is the worst grab for money I have seen since LOST. In fact it is worse, they have introduced characters and plot elements that were not available to the viewer in the previous series.

The constant plonking away on a piano is also ruining the effect. Feel sorry for the actors as they are doing a good job.

Easily going to be the worst TV drama of the 2015 and we are only 5 days in.. so much effort so so much bad...


PlankWithANailIn

439 posts

150 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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L1OFF said:
Since when do the victims family have to find a brief to procecute on behalf of the CPS ?
Never, and its most likely not allowed, even if you could, and how would you know they were any good? Its not like there are league tables of QC's... whole court scene was a crook of the most appalling st.


griffin dai

3,204 posts

150 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Meh....I'm out.

Spiffing

1,855 posts

211 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Bucking the trend here, I actually enjoyed it.

croyde

22,999 posts

231 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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I didn't know there was to be a second series, in fact I had never heard of Broadchurch until a few nights ago when I stumbled upon it on NetFlix. Loved it and watched the whole series in 3 nights finishing late last night.

Had a look on-line to feed my 'having watched many episodes at once' fix and found out that there was a new series starting today. Talk about timing.

I'm really liking it, probably helped by the fact that it's all still fresh for me.