The Night Manager? Anyone?
Discussion
Doofus said:
I still don't understand why Birch needed to be present at all the sales demonstratons. All the buyers knew Roper and Sandy, so why was Birch there?
Surely the point of having the name of an unconnected party on all the official paperwork is that he is unconnected.
Because Birch was the MD of Tradepass so it was "his" company. Roper had made him MD to protect himselfSurely the point of having the name of an unconnected party on all the official paperwork is that he is unconnected.
sooty61 said:
Because Birch was the MD of Tradepass so it was "his" company. Roper had made him MD to protect himself
I know that. That's in my post already. It doesn't explain why Birch had to meet the buyers, given that both the buyers and the sellers know they're acting illegally, and given the buyers already know Roper, and that it's Roper with whom they are dealing.It would make more sense if Roper didn't show up at all, thereby keeping himself out of the spotlight. But given that he does show up, and that all the grunts work for him, and the buyers know him, what exactly is Birch doing there?
If Birch was to get nicked, then he couldn't plead ignorance, of course, but any surveillance would have placed Roper there too, so pinning it on Birch would be a bit pointless. In the final episode (possibly a spoiler alert), Roper told Birch "You'd better do a good job of this sale", after which, apart from using his iris to authorise the bank transfer, Birch was actually required to do nothing. He didn't tell the truck drivers to start their engines, he didn't phone the bank to begin the authorisation process either.
In fact, if Roper used a fictitous person to head up Tradepass, and used his own iris as the bank authorisation, then he'd never need to introduce anyone else that may turn out to be untrustworthy.
Loved it, incidentally; just not sure if the programme was clever than me, or I than it.
The first few episodes were excellent, a bit far fetched regarding fake IDs etc but still engrossing,I looked forward to next weeks episode.
The finale just seemed rushed and unconvincing, in fact the last few episodes had too many plot holes and eventually were beyond my ability to suspend disbelief.
One redeeming factor was despite being partly USA funded the final scenes did not culminate in a Hollywood style car chase, explosions and fireball ending.
The finale just seemed rushed and unconvincing, in fact the last few episodes had too many plot holes and eventually were beyond my ability to suspend disbelief.
One redeeming factor was despite being partly USA funded the final scenes did not culminate in a Hollywood style car chase, explosions and fireball ending.
My thoughts on the Night Manager.
It started off very well - it had excellent cinematography and production values, first impressions were very good indeed. I even forgave it some early plot stretches as it was enjoyable TV.
As it went on I wanted a bit more going on, which never arrived albeit it still continued to be very easy on the eye. I felt it plodded through an easy storyline with no twists or complications. As it drew towards its conclusion this theme continued and ultimately I was disappointed as it seemed like a lost opportunity. The high production values were let down by a weak, formulaic plot which unfortunately I think is largely unmemorable in its blandness.
This will go down for me as typical British Sunday night TV, too afraid to take any risks. I know I'm being critical but after such a great opening I had high hopes however I think it fell a long way short.
It started off very well - it had excellent cinematography and production values, first impressions were very good indeed. I even forgave it some early plot stretches as it was enjoyable TV.
As it went on I wanted a bit more going on, which never arrived albeit it still continued to be very easy on the eye. I felt it plodded through an easy storyline with no twists or complications. As it drew towards its conclusion this theme continued and ultimately I was disappointed as it seemed like a lost opportunity. The high production values were let down by a weak, formulaic plot which unfortunately I think is largely unmemorable in its blandness.
This will go down for me as typical British Sunday night TV, too afraid to take any risks. I know I'm being critical but after such a great opening I had high hopes however I think it fell a long way short.
Halmyre said:
Who else was yelling at Angela to put a second bullet through Frisky's head for Chrissakes!!!
Oh my god yes! It would make life so much simpler wouldn't it. Instead of leaving the bad guys to come back for you. Granted some films would be about 5 minutes long if they all took that route.Otispunkmeyer said:
Halmyre said:
Who else was yelling at Angela to put a second bullet through Frisky's head for Chrissakes!!!
Oh my god yes! It would make life so much simpler wouldn't it. Instead of leaving the bad guys to come back for you. Granted some films would be about 5 minutes long if they all took that route.Never did find out why Jed's hair was in Roper's secret room. Or the back-story about her child that seemed vaguely significant.
hornetrider said:
My thoughts on the Night Manager.
It started off very well - it had excellent cinematography and production values, first impressions were very good indeed. I even forgave it some early plot stretches as it was enjoyable TV.
As it went on I wanted a bit more going on, which never arrived albeit it still continued to be very easy on the eye. I felt it plodded through an easy storyline with no twists or complications. As it drew towards its conclusion this theme continued and ultimately I was disappointed as it seemed like a lost opportunity. The high production values were let down by a weak, formulaic plot which unfortunately I think is largely unmemorable in its blandness.
This will go down for me as typical British Sunday night TV, too afraid to take any risks. I know I'm being critical but after such a great opening I had high hopes however I think it fell a long way short.
Can't we blame at least some of that on the original book though? Adding new complications to the original text would open the BBC up to accusations of over-adaptation.It started off very well - it had excellent cinematography and production values, first impressions were very good indeed. I even forgave it some early plot stretches as it was enjoyable TV.
As it went on I wanted a bit more going on, which never arrived albeit it still continued to be very easy on the eye. I felt it plodded through an easy storyline with no twists or complications. As it drew towards its conclusion this theme continued and ultimately I was disappointed as it seemed like a lost opportunity. The high production values were let down by a weak, formulaic plot which unfortunately I think is largely unmemorable in its blandness.
This will go down for me as typical British Sunday night TV, too afraid to take any risks. I know I'm being critical but after such a great opening I had high hopes however I think it fell a long way short.
Doofus said:
Until that point, it wasn't clear that he had the authority, as Sandy always did the detail stuff. Birch was just there to provide the iris.
Yes that always puzzled me. Why did they let him into the inner circle? They had no need to at all and if they hadn't the whole story wouldn't have worked (not that it did).Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff