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alfa phil said:
if he is out to slot his boss ,and has history of being shell shocked, he wouldn't get that position would he,
Oh i came out the forces in a mess, joined the police and now i protect the top people in the cabinet, no sorry,
Given he would have DV to get the protection job given the information he would have access to, the PTSD would have been found as part of the checks.Oh i came out the forces in a mess, joined the police and now i protect the top people in the cabinet, no sorry,
But then that wouldn’t fit the plot...
KTF said:
DS240 said:
Pretty much what I expected from line of duty creators.
Low of accuracy and painful to watch from a professional point of view.
I thought programs like this have advisors (retired I imagine so the latest things don’t get revealed) but even to the layman it looks sloppy.Low of accuracy and painful to watch from a professional point of view.
Likely drama is more important than realism.
Line of duty was watchable but infuriating to the point of comically bad at times.
yes lucky boy,DSLiverpool said:
The Dangerous Elk said:
XCP said:
Formulaic rubbish as far as I am concerned. Still, each to their own.
Quite, pre conceived & racist, why always Islamic suicide bombers and the white guys/girls the good guys ?Antony Moxey said:
Ridiculously far fetched with plot holes you could drive a bus through but even so I’m finding it strangely compelling and edge of the seat stuff. Will stick with it to see how it pans out - at the moment it could go anywhere given the suspension of any reality shown so far.
Could you highlight some of them please as from my view I can see a few remote coincidences and the train takedown was unlikely and the back up response during the attack was very odd but other than that ......Captain Benzo said:
I'm not trying to be sexist, and certainly not implying that it was 'wrong' but what is the likelihood that the operations lead, marksman and bomb disposal operator all being female?
in fact all of the women were portrayed as villains/ unlikeable. whats the point in that??
and surely someone with PTSD is going to go through some form of psychological profiling before going on bodyguard detail?
i think the show has potential but ultimately think it felt a tad formulaic.
Just a few of the things which grated or seemed a bit BBC being right on politically correct, maybe a step too far, but then it's drama, not going to go into "rivet counter" mode, so a certain degree of suspension of belief is necessary.in fact all of the women were portrayed as villains/ unlikeable. whats the point in that??
and surely someone with PTSD is going to go through some form of psychological profiling before going on bodyguard detail?
i think the show has potential but ultimately think it felt a tad formulaic.
Jed Mercurio is busy, 5th season of Line of Duty starting filming very soon, 6th already commissioned. Clearly Bodyguard appears to be going down the line of 'is the person protecting you actually your greatest threat?" Wild spurious speculation obviously follows, might one infer a similar plot premise that Hastings (Adrian Dunbar's character in LoD) is in the end revealed as bent?
Not seen episode 2 yet so Bodyguard comments may be off target.
Captain Benzo said:
I'm not trying to be sexist, and certainly not implying that it was 'wrong' but what is the likelihood that the operations lead, marksman and bomb disposal operator all being female?
in fact all of the women were portrayed as villains/ unlikeable. whats the point in that??
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You forgot his police boss, and the home secretary were also female. In fact, pretty much all the holders of senior or important skilled positions (ie bomb disposal and sniper as you mentioned) were female. in fact all of the women were portrayed as villains/ unlikeable. whats the point in that??
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Trying too hard to be gender neutral - pushed it too far.
Puggit said:
You forgot his police boss, and the home secretary were also female. In fact, pretty much all the holders of senior or important skilled positions (ie bomb disposal and sniper as you mentioned) were female.
Trying too hard to be gender neutral - pushed it too far.
It is the W1A rule book, so true its funnyTrying too hard to be gender neutral - pushed it too far.
waynecyclist said:
One thing that puzzled me last night, why did the Bmw not have bulletproof glass.
Or did it?
As she looked liked someone had poured a raspberry trifle over her head probably not! Or did it?
But I must admit that part baffled me too. Unless matey boy had somehow to smuggle a Barrett 50 or similar back in his duffel bag?
The Dangerous Elk said:
Puggit said:
You forgot his police boss, and the home secretary were also female. In fact, pretty much all the holders of senior or important skilled positions (ie bomb disposal and sniper as you mentioned) were female.
Trying too hard to be gender neutral - pushed it too far.
It is the W1A rule book, so true its funnyTrying too hard to be gender neutral - pushed it too far.
But when the OIC of the firearms unit, plus sniper, plus EXPO, were all females, sorry W1A style reimagining a step too far.
Most amused at Robb Stark's response to Chief Whip's 'feed the plod monkey some nuts' line. Still male character portrayed as a
hole, but then maybe that just a necessary character trait for the Whips Office.waynecyclist said:
One thing that puzzled me last night, why did the Bmw not have bulletproof glass.
Or did it?
I thought it did. There were three shots into it with the third penetrating. I think there's a Youtube vid somewhere saying a high caliber rifle can penetrate bullet proof glass by making it weaker with initial shots.Or did it?
If it wasn't bullet proof I'd have thought it would just shatter.
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