writetopcat's reviews

I don't want to give anything away in case you should decide to give this a try, so I won't spoil it with specifics. The show has a lot going for it. It is a fresh take on a police based story, involving corruption and some people who get framed or falsely accused, and those who work to exonerate them. This show features identical twin lead characters. One is a brilliant detective, former captain of the district police station, who is working to clear his brother, falsely accused of murdering a family. There are individual cases which must be solved over one or two episodes, as work is done over the course of the whole series to clear the falsely accused, framed, innocent man. I failed to give it higher marks partly because the writers failed to tie up loose ends, and answer questions raised throughout the show, and in particular because the last episode was not up to par with the rest of the show. I also felt that one of the lead characters in this show is ultimately shown to have behaved in ways which are very much out of character with all we know about him from the body of the show.

The story of an immature, irresponsible, and incompetent detective named Kang, and a girl with psychic abilities who team up to pursue a serial killer, who becomes possessed by the spirit of another serial killer. I've seen other Korean shows I enjoyed very much, Signal, and Tunnel, and A Man Named God. But this show is becoming difficult to watch. Det. Kang has his psychic abilities awakened through his love interest. He has some good instincts, but he makes awful errors in judgement, and has virtually no control of his emotions. This isn't the first show to glorify a detective who wants to arrest a bad guy without any evidence of his guilt, but Kang takes this stupidity to new heights, or lows. Do the writers think this appeals to viewers? This trope of a detective who is so sure of a person's guilt that he insists on arresting him without evidence is so banal. After fouling things up so spectacularly, Kang plays the victim and never acknowledges his errors or the predicament he puts his teamates in. I am seriously questioning whether I should finish this series.

The leading man, Yusuf, is a gentleman. He is compassionate, thoughtful, soft spoken, fair, and generally attractive. He is also the son of a very wealthy family. He winds up with a baby whose mother died in childbirth. He hires a young lady, Toprak, whose baby died in infancy as a wet nurse. She lives in his mansion to care for the baby, along with Yusuf's mother, father, and staff. Toprak's sister Havva stays there as well to care for the still emotionally fragile Toprak. The plot involves the machinations and schemes of women seeking to land the eligible bachelor. There is a lot of lying, and more lies to cover the previous lies, and so on. There are several story arcs related to the various characters. In Turkish culture it is normal for a young man to request permission to court a young lady, and to get engaged to her. The parents have a great deal of influence over their childrens' personal lives. ...NOTE: if you see this on Netflix, don't waste your time. Netflix doesn't have the complete series. The story has a beginning and an ending, but you won't know how it ends if you watch it on Netflix

I have watched season 1 in its entirety now, and I am looking forward to the next season. I agree with most of the reviews I've read. This is an interesting, very well made show. I have not read the books so can't comment on how well they follow them. But everyone should be aware that it's not possible to follow books accurately in TV episode format. Each episode must have a beginning and end, and leave you anxiously awaiting the next, and books are not written in episodic format. So writers have to make adaptations which fans of the books are often not very happy with. I was afraid this might be another teeny bopper, high school type drama. But I was pleasantly surprised to find it is not that. It features adult, interesting characters. The story grabbed my attention from the start. There is a slowly developing attraction between the two main protagonists. I thought it was handled quite well. It seems mature, with no high school angst or drama.

I agree with everyone else on this also: the scenery is a visual feast. That always adds a lot to a show.

What can I say, the story is quite interesting and holds my attention, leaving me wanting more. I am disappointed at the end of each episode, because it has ended too quickly. I really like this show.

Set in Britain in 1940 the show is about Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, of the Hastings Police on the south coast of England, and the cases he solves. But it is about much more than those crimes.

The culture of Britain in 1940 like that in America of that time is refreshing to see and is to some extent shown to us. In general their moral and ethical behavior as well as their interpersonal conduct is superior to what is common in present times.

Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle is a man of remarkable character. He is reserved, smart, observant, and has a dry wit on occasion. His son has joined the RAF and is also a person of character. DCS Foyle has a driver, a young service girl, daughter of a minister.

The detective work is very interesting, but no more so than the glimpse back in time, to a better time I think. I know I am romanticizing a bit about things being better back then; certainly there were problems then and crime was a problem. Yet I can only see those times as superior to the present day.

Set in Venice CA the show centers around a recovering alcoholic named Chip and his friends. Since Chip is played by Will Arnett I imagined the show would have a lot more comedy, one liners, etc. I took a shot at it on Netflix even though I was afraid it might lack enough substance to hold my attention. Sometimes comedies rely far too much on witty lines and predictable gags. But FLAKED is not just a vehicle for snappy lines and comebacks. Most of the characters have enough depth to keep me interested. There are a few which are kind of one dimensional like Cooler, a stoner type. He is shallow and not too bright and not too with it and sometimes irritating because of it. But he adds comic relief.

I like the show more than I thought I was going to like it. There is one thing I don't like about the show, and about most shows of this type. Writers make characters do and say stupid things in order to develop conflict in the story line. Viewers watching this are hit with a feeling that the plot is just too phony, too unbelievable. If it were a pure comedy it would not matter. But this show is a mix of ostensibly real life drama with comedy. It is hard to buy into the real life bit when people say things or fail to say things which real people obviously would bring up in real life. They allow their lives to crash and burn in the show by failing to simply tell someone a simple set of facts as anyone in real life would obviously do. This makes it easier for writers to develop conflict, and I suppose the writers also feel that viewers will feel anxiety when they see the characters they identify with making such really bad decisions, omissions, or foolish statements.

This is obviously a pet peeve of mine, right up there with the grade B camera work seen in some action and horror films, i.e. shaky cameras, rapidly changing camera positions and angles, and rapidly changing depth of shots. I don't know why modern film uses these cheap techniques. Many people hate that kind of camera work. In the same way we hate to see seemingly ordinary and intelligent characters behaving stupidly and ruining their lives by doing so. It is extremely common in film and television and very annoying also.