This new Texas/Mexico set crime drama debuts Wednesday, July 10th on FX.
It could be interesting. I dig both leads. I presume it is drawing inspiration from the Ciudad Juarez homicides, similar to 2666 by the late Roberto Bolaño.
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| Author: | David [ Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The Bridge (FX) |
This new Texas/Mexico set crime drama debuts Wednesday, July 10th on FX. It could be interesting. I dig both leads. I presume it is drawing inspiration from the Ciudad Juarez homicides, similar to 2666 by the late Roberto Bolaño. |
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| Author: | Libs [ Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
It looks interesting. Meredith Stiehm is the showrunner and she's done a lot of great work, recently on Homeland. |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
It's a remake, right? |
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| Author: | David [ Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
A couple very intense sequences. A few tantalizing veins of mystery, notably the new widow and the mysterious key. Potent atmosphere. Demián Bichir is solid and convincing as the Weary, but Honest Mexican Cop. Damn, though. I am not sure I will ever be able to sympathize with Diane Kruger's bitchy Asperger's detective. I know a flawed, fractured lead detective/doctor/lawyer/etc. is a fixture of televised drama, but she is a serious patience tester. Why is this extremely non-functioning woman even on a police force? |
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| Author: | thompsoncory [ Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
I watched about thirty minutes of it and found it incredibly dull and uninteresting, and I hated Diane Kruger in it. Disappointing. I won't be back unless I hear great things. |
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| Author: | David [ Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
Her characterization seems a huge miscalculation to me so far. Robotic and unpleasant. |
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| Author: | thompsoncory [ Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
The character reminded me of a second rate Carrie Mathison but about a thousand times less interesting and sympathetic. It was the main reason I stopped watching the pilot. |
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| Author: | Johnny Dollar [ Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
When i first heard about this i thought it reeked of being a one-and-done for FX, like Terriers or Lights Out. I liked the pilot a lot but I now KNOW it'll be a one and out for FX. Like those cancelled gems it's the kind of show FX WANTS to make, but not the kind of show FX audiences want to watch (i.e., gonzo execution of high concept stuff, or stuff with testosterone pouting out of its eyeballs--this is why the peerlessly brilliant The Americans bled viewers like a stuck pig). I look forward to savoring these episodes but its on the wrong network. |
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| Author: | _axiom [ Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
The Swedish/Danish original is awesome. It wold be better if you people watched that one. |
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| Author: | El Maskado [ Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
Funny how Ted Levine has become a handler for someone with a disorder in two different shows. |
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| Author: | Johnny Dollar [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
Mea culpa. It IS boring. Although I like Demian Bichir. I quit |
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| Author: | _axiom [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
Johnny Dollar wrote: Mea culpa. It IS boring. Although I like Demian Bichir. I quit Try the original. It really is great. And naming the show The Bridge actually makes sense. |
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| Author: | David [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Bridge (FX) |
I never bothered after the pilot. I enjoy Low Winter Sun a lot, though. 
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