I've only been watching this series during lockdown, recorded them all on series link from 5usa in the UK, just as something to watch now & again and obviously has the same creators as Columbo which I adore. Columbo has a similarly awful episode (Dagger Of The Mind), but even that can't match this!!
This is the only Murder She Wrote I won't delete so far.
It is toe curlingly awful, the sets are utterly ridiculous, clearly filmed in California (with St Paul's cathedral and/or Big Ben superimposed onto the background) , the accents from American actors are just bizarre!! If you knew you had an acting gig on a prime time or successful TV show you, reading this, could do a better job, it couldn't be worse!
It was quite a good idea to have Angela Lansbury play two roles, but even though she's from the UK she gets pronunciation wrong with one of the characters, it's just not consistent, though I admit she is a good actress and pulls it off pretty well.
Lansbury plays Emma & obviously Mrs Fletcher, I finally laughed out loud with the line "your resemblance to Emma is remarkable, almost frightening"
It has to seen to be believed.
Even good old Patrick Macnee tries to do some silly Irish/Scottish/Cockney/northern accent (I don't know what on earth it is!) he clearly isn't comfortable with & fails miserably
Pretty average mystery, it's ok.
Have to give it 2/10, for UK viewers probably 8/10 just for the absurdity of it!
This is the only Murder She Wrote I won't delete so far.
It is toe curlingly awful, the sets are utterly ridiculous, clearly filmed in California (with St Paul's cathedral and/or Big Ben superimposed onto the background) , the accents from American actors are just bizarre!! If you knew you had an acting gig on a prime time or successful TV show you, reading this, could do a better job, it couldn't be worse!
It was quite a good idea to have Angela Lansbury play two roles, but even though she's from the UK she gets pronunciation wrong with one of the characters, it's just not consistent, though I admit she is a good actress and pulls it off pretty well.
Lansbury plays Emma & obviously Mrs Fletcher, I finally laughed out loud with the line "your resemblance to Emma is remarkable, almost frightening"
It has to seen to be believed.
Even good old Patrick Macnee tries to do some silly Irish/Scottish/Cockney/northern accent (I don't know what on earth it is!) he clearly isn't comfortable with & fails miserably
Pretty average mystery, it's ok.
Have to give it 2/10, for UK viewers probably 8/10 just for the absurdity of it!