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The Brokenwood Mysteries: Blood Pink (2015)
Some basic research by the writers might have led to a believable plot.
You can't get electrocuted from an electric guitar. Maybe if the amp was radically miswired this could happen, but this episode shows a serious lack of research. I was rolling my eyes when they found the body and there was no comment about how the amp must have been rigged to cause electrocution. The current in a guitar cable is in the order of milliamps. I generally like this show, but this episode had issues. I'm not a hunter and I don't know how they hunt in NZ, but I don't understand how the guy that found Choosy just happened to be carrying a signal flare. Surely they could have accessed the musicians's phone records without issuing the extra methadone.
The Long Call (2021)
Great direction, gorgeous cinematography
In contrast to many reviews here, I found the show a pleasure to watch. It's nothing like Vera, but I enjoyed the introspective story, and the freshness of a detective that has found an inner resolve in dealing with his past rather than just another messed up copper.
Troppo (2022)
Good but could have been better.
Really annoying overused colour filter all through the series. Washed out colours and glare. Acting was a bit wooden, but I blame the direction, not the actors. Script should have been tighter. Slow development. I think they got the atmosphere wrong. I don't understand why everyone is bagging the American. He's an American actor playing an American character. What do you expect?
Lewis: The Great and the Good (2008)
Puzzle (spoiler)
Can anybody explain the ending? Who was it who drugged and raped her? I couldn't understand that aspect of the ending. Whoosh!
Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
Anachronisms
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but near the start of the film:
1: The music that everybody is listening to sounds more 1950's than the 1930's when the book is set.
2: The telephone that Marple picks up on the shot through the window looks like a mid 1960's design.
I also think that the mashed-up plot and the crazy camera angles do nothing for a story that should focus on the mystery more than the sensations. I really don't like the "ten lines of text" minimum here.
-Has anybody else detected any other anachronisms in this show? Are the costumes genuinely 1930s?