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re: Why did "The Killing" not succeed?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:57 pm to Fenwick86
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:57 pm to Fenwick86
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IMO, The Killing was an average show. Average acting, very average writing. I thought the 4th season was pretty terrible. I admit, I watched that right after I finished Twin Peaks and could not help but compare the two which is probably a little unfair. I thought Sarah Linden was a pretty bad character to hang a show on. Zero redeeming qualities. Her terrible parenting became a joke to me in the third and fourth season
IMO, YO sucks
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Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:47 pm to rondo
The way they ended season one. If you watch on Netflix it didn't impact you the way they kept everyone on the hook, promised resolution, and didn't deliver.
I kept watching though.
I kept watching though.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 3:15 pm to tylercsbn9
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The way they ended season one. If you watch on Netflix it didn't impact you the way they kept everyone on the hook, promised resolution, and didn't deliver.
I kept watching though.
i never watched season 2 b.c I was so annoyed. I just googled who killed her.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 3:17 pm to Hawkeye95
you suck
Posted on 12/29/14 at 3:26 pm to Hawkeye95
I think it should have been solved in one season and then ended.
I think the Fargo one season formula from earlier this year is perfect for some of these ideas.
I think the Fargo one season formula from earlier this year is perfect for some of these ideas.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 4:04 pm to rondo
It succeeded pretty well for a show that takes a season (or sometimes two) to solve a single murder.
Shows in long term soap opera format where you have to watch every episode have it tough anyway unless they are really compelling.
Shows in long term soap opera format where you have to watch every episode have it tough anyway unless they are really compelling.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 4:27 pm to Overbrook
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unless they are really compelling.
you see...I find the show very compelling.
When dat bass line drops at the end of every episode and they are about to reveal a new clue...it moves a little.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 4:31 pm to rondo
I watched all four seasons on netflixs I loved it. Pissed it ended after only 4 seasons.
Netflixs has been clutch lately on their shows. Just watched season 1 of Marco polo
Netflixs has been clutch lately on their shows. Just watched season 1 of Marco polo
Posted on 12/29/14 at 5:40 pm to rondo
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Damn instant gratification society.
Nah, it just came off as shitty "with a twist" type writing. The writing improved as the show progressed. Unfortunately their early issues screwed the pooch.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 5:47 pm to BluegrassBelle
you screwed the pooch
Posted on 12/29/14 at 5:48 pm to BluegrassBelle
All the ads for the first season were "Who Killed Rosie Larson?" And then they ended the season without solving the mystery. It was a double bird to the audience. We hate watched the second season. It was really stupid with the bit SPOILER
where a politician gets charged with the murder of a teenage girl, then he gets shot and paralyzed, then the murder charges are dropped and then he discloses that he attempted suicide a few months earlier. And he still manages to get elected mayor of Seattle after all this happens in a few week!
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I thought the acting was good, but I felt bad for the cast because the writing was so fricking stupid. The same thing went on with Halt and Catch Fire.
where a politician gets charged with the murder of a teenage girl, then he gets shot and paralyzed, then the murder charges are dropped and then he discloses that he attempted suicide a few months earlier. And he still manages to get elected mayor of Seattle after all this happens in a few week!
END SPOILER
I thought the acting was good, but I felt bad for the cast because the writing was so fricking stupid. The same thing went on with Halt and Catch Fire.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 6:44 pm to wish i was tebow
quote:Stuff like this doesn't usually bother me, but it was relentlessly bleak. That, along with fricking viewers over and not giving closure the first season, turned me off.
But it was just slow and gloomy with everyone having a shitty life and it always raining. I realize they did the rain thing for a reason and it's based in Seattle or whatever but it just made the episodes drag on.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 8:14 pm to rondo
I thought it was great. Plan on wrapping it up this weekend.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 8:39 pm to rondo
I think they sold it based on the first season and then the writing went to shite.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 9:44 am to rondo
Just finished Season 4.
Not thrilled with the ending. Sort of saw the part with Colonel Raines coming.
I liked Linden coming back for Holder....My wife hated that part. Says they shouldn't be together.
I don't think it was a romantic reunion. I think they are both damaged people that trust no one but themselves...and each other.
Not thrilled with the ending. Sort of saw the part with Colonel Raines coming.
I liked Linden coming back for Holder....My wife hated that part. Says they shouldn't be together.
I don't think it was a romantic reunion. I think they are both damaged people that trust no one but themselves...and each other.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 9:45 am
Posted on 12/30/14 at 3:05 pm to rondo
spoilers:
I was really into it when it was on AMC.
Fans got really pissed at the end of season 1 and stopped watching. I personally loved season 1, but fans were basically promised that the killer would be revealed by the seasons end, and they were not.
It got quite a bit worse after season 1 IMO also.
I was really into it when it was on AMC.
Fans got really pissed at the end of season 1 and stopped watching. I personally loved season 1, but fans were basically promised that the killer would be revealed by the seasons end, and they were not.
It got quite a bit worse after season 1 IMO also.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 3:27 pm to broeho
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It got quite a bit worse after season 1 IMO also
i thought it got better
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 12/30/14 at 3:59 pm to broeho
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It got quite a bit worse after season 1 IMO also
I don't know about that...season 3 was pretty damn good, but by then the show's fate was sealed. I did think season 4 was a dud though.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:00 pm to Fenwick86
quote:I agree with all of this. Terrible character to hang a show on.
I thought Sarah Linden was a pretty bad character to hang a show on. Zero redeeming qualities. Her terrible parenting became a joke to me in the third and fourth season.
My main complaints about the first two seasons were entire episodes that went nowhere and storylines that seemed to be completely pointless and added nothing to the story.
Season three had a little of that but not as much.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 8:06 pm to timbo
quote:there was a bunch of this. Holder gets the hell bet out of him, left for dead, in the hospital, and is out by the end of the day.
where a politician gets charged with the murder of a teenage girl, then he gets shot and paralyzed, then the murder charges are dropped and then he discloses that he attempted suicide a few months earlier. And he still manages to get elected mayor of Seattle after all this happens in a few week!
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