My partner (the Man Previously Known as Techsupportbear) doesn't have a DW account, but asked me to post this by way of response*:
To be honest I had not noticed the female cast thing, but thinking about it, the court room was pretty much all female apart from one or two token men. But I agree the key missing element is the internal dynamic and tension that Kurt / Linda /Stefan bought to the plot.
Another thing I think is worse is that the productions values have changed, I expect for export. The way it is of filmed and have the main locations are now way to swish and shiny. It has lost a lot of that claustrophobic atmosphere and the quality of the shots. framing and lighting all seem much poorer.
It seems to have lost much of it grain and grime and they now seem hell bent on portraying Kurt as a hero of some sorts - perhaps anti-hero. The way he was dressed in some shots last night reminded me of Baron von Richthofen, at least in silhouette. And what is all this with the Jussi?
Mind you, it is still the best detective series on the UKTV, apart from maybe the British Wallander, which I think is maybe better than this second Swedish series.
*I tend to be a bit too squeamish to enjoy Wallander.
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Date: 2010-05-02 08:21 am (UTC)To be honest I had not noticed the female cast thing, but thinking about it, the court room was pretty much all female apart from one or two token men. But I agree the key missing element is the internal dynamic and tension that Kurt / Linda /Stefan bought to the plot.
Another thing I think is worse is that the productions values have changed, I expect for export. The way it is of filmed and have the main locations are now way to swish and shiny. It has lost a lot of that claustrophobic atmosphere and the quality of the shots. framing and lighting all seem much poorer.
It seems to have lost much of it grain and grime and they now seem hell bent on portraying Kurt as a hero of some sorts - perhaps anti-hero. The way he was dressed in some shots last night reminded me of Baron von Richthofen, at least in silhouette. And what is all this with the Jussi?
Mind you, it is still the best detective series on the UKTV, apart from maybe the British Wallander, which I think is maybe better than this second Swedish series.
*I tend to be a bit too squeamish to enjoy Wallander.