...but if you DO live in Canada, and you DO like compelling TV drama, and ESPECIALLY if you DO like British-style crime drama like Prime Suspect, Cracker, The Vice, or State of Play, then if you're NOT watching Intelligence on CBC...
.... you're a straight-up %#@!% Poopypants.
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By the way, speaking of Cracker, have you been able to see the new movie? It aired on BBC early this month, so I've been able to acquire a copy, through the illicit means that none of us dare speak of.
Haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I know you're a fan, so if you can't find it anywhere, I can point you in the right direction.
I am liking Intelligence. My only peeve is those stupid bumpers that say "The Ex-Wife", "The Entrepreneur", etc. I hate them. I hate being told how to pigeon hole a character. Actually I don't take well to being told in general, but I digress.
That's funny..I think those little inserts are a really small price to pay. I worry that Intelligence really is too serialized and inside to attract new people. If having those bumpers id'ing who's who helps one person follow it who otherwise would have turned away, then I think it's a very, very small price to pay.
That's what I thought too - it's a fairly effective shorthand so new or casual viewers don't get lost in all the characters and their relationships. And a nice substitute for a longer opening credits sequence that might have been more explanatory. Plus at least a couple are kinda funny (The Snake, formerly The Nasty Bastard, and I love The Entrepreneur for the main criminal).
Interesting that they should change that. Standards and Practices getting "involved" again, I guess?
Not necessarily. I think that The Snake actually connotes his place in the show a lot better -- it's more specific in indicating action than "The Nasty Baastard."
The former's a more colorful phrase but it doesn't actually say as much about the character, and his place in the show, which is the point of the bullet points anyway.
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