According to the new Radio Times Mentalbaldo will be back in the winter
Inspector Montalbano BBC4 Saturday 9PM
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Originally Posted by the_lostprophet:
“Have seen this week's episode now. Mentalbaldo living up to his reputation by knocking the hell out of that house 'cause the olive tree had been cut down!
Got to laugh at the fact MB didn't call the paramedics to give a member of the public the once over after she had been flippin' knocked down by a car! Instead he waits about an hour, then just calls the doc once she's hobbling about looking for all the world like she's about to collapse.
Oh and the parrot singing a communist song!
And I see from the posts above that Livia won't be in it anymore - he's still referring to her as his girlfriend though.”
“Have seen this week's episode now. Mentalbaldo living up to his reputation by knocking the hell out of that house 'cause the olive tree had been cut down!
Got to laugh at the fact MB didn't call the paramedics to give a member of the public the once over after she had been flippin' knocked down by a car! Instead he waits about an hour, then just calls the doc once she's hobbling about looking for all the world like she's about to collapse.
Oh and the parrot singing a communist song!
And I see from the posts above that Livia won't be in it anymore - he's still referring to her as his girlfriend though.”
Didn't have MentalBaldo down as a tree-hugger
Originally Posted by david1955:
“But the actual stories are far from light hearted. They can be very dark and disturbing , like the last episode for example”
“But the actual stories are far from light hearted. They can be very dark and disturbing , like the last episode for example”
I didn't find it that dark to be honest.
I'm finally up to date with MentalBaldo ready for the finale this Saturday.
Originally Posted by Denley:
“Didn't have MentalBaldo down as a tree-hugger
I didn't find it that dark to be honest.
I'm finally up to date with MentalBaldo ready for the finale this Saturday.”
“Didn't have MentalBaldo down as a tree-hugger
I didn't find it that dark to be honest.
I'm finally up to date with MentalBaldo ready for the finale this Saturday.
”
Given the way he walks, shouldn't he really be
MentalBandyBaldo?
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“Given the way he walks, shouldn't he really be
MentalBandyBaldo?”
“Given the way he walks, shouldn't he really be
MentalBandyBaldo?”
That's just daft. We'd be getting into Young Ones handy-bendy-Ghandi territory then.
Originally Posted by Denley:
“Didn't have MentalBaldo down as a tree-hugger
I didn't find it that dark to be honest.
I'm finally up to date with MentalBaldo ready for the finale this Saturday.”
“Didn't have MentalBaldo down as a tree-hugger
I didn't find it that dark to be honest.
I'm finally up to date with MentalBaldo ready for the finale this Saturday.
”
Keeping rotting dead bodies in your house , Twice ?
Yes I did notice old Salvo's bandy legs
Originally Posted by david1955:
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Yes I did notice old Salvo's bandy legs”
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Yes I did notice old Salvo's bandy legs”
Yes, he puts me in mind of Manuel Garrincha, the late Brazilian footballer.
Originally Posted by david1955:
“Keeping rotting dead bodies in your house , Twice ?
Yes I did notice old Salvo's bandy legs”
“Keeping rotting dead bodies in your house , Twice ?
Yes I did notice old Salvo's bandy legs”
Fair point.
I think my earlier post shows how much these Euro dramas have cured me of my past squeamishness.
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“Yes, he puts me in mind of Manuel Garrincha, the late Brazilian footballer.”
“Yes, he puts me in mind of Manuel Garrincha, the late Brazilian footballer.”
Yes , i remember him, didn't he have polio, but despite that he was one of the world's greatest players. There were a few athlethes of that era who had polio but managed to get gold medals and the like. A New Zealand runner and an Indian cricketer called Chandrasheskar who functioned on one arm
Originally Posted by david1955:
“Yes , i remember him, didn't he have polio, but despite that he was one of the world's greatest players. There were a few athlethes of that era who had polio but managed to get gold medals and the like. A New Zealand runner and an Indian cricketer called Chandrasheskar who functioned on one arm”
“Yes , i remember him, didn't he have polio, but despite that he was one of the world's greatest players. There were a few athlethes of that era who had polio but managed to get gold medals and the like. A New Zealand runner and an Indian cricketer called Chandrasheskar who functioned on one arm”
Yes, he was born disabled but was able to walk after an operation.
http://www.smh.com.au/world-cup-2010...0516-v60y.html
Originally Posted by Verence:
“According to the new Radio Times Mentalbaldo will be back in the winter”
“According to the new Radio Times Mentalbaldo will be back in the winter”
Brilliant! I really like it.
Originally Posted by Verence:
“According to the new Radio Times Mentalbaldo will be back in the winter”
“According to the new Radio Times Mentalbaldo will be back in the winter”
Oh that is brilliant news - I will really look forward to cosying up on the sofa on winter nights to watch more IM.
Did the article say if it would be new episodes?
Originally Posted by Denley:
“Yeah I like the humour in this too. MentalBaldo cracks me up and Catarella is a comedy all on his own. Loved all his Orlando pics. It's an entertaining watch. A light hearted interlude between the darker Nordic stuff.”
“Yeah I like the humour in this too. MentalBaldo cracks me up and Catarella is a comedy all on his own. Loved all his Orlando pics
. It's an entertaining watch. A light hearted interlude between the darker Nordic stuff.”
Mentalbaldo -
Catarella is very funny in the books and I think they've cast the part really well as he is just like I imagined him.
Although IB seems lighthearted, I actually think it's hard to mix humour with darker themes so it's quite an achievement in this case. I started reading the books after reading Donna Leon's books which are set in Italk (Venice) but have no humour at all so I was a bit WTF at Mentalbaldo at first until I realised it was a different type of detective story.
Originally Posted by ff999:
“Oh that is brilliant news - I will really look forward to cosying up on the sofa on winter nights to watch more IM.
Did the article say if it would be new episodes?”
“Oh that is brilliant news - I will really look forward to cosying up on the sofa on winter nights to watch more IM.
Did the article say if it would be new episodes?”
It just says it will be back in the winter but I'm assuming it will be "new" episodes
Quote:
“When BBC4 was showing The Killing and Wallander, RT’s pages were full of letters praising them but so far I haven’t read anything about Inspector Mentalbaldo. Blah, blah, blah...sun, scenery. gorgeous eyes...blah, blah....Keep your dour Lund and bleak Danish scenery. I want Sicily, red wine and more Mentalbaldo!”
“When BBC4 was showing The Killing and Wallander, RT’s pages were full of letters praising them but so far I haven’t read anything about Inspector Mentalbaldo. Blah, blah, blah...sun, scenery. gorgeous eyes...blah, blah....Keep your dour Lund and bleak Danish scenery. I want Sicily, red wine and more Mentalbaldo!”
Radio Times Letters page
A typical reader I feel and one who seems to have answered her own question.
Originally Posted by KennyT:
“The use of "MentalBaldo" implies that's a DS FM!
K”
“The use of "MentalBaldo" implies that's a DS FM!
K”
Ah....That’d be my enhancement!
Originally Posted by Sunshine&Solace:
“Mentalbaldo -
Catarella is very funny in the books and I think they've cast the part really well as he is just like I imagined him.
Although IB seems lighthearted, I actually think it's hard to mix humour with darker themes so it's quite an achievement in this case. I started reading the books after reading Donna Leon's books which are set in Italk (Venice) but have no humour at all so I was a bit WTF at Mentalbaldo at first until I realised it was a different type of detective story.”
“Mentalbaldo -
Catarella is very funny in the books and I think they've cast the part really well as he is just like I imagined him.
Although IB seems lighthearted, I actually think it's hard to mix humour with darker themes so it's quite an achievement in this case. I started reading the books after reading Donna Leon's books which are set in Italk (Venice) but have no humour at all so I was a bit WTF at Mentalbaldo at first until I realised it was a different type of detective story.”
I think I might dip into one or two of the books this Summer. MentalBaldo definately IS different.
Originally Posted by Denley:
“I think I might dip into one or two of the books this Summer. MentalBaldo definately IS different.”
“I think I might dip into one or two of the books this Summer. MentalBaldo definately IS different.
”
Hope you enjoy them.
Nearly time to see a temporary goodbye to Mentalbaldo. I will miss him and his bandy legs! At least it'll be back in the winter. It looks like tonight's ep is one of the shorter hour and a half(ish) ones - funny how they're different lengths.
At least it'll be back in the winter. It looks like tonight's ep is one of the shorter hour and a half(ish) ones - funny how they're different lengths.
Originally Posted by Akane Tendo:
“Mimi is nice.”
“Mimi is nice.”
Mimi's a drip.
and a whiner, I prefer Fazio to Mimi but I'm Team MentalBaldo all the way (what? I'm down with the kids )I only discovered this last week on I player and watched 8 episodes on my iPad. Funny how I still have to put the headphones in, even though it's got subtitles
but the Italian is so lyrical and I'm picking Italian up quite rapidly, I'm spotting all the differences in the translations . God I sound like a total saddo, don't I? Can't wait for new series, but on imdb they seem to have been filmed quite haphazardly, 2 in some series 4 in others
Originally Posted by Alli-F:
“Mimi's a drip. and a whiner, I prefer Fazio to Mimi but I'm Team MentalBaldo all the way (what? I'm down with the kids )”
“Mimi's a drip.
and a whiner, I prefer Fazio to Mimi but I'm Team MentalBaldo all the way (what? I'm down with the kids )”
Despite having a crush on Mimi, he did get on my nerves last night. He was being a complete arsehole!
OH and I were cheering on Fazio with Barbara though. Found that really sweet!
Originally Posted by Alli-F:
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Can't wait for new series, but on imdb they seem to have been filmed quite haphazardly, 2 in some series 4 in others”
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Can't wait for new series, but on imdb they seem to have been filmed quite haphazardly, 2 in some series 4 in others
”
Probably dependent upon the frequency with which the author,Andrea Camillieri,published the books/short stories,upon which the films are based.
Hence 22 films between 1999,and 2011.
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