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Old 26-12-2016, 22:10
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Crap! Won't be watching any more.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:11
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgLKhESag4o

The full film's on YouTube. I'll have to watch it after tomorrows episode.
Terrible upload. You only get to see the centre of the frame and they sound like chipmunks.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:11
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I thought it was well-acted and very atmospheric with great sets and costumes.

I wonder what will happen tomorrow - not knowing the outcome, I wonder if it will be a similarly paced episode or if they will ramp it up for part 2?
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:13
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I thought it was well-acted and very atmospheric with great sets and costumes.

I wonder what will happen tomorrow - not knowing the outcome, I wonder if it will be a similarly paced episode or if they will ramp it up for part 2?
I don't know the outcome either, unless it's very straight forward, it seems like they need to cover a lot. If he didn't do it they need to find another suspect. Who I assume we have already seen tonight, but no idea who it could be.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:13
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Pea Soup. There's just too much of that green fog.

It's intriguing - I'm glad the second part is tomorrow instead of next week.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:15
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Murky is the word. It seems we can have a clear picture and mumbling dialogue or clear dialogue and a murky picture!!
Obviously couldn't afford the lighting......

I found the 'atmospherics' a little tiresome ....
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:17
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Obviously couldn't afford the lighting......

I found the 'atmospherics' a little tiresome ....
The overriding impression I took away from that hour was coughing and green gloom. Full marks if that's what they intended to be most prominent.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:19
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Is the coughing really a necessary part of the plot or could it have been done away with as it's very annoying? Perhaps he's choking on the weird green BBC smog?
I can't remember Charles Laughton coughing that much in the film. ( he was ill with something, though) He was also a Sir and wore a wig in court.

As I've never read the book, I'm not sure which version is more accurate
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:23
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The overriding impression I took away from that hour was coughing and green gloom. Full marks if that's what they intended to be most prominent.
I was looking forward to a right good who -done- it, but the green gloop , mumbling and endless coughing blooming spoiled it. Right , we've got the point, he's got TB and there were terrible pea-souper fogs .....Is that the bliddy plot?
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:23
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I don't know the outcome either, unless it's very straight forward, it seems like they need to cover a lot. If he didn't do it they need to find another suspect. Who I assume we have already seen tonight, but no idea who it could be.
It's a tricky twist to get totally right, it will all depend on a certain performance.

The plot is great, but very slow burning (good material for budding lawyers though).
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:24
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I don't know the outcome either, unless it's very straight forward, it seems like they need to cover a lot. If he didn't do it they need to find another suspect. Who I assume we have already seen tonight, but no idea who it could be.
I don't know what the conclusion is but I feel like the wife is the obvious suspect, perhaps in cahoots with the maid.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:29
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I can't remember Charles Laughton coughing that much in the film. ( he was ill with something, though) He was also a Sir and wore a wig in court.

As I've never read the book, I'm not sure which version is more accurate
He had a heart problem in the film, and his real life wife Elsa Lancaster played his over attentive nurse. It was filmed in black and white and there wasn't a a dull moment, unlike that crap that we watched this evening.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:31
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I don't know what the conclusion is but I feel like the wife is the obvious suspect, perhaps in cahoots with the maid.
Or he really did do it.....He was sent mad by the terrible green gloop.....Like some Martians cunning take over the world plan

I don't blooming know, but I like them to at least have paid the leccy bill with some of our TV licence money
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:32
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It's a tricky twist to get totally right, it will all depend on a certain performance.

The plot is great, but very slow burning (good material for budding lawyers though).
I get the impression that my overall opinion hinges on the big reveal. I read a review of the short story, and they said it was 3.5 stars until the twist and suddenly it was 5. So I am very intrigued. If they pull it off (whatever 'it' is) then a second watch could be good.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:39
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I was looking forward to a right good who -done- it, but the green gloop , mumbling and endless coughing blooming spoiled it. Right , we've got the point, he's got TB and there were terrible pea-souper fogs .....Is that the bliddy plot?
He did say that his cough was the result of being gassed.

Quality acting in depth, and a terrific performance from Toby Jones.

I enjoyed the first episode, and look forward to tomorrow night's concluding episode.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:48
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Not overly keen on the production, too much fog and green stuff around and yes, the coughing is getting irritating.

It's an interesting story ( I have read it )
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... will watch the end bit tomorrow to see if they keep to the plot, they may have decided to change it.

I have put part of my comment in spoiler, just in case !
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:51
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He had a heart problem in the film, and his real life wife Elsa Lancaster played his over attentive nurse. It was filmed in black and white and there wasn't a a dull moment, unlike that crap that we watched this evening.
That's very true.
For ages I thought the film was directed by Hitchcock but in fact it was a Billy Wilder film.
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:57
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I think the cat did it
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Old 26-12-2016, 22:59
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There was an actor in that who to me looked quite like James Stewart, but I didn't get the character name to get the actor name. He was one of the legal people. Anyone know who I mean? Thanks.
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Old 26-12-2016, 23:02
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Not overly keen on the production, too much fog and green stuff around and yes, the coughing is getting irritating.

It's an interesting story ( I have read it )
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... will watch the end bit tomorrow to see if they keep to the plot, they may have decided to change it.

I have put part of my comment in spoiler, just in case !
If they keep to the plot (they don't always) then the people saying they're not going to watch will miss a great dénouement.

Even though I know what happens, I can't wait to see it.

I agree they've gone overboard with the greeniness, though. At one point I wondered if the colour on my telly had gone on the blink.

I know things were grim in many ways then, but producers of this sort of programme seem to think that all colour was absent from the world in those days.
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Old 26-12-2016, 23:03
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I think the cat did it
It had incriminating evidence on its paws......
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Old 26-12-2016, 23:11
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Much prefer the original version.
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Old 26-12-2016, 23:20
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Much prefer the original version.
The makers of that probably paid for lighting.....If you can see the cast it makes quite a difference to your enjoyment of the production...
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Old 26-12-2016, 23:28
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Yes it really was that foggy back then.
Even inside the home too?? The solicitor's home was particularly foggy-like inside.
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Old 26-12-2016, 23:47
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It's a tricky twist to get totally right, it will all depend on a certain performance.

The plot is great, but very slow burning (good material for budding lawyers though).
I wouldnt call it slow burning I would just call it slow, it could have been done in one episode
I wonder which ending thare going to go with, the first or the second
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