tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post251503756852203299..comments2024-01-24T15:06:13.387-05:00Comments on M.A.Peel: Bobby, Alex, Tommy, and BarbaraMapeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-39187350212875839502014-06-12T13:45:15.284-04:002014-06-12T13:45:15.284-04:00Sharon Small is now on Law and Order UK ...Sharon Small is now on Law and Order UK ...Jacquelinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-52653732368925567772007-09-27T14:22:00.000-04:002007-09-27T14:22:00.000-04:00Anon, I meant to say something about the "sir" ele...Anon, I meant to say something about the "sir" element in Lynley, how Havers tacks it on to most sentences. That nod to hierarchy rarely happens over here, and it's entirely unaffected in Lynley.Mapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-28228392757878699482007-09-27T10:26:00.000-04:002007-09-27T10:26:00.000-04:00Your post is uncanny....I have been thinking exact...Your post is uncanny....I have been thinking exactly this about Havers and Eames all week long. (Thanks to Wolcott for the referral. I'm kind of shocked he's never seen a Lynley mystery.)<BR/> <BR/>I agree with the previous poster....the Elizabeth George books are not that great. The "Mystery" people do a great job paring them down. Although the class thing is flogged relentlessly; I wish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-69305379417869922552007-09-26T15:13:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:13:00.000-04:00welcome greenfuzz. I was wondering how the novels ...welcome greenfuzz. I was wondering how the novels are. So Elizabeth George is no Agatha Christie.<BR/><BR/>Tim, "the dreadful middle class"--hear, hear! I have a yen to pick up "Keep the Aspidistra Flying"<BR/><BR/>Mr. Wyndam, you would really appreciate seeing the actual London in the Columbo episode, Dagger of the Mind (1972). I found this great site that shows the cars that are in the show.Mapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-16301392840418958352007-09-26T07:46:00.000-04:002007-09-26T07:46:00.000-04:00I'm a great fan of US series London-based episodes...I'm a great fan of US series London-based episodes. The sky is usually an LA electric-blue, and the grass too verdant, the streets are all a little bit too crowded with London buses and postboxes, the homes are invariably Bel Air Tudor; there are a disproportionate number of antique dealers and - spot on, this one, I have to admit - the men from Scotland Yard are usually blithering idiots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-11927094404290201522007-09-26T05:21:00.000-04:002007-09-26T05:21:00.000-04:00Lynley expresses an odd truth about the British cl...Lynley expresses an odd truth about the British class system: the aristocracy and the proletariat usually get on rather well, united in their contempt for the dreadful middle classes...Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-46289982709795043492007-09-25T23:07:00.000-04:002007-09-25T23:07:00.000-04:00Lynley isn't my favorite Mystery! but it's growing...Lynley isn't my favorite Mystery! but it's growing on me and I like it far more than the books by Elizabeth George. Which in my opinion are not good. They are doing a better job with it now that they are completey free of the books. I totally agree with you about Havers being more of a full character than Eames. And I have to say that Lynley and Mystery! in general is less formulaic than any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-78935040282436803302007-09-23T21:44:00.000-04:002007-09-23T21:44:00.000-04:00I agree that it's less wooden than it used to be, ...I agree that it's less wooden than it used to be, and I like how the interaction between the two are more natural. Maybe we should start a petition for a crossover. :)clairehelene7https://www.blogger.com/profile/11082594822295855780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-82057470497053065592007-09-23T10:25:00.000-04:002007-09-23T10:25:00.000-04:00Claire, Lynley isn't my favorite Mystery! either, ...Claire, Lynley isn't my favorite Mystery! either, but it's grown on me since it first started showing up a couple of years ago. It's much less wooden than its earlier episodes. Spread the word, maybe we can make a crossover episode happen!Mapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-14269638282522239232007-09-22T20:46:00.000-04:002007-09-22T20:46:00.000-04:00Oh, I love it. I don't know why I haven't seen it...Oh, I love it. I don't know why I haven't seen it before. CI is my favorite L&O, but Lynley is not my favorite Mystery!, though I watch it. I love the idea of a crossover. I think Lynley and Goren together in a scene would be interesting as well.clairehelene7https://www.blogger.com/profile/11082594822295855780noreply@blogger.com