The Bridge Series 2 discussion- SPOILER ALERT

[nev]

I saw the thread title in the 'new posts' list just as i sat down this evening to watch it (recorded) so avoided the thread deliberately in case there were spoilers.
I will just add that, for me, it was a thumbs up

 

[Noel]

Yes, series 3 should air sometime in 2015 as they don't start shooting until later this year in September.
Martin Rohde will also be back.

 

[Eric The Viking]

I thought the series was spell-binding and thought the ending was excellent. Itching to discuss a few loose-ends but will wait !

Likewise.

We should start an, "I've finally seen it now on iPlayer." thread...

 

[RossJarvis]

We should start an, "I've finally seen it now on iPlayer." thread...

Still waiting to start watching it, having recorded the whole lot. Glad nobody spilled the beans so far. Looking at all the other recorded stuff I've not watched I might have got round to it when the next series is about to come out.

I do like all the sub-titled stuff from Europe, it usually has a different approach to most British and American stuff and is much more gripping and seems to have a bit more depth. Personally I find the Americans have the best all round quality of work when they do their best stuff and the best English stuff is not as good as it's hyped up to be, usually using lots of style over substance (Dr. Who and Sherlock being prime examples). Though the odd bit of Scottish/Welsh/Irish stuff can be very good. Maybe familiarity breeds contempt with me. The main difference I see is that the Europeans tend to have more real shaped people, whereas the Americans and Brits populate their productions with highly polished idealised creatures with perfect teeth.

 

[RogerS]

Not sure I agree with you totally. I agree regarding American stuff and TBH cannot remember the last time I watched anything that came out of the States....it is all so mind numbingly poor. And that is before you even struggle to understand what they are saying since they nearly all mumble. But there has been some very good British drama although nearly all on ITV (which I find surprising). Breathless, for example. Then there was the series set in a news room in the '50;s but the name escapes me. Still good stuff. Ah...Mad Men..that was US and very good.

 

[Eric The Viking]

The West Wing and The Wire both immediately come to mind as excellent. I'm a huge fan of Sorkin's writing (c.f. The Social Network, albeit with a most unappealing subject!).

TWW later series (after he stopped writing for it) are nothing like as good. We're just into series 2 on DVD, as youngest daughter wants to be a lawyer in the USA! She's finally realised The West Wing is something you have to concentrate on (not the vacuous pap she usually watches!), and she's really getting into it. I'm delighted for her - topics to argue about, great dialogue, altogether in a different class from, say the "three musketeers" (I was in the room last night, not pleasant).

Am I a grumpy(-enough) old git?

E.

 

[Noel]

IF YOU HAVE YET TO WATCH THE SERIES BE AWARE THAT CONTINUING TO READ THIS THREAD MAY SPOIL YOUR ENJOYMENT


Chat away about Bridge 2, spoiler alert now on title.

 

[RogerS]

So ...did anyone recognise the voice of Mr Big at the end? His shadowed profile was also a bit of a giveaway I thought.

 

[mailee]

Not too sure but thought it was the ship owner. Really great series, I can't wait for the next one......next year.

 

[Mike.S]

So ...did anyone recognise the voice of Mr Big at the end? His shadowed profile was also a bit of a giveaway I thought.

No idea. In these circumstances I usually guess the most unlikely candidates! So, Jakob (Saga's ex-boyfriend) and Rasmus (?) the dodgy policeman are in the frame :shock:

 

[Eric The Viking]

Rasmus definitely is a candidate for bitter-and-twisted-merchant-of-revenge for at least one episode of the next series.

We thought it was the security guy who shot her. but it could have been the shipping guy - deffo more creepy.

The good thing is that I will most likely have forgotten this discussion by the time series III starts. Every trip round the bowl is a whole new experience ;-)

E.

 

[RogerS]

Not too sure but thought it was the ship owner. Really great series, I can't wait for the next one......next year.

Yup..that's my take as well.

 

[markturner]

I just watched the last episode tonight, completely loved it......along with all the other scandi imports, watched and enjoyed all of them. Funnily enough, I thought both Wallanders were great in their own way. Have to say that the American remake of the killing was seriously good though, they did it proud......

So just in time for the continuation of the walking dead....zombietastic!

I really think we are spoilt for quality drama on TV now, its the new Hollywood for sure - characters and plot lines can be developed in a totally different way you cant do in film. Sadly, most films are just CGI special effect action crap nowadays ( a few exceptions of course) but most quality stuff is on the TV now.........

 

[Noel]

Apparently it's nobody we've met so far, somebody from series 3.
It isn't the ship owner Marcus Stenberg(sp?). I think he was just one of the many, often suspicious, characters we meet along the way.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Apparently it's nobody we've met so far, somebody from series 3.
It isn't the ship owner Marcus Stenberg(sp?). I think he was just one of the many, often suspicious, characters we meet along the way.

=D> =D> =D>

Oh er, that'll come back to haunt you. He didn't get where he is today by not disposing of bodies suspiciously. And we never really got a proper explanation for the opening of the first episode. You don't lock up load people on a ship like that on your own, eco-terrorists or not. It had to be jolly well organised, meaning he was almost certainly in on it.

I have a suspicious mind. At least, I'm usually very suspicious of it.

 

[RogerS]

SWMBO thinks there is more to Laura's father than meets the eye. For instance, why didn't he call the police when she remembered what her shooter looked like?

We haven't explored Jens death. We are led to believe that Martin took a poison capsule from the evidence shelves, put it in a cup of coffee which he gave to Jens, said coffee cup disposed of in the rubbish bin, fetched out by Saga.............ergo Martin killed Jens. Bet you forensics will find nothing in the coffee cup. Rasmus will have nicked the poison capsule to carry on with his own private investigation and Jens really did commit suicide.

 

[nev]

I reckon he sounded a bit like Troels, so my vote is a Mikkelson

 

[Steve Maskery]

I watched the last episode on iPlayer last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. But I didn't get who Mr Big was and agree that Laura's father has some q's to answer.
And there was me thinking that the Scandinavians were a very sociable lot, all that sauna-ing and so on.
S

 

[Harbo]

Bodil's sister's ( the one who organised the EU meeting) husband with the several hidden smart phones?
He was always away on business.

Rod

 

[mailee]

I noticed that there is another 'Belgian' series starting next week, 'Salamander' Looks interesting. :wink: