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#Police Procedural
countesspetofi · 1 month
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More from The Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars: Nearly five years before James T. Kirk set off on his five-year mission into space, William Shatner guest-stars in "Portrait of a Painter," episode 14 of the third season of "Naked City" (original airdate January 10, 1962).
Roger Barmer (Shatner) is a disturbed young artist who believes he may have killed his wife during an epilepsy-related blackout. He confides in his doctor, who convinces him to turn himself in to the police. It is a very sensitive performance, nearly free of the swagger that we've come to expect. The physical resemblance between young Shatner and Merritt Butrick (David Marcus) is very noticeable here.
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Given the 1960s medical establishment's belief in homosexuality as a mental illness, the discussion of Roger's issues with women and intimacy (and his mother, oh, you have so much to answer for, Dr. Freud), the physical clinginess he displays toward the doctor, and body language that I recognize as coded for femininity and submission from my own Shakespearian training, I don't think I'm reaching too awfully far when I see some queer subtext in the extended scene in the doctor's office. (He looks like he could be playing Desdemona or Ophelia on that couch.)
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Other Trek connections: The doctor is portrayed by Theodore Bikel, who played Worf's adoptive father Sergei Rozhenko in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth-season episode "Family." I nearly didn't recognize him without his signature beard, but the voice was unmistakable.
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imthefailedartist · 5 months
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I realize I'm over the "Case of the Week" police procedural, not every one but most of the new ones. One and done really doesn't interest me anymore. I need a lasting impact, I need an overall story.
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I think it's the fault of Hannibal. That show really did case of the week right.
They had two cases, the Minnesota Shrike and The Copycat (Hannibal), that had an impact over the entire show. The audience got to watch Will change and adapt because the case (TMS) really impacted him and infiltrated his mind. While then trying to solve the main case of The Copycat/Hannibal the Cannibal and using everything he was experiencing on the case of the week to solve the Copycat.
Take Found. I like it, but I think it would benefit from Gabi trying to solve a confirmed long-term kidnapping, like hers. It would be much more impactful emotionally and give a better reason for her detaining Sir. Then, in between her looking for the long-term kidnapper, she makes him help her find other kidnappers.
They have the case right there. Margaret's son. That case only being used for her story is irritating. Make it the case of the season. It's so much more interesting than her going to the bus station looking with no real reason other than that's where she chose (maybe that's where he went missing, I might've missed the explanation), and it makes her "super power" less of a gimmick.
To be fair, we haven't seen the episode of how Gabi came to find Sir, so who knows, that could change everything for me, but so far, I'm just not understanding why she chose detaining over turning him in.
Will Trent does killer of the week in a way I enjoy. But again, it's about lasting impact and having something to solve in between cases.
I also think it's a writing thing. I do watch and love police procedurals, and I know the whole point is that a casual or first-time viewer can just hop in whenever. But the writing can be a little too on the nose and never give the viewer anything to interpret themselves can be done in a show with an overarching story.
Imagine this show in the hands of Shondaland!!! My god, it would be off the charts.
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pickletrip · 4 months
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@catatonicrainbow recommended this Japanese Police Procedural to get through the days when I don't have any BLs to watch (because all the fricking shows are on the weekend) and believe me I was initially taken aback by the first episode. Except for Japanese BLs and anime I haven't watched much else from Japan, so it took me some time to get used to the conversation style, humor and characters. But after that first episode it was such a fun and beautiful ride. With just 11 episodes, it dives deep into various types of cases. I thought it would be the same as other police shows I've seen, but there was definitely something very different in this show. The basic premise was the same, but the way they tackled the cases, the passion and heart behind being a detective, the kind of stories they explored were so different. I loved the depth and growth of each character in this show. Where many shows stick to black and white, they gave us morally grey and there doesn't have to be a big reason for that.
Ayano Go as Ibuki Ai and Hoshino Gen as Shima Kazumi were wonderful as partners and carried the show really well. The supporting cast deserves a round of applause because they exceeded my expectations.
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If you want something different and new from a police procedural, give this show a chance.
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The best film I watched in August and probably the whole year will probably be a no brainer since I showed a friend Fritz Lang’s M (1931, Max, Prime) last night. Lang’s first sound film was a breakthrough in its use of tracking shots and a musical leitmotif to tell the tale of the hunt for a child killer (Peter Lorre) by the police on one side and the criminal underworld on the other. The film’s cynical view of power structures and cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner’s painting with light and shadow would become major influences on the rise of film noir in the 1940s, while, with Alfred Hitchcock’s THE LODGER (1927), M would inspire decades of police procedurals with its panoramic view of the social effect of Lorre’s crimes. It also contains an unforgettable performance by the actor, who manages to make his character both animalistic and surprisingly sympathetic. His climactic monolog, delivered to a kangaroo court of criminals whose livelihood has been threatened by the police search for him, is one of the greatest acting moments on screen.
What surprised me on re-viewing the film for the first time in years was how much humor Lang had injected into the film. Scenes of the public panic, as anybody seen talking to a child or in police custody is presumed to be the killer, are mordantly funny, while the quirks of the various legal and criminal authority figures create a great gallery of comic grotesques.
As an early talkie, the film maintains a lot of the visual story telling of the silent era. You can tell the washerwoman featured early on is the mother of young Elsie just from the way Lang cuts between the two, and Elsie’s death is communicated through simple details — her ball rolling across the grass and the balloon Lorre had bought her tangled in some power lines.
Lang also uses editing for social criticism, as he repeatedly cuts between a criminal meeting to discuss the murder investigation and a meeting of the city’s leaders. This is one of the film’s most subversive elements, the equation of the city government and police force with the criminal underworld. Is there that much difference between the police indiscriminately raiding underworld hangouts and the criminals breaking into an office building and torturing the night watchman? And when Elsie’s mother says at the end, “One needs to keep closer watch over our children, all of you!” the film becomes almost prescient, or at least benefits from our knowledge of the children (and adults) who would be slaughtered when the Third Reich came into power.
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ktofbvb · 30 days
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My thoughts on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S1 E 2 Spoilers ahead
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This episode introduces Sara Sidle to the team as she is brought in to investigate Warrick Brown after Holly's shooting in the previous episode. Holly does pass away off-screen as a result of her injuries, thus putting more of an emphasis on where Warrick was. Warrick is threatened to bring Judge Cohen money, and because he does not have the total amount, he is gambling to make the difference. Sara finds him gambling when she tells him that Holly is dead. It is a great scene to set up the friction between Sara and Warrick that is present throughout some of their interactions. The two prominent cases of the episode are a jackpot winner found dead; the question is, was it suicide or murder and Holly's death. The jackpot winner is seen to have been killed by his ex-girlfriend, whom he broke up with after winning the jackpot. The best part of the episode was the dummy being tested to see if he was pushed, jumped, or shoved from the ledge. I thought that it was very interesting to see how it works and how much work goes into discovering how someone from a falling death dies.
Warrick should have been fired for derelict of duty and gambling during work hours. I am a Warrick fan, but he should have been fired because he wasn't. We get a really good character arc from him. It is a good episode but not one of the better episodes of the season, as it is still setting everything up. It is still a fun episode and sets up Sara Sidle.
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corpyburd · 1 year
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Max & Oscar in Vienna Blood Season 3
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dinkysdirtcinema · 1 year
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#26 - High and Low (Kurosawa, 1963)
For more cult cinema classics, check out Dinky’s Dirt Cinema
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Bonus Feature:
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3 Brilliant Moments of Blocking in Akira Kurosawa’s ‘High and Low’
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leo-fie · 2 months
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2023 crime shows are weird. They have representation of minorities and talk about pressing issues, but at the same time they worship the police.
The first ten minutes of this Netflix show Bodies will introduce you to this black policewoman, and show you a bunch of everyday racism, but then she goes to police a nazi ralley and the first thing she does is report a brown boy for hiding behind a dumpster. "Suspicious"? Girl, he's hiding from the nazis!
Of course she's right by the narrative and the boy has a gun, but seriously?
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ndcirque · 9 months
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My partner is watching their favourite procedural Cop TV show. I’m on the couch listening to a podcast.
One thing that struck me though is that if a stranger walks up to me, flashes an unfamiliar ID card and says “I’m with NCIS, can I ask you some questions,” my immediate response is going to be, “What the f*ck is an NCIS?” I mean seriously, most of these shows have some obscure acronym, NCIS, JAG, CSI, and so fourth that everyone on the show knows and understands. Just once I’d like to see these TV cops pull up and the civilians have no idea who they are and refuse to show them any respect or cooperation.
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"Tame the Storm"
Author: Ted Tayler Narrator: Roger Clark Book Series: "The Freeman Files", Book #17 Audiobook Release Date: February 20, 2024 Length: 6 hours, 44 minutes
👇 Care to listen to a sample of this audiobook? Click on the media player below 👇
Overview:
Clive Palmer, age forty-eight, was a former history teacher from London who was sent to prison. After prison, he moved to the county of Wiltshire. Ten months later, he was dead. Wiltshire’s Crime Review Team investigates cold cases and has successfully resolved more than a dozen. Headed by former police detective Gus Freeman, the team uses old witness statements plus fresh clues to start the hunt again. Upon his release from prison, Clive Palmer bought a second-hand car and a trailer and moved to a village outside of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire. He was murdered just ten months later. The brutal stabbing and mutilation suggest the murder was linked to his past. Before Gus and his team can delve into the murder of Palmer, they must put the finishing touches to two earlier cases. A hectic schedule lies ahead. ©2023 Ted Tayler (P)2024 Blackstone Publishing
Tame the Storm is available from: Audible ✰ Audiobooks.com ✰ AudiobooksNow.com ✰ AudiobookStore.com ✰ Barnes & Noble ✰ Binge Books ✰ Chirp Books ✰ Everand ✰ Downpour ✰ Google Play ✰ Hoopla ✰ Libro.fm ✰ Overdrive + Libby ✰ Rakuten Kobo ✰
TIP: If you want to find more audiobooks from Roger, you can click on the "Roger's Audiobooks" tag, or you can also check out my pinned post 😉 Happy Listening!
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stuffydollband · 2 months
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Happy 3rd birthday to my album “Beat The Virus! 4: Vaccine Protocol”
An instrumental (mostly) album that’s somehow a cop drama? I think that makes it a ballet? Anyway, I’m relistening to it and it’s honestly better than I remembered it being
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wolviestars · 7 months
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the owner of the love that burns my heart
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gameofthunder66 · 20 days
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Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023- ) tv series
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-(started) watchin' Season 2- 3/8/2024- on Hulu (FOX)
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pickletrip · 4 months
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I had the pleasure of watching a beautiful Chinese crime drama called 'Under the Skin'. This was on someone's recommended list on Tumblr and I'm always excited to check out new shows and stories from Asian countries. Boldly I set out to start this show and what a beautiful ride it has been. Tan Jian Ci as Shen Yi and Jin Shi Jia as Du Cheng was truly a wonderful pairing.
There were so many stories surrounding women and involving women that I was surprised and happy to see how the cases were solved. There were some far reaching elements in the plot occasionally but then which crime drama doesn't have these unbelievable elements.
I loved this show because it brought into focus a side of investigation that we rarely see on screen - Portraitist, the one who sketches and brings to life the person from just a description. Shen Yi was a well rounded character with great motivation to do what he did as an artist and Du Cheng was equally compelling as the officer who strove to fight for justice.
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These are some of the paintings and sketches Shen Yi drew and we see this in the last scene of the last episode. He kept a record of all the cases he was involved in and look how beautifully he brought out the pain and joy involved in each story.
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And we were left with this cliffhanger and I heard there's a season 2 that they've been considering and talking about. I'd be delighted to watch season 2 of Under the Skin. If anyone wants to watch something different, give this show a chance.
A hearty thanks to @lurkingshan for the recommendation. I'll probably get to all the other recommendations soon.
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On March 8, 1996, Seven debuted in Denmark.
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Here's some new Brad Pitt art!
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ktofbvb · 24 days
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In case you haven't heard Tracker got renewed for season 2. I'm super excited it got renewed as it is a really fun show and unlike other series getting canceled after one season it gets a second. I only hope it's not cancelled prematurely after to cut costs. I'm tired of studios and streaming services cancelling beloved shows or not releasing them to save tax money.
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