Be patient b4 writing off this show! I almost stopped watching after three eps, and it has at least three levels of humour:
1. the very obvious, almost slapstick style.
2. darker, more British, slow burn style, that it took me a few episodes to tune into, underneath #1
3. more in your face, a combination of the above two, still kind of subtle, almost ironic commentary on small town life & discrimination- sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, heteronormality and probably more;...
cos I was busy writing it off for the level 1 humour, which is in itself perhaps a fourth level of humour - In small town Aussie life it is the crazy larger than life characters and attitudes that take up all the space.
Perhaps it tries to be too many things. work at too many levels, but it is rewarding at different levels too, if you give it a chance
I found this gem by chance . Natasha isn't my favorite actor and her voice drives me crazy, but the story trellis so compelling and the character so quirky that she fits right in and I am even able to tune out her voice.
If you love her this show is for you, if you don't given it a try anyway and see if the stories can change your mind.
The first 3 episodes are ridiculously painful. But if you can drag yourself through them and make it to the 4th episode, it improves significantly from there, and actually becomes an enjoyable show.
And the finishing was actually pretty good. I didn’t call it. And they even give hints of a setup for a second season, that I’m hoping actually comes.
Did they magically move Amsterdam to London? Everyone is English. More cockney accents than Eastenders.
The streets & canals might be Amsterdam but everything else about this show screams England. Nothing is ‘Dutch’.
A waste of a great setting.
NCIS: Sydney - :heart:x7
This is just as good or bad as any of the other NCIS shows. I enjoyed it. It's fun to see other locations and slightly different storylines aligned with another country and customs. Is it a great show? No. Is it watchable? Yes.
The Australian accent does take a bit of time to get used to.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
Loved it! Lauren Lyle was great as the quirky cop. Hope it's extended.
