there's a lot of jamaises around here
LAW & ORDER: UK, BITCHES. It was sort of great.
HEY THERE, YOU GUYS. LEE ADAMA AND MARTHA JONES SMILED AT ONE ANOTHER WHILE SURVEILLING THAT GUY ABOUT THE THING. AND THEN HE SMILED AT HER AFTER THEY COLLARED THE GUY. You guys. Pairing: officially substantiated with screen time/moments.
Oh Lordy, this is what like for non-Americans to watch regular Law & Order, isn't it? Flailing about, basically understanding what's going on but sort of missing that last 15% of legal jargon and what not?
WHATEVER. I LOVED IT. THE CHUNG-CHUNG IS INTACT AND IT'S GREAT.
Lee Adama and his partner are quite obviously Logan and Greevey WHICH IS SAD. BECAUSE GREEVEY DIES HORRIBLY. On the upside, thank God they didn't try to even vaguely recreate Lennie Briscoe, because, like, I would have pitched a fit like no other, OH MY GOD.
SO FAR: 1/1 ON THE LAW & ORDER GAME: UK EDITION, BTW. I mean, there are only so many dead baby episodes you could work off of, and of course the Brits would go for the one about the slumlord, right? (True story, even though the opening credits give away the episode title its based on, I didn't recognize it, because LOL I play this game by calling episodes "the one where the thing happens to the guy and then this happens.") I don't know how/what I feel, exactly, about '90s Manhattan beings '00s London, or what that should ~mean~, BUT WHATEVER. AS LONG AS I CAN SPOT THE EPISODE. (I have to wonder how much of the canon they're drawing from, you know? Everything? If they do the massacre in Central Park, then boy, I don't know. THAT IS MY FAVORITEST EPISODE THAT DOES NOT FEATURE JACK AND CLAIRE. Like, hands down. And yeah, it's the summation with all the bullets. I'm such a whore for the ~dramatic flair~, what can I say.)
I wish Americans had a fun acronymical concept like ~GBH~. Although - slowly, you know, groping along with my understanding of British law, if Martha (YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER ACTUAL CHARACTER NAME IS) is the ADA in this situation, she does not get a wig? In that, wigs are only for people who get to converse with a judge, yes? *FEELS SMART* *IS SO GLAD WIG-WEARING IS IN NO WAY A PART OF MY POTENTIAL LEGAL FUTURE*
The one gripe I have with this - and it isn't a gripe, per se, even if it is - those legal scenes seemed awfully American. I mean, sure, wigs and all, but considering that my only interaction with ~the British legal system~ has been via television - I don't know, SOMETHING FELT TOO FAMILIAR TO ME. I don't even know if I can put my finger on particular elements? Perhaps it was the filming? Perhaps it was the context! I don't know. SOMEONE ENLIGHTEN ME.
~INTELLECTUAL~ THOUGHT: You know, if I were a smart/less lazy individual, I'd have something really awesome and amazing to say about the fact that this is the British deconstruction of an American crime procedural narrative. BUT I DON'T. (Yes, I might.) (I'm way lazy.)
Also, I would have something to say about how when they adapt our shows, it's awesome, and when we adapt theirs it's basically awful.
HEY THERE, YOU GUYS. LEE ADAMA AND MARTHA JONES SMILED AT ONE ANOTHER WHILE SURVEILLING THAT GUY ABOUT THE THING. AND THEN HE SMILED AT HER AFTER THEY COLLARED THE GUY. You guys. Pairing: officially substantiated with screen time/moments.
Oh Lordy, this is what like for non-Americans to watch regular Law & Order, isn't it? Flailing about, basically understanding what's going on but sort of missing that last 15% of legal jargon and what not?
WHATEVER. I LOVED IT. THE CHUNG-CHUNG IS INTACT AND IT'S GREAT.
Lee Adama and his partner are quite obviously Logan and Greevey WHICH IS SAD. BECAUSE GREEVEY DIES HORRIBLY. On the upside, thank God they didn't try to even vaguely recreate Lennie Briscoe, because, like, I would have pitched a fit like no other, OH MY GOD.
SO FAR: 1/1 ON THE LAW & ORDER GAME: UK EDITION, BTW. I mean, there are only so many dead baby episodes you could work off of, and of course the Brits would go for the one about the slumlord, right? (True story, even though the opening credits give away the episode title its based on, I didn't recognize it, because LOL I play this game by calling episodes "the one where the thing happens to the guy and then this happens.") I don't know how/what I feel, exactly, about '90s Manhattan beings '00s London, or what that should ~mean~, BUT WHATEVER. AS LONG AS I CAN SPOT THE EPISODE. (I have to wonder how much of the canon they're drawing from, you know? Everything? If they do the massacre in Central Park, then boy, I don't know. THAT IS MY FAVORITEST EPISODE THAT DOES NOT FEATURE JACK AND CLAIRE. Like, hands down. And yeah, it's the summation with all the bullets. I'm such a whore for the ~dramatic flair~, what can I say.)
I wish Americans had a fun acronymical concept like ~GBH~. Although - slowly, you know, groping along with my understanding of British law, if Martha (YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER ACTUAL CHARACTER NAME IS) is the ADA in this situation, she does not get a wig? In that, wigs are only for people who get to converse with a judge, yes? *FEELS SMART* *IS SO GLAD WIG-WEARING IS IN NO WAY A PART OF MY POTENTIAL LEGAL FUTURE*
The one gripe I have with this - and it isn't a gripe, per se, even if it is - those legal scenes seemed awfully American. I mean, sure, wigs and all, but considering that my only interaction with ~the British legal system~ has been via television - I don't know, SOMETHING FELT TOO FAMILIAR TO ME. I don't even know if I can put my finger on particular elements? Perhaps it was the filming? Perhaps it was the context! I don't know. SOMEONE ENLIGHTEN ME.
~INTELLECTUAL~ THOUGHT: You know, if I were a smart/less lazy individual, I'd have something really awesome and amazing to say about the fact that this is the British deconstruction of an American crime procedural narrative. BUT I DON'T. (Yes, I might.) (I'm way lazy.)
Also, I would have something to say about how when they adapt our shows, it's awesome, and when we adapt theirs it's basically awful.