Sherlock

[Osiris]

I think the next star trek film should be Khan getting sent back in time and facing off with Sherlock Double the cumberbatch double the Insane genius and maximum lulz

[pingpong]

I don't care about Doctor Who hipster shit, I don't watch it and never will. The british Top Gear is indeed the best and most funniest show about cars, I gotta agree there.

Also my post wasn't anti-british, they just tend to mess up good TV show ideas because they don't have the means and actors at their disposal like Hollywood/US and just do a bad job in general. They still have a great sense of humor and some of the best musicians. 

They do have great TV shows like The Office,  Peep Show and IT Crowd, the problem is that they just write them off way too early or go on a long hiatus for some reason,  still waiting for that season 5 of IT crowd. 

[Leshma]

I wasnt really refering to u, since well we cant all like the same things. I was refering to those that liked the first seasons and claim the current is bad.  I again dont like Mentalist. I've watched a few episodes and it feels incredibly generic to me. I mean by god, Teresa for instance is a totally bland character(based uppon those episodes ive watched). Sure some of this stuff in Sherlock doesnt make sense and he is a complete ass, but it's quite entertaining.

I find you incredibly generic. But it's ok, you're Latvian. It was meant to be.

[Leshma]

You really haven't watched Doctor Who or Top Gear (not the 'murrican one) for example? Whoa, boy you don't know what you are missing!

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Both suck. Brits have much, much better TV shows. That are actually funny and entertaining.

[Grumbs]

I think the main problem with Sherlock is the subject matter is Mystery but the writers are standard drama writers. They don't really know how to tell a good mystery but as a drama they were OK.

If you want real Sherlock holmes style mystery then watch these: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086661/

[Tomas_Miles_again]

Poirot is good mystery.

[Ninja_Khorin]

Poirot is good mystery.

As someone who has watched all of them at least twice, I agree wholeheartedly. The mysteries are varied in quality and sometimes similar, but the characters are fantastic and makes me want to watch it over and over again.

[Son Of Odin]

As someone who has watched all of them at least twice, I agree wholeheartedly. The mysteries are varied in quality and sometimes similar, but the characters are fantastic and makes me want to watch it over and over again.

No one can hate Poirot.

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[Molly]

Did Leshma really just write the TopGear sucks? What the I don't even i tragedy

How... I mean... why would you... that is... I can't...

* Molly explodes

[Osiris]

To be fair most new British TV is shit. Its either Quiz shows or reality tv or soaps on these days you sometimes get a nice documentary series but mostly its OMG X Factor or Im a Celebrity or Dancing on ice or any of these utter trash tv shows (i dislike dr who btw)

The real good stuff we had/have are mostly comedy shows like:

Only Fools and Horses
Red Dwarf
Blackadder
The Royle family
Father Ted
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
QI <-- most epic
Fawlty Towers


We have some decent panel shows like Have i got news for you but other than comedy its documentories The rest is terrible apart from the odd show here and there like Spooks and hustle 

[Grumbs]

How about Luther?

Do agree though, I stopped watching TV ages ago because of the internet. There are decent things though amongst the crap, like with any country. Helps to have the BBC though even if they do put some crap on BBC1

[Molly]

I like the current Sherlock - the cast is brilliant!
I am a huge Top Gear - there simply is no better car show!
I like Luther - his dark and gritty being plus the funny serial killer friend is a nice touch!
Death in Paradies - Love it! (new season just started with a sad event but I am already satisfied with the "replacement")
Inspector Barnaby is great fun!
Lewis is a great movie series too!

I like a lot of British shows simply for the reason that there isn't exploding shit every 30 seconds and there is no "PewPew, I shot the car and there it goes into a fireball" bullshit all the time like in most American shows.

[Tomas_Miles_again]

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Oh, didn't you see? At some point last year they did a special final episode that wrapped everything up, just a special on it's own. So at least it wasn't forgotten.

I think part of the issue is the commitment, you see some American TV shows that are on like their 8th or 9th series and the lead actors are more than happy to just be 'that guy' from that show for the best part of their career. Whereas, at least from what i've seen, many British actors use TV as a stepping-stone to try and launch a move career, so 'Moss' from the IT crowd now has a career in America, and the Irish guy has been appearing in movies lately. My point is only that few British shows can get actors to sign such long-term contracts and usually each 2nd, 3rd or 4th series of a show has to be fought tooth and nail to keep the actors and to get a budget. (Hugh Laurie was pissed off when he realized how many seasons of House he was under contract for lol, shoulda read the fine print).

In many ways i'm grateful a lot of fine shows get cancelled or finish leaving you wishing they'd made more, it's much better than the opposite happening where a really cool, interesting show just keeps going and going and nothing new happens till you give up (*cough* 'Heroes' *cough*), and the longer a show lasts the more they stick to the status quo. In a standalone season anyone can die, anything can happen, but 9 seasons in? It becomes too contented with itself, too unwilling to tamper with the 'perfect recipe' that's lasted 9 seasons or try anything new.

Richard Ayoade does direct stuff too (like Arctic Monkeys videos; he is mates with Alex Turner), afaik he's still around the UK mostly! (Also I served him once in the shop I worked, his local toy shop )

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Oh also, forgot about Broadchurch. Decent murder mystery with one story that spreads over 8 episodes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249364/