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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Fri Jul 27, 2012, 05:30 PM Jul 2012

Why ‘The Killing’ got killed by AMC

Why ‘The Killing’ got killed by AMC

No real surprise but AMC announced just now that there won’t be a third season of the moody drama “The Killing.”
The network said it reached the decision after “much deliberation,” which is probably true because fans of the show were nothing if not loyal.

Except, of course, for those who never got over the way the first season ended.

Often, it’s easy to blame networks for failing to give decent shows a shot, but in this case, sad to say, the blame has to be with the show itself.

Yes, the American version completely followed the story line of the original Danish version and a resolution to the murder of Rosie Larson was never planned as the season finale.

That said, the problem really was that the show spent much of the first season casting suspicion on virtually every member of the cast, more than pushing the line between “tease” and “torture.”

After all of that, ending with no resolution felt to many viewers like a slap in the face.

http://blog.sfgate.com/dwiegand/2012/07/27/amc-cancels-the-killing/

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Why ‘The Killing’ got killed by AMC (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 OP

I've got the entire Danish version on DVD dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #1

the US series drags the story out over 2 years, yes unresolved at end of 1st season Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #2

The original Danish version is so much better Qanisqineq Oct 2012 #3

I heard the Danish version was better. The last few episodes of the American one was tedious to Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #4

It was so good Qanisqineq Oct 2012 #5

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dipsydoodle

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1. I've got the entire Danish version on DVD

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 04:53 AM

Aug 2012

but have yet to watch it. That was in two series. Are you saying that the US series duplicated that and yet at the end of the second series it still was unknown who killed her ?

There's another series we've already had in the UK too named "The Bridge" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_%28Danish/Swedish_TV_series%29 I've got that stored on the Sky hardrive and have yet to watch that too. Looks like there's a second series of that coming.

The one which aggravated me the most was Carnivale never being finished.

Liberal_in_LA

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2. the US series drags the story out over 2 years, yes unresolved at end of 1st season

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:31 PM

Aug 2012

Qanisqineq

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3. The original Danish version is so much better

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 08:13 PM

Oct 2012

Although I can't speak to how the American version was overall as I couldn't continue watching after the first few episodes. I kept saying, "But that's not how the real story goes!"

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

4. I heard the Danish version was better. The last few episodes of the American one was tedious to

Reply to Qanisqineq (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 08:16 PM

Oct 2012

some.

Qanisqineq

(4,827 posts)

5. It was so good

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:19 AM

Oct 2012

I would talk to my husband while he was at work and we'd ask each other, "Who killed Nanna Birk Larsen?!?" (that's the victims name in the Danish version) We couldn't wait until the end to find out.

The second season of the Danish version was good but it took me half the season to really get into it. It didn't help that the English subtitles were rife with misspellings and grammatical errors. The third season comes out next year, I believe.

Someone else mentioned the Swedish/Danish show "The Bridge" -- that's a great one, too.

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