Oh, BBC America, you know you have me. You know I love you, and nobody feeds my inner Briton like you do. I can even forgive you for what happened to Jamie Bamber's character in Law and Order UK, because then you go and give me Luther.
No, not Martin, but a taut, gritty, psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba.
I blame author Zoe Archer for bringing Luther to my attention, as she cites Mr. Elba as partial inspiration for the character of Catullus Graves in her Blades of the Rose novels. That's Catullus on the cover of the fourth title, Stranger. Personally, I've always imagined Catullus along the lines of this gent, but Luther is Luther, dedicated detective with more than a bit of an edge, and apparently a very interesting relationship with the murderous Alice. I won't pretend to understand that, as I'm new to the Lutherverse, but not to worry, I'm sure all will be revealed in time, or at least the season one DVDs.
As if that weren't enough, BBC America also brings me Bedlam. I've always had a thing for two of the less savory historical sites in England - Bethlehem Royal Hospital, aka Bedlam, and Newgate Prison. Show me a historical romance with at least one scene set in either place, and I must have it. Natural settings for drama if ever there were such a thing. So of course, when I found out there would be a drama set in the famed hospital, turned into apartment units for the up and coming, I had to investigate. Seems like not all of the patients have entirely left the building, if one catches the drift.
Not on BBC America, but another cable series I'm arrving at fashionably late is The Walking Dead. I haven't dipped my toes in the water (or should I say ichor?) yet - advice appreciated if I need to find the season one DVDs first or if it's okay to jump in at season two- but we have Andrew Lincoln from Love Actually (my favorite comedy ever) as a sherriff determined to do good in the wake of a zombie apocalypse. I. Am. So. There. Yes, I know it will be gory, but once I saw our hero riding a horse into postapocalyptic Atlanta, it started the push and pull in my mind and the intrigue has prevailed over trepidation. Cover me, I'm going in.
Then there's Puss In Boots. I have not seen any of the Shrek franchise and don't plan to change that, but if Puss' adventure can be viewed on its own, I loved the original fairy tale, love the mixture of bold adventurer who is still a very catly cat (">true, it's been done before) but I would listen to Antonio Banderas read the phone book, and his films bring back fond memories of a dearly loved and much-missed aunt.
Puss may seem like a departure from the above three, but he does have the total committment to what he's doing, and that's always going to catch my interest.
4 comments:
I'm with you in that I could listen to Antonio read the phone book. In fact, I stayed up to watch him on Jimmy Kimmel last night. God that man's voice is like being wrapped in a velvet blanket (and he's not hard on he eyes either). Gerri Brousseau
Gerri, that's a gorgeous image about Antonio's voice wrapping the listener in a velvet blanket. Did you see him in Take the Lead? Not for the faint of heart, to be sure.
Yes. I saw that. He can certainly dance! He can sing too. He was on last night talking about his new foreign film, The Skin I'm In, and the Kitten movie. I want to see the foreign film. To hear him speak Spanish, OMG ... that man is gorgeous. Can you imagine waking up next to him every morning ... can you say, 'heaven'???? Gerri
New Antonio movie? Definitely something to look forward to, and the title makes me wonder if the Gavin Rossdale song of the same name might
be featured. Antonio would certainly be able to convey the deep emotion in something like that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PV7RUGpK7A&feature=related
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