cool, thanks!
^They can't, it's a contractual obligation. All 13 episodes of this series are recycled L&O stories, and they're unsure to what extent they'll be able to do their own stories if it gets a second series.
I don't know. I read an interview with the producer, Richard Stokes, and this is what he said:^They can't, it's a contractual obligation. All 13 episodes of this series are recycled L&O stories, and they're unsure to what extent they'll be able to do their own stories if it gets a second series.
Why would you write that into a contract? That's just bizarre.
From Digital Spy
What was the thinking behind using non-original scripts?
"I think it was partly contractual with [format owner] Dick Wolf Productions, but also the fact that we know those stories worked. They're great stories - but the changes we needed to make with the second halves to make them work with the British legal system results in disctinctive stories."
From the US show you have over 18 years' worth of stories to choose from. How did you decide which to use?
"There is a Law & Order bible that has every episode listed in it, with a paragraph for each saying what the story is. Showrunner and lead writer Chris Chibnall went through as many of them as he possibly could, got the DVDs, watched them, and then made the choice as to which ones would make very good British television. He picked 15 or 16 stories and we chose our favourite 13. One of them we had to replace because when we looked at the adaptations on the legal side it didn't quite work."
If you get a second series do you think you will still use the US scripts for inspiration?
"That's a tricky question. If we get a second series we'll be very happy and I think at that point we'll start making those kind of decisions."
How involved has Dick Wolf, the creator, been with the British version?
"Dick Wolf signed off on all the casting for the main parts. He's been sent all the scripts, which fortunately he loved. He could have very easily raised his eyebrows about how they've been adapted to the British system. In the last few weeks we've been sending him over the first load of episodes too."
I wasn't too fond of the last episode. I know the episode was about racial tensions and all that, but that stuff with Philips saying Steel was doing it because of racism against Turks was a WTF moment for me, as was Steel's Turkish friend also trying to make it same like that was his motivation. To me it seemed like Steel was trying to make sure his friend was clean because he would come under scrutiny, not out of some racist "All Turks are corrupt" line of thinking.
So to me it seemed like this was the first episode where there was a real step down in quality.
Well that would make it more like an average ITV series, 6 episodes at a time.I wasn't mad gone on the last ep either. It felt confused - as though they wanted to do an episode on racial tensions, but couldn't decide what tack they wanted to take. The whole episode feels very muddled, and my only really lasting impression was a desire to tell the entire 'Order' team to get over themselves.
On the other hand, the police trio just seem to get cuter every week. I think I'd probably quite happily watch a full episode that was just Chandler, Devlin and Brooks going out for beer and pizza.
According to the folks over on the L&O LJ comm, next weeks ep is the last one for this season. They're keeping the rest of the 13 they've filmed for next season, probably not airing until September. Which, if true, sucks. (I've checked some TV guides, and L&O isn't listed for April 13th)
No, I didn't like that scene either. Seemed out of character, especially for Brooks.Just caught up on the arson episode. I do agree that it was a step down although it had some powerful moments.
It just seemed weird that everyone was trying to paint Steele as a racist or at least as somebody motivated by racial prejudice. But really, I felt it didn't come across that way at all. He seemed very matter-of-fact and extremely dedicated to the case.
And what was that about the cops starting to smash stuff in that sports shop? I didn't like that scene, I have to say.
People wouldn't understand why everyone wears robes and wigs in court. In fact, I don't understand that either.
Well that's a bit of an exaggeration, but as Bob said, there are a lot of CCTV cameras in Britain, the average Britain is reportedly caught on CCTV 300 times a day (although I'm not sure how that figure is calculated, I assume it means every camera in a large supermarket, for example). Now the majority of those cameras are in specific places like train stations, shops, and private businesses, but most big city centres also use CCTV on the streets in the areas most prone to drunken violence.I was confused about a few things though. Does the government really have video cameras watching everyone at all times?
This is true. Some large rifles and shotguns are legal with licences for some specific purposes, such as pest control on farms, but for the most part guns are illegal. Handguns and automatic weapons are flat out illegal.And is it true that guns are outlawed and not even cops carry them?
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