Target Has Law & Order: UK DVDs in US
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The only special feature on the US list that I don't see on the lists on Amazon.co.uk's entries for the UK DVDs is an interview with Robert Glennister.
I think at some point in the last decade or so it got switched from the phrase you got from memory to the one you found on wiki. At least, that's what my detailed knowledge of police matters from watching The Bill tells me...
I think at some point in the last decade or so it got switched from the phrase you got from memory to the one you found on wiki. At least, that's what my detailed knowledge of police matters from watching The Bill tells me...
Yeah, I think in the 90s it got switched from "You have the right to remain silent, anything you do say may be taken in evidence" to the other one, to stop people whipping out new stuff in court and getting off on a technicality.
^ I've been watching and enjoying it very much. If you liked the original L&O, you'll like this one. In fact this may get to be my favorite out of all L&O series, if the rest of the eps are as good as the ones I have seen so far (it'll be better once they start doing truly original stories).
^ Since the rate of release on DVD is ABYSMALLY, GLACIALLY SLOW for all Law & Order series (except, for some odd reason, SVU - they're practically day and date, even in the US), expecting any L&O series on Blu-Ray is likely to be a lost cause.
They must have sold a lot better than the other two shows.
^ Actually I think it must be because SVU gets better ratings. I don't know how well its DVDs have been selling though.
I suppose if they keep going they must at some point let them do original stories, but apparently so far it's been part of the contract that they have to use the original L&O scripts as the basis for them.
Okay, I'm almost done with the series. I like it. A LOT. I think it's really cool. I hope we get a lot more of it. I do have a few questions, though. You UK viewers may be able to help me out here:
- Do Brits really put up with all those CCTV cameras? I realize they're legal since they monitor public places (so there's no expectation of privacy), but I think if they tried that over here, there'd be an uproar like you wouldn't believe...
- Whenever we see a suspect being grilled, there's always a machine on the desk. What is it doing? Recording? Do all interviews have to be recorded? You never see this in the US version.
- What does "doing a bunk" mean? I heard that phrase a couple of times in the ep I just watched (about the girl who dies while smuggling heroin in her stomach). The young cop - the Lee Adama guy - says that nobody uses that phrase anymore (both of the other detectives did, though), but I still don't know what it means.
- Do Brits really put up with all those CCTV cameras? I realize they're legal since they monitor public places (so there's no expectation of privacy), but I think if they tried that over here, there'd be an uproar like you wouldn't believe...
- Whenever we see a suspect being grilled, there's always a machine on the desk. What is it doing? Recording? Do all interviews have to be recorded? You never see this in the US version.
- What does "doing a bunk" mean? I heard that phrase a couple of times in the ep I just watched (about the girl who dies while smuggling heroin in her stomach). The young cop - the Lee Adama guy - says that nobody uses that phrase anymore (both of the other detectives did, though), but I still don't know what it means.
^^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1865828.stm
Stole the link from wiki admittedly but they are in place in NY and Chicago at least.
Stole the link from wiki admittedly but they are in place in NY and Chicago at least.
Yes. There's several times we see the detectives specifically noting the time of the recording and who's present.
I believe so - they did so in Life on Mars, at any rate.
It makes sense - it provides more protection for both police and suspect (suspect so the police are effectively unable to fabricate testimony, police so the suspect can't later deny they said something).
^ Hmm. I wonder why US police departments don't do that then.
Yes, we put up with them, they mostly snuck up on us. Started off slow and a lot of people don't like them, but it makes a lot of people feel safer and does help the police with investigations. I personally dislike them and I can think of about 5 or 6 operated by the council and police within a mile of here, not to mention the private ones on shops, businesses and houses.
Yes, all interviews are recorded, and I believe now a lot are filmed too. It's supposed to be protection for both the police and the suspects. If you record everything it stops the police going too far, or coercing a confession, it also stops the suspects lying about what they said.
Doing a bunk means doing a runner, leaving somewhere you should stay, or if it's bunking off it means playing truant or taking a sick day when you don't need to.
Sorry for the bump, but I thought you American viewers should know that there is more L&O:UK on the way. It's listed as Season 2 on the boxset, but to UK viewers it's the third and fourth seasons (just like the box that is marked as 'Season 1' in the US, has the first TWO seasons that the UK got). Linky
And apparently this time it's not a Target-exclusive set. I've seen it available for preview on Amazon.
And apparently this time it's not a Target-exclusive set. I've seen it available for preview on Amazon.
Third and forth airing seasons. Second production season.
The Target exclusivity was apparently timed, and other retailers (or at least Amazon) got it later.
