On 10/26/2024 9:33 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> suzeeq wrote:
>> On 10/26/2024 1:32 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> suzeeq wrote:
>>>> On 10/25/2024 9:47 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>> suzeeq wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/25/2024 7:55 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>> suzeeq wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 10/23/2024 11:41 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ONLY MURDERERS IN A SMALLVILLE TOWN
>>>>>>>>> S01E05 "A Touch of Panic"
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> An absolutely ridiculous mess. The sheriff's daughter is playing
>>>> hooky (I'm
>>>>>>>>> not even sure why she's in the local school) and is followed by
>> a mystery
>>>>>>>>> car. Meanwhile, the black cop pulls over a cute driver and tries
>> to get a
>>>>>>>>> date with her. And he's totally creepy in the process. By sheer
>>>>>>>>> coincidence these things happen in the exact same place scaring off the
>>>>>>>>> mystery driver who doesn't have a front license plate so they know he's
>>>>>>>> >from out of state. (Does Canadia have states?) Daughter takes a
>>>> picture of
>>>>>>>>> the back of his car as he drives off, but they completely forget about
>>>>>>>>> this.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's supposed to be set in WA state, even though it's done in Canada.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I never heard that in dialogue. The novels were set in this location in
>>>>>>> Vancouver.
>>>>>
>>>>> Correction: This is well up the coast, north and west of Vancouver.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't see how it can be changed as there isn't comparable
>>>>>>> geography in Washington.
>>>>>
>>>>>> No, they haven't actually said it, though I did hear them say someone
>>>>>> was in Spokane. It's pretty similar along the coast. And there've been
>>>>>> quite a few Canadian produced shows that pretend to be in the US.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course that's true. This isn't one of those shows.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is NOT similar to the coast of Washington, which does not have a large
>>>>> chain of inaccessible peninsulas and islands reachable from the mainland
>>>>> only by boat, ferry, or plane. It's a plot point in various episodes.
>>>>>
>>>>> This cannot be Washington for that reason.
>>>>>
>>>> You ought to visit sometime.
>>>
>>> The other clue that it's British Columbia and not Washington is the
>>> setting of Gibsons.
>>>
>> I know, because II looked it up on a map. But how many viewers are going
>> to know.
>
> All Canadian cast speaking Canadian?
>
Some people don't have a good ear for accents. And much of the cast
really doesn't have one that I can tell.
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