tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post649237627494097776..comments2023-08-02T14:53:17.253+02:00Comments on At the Villa Rose: Good LieutenantXavierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post-20649391209331200862012-02-22T10:15:40.923+01:002012-02-22T10:15:40.923+01:00Great choice Xavier - My favourite American cop sh...Great choice Xavier - My favourite American cop show, bar none, probably because it isn't really a cop show at all in the usual sense. <br /><br />Yes, the procedural element is there and clues are paramount as there is always a murder to be solved, but this is such a richly created universe that its artificiality only becomes apparent in retrospect. <br /><br />The main character is wonderfully real, but the plots are at best complex constructs from the Golden Age, all about ingenuity first and only interested in credibility second. And really it's the character anthology aspect that makes it stand out, every week we get to spend 90 minutes rummaging around in the life of the hero and his interactions with just one more person to a level of detail that just isn't attempted in any other US detective show. <br /><br />The nearest equivalent for me was INSPECTOR MORSE in the UK, which also gave the hero a distinctive car and lots of character quirks but didn't reveal the character's first name (well, not until the very end anyway).<br /><br />Apparently the who series of COLUMBO is now available on Blu-ray, but only in Japan at an incredible price ... time to start saving up those yen!<br /><br />SergioSergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post-24065514583338323922012-02-06T01:47:56.349+01:002012-02-06T01:47:56.349+01:00A personal favorite of mine also. Did the complet...A personal favorite of mine also. Did the complete series also include the later TV movies Falk made after the series ended? There were some excellent Columbo movies made when Falk was quite a bit older.Monte Herridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post-82243718754995448192012-02-06T00:12:34.012+01:002012-02-06T00:12:34.012+01:00Perhaps Colombo reversed the usual trope and allow...Perhaps Colombo reversed the usual trope and allowed some private detective to take all the credit for solving his cases.Jon Jermeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802157835972797573noreply@blogger.com