Obliquely related: Columbo x Fraiser They still air regularly on antenna TV (at least in my local segment) and I'll watch it once in a while. They're neat in that they don't hit the usually...
They still air regularly on antenna TV (at least in my local segment) and I'll watch it once in a while. They're neat in that they don't hit the usually cliches and humanize the murderer. Sometimes you actually hope they'd get away with it. Alongside Columbo, you learn about their corner of the world; things about their profession, their passions, customs, etc which usually tie back to solving the crime.
It's all very accessible, unlike CSI style shows where they found the killer by looking through the database of all flower shops in New York that carry orchids and cross referenced it with buildings made in the 1800's based on a picture containing an old radiator.
The more humanized criminals are great because sometimes they would get a big celebrity like Johnny Cash or Donald Pleasence to play the bad guy, and its fun to see Columbo get to banter with them.
The more humanized criminals are great because sometimes they would get a big celebrity like Johnny Cash or Donald Pleasence to play the bad guy, and its fun to see Columbo get to banter with them.
I figured out where he was going with this about halfway through the comic but kept going in hopes that I was wrong. I dont necessarily disagree but I wish it wasnt the case. I wish people just...
I figured out where he was going with this about halfway through the comic but kept going in hopes that I was wrong.
I dont necessarily disagree but I wish it wasnt the case. I wish people just liked things and wanted to talk about them for other reasons beyond circling back to the same one conversation that has been constantly ongoing for the last 10 years or so.
For what its worth, I also like Columbo, but not because of class warfare. I like Columbo as a character, I like that hes calm and controlled and polite even when facing off against murderers and criminals, for the most part. I like that the episodes telegraph who the murderer is so the whole episode doesnt hinge around a big twist reveal. I like that the show needs to find a different way to be interesting beyond having high stakes and suspense.
I watched a few episodes last year, not bad.
I wouldn't mind trying McMillan & Wife, and McCloud ( Dennis Weaver ) again either.
Obliquely related: Columbo x Fraiser
They still air regularly on antenna TV (at least in my local segment) and I'll watch it once in a while. They're neat in that they don't hit the usually cliches and humanize the murderer. Sometimes you actually hope they'd get away with it. Alongside Columbo, you learn about their corner of the world; things about their profession, their passions, customs, etc which usually tie back to solving the crime.
It's all very accessible, unlike CSI style shows where they found the killer by looking through the database of all flower shops in New York that carry orchids and cross referenced it with buildings made in the 1800's based on a picture containing an old radiator.
The more humanized criminals are great because sometimes they would get a big celebrity like Johnny Cash or Donald Pleasence to play the bad guy, and its fun to see Columbo get to banter with them.
I figured out where he was going with this about halfway through the comic but kept going in hopes that I was wrong.
I dont necessarily disagree but I wish it wasnt the case. I wish people just liked things and wanted to talk about them for other reasons beyond circling back to the same one conversation that has been constantly ongoing for the last 10 years or so.
For what its worth, I also like Columbo, but not because of class warfare. I like Columbo as a character, I like that hes calm and controlled and polite even when facing off against murderers and criminals, for the most part. I like that the episodes telegraph who the murderer is so the whole episode doesnt hinge around a big twist reveal. I like that the show needs to find a different way to be interesting beyond having high stakes and suspense.
Columbo has actually been a really well regarded show across the world for decades. There are other reasons why someone might like any given thing beyond hating Donald Trump, is what Im getting at.