I've been watching Lillyhammer on Netflix, and I can't tell you how much I love it. Interestingly, I recently ran into some friends who really, really didn't like it. You know what I think the difference is? You have to be a little coldblooded to enjoy watching bad guys beat the crap out of even worse guys. Personally, I find it very gratifying.
The show is Norwegian (made in Norway by a Norwegian production company), and the country is an important element of the show. But it's the characters I watch it for: It's fascinating, how much I sympathize with the hapless losers, the vicious cheats, the selfish bastards who occasionally do something brilliantly good and it still doesn't make them good guys.
For me, if I can't tell for sure who's the hero, who's the antihero, and who's the villain, those are characters with the right amount of depth and conflict. But then, I also really like Joe Abercrombie's books.
The show is Norwegian (made in Norway by a Norwegian production company), and the country is an important element of the show. But it's the characters I watch it for: It's fascinating, how much I sympathize with the hapless losers, the vicious cheats, the selfish bastards who occasionally do something brilliantly good and it still doesn't make them good guys.
For me, if I can't tell for sure who's the hero, who's the antihero, and who's the villain, those are characters with the right amount of depth and conflict. But then, I also really like Joe Abercrombie's books.
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