Fantastic Find on Netflix – MI-5
I was flipping through Netflix a while back, and came across a updated take on Sherlock Holmes done by the BBC in 2009 to 2010. It was updated to current day, and the really nice effect they did was to display Holmes' observations as little white, pop-up text near the clue so that we in the audience can get the clues without Holmes being a blabber-mouth. The effect was perfect. Holmes still appeared to be the genius pulling deductions from thin air, but we knew how he did it. Fantastic fun.
The series was a three episode run, and I read somewhere they are planning on releasing three more in the fall of this year. Great news. But that's not the real reason for this post. The real reason is what I found because of watching (and rating) Sherlock Holmes. Netfilx's suggestions included another BBC show - MI-5, or as it was known when aired on the BBC, Spooks. Very interesting show.
It's basically a dramatization of a group of folks in MI-5, and their professional and personal lives. What's been very interesting to me is the ability of the producers to kill of main characters. In a US production, it'd never happen with such speed. Middle of the season, and you're shot in the head. End of the season, and you're out. I think there is probably only one or two characters that make it through the eight seasons. Harsh, to be sure.
But what an interesting show. Well worth watching.