Fortitude

[TalcumMucker]

I can't see a thread about this, I'm not the only one watching surely?!

Anyone?

I'm watching, tho we've stopped and will finish tomo. Just got to the point where gambon makes the phone call in the pub.

It's gripping, isn't it?

I did as well - quite enjoyed it. Love Stanley Tucci in anything. So many interesting characters. Hope the little boy doesn't lose his toes (my ds about the same age so found that upsetting!)

I watched it and enjoyed it!

I didn't enjoy it much- DH and I sat and took the piss out of it.

It was a bit clunky and overblown and they had given up character development in favour of chucking as much stuff at the plot as they could in the first episode/s. It didn't help I hated the bad sherriff bloke. He seemed to only have starey eyes and angry face in his acting repertoire.

I will keep watching but only because the bloke who wrote it used to live in the flat upstairs from me.

I'm going to have to agree with PTA on this one. DH and I really tried with this and we just couldn't gel with it. We ended up turning over half way through.

Shame really as we were both looking forward to a new series to watch.

DH & I are watching it right now but neither of us are too sure about what's going on?? Not sure I'll stick with it TBH.

I was googling it (obviously not too gripped!), and it was described somewhere as 'Broadchurch with snow.'
Thought it got a but daft in parts, then when the mother went toddling round the scarey scientific facility and saw the strapped up pig thing, sent me nearly hysterical!

Gave it a chance but am very wary of vague thrillery series which might have a supernatural element after the devastation of LOST :( still cannot believe how dreadful the end of that show was.
Fortitude has a lot of characters to get to grips with! But I will persevere for a few weeks! To me it is a bit Twin Peaks in the snow sort of thing.

Did anyone else think maybe the boy with mumps killed the professor? He climbed out his window and was at that yocking carcass thing......maybe he goes all "woo" and kills everyone :)

What was the yocking carcass thing?

We were going to give it a go but the 90 minute first part puts me off!. Does it look supernatural?, if so will give it a miss. Just finished Top of the Lake on Netflix, worth a watch.

I liked it. It was like Fargo/the Returned/Lost all rolled into one. I just hope it's not going to keep posing questions without answering any. There is a supernatural element.

Also liked Top of the Lake.

I thought maybe the mad shagging woman was meant to be in on the murder as the search and rescue man had blood on him when he went home and couldn't find a cut depite much overdramatic searching. But then that's too obvious.
I wasn't too sure about that doctor lady either. Leaving a unresponsive child at home with his parents for 2 or 3 days seemed a bit old skool to me.

i loved it but really hope it doesn't end up like Lost. On a side note I saw Stanley Tucci on Westbourne Grove, I was staring cos I thought I knew him and he gave me a friendly nod, it only dawned on me a week or two later who he was .He's quite handsome in RL too

Watched it last night, on the basis of the cast, & enjoyed it.

Fargo-esque. Surprised such a big actor as CE killed off so early

Yeah, we're watching

I watched it but am not sure about it TBH - I'll see whether the first ten minutes of the next one reels me in, and if not, I'll give up.

I watched it last night and can't quite decide what to think. Some parts were good and other times it felt like a soap. I also think there was too many characters, it felt hard to keep up at some points.

I watched the first one on Now.
Got a bit lost with the storyline tbh,but I will continue to watch for the spectacular scenery.
I maybe missed something or I'm being dim,but which country is it actually set in?

DH is disgusted with the death as he is on all the posters and feels cheated.
I'm thinking ghost or flashbacks...

I think its meant to be Norway, an island off norway in the Arctic circle but it seems to be jointly governed by the UK??
Some of it was actually filmed in Iceland, DH recognised Reykjavik anyway.

I agree with tired badger. It felt like a soap trying too hard to be Fargo.
I'll watch the next episode because there's bugger all else to watch at the moment.

Thanks Sheba !
It looks stunning.

I watched it too. No idea what's actually going on though.

anyone seen the 2nd one yet? have it in the sky box....should I bother? decisions decisions!