The Night Manager - Anyone looking forward to it?

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I'm not familiar with the story, but the trailers for it look awesome.

I can't see anything with both Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston in, as well as Olivia Colman being bad, can you?

Oh no. So it's just going to maintain the same pace as the first three episodes?

I don't need ass kicking, I'd just quite like something interesting to happen!

Le Carre stuff is never quite resolved, is it? He's not very black and white, so it usually just peters out into a puddle of ambiguity.

Yesterday was a bit silly. That alarm test went on for SOOOOOOOOOOO long. And the key was just in the bedside table? Nah.

There's rumours of a second series

Yeah I saw those rumblings too, Coco
Making a resolution yet more unlikely!

Ok the bit confusing me is OC's baby bump. Did I imagine it since she's always pregnant in her roles I'm sure she didn't have one last week - was it part of an undercover outfit or is the character pregnant and I missed an explanation?

OC had a real life baby, last summer I think.
I think it's just been treated as incidental in the plot.

But as PP said, that role was a chap in the book anyway.

so it usually just peters out into a puddle of ambiguity.

hilarious comment! something to look forward to then, though I hope at least the end is not ambiguous (hate those).

Yesterday was a bit silly. That alarm test went on for SOOOOOOOOOOO long. And the key was just in the bedside table? Nah.
and it laughable that there was no CCTV or at least a guard by the door, especially of the key is lying around AND as the test is so long. I mean, these people are supposed to be paranoid!
Even so, Pine took enormous risk and could have ruined the operation by going in/out and taking all the photos!! at least he should have sent them there and then (or did he) in case he gets knocked off in the process.

Anyone read this? www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/john-le-carre-the-night-manager-television-adaptation

Started reading - it was interesting but seemed to be heading towards spoilers so will have to go back to it once I've seen the whole series. I like that he said he wished he'd written Burr as a woman having seen Olivia Coleman play the part.

Pseudo, yes, she had one last week, Joel alluded to it when they met.

Fascinating article thanks neverever.

Le carré really isn't about neat little bows, he challenges the reader (be that of novel or film/TV version) to think for themselves. I like that, I hate being spoon-fed or treated as unintelligent!

Neverever you also were the pp re the Bourne books, is it me or do those films bear little relation to the films? I find the films so hard to watch as a result.

I thought the Bourne films were no good. Not half as exciting as the books.

Yes, plus the characters were totally different!

To those who are surprised at how good Hugh Laurie is in a serious role- as PPs have said, do try and watch an episode of House MD. He won an Emmy and his US accent is flawless. Apparently the producer didn't realise he was English when he auditioned. (and had clearly never seen BlackAdder 3!). He is outstanding in House. Some of the best acting I have ever seen from anyone.

I've tried to watch House but it just didn't click for me.

Really? I was mesmerised! I did stop watching when it got very, very dark though.

I loved house, ending was weird though

In fairness I did only watch one episode so maybe I didn't give it a proper chance. I'll put it on my list of box sets to revisit. Along with West Wing.

Mitzy you haven't watched West Wing?! You'll have to hand in your MN Membership Card

Seriously though, do give House another try and definitely watch WW.

I've just realised that I haven't actually posted on this thread - only referred to the show elsewhere as "the spy thing I only half like".

Strangely enough from the few episodes I watched I found House (the character) incredibly attractive. Never had the slightest interest in Hugh Laurie though. He's as good as he possibly could be in this - but as a pp said, the actor has the most ridiculously kind and intelligent eyes - I'm having to pretend he's an evil arms dealer rather than believing what's on the screen.

I almost stopped watching after the first two episodes - it's unbelievable that at this stage of the 21st century women ... stereotypes... blah, blah, blah. But the story and the beautiful pictures keep drawing me back. Plus the fact that I never understand the books.

When Olivia coleman's beardy boss (Rex?) got invited to the meeting, and then slimey bloke said he should go and visit uncle and enjoy the rabbit?

Then one of those meeting blokes (mi6?) is now meeting roper in Monaco.

Olivia Coleman is going to be screwed by higher authorities. Which means she will let pine down.

That's my prediction!!

I agree about Hugh Laurie's kind, intelligent, fundamentally twinkly eyes, and that, try as I may, I am not buying him for one moment when in close up as the World's Worst Man. He was more convincing as a monumentally screwed-up sociopathic medic - maybe he does EVIL better in a US accent? (Though I thought House jumped the shark pretty early on, and then kept jumping it in increasingly weird ways...)

I am also not buying his relationship with Jed - he's talking about her like some pretty little whoopsie he picked up in America, but he looks at her like a proud dad who is worried she'll catch her death in those diaphanous frocks .

But maybe my failure to suspend my disbelief is basically down to large amounts of the cinematography looking like a cross between an expensive holiday destination advert ('Visit Mallorca!') and a Boden catalogue.

Ah, found you! Marking place, back to read whole thread later.

It's always been a book I rather liked although I adored smiley:) I wish a film would be made of " the unknown soldier" by Gerald Seymour. That would be amazing:)

The book explains jed and her background - and why she can't really leave. She'd have to find another lover and she really does like the money. And roper wouldn't put up for too long with all her messing about and distracting him from deals etc - except for his sons sake.

Once I boot back memories of Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, it's ok. I do like Hugh Laurie in it though. He's very good at the evil " oh right, well, let him think he's won for a week, then we'll take it all away from him" you'd almost miss the evil because it's so calm and sounds logical.

Tom is fine but too dull perhaps -all hidden shallows- and it was years after he met Sophie he made his way to roper - and I like the spy woman - although surely with health and safety as it is now she'd be forced to sit in Thames house not be doing secret squirrel stuff. And she didn't buy an ice cream after shoving to the head of the queue and wanting a menu.

Corkys going to get removed - he's been taken off the companies and it's only a matter of time.

The dress thing was odd- I don't think roper, even with all his cash, would like that. He seems keen his ds knows how to do stuff and appreciate- and the was no explosion when the boys phone went missing. My ds would have turned the place upside down looking and everyone would have known about it:)