Hello there, it's Thursday Movie Picks's time, the weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.
Wow, this week was hard. There are so many non-English TV series I've seen in my short life I did not know which to pick. So, to make my life easier, I'm going theme within a theme, and I'm picking three German language TV series I love. Now that I think about it, it's a double theme within a theme since they all are about cops.
Kommissar Rex (1994-2004)
In Vienna, a cop and his colleagues solve crimes with a German Sheppard named Rex. I grew up watching this series and it's pretty good. I've seen the episodes so many times I know them by heart and still they manage to keep me interested until the end. They made an Italian version too recently but I never got into it because I didn't like the cast. I only watched an episode because it was set in Vienna and it had one of my favourite characters of the original series.
Der letzte Bulle (2010-2014)
A cop reawakens from a 20-year-long coma only to find out that the world has changed completely. This one is awesome. It's the kind of cop who doesn't like playing by the rules and doesn't care about laws. Along with his younger partner, he gives the show the perfect balance between humour and seriousness. And those 80s/90s songs? Absolutely amazing!
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996- )
In Koln, two police inspectors and their team fight all sort of criminals they encounter daily on the highway. If this was a film, I'd probably give it 1.5 stars because of all the nonsense, plot holes, impossible stunts and because basically every single car explodes, but it's fun. The leads have a great chemistry which is incredible since Erdogan Atalay's (he's in the series since the second episode of the first series) partner keeps dying or moving and a new character/actor arrives every two or three series.
You had the opposite problem I did. lol
ReplyDeleteThese sound interesting, I love the German cop theme.
A lot of people had that problem this week.
DeleteI haven't seen any of these, but of all three, Der letzte Bulle interests me the most.
ReplyDeleteThat's the most interesting. It's a shame it ended.
DeleteI'm sitting this week out because I literally don't think I've ever watched a TV series in another language regularly. You three sound decent the second is the one that intrigues me the most, it reminds me somewhat of Life on Mars.
ReplyDeleteThe second is the best one. You should give it a shot.
DeleteHave neither seen nor heard of any of these. Silly American that I am, I've only watched American (and some British) TV. All of your picks sound great though.
ReplyDeleteI knew this would happen lol
DeleteI'm glad you were able to participate. I couldn't as I had nothing to offer.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, you weren't the only one.
DeleteYou nailed this week and I would actually like to see these especially the one with the dog...reminds ,e of the Littlest Hobo. The 2nd show reminds me of that US show where this man wakes up and is in the. 1970's. I suck this week
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'd love the one with the dog.
DeleteThey fight crime with a dog named Rex!!! YES!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Der letzte Bulle sounds cool! Now the question is....where can I watch this. Sites I use always break down which is annoying.
I'm sorry but I can't help you. I have no idea. I always watch them on Rai (the Italian state broadcasting company).
DeleteHave not heard of any of them. The streaming services seem to not be carrying a lot of German language shows...a few movies but looks like no TV shows.
ReplyDeleteThat's unfortunate. I always watch them on TV so I don't really have this problem.
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