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WKRLEM: The best adaptation of a fictional detective ever!

Here we learn about the 21 foot rule from one of the Crowes.

That is a good man with a knife can kill a man with a holstered gun before he shoots if he is within 21 feet.

Somehow it never works out for the Crowes.

It's not so bad

 

I started watching Season Seven of Bosch on Amazon Prime. I know some of youse guys don't like it but it seems fine to me. There was a couple of shoot outs and a murder and a lot of political skullduggery that is common in noir fiction. It actually takes the plots of a couple of the novels.

It is not an easy task to write good crime fiction or then translate it to TV. You need to have a basis in character but not over do it. We are familiar enough with the characters to short hand it and this series seems to be a direct call back to all of the prior seasons. That's why so many old characters are called back and make brief appearances.

I have to say this is the second best portrayal of a fictional detective in history. The first of course being Raylan Givens in Justified. They got the tone right. A little too stoic. Relying on the sad jazz music a little too much. But Connolly does the same thing in his books so we have nothing to complain about.

In fact there is little to complain about in the Bosch season. If only episodic TV could be half as good. I mean they could do it. They would just have to adapt the works of some of the great crime novelists that are working today. The wealth of detail that is available to adapt will negate the fact that most TV writers are worthless hacks.

I know that the series is going to continue on IMBD at a lower level of production. I think that means that they will get rid of some of the more expensive actors like J Edgar and the Lieutenant. The word is that they will focus on the books where Bosch is off the cops and working private with an emphasis on Bosch, his daughter and Honey the lawyer. It will be very interesting to see what they come up with.

I did enjoy the season.

WKRLEM: Back to the 1950's

Sharp suits. Skinny ties. Whiskey. Jazz.  Beautiful Dames.

Better times than these. That's for damn sure.