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wcmagumba

(3,853 posts) Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:27 AM Mar 10

In my retirement I've watched so much tv that I recognize many of the same sets being used in different shows...

Necessity I know but kind of weird sometimes...

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In my retirement I've watched so much tv that I recognize many of the same sets being used in different shows... (Original Post) wcmagumba Mar 10 OP

Same plots as well. nt moniss Mar 10 #1

I still watch them anyway... wcmagumba Mar 10 #3

I do as well and it is moniss Mar 10 #4

Well, there really only a few basic plot lines, mwmisses4289 Mar 10 #5

And filming locations pnwest Mar 10 #2

Yeah, stay away from Midsomer, they're killing people all over the place... Wounded Bear Mar 10 #6

moniss

(7,110 posts)

1. Same plots as well. nt

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:41 AM

Mar 10

wcmagumba

(3,853 posts)

3. I still watch them anyway...

Reply to moniss (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:59 AM

Mar 10

moniss

(7,110 posts)

4. I do as well and it is

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 12:13 PM

Mar 10

interesting to me to see how old plots from the old Quinn Martin shows get recycled now by newer detective shows.

mwmisses4289

(942 posts)

5. Well, there really only a few basic plot lines,

Reply to moniss (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 12:48 PM

Mar 10

and only so many ways to tell them. Watch or read enough books, t.v. or movies, and eventually you can almost recite them word for word.

pnwest

(3,377 posts)

2. And filming locations

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:58 AM

Mar 10

Especially with the British shows.

Wounded Bear

(61,776 posts)

6. Yeah, stay away from Midsomer, they're killing people all over the place...

Reply to pnwest (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 02:34 PM

Mar 10

And Cabot Cove, the murder capital of the US.

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