Post by Salzmank on May 2, 2018 19:20:00 GMT
OK, some not-so-good news for Death in Paradise fans, myself included…
www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-04-26/how-when-and-why-is-danny-john-jules-leaving-death-in-paradise/
To be honest, though (and this is going to sound rather brutal), I’m not sure how much is left that’s worth salvaging in the show at this point; the whole premise was been mixed-up ever since Ben Miller left, and the dialogue has just gotten worse and worse (to a point that no one’s acting is convincing and not a single line sounds real). I love the show, but its decline is…well, precipitous. And Danny John-Jules was the glue holding it together, as the only one of the gang left from the very beginning… Oh, well. I’m still going to be watching, but this is a definite disappointment.
Maybe I’m just going to have to look into creator Robert Thorogood’s novels: they apparently use all the original characters and have cleverer mysteries than most of the modern episodes. (There was a point when DiP was one of the few great puzzle-plot TV shows; I think the episodes I listed above are fairly brilliant.)
www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-04-26/how-when-and-why-is-danny-john-jules-leaving-death-in-paradise/
To be honest, though (and this is going to sound rather brutal), I’m not sure how much is left that’s worth salvaging in the show at this point; the whole premise was been mixed-up ever since Ben Miller left, and the dialogue has just gotten worse and worse (to a point that no one’s acting is convincing and not a single line sounds real). I love the show, but its decline is…well, precipitous. And Danny John-Jules was the glue holding it together, as the only one of the gang left from the very beginning… Oh, well. I’m still going to be watching, but this is a definite disappointment.
Maybe I’m just going to have to look into creator Robert Thorogood’s novels: they apparently use all the original characters and have cleverer mysteries than most of the modern episodes. (There was a point when DiP was one of the few great puzzle-plot TV shows; I think the episodes I listed above are fairly brilliant.)