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LUTHER: Psychological Thriller starring Idris Elba - Season 3 Spoilers
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Black Republican
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hahahaha. Nope for obvious reasons
Luther is back next month in the UK, so says rumours
there will be silence in my house. SILENCE TOTAL
brucewaynegretzky
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Bite your tongue.
Wiktor
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I'm now trying to figure out which episodes of Sherlock are the terrible ones. It probably goes without saying that two of them are the middle one in each series (The Blind Banker; The Hounds of Baskerville), but the other four are all rather well-recieved.
Cornballer
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Awesome.
Fairly Rational
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I can't wait for season 3, but I have a question:
How come this wasn't a "regular" show? People refer to it as a mini-series at this point, but I don't think it was originally produced that way? I'm confused as to why it's taken this long to get to Luther season 3.
How come this wasn't a "regular" show? People refer to it as a mini-series at this point, but I don't think it was originally produced that way? I'm confused as to why it's taken this long to get to Luther season 3.
It's fairly normal length for a UK TV series; a little short (around 8 episodes would be more common for a drama these days), but not drastically so. We just have much shorter series over here than you may be used to.
Fairly Rational
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I know UK comedies tend to be six episodes and UK dramas tend to be 12-13. Luther season 1 was 6 episodes, season 2 was 4 episodes, and now almost two years later season 3 is coming. Don't get me wrong I'm happy as hell it's coming back, but I'm not sure why it's been such a rocky road to get here. I was hoping for some elaboration on that if anyone had theories/facts.
Cornballer
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I assumed it was a combination of Idris Elba's limited availability along with the creators wanting to make sure they had something worthwhile to put on screen. i.e. if they only had four episodes worth of great material, they weren't going to stretch it to six. I don't have much to back that up, and perhaps there are a few people more familiar with the series with more insight.
Just put Alice Morgan on screen for six episodes.
Cerebral Assassin
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New series starts in July
& Alice was in the trailer!!!
Tokubetsu
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Zoramon089
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YESSSSSSS
Cornballer
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AWESOME! So looking forward to this, looks like they stepped up the cinematography a notch too!
sixteen-bit
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July is cool. I had heard we weren't getting it until September.
So few...
I guess it's better to tell a tight story than have useless filler, but still... only 4 episodes is a bummer.
Hobbestetrician
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Oh my, very excited for this.
That appears to be the case, and it was top-notch already.
Is there definitely a Luther movie after this? I wonder if 4 episodes would really deliver the series finale or would that fall onto the movie.
I love that this has got Robin Hood Gardens on film, since demolition has started now. That site should really have been refurbished.
I love that this has got Robin Hood Gardens on film, since demolition has started now. That site should really have been refurbished.
Discotheque
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yeah luther is second to sherlock for me too but still it's fucking awesome.
bbc so lucky to get music rights to everything too.
Cornballer
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Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I thought Luther S1 was better than Sherlock. S2 of Luther...eh, not so much. Great start, but tepid finish. Whereas Sherlock had an amazing S2 opener and a very strong finish.
Either way, no point in comparing them. Two great BBC shows are coming back for more. Great trailer.
Either way, no point in comparing them. Two great BBC shows are coming back for more. Great trailer.
Anyone know what song this is? I checked the comments and someone else was asking but nobody seems to know.
homelessbaby
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I think this and I remember it not having great ratings for the hour it was on, on BBC1 (9pm). I remember it was a long wait to see if a second series would be made, compared to Sherlock which was a hit instantly.
But yeah, I imagine the count is more an availability thing. Stuff like Spooks used to get around 10+ a series, so it's not impossible.
The only thing I kinda miss from the first series is how it built up over episodes. Series 2 felt like events and I kinda wanted some form of status quo from a TV show. Like at this point I don't know what a film will do that the show couldn't. Also, more Alice, obviously!
awilliams213
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It sounds like a remixed version of a track from the latest Depeche Mode album.
Idris Elba, was in Prometheus and Pacific Rim, I am sure that held them up.
oh my sweet lord @ the cut of that trailer. fucking hype as shit.
Battle Born
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The trailer looks fantastic. It's very exciting to see that Alice is back. She is my favorite part of the show.
BBC America in September, no? I think I read that.
Jayayess1190
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I will be doing this right before the premiere.
ChubbyHuggs
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Oh, shit! My body is ready!
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