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  • UK's "Code of Silence" series - copy-cat of earlier movie

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 31 11:43:47 2025
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    The UK's recent "Code of Silence" series was quite good ... but it
    again proves that the reviewers / critics simply have no idea what
    they're talking about and that the entertainment industry is just lazy.

    The Telegraph's reviewer apparently said it was "a quietly
    revolutionary crime drama".

    The Times' reviewer said it was "a fresh, original drama that has done
    the near impossible and given us a cop drama with something new to say".

    Obviously neither of them have ever heard of the same-name 2021 movie
    "Code of Silence" which was basically the same story ... the only
    difference is that the movie was about the arresting the notorious
    1960s London crime lords The Kray Twins, while the TV series was about arresting some smalltime criminals planning a jewellery heist.


    Code of Silence (2021 movie)
    The story of a deaf caterer, who becomes embroiled in a thrilling
    investigation, after a detective asks her to lip-read the
    conversations of some dangerous criminals.
    <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13194654/>

    Code of Silence (2025 TV series)
    Alison Woods, deaf caterer, works to support her mother, and
    herself. Alison is asked by the police to lip-read conversations
    with dangerous criminals. Alison starts to fall for one of the
    suspects, but will not abandon the investigation.
    <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30249123>

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to Your Name on Wed Jul 30 21:56:26 2025
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    On 2025-07-30 7:43 PM, Your Name wrote:

    The UK's recent "Code of Silence" series was quite good ... but it again proves that the reviewers / critics simply have no idea what they're
    talking about and that the entertainment industry is just lazy.

    The Telegraph's reviewer apparently said it was "a quietly revolutionary crime drama".

    The Times' reviewer said it was "a fresh, original drama that has done
    the near impossible and given us a cop drama with something new to say".

    Obviously neither of them have ever heard of the same-name 2021 movie
    "Code of Silence" which was basically the same story ... the only
    difference is that the movie was about the arresting the notorious 1960s London crime lords The Kray Twins, while the TV series was about
    arresting some smalltime criminals planning a jewellery heist.


       Code of Silence (2021 movie)
       The story of a deaf caterer, who becomes embroiled in a thrilling
       investigation, after a detective asks her to lip-read the
       conversations of some dangerous criminals.
       <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13194654/>

       Code of Silence (2025 TV series)
       Alison Woods, deaf caterer, works to support her mother, and
       herself. Alison is asked by the police to lip-read conversations
       with dangerous criminals. Alison starts to fall for one of the
       suspects, but will not abandon the investigation.
       <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30249123>





    According to at least one well-known professional writer - whose name
    I've forgotten - there are no new stories and haven't been in a long
    time. We simply keep retelling the stories that the ancient Greeks told
    - and they were probably retelling older stories still. We merely dress
    them up a bit with a different setting and slightly different
    circumstances.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jul 31 10:21:43 2025
    On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:56:26 -0400, Rhino
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    According to at least one well-known professional writer - whose name
    I've forgotten - there are no new stories and haven't been in a long
    time. We simply keep retelling the stories that the ancient Greeks told
    - and they were probably retelling older stories still. We merely dress
    them up a bit with a different setting and slightly different
    circumstances.

    So which modern show is the remake of Oedipus Rex?

    I don't know of too many shows involving patricide, incest with one's
    mother and daughters. And of course prophecies fortelling all that.

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