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Netflix has offered instant streaming for quite some time now. The Xbox 360 has enjoyed Netflix instant streams since late 2008. Additionally other consumer electronics devices support the popular streaming service. It was only a matter of time and a natural fit for the jack of all media, the PlayStation 3, to support Netflix.
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When I watched Morse, it bothered me that he would insult Lewis by saying something that Lewis "should have known". But now, I'm beginning to think that Morse isn't insulting Lewis. That it was Morse recalling something from his past and is thinking aloud or frustrated that Lewis (or he himself) hadn't remembered it earlier.
Since I came to this series in a roundabout fashion (never having seen Morse, I caught one or two of what had been expected to be the final season of Lewis and stuck around when the first Endeavour dropped), am I missing a great deal by not seeking those out first?
I've never seen any of Morse, and just happened to stumble upon Rocket (the episode with the royal visit and Endeavour gets some bootay) about a year ago and loved it. I binged-watched the other four episodes of Series 1 last week on Netflix.
@starri, I haven't seen Morse either. I watched Lewis from day one but have never gotten into Morse. I never felt like that was an issue, but this latest episode has me feeling like I've missed something. Morse and a secret society had some big beef later on, I take it? And Strange is involved?
"The Masonic Mysteries" is mentioned over in the "Trove" thread -- I have not seen it in a long time, but as the current "Endeavour" writing seem to be referencing it, I will go back and watch it. I'm so glad they are exploring the reverse continuity! I really liked the old "Inspector Morse" series, but "Endeavour" I like even more. Has some of the same flaws, which are the human flaws of Morse, not the writers. Again, good reverse continuity.
Yes. And I'm beginning to wonder how Thursday's relationship with Morse influences Morse's relationship with Lewis. In the last Lewis series (or at least what we thought was the last Lewis series, Lewis says something like Morse wouldn't have tolerated something and Superintendent Innocent response is that Morse had a lot to answer to. I presumed that dialogue was to intrigue us enough to watch the Endeavour program and I also presumed that Innocent knew Strange destroyed evidence for Morse in The Remorseful Day. But it could be something else.
It is not that Morse is facing impending doom, but that he is portrayed in later life as having continual disappointment and frustration, personally and professionally. And I think they are doing a beautiful job in this series of laying the groundwork for a life of disappointment. (So sorry, Endeavour!)
I agree, but I don't think Morse thought of his life as a disappointment. He had regrets--the scene in The Remorseful Day where Morse is at home listening to opera is chilling because is he thinking of his life or is he thinking about the case or both. But who doesn't have regrets?
I think Morse was the kind of guy who couldn't get close to people. Sure he has a girlfriend when he was at Oxford and a steady-ish girlfriend in the last episodes of Morse, and we are currently seeing Monica on Endeavour, but there is something in him that prevents him from committing.
This is going to sound like I am being too specific, but I did not mean that he had a disappointing life -- but that he had a life of disappointments. To the outside observer, he had a successful career and deep cultural love and activities. Yet on the personal, and sometimes professional side, when viewed from his vantage point, I feel disappointment.
I've seen a couple of Morse episodes and have now watched all of the eps of Endeavour minus the one airing this Sunday. I need a diagram as to who is who. I watched Morse with my parents and my dad pointed out old Strange and I blinked and missed him so I don't understand his significance in later years. I can't remember the name of the guy young Morse shares the office with, the nasty rat-faced one. Is that Lewis? Who's Lewis? Who's Thursday in the later years? Is he in Morse? I haven't had time yet to go back and watch all the old eps of Morse. And now that I'm in love with Shaun Evans (or Jesse Eisenberg, but with amazing eyes), I don't know if I want to see more of old man Thaw.
The only person we have met in "Endeavour" who shows up in the later years is Strange (later played by James Grout), who becomes the Chief Superintendent in the original (later years) "Inspector Morse" series; is problematic for Morse to deal with.
Robert ("Robbie") Lewis is a Detective Sergeant in the "Inspector Morse" series; and is later promoted in his own series "Inspector Lewis" (played by Kevin Whatley in both series). He is a sympathetic foil to Morse; Lewis is a family man whom Morse is continually trying to pull into pubs for drinks. Robbie would not even have been born, or was barely born, at the time of the "Endeavour" series.
But even that love of culture (especially opera, poetry, architecture) is flawed at its heart. Morse tells Lewis that he learned poetry and listened to opera because his stepmother hated it and as a teen, he spent his school holidays touring churches and stately homes.
Colin Dexter is the author of the original Morse books. I do not know if Thursday is in there (I very much doubt it!), but I have never made it through more than one chapter of any of the books. (Again, I love mystery novels, but not these!)
Colin Dexter created the characters of Chief Inspector Morse, Detective Sergeant Lewis, Chief Superintendent Strange, Max the pathologist, the Thames Valley Police and all the fictional Oxford Colleges (like Lonsdale). He also created Lewis' family (his wife at least) and what we know of Morse's family---mother was a Quaker, father was a taxi driver who liked Captain Cook. Mother died. Father remarried Gwen. Morse and Gwen can't stand each other. But Morse loves his half-sister, Joyce, and her family.
I think this is in the books -- part of it (the father's re-marriage) was discussed in one or two episodes when Gwen the step-mother was mentioned. Gwen appeared in "Cherubim and Seraphim," along with Morse's half-sister.
Hey, look at it like this. Colin Dexter's will prohibits another actor playing the role of Morse (John Thaw's Morse). BUT short of funds and interest, nothing will stop them from doing a prequel based on a young Fred Thursday or doing an Inspector Hathaway series.
I would so watch a young Fred Thursday in the 1930s or war years! And I think the Colin Dexter's will prohibits the re-filming of the episodes in which John Thaw appeared; if so, they could have more episodes in the 1980s with new plots. But there are a LOT of years between 1966 and mid-1980s, so if they want to continue Endeavour beyond a third season, there is plenty of room to grow. There have been many different Sherlocks and Watsons, after all, and many different ways to be excellent in those roles.
This seems to be the best place to ask this: I have "Inspector Morse" available on Netflix, and it looks like both seasons of "Endeavour" and six of "Inspector Lewis" are available on Amazon Prime. Has anyone viewed them there? Are they the quality we hope for (good), and commercial free? I watched part of one "Endeavour" episode that was on Netflix a few weeks ago, and the video quality was wonderful. But it disappeared the next day. PBS has "scenes" but no complete episodes for the past few weeks. So hard to decide how/where to watch (or re-watch) shows.
I've never had a problem with the quality on Netflix. Can't speak to Amazon personally, but I know people who use it and have no complaints. Netflix doesn't have commercials. Netflix must have just taken Inspector Lewis off instant. It was in my queue and now it's gone. I shouldn't have procrastinated.
I think the video quality on Netflix is great, and appreciate the no-commercial viewings. (I also use Hulu, which has commercials in some things.) I'll probably give Amazon Prime a try, as it has all the Endeavour episodes and all of Inspector Lewis right now, and I'd rather re-watch them in HD, now that I've seen how good this show looks. I've also had several other shows disappear from Netflix, so I need to carpe diem on re-watching Inspector Morse this summer!
I had a thought this morning watching Morse drive his car around Oxford - I wonder when (they have to) show him buying the car, if they will actually use the same exact car they did in the series. I think its still around somewhere.
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