Oh I love the simple and rough cops of the 70s so much

Shayne 2022-03-03 08:01:18

Just watching the fourth episode, I have the idea to write a drama review that I haven't written for a long time, which shows the great charm of this drama.
But in fact, I don't want to do any in-depth analysis. The only thing I want to say is that I really love the simple and crude policemen of the 1970s.
Sam, the police detective played by Mian Mian, was hit by a car while investigating a case. When he woke up again, he was back in the 1970s. The first time he saw the military police through the window glass, he was scared and turned over. He saw the sign on the roadside of Manchester City Expressway. Not open yet. In this way, I changed from DCI to DI, from a 21st century police detective to a 1970s police detective, with a group of police officers who have no concept of modern investigation and evidence collection procedures. In this world, DCI Gene is simply the representative of the simple and rough police in the 1970s.
The two went out and stopped the car to investigate and collect evidence. Gene directly threatened the children playing ball on the roadside to enter the child's house and trample all the toys if the car went wrong. After the investigation, he said "Good works, ladies and gentlemen" and then threw them away. They handed out a handful of coins, and the back was really handsome; the
two and the witness were in an ice cream truck waiting for the suspect to testify, and a bunch of children came running over to ask for ice cream. This time Sam sighed helplessly, and saw Gene slowly got out of the car with an ice cream in his hand and stretched out two fingers to ask for money, the child was crying when
he touched his pocket; Gene believed in his instincts and wanted to imprison the prisoner without conclusive evidence, Don't hesitate to give perjury; Sam was completely shocked at first, and when the next case asked him what he wanted to do, he directly complained and said to see if Gene had stuffed the criminal tools in the prisoner's cabinet;
Gene rushed into the prisoner's house to arrest and pressed the prisoner's head directly Put it on the plate, and then took a bite of the unfinished dessert next to it leisurely, leaving a comment of "lovely" (please imagine the northern accent of lovely);
Sam wanted to use the tape to record the interrogation, but his subordinates didn’t understand why. When Sam asked the time, he gave an answer like “—ish”. Finally, the time and place were all finished, and Sam was saying, “Now DCI is gone. When he came in", Gene walked up to him and pushed the recording down, then turned around and asked questions with a unique momentum;
Sam's subordinates didn't understand anything, and Sam wanted to draw a picture based on the description, but the result was The subordinate brought a portrait of a person who could never have grown like that; trying to obtain evidence for a piece of water pipe, the subordinate sawed off the water pipe without gloves, and was covered with his own fingerprints. . .
But it's not like Sam's approach will always work. In the face of the chattering old lady, Sam couldn't ask anything at all, while Gene was able to extract information from the daily chat; and Gene's intuition was also very accurate, comparable to Sam's strict and formal investigation. . .

And then all those 70s and modern conflict memes can make me laugh out loud.
Whether it's Sam initially saying look for a cell phone and the gendarmerie "mobile what" in complete confusion; going to a bar with no Coke; telling a 70s musician to drive carefully; suggesting to a bar to put on a TV and watch the game As a result, the bartender looked in disbelief and then questioned whether those racks could hold a TV. Sam explained that I was working during the gap year, and the bartender had no idea what a gap year was. Of course, Sam in the police station swore to the witnesses that you When identifying the suspect, there will be a special glass. He can't see or touch you. As a result, the next scene is that the witness and the suspect are directly facing each other in a dilapidated canteen. DCI contemptuously "special glass?" Then the witness is directly scared away Say you don't trust the police anymore. . .

Honestly, I should be disgusted by these acts that are completely contrary to the rules of modern law. But not at all, they are just too cute and lovable.
It has nothing to do with morals, I think this is probably a feeling.
If I talked about feelings before, I would probably think of DW's opening title of blue Tardis traveling through time and space or Firefly's opening title accompanied by the desolate theme song a group of galloping horses galloping in the sunset, then now I have to add Life on mars.
The feelings may also include, in the streets of a small British town in the 1970s, Sam was walking in a shirt, half-length leather jacket, flared pants; a group of police officers, wearing only swimming trunks, chased the prisoner shirtless and finally pinned him to the ground; Gene and Sam were innocent victims. The comatose patient fights in front of the bed; Gene coolly stands in front of the poster of The Bad and the Bad, and Sam asks him which one he is, he says all the three; and the taunting of the hostile group eventually develops into a fight, and Sam, who was trying to watch the fight, The leader of the hostile team knocked down his subordinate and Gene punched the guy at the same time; of course, and, of course, "welcome to the team" "thanks, guv."
The background of all this is the 70s Exciting and not loud rock music.
I think emotion is probably a very hard thing, it is the spiritual core of a work, and it is also something that I often feel that the work lacks. I also finally understand why many of the well-reviewed rotten dramas I always see halfway through and don't want to watch any more, because they are too soft, and they are still too gentle where there should be conflicts, which makes people watch completely. Can't get up. If the delicate plot is the raw material of a soup, then feelings are the salt that enhances the taste. Without this, no matter how good the raw materials are, it is just a dead thing, but if this is added, then the ordinary things are probably There will also be different brilliance.
Or maybe there is always a lingering Western complex and a knight complex in my bones. o(╯□╰)o

But this is not an easy drama after all.
The protagonist Sam still hears voices from the 21st century in his life, so he can't figure out whether he has passed through or is a subconscious hallucination around him, and the things in the 21st century are related to the world he is in now— - For example, when he heard that his condition was not good in the hospital bed in the 21st century, he was immediately locked in a completely dark ward and could not get out; the TV was often turned on for no reason, and some cartoon characters or real People talked about his condition or asked if he was there.
The corruption problem in the '70s seemed to be worse, Gene and the regional gangsters had a check and balance pact, and Sam didn't want to compromise, especially when he met his own mother in the '70s. . .
Having only watched the first 4 episodes, I don't know what the future will be like, but in any case, I am sure that this drama is a masterpiece. There's still a connection from time to time, and I think I'll finish reading it as soon as possible.


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  • Jessika 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    Except that the poster is not good-looking... well, it's so cool to listen to the little songs interspersed in the whole drama 70s! Yeah! (ep5 Red man down!)

  • Dagmar 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    Master is the kind of strange man who can shed tears alive in tragic moments! ! After watching one season, it is necessary to go back and watch the first episode again~ To sum up, in every episode, the police inspector and the chief inspector will have a disagreement and fight, and the final reconciliation method is "Pub?" "Pub!" The sequelae of this show is always hallucinating about the beeping sound of the life detector><

Life on Mars quotes

  • Sam Tyler: [credits introduction] My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident, and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home.