Great News For Mystery Movie Buffs !

[jeb111]

I watched "The Spy" on Netflix, great mini series. Loved it until my wife blew it and told me the ending thinking I already knew what happened because I'm a history buff. She is a very smart girl but she can have her blonde moments. Anyway I recommend the series.
Jim

[sheepherder]

Bosch Season 7 -

The Best TV Shows Returning in 2021
"Bosch" | Season 7 Premieres on Prime Video on Friday, June 25

"Bosch" has been a remarkably rock-solid police procedural for six straight seasons. Though the series ends this summer with Season 7, devoted fans will be happy to know that Titus Welliver returns as Harry Bosch in an upcoming IMDb TV spinoff series, announced earlier this year.

[tomaustin]

sheep---you are missing the point of aging bosch...i have all of the books and read them in the order they were written...what michael has done is keep bringing in the new technology of computers and laboratories into the legal system...Bosch is a reflection of the current police work.....That is one reason for the problem on how to continue the series...bosch would be at a retirement point in the real world.....

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by tomaustin

sheep---you are missing the point of aging bosch...

Tom, I have all the Bosch, Haller, and Ballard books, as well as one of my favorites, Callie Black. My biggest gripe about any book series is 'aging' the character. There is no reason to 'age' them; I don't care if the characters age is never mentioned and prefer it that way. Len Deighton had a great series where he never even gave the character a name, let alone an age. Let them stay 40 forever!

I voiced my latest gripe about the Jack Reacher book series on another forum; Child has retired and left his franchise to his son. The son has only done one book [with dad] and it sucks! I love the premise but the son just doesn't project the imagination Child Sr does.

As for setting Bosch in the present, the producers don't have much choice. It would be too expensive to place Bosch in the years the books were written. The first Bosch was written in 1992; Los Angeles has changed too much since then to film it as it was back then. (Or when the story supposedly occurred).

The demographic has changed also. Everything is aimed at the Millennials now. For anything to succeed, it has to relate to them, not our generation.

But again, there's no reason to 'age' any character. We understand it's a brave new world out there. But the character can be ageless. Let him adopt or reject new technology as he chooses. After all, don't we???