plug

Ever seen Wallander? If you haven't, do. It's the BBC filmed version of the Swedish detective novels by Henning Mankell. No, I have not read the books. I must say that I instinctually feel that though the books may be great, the filmed versions are just as good. It's the same thing with the Dragon Tattoo series. I've read the books and watched the films in that particular case, and enjoyed both. Anyway, Wallander is relentlessly grim, but the rural scenes of southern Sweden remind me very much of Saskatchewan. And Kenneth Branagh is fucking great in it. I read somewhere recently that he's sold out, just because he's directing the new Thor film. All this reaffirms for me is that those who sit in their basements and get mad at people for selling out are, well, sitting in their basements getting mad at people for selling out.

K.B. is fucking brilliant in Wallander. If I ever end up a diabetic, perpetually tired, slightly-alcoholic-yet-morally-astute-detective, then--I hope I'll be half the man Wallander is.