TV and Movies

[Pearlee]

So there are a series of different mysteries using HMM regular actors.  This is the only one I like (in fact, I hate Murder She Baked because of its disrespect to Murder She Wrote which series HMM airs.   Really? Did you have to rip off Jessica Fletcher's show title?)

Anyway....even though I can spot the perpetrator within minutes in these shows, which are two hour films, I still enjoy them.  There is a new one each Sunday this month and I did like last Sunday's even though as I say, I guessed the killer almost immediately.

Maybe I just like the acting a little better than in the others (Lori Laughlin stars) and I love the idea of her making her living by owning a vintage re-sale shop (oh, how I would love to have one!).  I like her family too.  IMO her husband in it bears a striking resemblance to actor Dean Cain  and could play his older brother in something.

These films are very formulaic and I could do without the side stories in them about her family or her ditzy partner or whatever they are about, in which case they could cut it down to a one-hour show rather than two.  Yet I still watch these.  There is one on tonight and I'll be watching.

Anyone else like these made-for-TV mysteries?

[Group 5 minus 1]

I think we would really enjoy these,but we do not get the HD channels.

[Pearlee]

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@ncascade wrote:

I think we would really enjoy these,but we do not get the HD channels.

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@Group 5 minus 1  It isn't a HD channel.  I don't have HD either.

[Group 5 minus 1]

Thanks Pearley. We will try again.

[Silver Fox1]

Out of all their Mysterie movies "Garage Sale Mysteries"  is also my favorite.  Then it would be "Real Murders" and then " Murder She Baked"   I love Hallmark, yes they can be corney but who cares, there light and fun and in this day and age light and fun can be a good thing ! .  

[Group 5 minus 1]

Just talked to Direct TV we do need an HD receiver to get this channel.

[Pearlee]

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@ncascade wrote:

Just talked to Direct TV we do need an HD receiver to get this channel.

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@Group 5 minus 1  Oh, that's interesting. Sorry if I misled you. I have cable, not Direct TV.

To the others on this thread who responded about Garage Sales - why do you like that one better than the others, as I do?

As for the upcoming new Darrow one , one of the sttorneys is Claire Darrow, obviously a name taken from  the famous Scopes Monkey Trial lawyer Clarence Darrow.

[akaburtonfan]

@PearleeI don't really see how calling a series Murder She Baked is disrespectful to Murder She Wrote. The series is based on Joanne Fluke's Hannah Swenson mystery series. Since the main character is a baker it makes total sense. 

We watch all of these mystery movie series. The only one I'm not a big fan of is the series Jewel is in - A Fixer Upper Mystery. I don't know if it's because when I see Colin Ferguson all I see is the Maytag Man or if I expect Jewel to start singing.

[SilleeMee]

I only watch them when there's nothing else to watch, which comes down to very seldom. 

[Silver Fox1]

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@Pearlee wrote:

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@ncascade wrote:

Just talked to Direct TV we do need an HD receiver to get this channel.

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@Group 5 minus 1  Oh, that's interesting. Sorry if I misled you. I have cable, not Direct TV.

To the others on this thread who responded about Garage Sales - why do you like that one better than the others, as I do?

As for the upcoming new Darrow one , one of the sttorneys is Claire Darrow, obviously a name taken from  the famous Scopes Monkey Trial lawyer Clarence Darrow.

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Hi @Pearlee  I would say the reason it's my favorite is because, now don't laugh, it reminds me the most of the Agathia Christie mysteries. Don't know why but the story lines just do. No where near as good of course but  for some reason ,who knows why, it's the closest of any I've seen.