Are They Just Decieving Us ?

[weecalf]

Where the detective programmes were on the telly .There were visual clues to help the viewers to try and work out whodunit .Not that I watch many but the camers do not now close in on what the investigater is looking at . .Like so many programmes in the past where there was a close up of a bin with with the weapon in it How often have we not grabbed an elderly member of the family by the arm and said told you so .Now the investigator could say he worked it out by such and such he /she could be lying .We needs more close ups and clues after all we pay our licence fee .

[bednobs]

eh? anyone care to provide a translation

[jim360]

Detective shows these days are harder for the viewer to solve before the "reveal"... I think.

[weecalf]

Was just making the point that in the modern detective programmes the audience does not get chances to be the detective .the older show gave so clues so the audience could become amateur sleuths

[andy-hughes]

weecalf - modern television is deigned for modern audiences.

Increased levels of sophistication and intelligence means that it is no longer necessary to draw a picture of a horse, and then write the word 'horse' under it.

I would feel pretty bored and uninterested if i watched a detective show where the clues were telegraphed in such an obvious manner as in previous years.

These days, the man in the grey hat / with the moustache / with eyes too close together - perm any or all - is not always the bad guy.

[Tilly2]

Watch 'Elementary 'on SKY Living. You will never guess whodonnit!

[weecalf]

I used to think watching these sort of show was that you could try to decide through clues who the culprit was .Wheres the entertainment in watching some smart Alec solving the crime

[Baldric]

The clues are still there, you just need to be a little more clued up to spot them

[boxtops]

I don't watch many, but some seem to wrap up far too quickly based on a bit of information which only the detective seems to grasp.

[cazzz1975]

the clues are very subtle, but still there.

[weecalf]

You get a close up of the detectives face when he's looking at summit which is important to the out come .You don't see the item till the summing up .