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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 284183" data-attributes="member: 33">I don&#039;t remember all the details of Murder, A Self-Portrait but what sticks in my mind most about this episode (other than the portrait of the good lieutenant) are the dream sequences. They were cleverly shot and quite ethereal and had this been anything other than Columbo I would have liked them but I always think of Columbo as being about facts and precision and potential clues existing in dreams just felt a bit incongruous to me.Other than the dream sequences and the episode starting with Columbo himself, it generally followed the standard Columbo format which I think it needed to as it wasn&#039;t an especially compelling instalment of the show.It was good seeing him again in the series and I always enjoyed the nods to the original series in the revival one. In the original series he often had a very peripheral role but this time he was quite an significant character in the storyline and I wondered whether they had to do that to make returning more appealing to the actor.Another example of the new series trying to be too clever by half and resorting to gimmicks rather than just telling the story. I really liked the gotcha itself although the reveal scene didn&#039;t entirely work for me because I didn&#039;t find his reaction to being found out to be too matter of fact to be completely believable. I know the murderer was all about his art but would one of his first thoughts after being found out be what was Columbo&#039;s opinion of his painting and having a conversation about showing it to Columbo&#039;s wife? I think it would have worked better had Columbo gone to the art studio to see the finished painting and once that was out the way he would let the murderer know he had been rumbled. Clearly they did it the way they did so they could leave the reveal of the painting to the memorable ending but it mainly served to relegate the gotcha to being of lesser importance. Good observation, I had forgotten about that. It&#039;s not the last time they will recycle an idea they used in a previous episode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 284183, member: 33"] I don't remember all the details of [I]Murder, A Self-Portrait [/I]but what sticks in my mind most about this episode (other than the portrait of the good lieutenant) are the dream sequences. They were cleverly shot and quite ethereal and had this been anything other than Columbo I would have liked them but I always think of Columbo as being about facts and precision and potential clues existing in dreams just felt a bit incongruous to me. Other than the dream sequences and the episode starting with Columbo himself, it generally followed the standard Columbo format which I think it needed to as it wasn't an especially compelling instalment of the show. It was good seeing him again in the series and I always enjoyed the nods to the original series in the revival one. In the original series he often had a very peripheral role but this time he was quite an significant character in the storyline and I wondered whether they had to do that to make returning more appealing to the actor. Another example of the new series trying to be too clever by half and resorting to gimmicks rather than just telling the story. I really liked the gotcha itself although the reveal scene didn't entirely work for me because I didn't find his reaction to being found out to be too matter of fact to be completely believable. I know the murderer was all about his art but would one of his first thoughts after being found out be what was Columbo's opinion of his painting and having a conversation about showing it to Columbo's wife? I think it would have worked better had Columbo gone to the art studio to see the finished painting and once that was out the way he would let the murderer know he had been rumbled. Clearly they did it the way they did so they could leave the reveal of the painting to the memorable ending but it mainly served to relegate the gotcha to being of lesser importance. Good observation, I had forgotten about that. It's not the last time they will recycle an idea they used in a previous episode. [/QUOTE]

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