#inspector rex

[one-time-i-dreamt]

not a dream

what's your favorite fictional detective?

I'll start

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[ultimate-good-dog]

Ultimate Good Dog Left Side Round 1

[apfelhalm]

"Sein Vater ist Anwalt, seine Mutter ist Ärztin. Die Familie wohnt in der Nähe von einem Trainingsplatz der Polizeihundestaffel. Der Brandtner ist praktisch bei den Hunden aufgewachsen. Dann ist er gegen den Willen seiner Eltern zur Polizei gegangen und Hundeführer geworden. Er war mit seinem Hund bei einer Sondereinheit. Der Hund ist ihm dann bei einer Explosion umgekommen. Daraufhin hat er sich zu uns versetzen lassen und wollte nie wieder was mit Hunden zu tun haben."

Kommissar Rex 4x05 “Der Neue”

[fandomchaosposts]

crazy married couple indeed

[ossanana]

Kommissar Rex tribute.

Rex and his two dads.

[alicepao13]

Rating the Kommissar Rex/Il Commissario Rex/Hudson and Rex human partners for funsies, in chronological order. Contains spoilers, some bias, and opinions based on superficial characteristics. I will take the blame for any distorted memories I have of the shows, although I did a full rewatch last summer. (Rewatch refers to Kommissar Rex and Hudson and Rex. I could only watch Il Commissario Rex once. Well, 0.75 times. I couldn’t find some of the episodes.)

Kommissar Rex

Richard Moser: The blueprint. Not necessarily the best one in my opinion (although if you ask kid me, yes), but they modeled at least two other characters after him in the reboots. Pretty nice (although a product of his time), street smart, recently divorced, and the first few episodes where he and Rex are getting used to living together are hilarious. Moser’s dry humor was good too, also his whump scenes where great. And I appreciated the nude scenes a lot (thanks, German tv of the 90s). 8/10

Alex Brandtner: The hot one. Also, more of a “new age” cop (new age here means post 90s, don’t get confused). Kid me didn’t appreciate the hotness but I watched it in my teen years, and oh boy. And the action scenes, while sometimes ridiculous and making you wonder why???, really showed the actor’s training in physical scenes too. I always liked the way Brandtner immediately bonded with Rex and then we learn of the tragedy with his own dog. Too bad his love life was even more non-existent than Moser’s. 9/10

Marc Hoffmann: I’ll be honest, I just didn’t care for him for the most part, but I did like the fact that for the first time there was a ship with him and Nikki. They went for a different style with this one and it shows. Marc is less type A than the previous two, not a bad thing, but by that point, it was clear that Kommissar Rex as a show was nearing its end and I think it sometimes showed. 7/10

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Il Commissario Rex (At this point, let me just say that I don’t associate the two shows with each other. And whoever has watched both, would probably agree with me. It hardly matters that the Italian show starts as a spinoff.)

Lorenzo Fabbri: Ugh, I don’t know what it is with this guy but I didn’t like him much. His style was a lot like Moser at first (adopting Rex, saving him from a miserable fate, learning to live with him, etc.). I absolutely hated the storyline with the forensics scientist throwing herself at him every chance she got and him trying to avoid her instead of flat out telling her he’s not interested, and then at some point they slept together??? Anyway, did not like. 6/10

Davide Rivera: I liked that guy but sadly we didn’t have that many episodes with him. He could have had more to offer as a character. More quiet than the sometimes too loud Lorenzo, and took some time to warm up to Rex if I recall. I liked that he took no flack from his boss (Sidenote: the boss didn’t like Rex at first and kept wanting to get rid of him, and I wanted to rip him to shreds). 7/10

Marco Terzani: I literally found one season of his episodes, so I’ll reserve judgment (if anyone has his second and third season, please give it to me lol or point to the right direction). He seems kinda reckless? He’s definitely attractive. ?/10, more research needed.

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Hudson and Rex

Charlie Hudson: Started off as kind of mediocre for me, then he made me change my mind. When I started watching, I was hellbent on comparing every single thing of this show to the characters of the original at first, so I’m partially to blame for my initial perception of him. However, I won’t blame myself for the bad writing, pacing, and overall mediocrity of S1 that contributed to a big part of it. Anyway, they used some of Moser’s backstory (divorced, adopts Rex after his K-9 partner tragically dies) and expanded on it. Charlie has had the most development as a character than any of the others, which makes sense since he’s the first of Rex’s partners to live that long or not get rebooted lol. He definitely gets bonus points for having a love life too. And for not dying, despite all the whump situations he gets himself into. Definitely falls under the reckless category too. 70% himbo, 100% whump magnet. 9/10

[vincord]

“fuck this shit” *makes characters from “Inspector Rex” more cartoony*

[dogttpurmament]

Round 1 day 2

These are the dogs for this poll!!

Rex. Ah, yes. Komissar Rex/Inspector Rex this series was so iconic for multiple reasons. My childhood!

VS

Comet Cupid! A real life doggie!? Pictures here

Who will win this round?

[starry-mist]

I’m going in on Inspector Rex. Not sure what I’m in for as I’ve watched next to no European TV like…ever.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I grew up watching Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) and now as an adult I watch and love the Canadian remake of it called Hudson & Rex

[lord-radish]

I've been watching stuff on an Australian TV channel app because it has that pop-up window that you can put in the corner of the screen, and I just came across a show named Hudson & Rex - and I had to check it out, because it looked suspiciously like an Italian TV show my nan used to watch called Inspector Rex. Sure enough, it's a Canadian remake of that show.

I don't think I'll watch the English show, but the original one from the 90's is super nostalgic - it's about a cop working with a K9 unit named Rex, and the show really highlights Rex's personality and intelligence. He likes ham rolls, to the point of stealing them from one of the cops. It's a real dog, and it's just really fun and novel.

One reason I'm hesitant about Hudson & Rex is because... well, the human guy gets equal billing to the dog. To me, the dog is the star of the show. Yes, the human guy is the central character with his own plotlines and motivations and stuff, just like the original show, but I'm much more partial to "Holy Fuck, A Crime-Solving Dog!" rather than "Quirky Beat-Cop And Pooch, Partners And Friends".

Also, the original theme fucks hard:

While the remake has a 10 second long opening with elevator music.

[ultimate-good-dog]

Preliminary Polls 68

[apfelhalm]

"Weißt du, irgendwie find ich's gut, dass du jetzt bei uns bist." "Ich auch."

Kommissar Rex 4x05 "Der Neue"

[fandomchaosposts]

HE IS CUTE HE IS VERY CUTE THANK YOU SIR (GN) FOR INCLUDING IT IN THE FIC

[adarafaelbarba]

Hello. So this is going to sound so utterly random but I've been asking my friends and no one has any idea what I'm talking about so I thought I would ask.

Here in Australia on our public broadcasting channels we get alot of overseas, European shows. When I was a young kid at my grandparents house they always use to watch a show called Inspector Rex. It's Austrian I believe about detectives and 'Inspector Rex' this giant German Shephard dog who always helps solves the crimes. Do you know this show?!?!

I recently was thinking about this because it just reminders me of my grandparents. I want to find someone that knows what in the world I am talking about.

I’m guessing it’s this one

Which means I’ve not seen it 😅 sadly.

We got some European shows, some dubbed in Norwegian (usually kids shows)

But that one I’ve not seen before 😅

Any of my fellow Europeans on here know what this show is and can help nonny? 😌