I watched the scene with Columbo and Carlson. I don't dislike Carlson in that scene, but he does mention "taking it upstairs" which could be slightly threatening.

Yes, there is that.

Yes, it's that, and I'm one of those who like when columbo says since it's no longer a kidnapping now but a murder it's columbo's department and not carlson's that will deal with it.

I'm pretty sure it's because it was the series Pilot that Carlson snaps at Columbo. The Movie pilot (Prescription Murder) Columbo isn't the bumbling character we see later. In the Series pilot maybe they wanted more emphasis on his bumbling or absent mindedness. We rarely see Columbo get reprimanded in later episodes except perhaps in Death Lends a Hand, A Friend in Deed and Candidate for Crime.