Peaky Blinders series 5 starts Sun. August 25 2019 at 9pm

[moochedit]

The Billy Boys bit was embarrassingly bad. Jimmy’s accent was terrible. But the whole thing made me cringe. It did make me wonder if that’s how Brummies feel about the Peaky Blinders.

If the accents were realistic we wouldn't understand them south of the border.

More importantly nor would the US viewers who the beeb marketing dept probably care more about.

Personally i can ignore all the dodgy accents. People said the same with chernobyl.

 

[DotCommunist]

Thats him from game of thrones. The one who gets everywhere, aiden gillan. good opening two eps, yes the slow mo swaggering along to anachronistic rock is overdone a touch but thats what I'm here for.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

The Billy Boys bit was embarrassingly bad. Jimmy’s accent was terrible. But the whole thing made me cringe. It did make me wonder if that’s how Brummies feel about the Peaky Blinders.

Don’t get me wrong, I still like the show. It still looks good. But it just seems to be moving from one good-looking scene to another. It seems to have lost something of its coherence, its movement, its narrative, in favour of static set pieces.

Agree with all of that. The point about set pieces is particularly accurate. The narrative holding them together is increasingly thin and confused.

It's trying to be a moody meditive Brum noir piece, a gangster series and glossy and glamorous at the same time. And failing.

 

[Pickman's model]

i was very surprised by pol turning out dressed as charlie chaplin

 

[Smokeandsteam]

i was very surprised by pol turning out dressed as charlie chaplin

He was allegedly born in nearby Smethwick....

 

[Pickman's model]

He was allegedly born in nearby Smethwick....

also claimed by south london's walworth, which is a likely contender for the origin of arthur's accent

 

[Smokeandsteam]

also claimed by south london's walworth, which is a likely contender for the origin of arthur's accent

I thought Arthur reach new levels last night - it was a cockney, pretending to be a brummie doing a cockney accent wasn't it?

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought Arthur reach new levels last night - it was a cockney, pretending to be a brummie doing a cockney accent wasn't it?

in most families everyone has basically the same accent. but no one in the shelby family shares an accent with anyone else in that family. it is very strange.

 

[planetgeli]

Michael is J in Animal Kingdom which is about a Californian crime family. His American accent is passable but having watched 4 series of that it’s hilarious seeing him attempt Brummie. Although at least he doesn’t come across as cockney or scouse like the others. He’s from Kingston upon Thames apparently.

 

[rekil]

I thought Arthur reach new levels last night - it was a cockney, pretending to be a brummie doing a cockney accent wasn't it?

I thought he was having a go at Australian. I saw an article where Helen McCrory said her accent research consisted of watching Ozzy Osbourne videos.

 

[skyscraper101]

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Personally i can ignore all the dodgy accents. People said the same with chernobyl.

Same. Also accents change a lot over time so a Brummie from the 1920s probably wouldn't sound exactly like one from 2019 anyway.

I like the accent of Aberama Gold. It's like some strange fusion of Irish and Romany.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

I thought he was having a go at Australian. I saw an article where Helen McCrory said her accent research consisted of watching Ozzy Osbourne videos.

More like The Beatles to be honest....

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Same. Also accents change a lot over time so a Brummie from the 20s probably wouldn't sound exactly like one from 2019 anyway.
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That is true. But we didn't ever sound like Arthur or Pol.

 

[danny la rouge]

Michael is J in Animal Kingdom which is about a Californian crime family. His American accent is passable but having watched 4 series of that it’s hilarious seeing him attempt Brummie. Although at least he doesn’t come across as cockney or scouse like the others. He’s from Kingston upon Thames apparently.

I didn’t think Michael was Brummie. We was raised by more genteel foster parents in a countryside location somewhere outside of the Peaky Blinders’ original haunts. I had the feeling to the south.

So I guess his accent is meant to be less urban.

 

[danny la rouge]

More like The Beatles to be honest....

All the women sound more stage Liverpudlian than Midlands.

 

[skyscraper101]

What happened to the artist bloke who was painting/shagging Pol in the last series. Has he disappeared?

 

[Proper Tidy]

Not rating this series much so far but tbf sometimes they seem ropey at first and build up. Seen the writers say they will do another two or three to take them up to outbreak of WW2, reckon it might end up one of those they should have knocked on head sooner.

Was a big fan of love hate a few years back and they've had half of the love hate cast in, nidge, john boy, Siobhan, so that's good

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

The Billy Boys bit was embarrassingly bad. Jimmy’s accent was terrible. But the whole thing made me cringe. It did make me wonder if that’s how Brummies feel about the Peaky Blinders.

Don’t get me wrong, I still like the show. It still looks good. But it just seems to be moving from one good-looking scene to another. It seems to have lost something of its coherence, its movement, its narrative, in favour of static set pieces.

He’s lying Urban we all speak like that!

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

I probably shouldn’t look at this thread, I’m so good at suspending belief that I keep up with most soaps, but Urban on Telly really brings me back to Earth with a crash.

 

[planetgeli]

And, some are only available for another 24 days, so planetgeli needs to get on with it.

I've binged series 1 and 2 so far.

 

[Pickman's model]

last night i think sir oswald mosley said thomas shelby had received the distinguished service medal

but you'd have thought an auld soldier like sir oswald would have known that it was awarded to sailors and members of the naval division

and we were told in season one shelby won the dcm and mm

never mind the anachronistick presentation of oswald mosley, it would be nice if they'd at least be internally consistent.

 

[skyscraper101]

I'm still a little confused about Michael when he flipped out on Tommy during the first meet in the Garrison with Gina.

So Michael having explained the ship encounter with Bill Boys/IRA to Tommy, Tommy says OK I believe you and then words to the effect of:

"...just remember your unborn child has witnessed what you said. And will be born according to..."

At which point suddenly Michael goes apeshit at him and has to be restrained. What was that about?

 

[trabuquera]

Gypsy curse stuff I think - 'if you're lying your kid will end up deformed' sort of thing. Which is nice...
I want to know what happened to Artist Guy too!

 

[cupid_stunt]

I probably shouldn’t look at this thread, I’m so good at suspending belief that I keep up with most soaps, but Urban on Telly really brings me back to Earth with a crash.

Same here, I have to wonder how some urbs ever enjoy anything.

BTW - I loved the way they dealt with the mad nuns.

 

[skyscraper101]

Gypsy curse stuff I think - 'if you're lying your kid will end up deformed' sort of thing. Which is nice...
I want to know what happened to Artist Guy too!

Ah.. it wasn't exactly clear because he never got to finish the sentence.

I'm liking Gina though, she's looking and playing the part of the 1920s NY fluzy pretty convincingly.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Same here, I have to wonder how some urbs ever enjoy anything.

BTW - I loved the way they dealt with the mad nuns.

They chucked tar on the paedo from River City! It was like retribution in a previous life, am so pleased.

He’s definitely Scottish, but he’s never sounded quite as ridiculous as that

 

[Proper Tidy]

In last episode they had Mosley and Thomas Shelby clay pigeon shooting and Mosley, still a Labour MP, telling Shelby he would split at beginning of the next year (presumably 1931 although the wall street crash of '29 was only two episodes earlier) to form the BUF.

Wtf. What happened to the new party bit

 

[danny la rouge]

Much better episode. More narrative flow. Still confused about Jimmy, though. If he’s supposed to be Billy Fullerton, why not just have Billy Fullerton? They’ve got all sorts of other real historical figures doing things that didn’t happen. And Fullerton was in fact a fascist and Moseley supporter.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Is there hope yet for Tommy shooting Mosley then? They should just get it done.

 

[Pickman's model]

In last episode they had Mosley and Thomas Shelby clay pigeon shooting and Mosley, still a Labour MP, telling Shelby he would split at beginning of the next year (presumably 1931 although the wall street crash of '29 was only two episodes earlier) to form the BUF.

Wtf. What happened to the new party bit

'the british union of fascists will be born on january 1st next year, the first day of a new decade' (52:30-52:40)

don't let's get into arguing when a decade starts, i think it's clear he means 1/1/1930