Peaky Blinders

[Ground Elder]

And why were irish travellers speaking roma?

They were Lees, English Romany family not Irish.

 

[belboid]

fiction, i believe they call it. tricky concept to get your head round, but basically, sometimes people who write telly programs, or books, or films, sometimes make stuff up.

the guy who wrote it was on radio 6 this afternoon. He said it was a 'historical drama' and was all true (as well as being all fiction). It is promoted as a historical drama. But it isn't. It's like one of those shit Basil Rathbone's where they had Sherlock Holmes fighting the nazis.

oh come on. first world war? massive social unrest?

I can see why you'd do it you were a shit writer, but the 1880's and 1890's were fairly exciting times too. Using WW1 is just lazy.

 

[kittyP]

I watched the first half(ish) of both episodes, but it really wound me up. It was like watching a music video at times - seriously, is that their idea of appealing to a 'younger audience'? What's going on with the music and slow motion? Also a good example why mixing period drama with modern music usually doesn't work well. The fight scene was indeed a pile of badly executed shite.

Visually: interesting to see some of the places, so grey, no trees anywhere, very grim.

The only bit I enjoyed was when the main character was calming his horse down - that was sort of gripping and touching. The rest? Trying too hard and not working. Poor horse

I thought the music mix with the settings worked but just in my personal opinion.

Just finished the first episode and I'm really enjoying it.

Maybe my tastes aren't as refined as they could be

 

[Red Cat]

Or it may be that you're more generous than some

Some people behave as though it's a personal attack because it doesn't conform to their standards: Fuck you, you piece of shit, you've got 5 seconds to sort yourself out or you're fucking out of here, coming here with your shit, you shit.

 

[coley]

Enjoyable and interesting spoilt by the barmaids/police plants singing, she would be booed out of a pub folk singing session.
Worst version of black velvet band I have ever heard.

 

[DotCommunist]

Ya war-shy gypsy bastid

 

[kittyP]

Enjoyable and interesting spoilt by the barmaids/police plants singing, she would be booed out of a pub folk singing session.
Worst version of black velvet band I have ever heard.

It was just to slow. It's supposed to be more rousing.

 

[kittyP]

Or it may be that you're more generous than some

Some people behave as though it's a personal attack because it doesn't conform to their standards: Fuck you, you piece of shit, you've got 5 seconds to sort yourself out or you're fucking out of here, coming here with your shit, you shit.

I think I just like picking up on songs on stuff. Thats another reason I love Buffy

I think the accents there at that time in that place would have been quite mixed up too.

 

[Kaka Tim]

It was just to slow. It's supposed to be more rousing.

It was too stage school. Like an X factor audition.

 

[discokermit]

starting to warm up now. that beating at the races was brutal.

 

[Manter]

It was too stage school. Like an X factor audition.

Wasn't about the song though, it was about the chemistry between the two of them. IMO

 

[DotCommunist]

don't get why lead peaky isn't accepting his sisters marriage. The commie husband has done the honourable thing.

 

[Manter]

don't get why lead peaky isn't accepting his sisters marriage. The commie husband has done the honourable thing.

Think he hates/resents him tho. And if commie sticks around, peaky may one day have to kill him- they discussed it in episode 1

 

[DotCommunist]

but he saved his life in flanders!

I am of course unashamedly wanking about a sub plot that involves communists being organised and considered a very real threat by the government.

 

[wiskey]

Not having an ear for a W Mids accent (or a NI one for that matter) is probably helping me because I'm not really fussed by the mash of accents.

It's enjoyable enough but I don't like the barwench/spy at all and I wish she'd stop warbling!

And what's the relationships between Polly and Arthur and Tommy and the toothpick guy*?? Are they all siblings?

I do think we need to get over the desire to squash programmes into six episodes to fit a half term, rather than decently developing the plot though, the chronology in this is a bit weird, some days take ages, other times I think weeks have passed.

*John - just learned he's Tommys brother, so that's one solved.

 

[DotCommunist]

grit in eye.

 

[tony.c]

Gets better every week.

 

[DotCommunist]

when he gave up that adress I was like 'and this is half the reason we never won, sold out by fucking spivs from our own class'

to which the reply was

'yes Jason. I'm sure thats what happened'

 

[Belushi]

Last couple of episodes a big improvement on the first two.

 

[Onket]

Gets better every week.

Not difficult.

But yeah, I'm still watching.

 

[Manter]

I thought it was in Friday so missed it. Bloody baby brain. How long does it take to hit iplayer? It isn't there now

 

[DotCommunist]

iplayer varies but its usually between 3-6 hours for an upload.

sometimes it happens quicker though, they shove Doctor Who up with unseemly speed

 

[DotCommunist]

much as th irish lady's voice is OK I am glad we weren't treated to five minutes of her singing Boys of The Old Brigade or similar this week. Consider point made, beeb people. She can sing a bit, great.

 

[kittyP]

starting to warm up now. that beating at the races was brutal.

Just watched episode three and I actually exclaimed "oh oh no no" at that bit.

 

[Manter]

iplayer varies but its usually between 3-6 hours for an upload.

sometimes it happens quicker though, they shove Doctor Who up with unseemly speed

I'll watch it doing the 3am feed

 

[kittyP]

iplayer varies but its usually between 3-6 hours for an upload.

sometimes it happens quicker though, they shove Doctor Who up with unseemly speed

Most things it is available an hour after it has finished.
It's only the odd programme that airs and then is aired again later that night/early in the morning (sometimes on another channel) that you have to wait longer.

 

[trabuquera]

S'improving a bit, I'll give it that.

I've figured out that anachronistic music doesn't bother me so much as long as it's not lathered in vocals or twangy electric guitar riffs.

Helen McCrory can't tell the difference between brum and scouse to save her life though, can she? Which is weird, because according to wiki she's half Welsh, half Scots, born in London and lives with plummy-voiced public schoolboy Damian Lewis. So you'd think she could manage it. Maybe it's all the (also anachronistic) eyeshadow muffling the performance.

 

[Pickman's model]

Just watched episode three and I actually exclaimed "oh oh no no" at that bit.

yes i was disappointed at how soft it was

 

[Onket]

The one thing that hasn't bothered me at all with this, even though others have mentioned it, is the music. I think it works really well.

 

[Pickman's model]

The one thing that hasn't bothered me at all with this, even though others have mentioned it, is the music. I think it works really well.

yeh i think it's been pretty good and has worked much better - in general - than i'd at first expected. but 'boys of the old brigade' was not written for many years after the events depicted in peaky blinders so it was something of a surprise to see yer man singing it in the pub.