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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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Habbaku

#42795
September 17, 2019, 09:25:09 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 17, 2019, 04:19:21 AM
Could never get into Peaky Blinders. My mother raves about it though.

Ditto. I watched the entire first season and, while parts were interesting, the whole thing struck me as pretty insufferable. A lot of what takes me out of it was the insistence on using modern rock (Nick Cave, etc.) in a variety of scenes. Took me out of the show's time period each and every time.

Which seems like such a small crime now that I read about them sending Churchill to Verdun.
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Eddie Teach

#42796
September 17, 2019, 09:38:14 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2019, 09:25:09 AM
Which seems like such a small crime now that I read about them sending Churchill to Verdun.

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Berkut

#42797
September 17, 2019, 09:39:10 AM
You can't prove Churchill was not at Verdun.
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garbon

#42798
September 17, 2019, 10:05:39 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2019, 09:25:09 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 17, 2019, 04:19:21 AM
Could never get into Peaky Blinders. My mother raves about it though.

Ditto. I watched the entire first season and, while parts were interesting, the whole thing struck me as pretty insufferable. A lot of what takes me out of it was the insistence on using modern rock (Nick Cave, etc.) in a variety of scenes. Took me out of the show's time period each and every time.

Whereas, I loved having the non-period music. I still need to catch up to current season though.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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celedhring

#42799
September 17, 2019, 10:09:42 AM
Yeah, I personally loved the music, too. Probably not less "real" than any conventional BSO they would have come up with.

It's a fun, somewhat trashy, show, with a great cast.

The Brain

#42800
September 17, 2019, 10:12:01 AM
Haven't seen the show (nor will I), but I'm with Tampax. Why take a completely unnecessary dump on the viewer? Very unappealing.
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Malthus

#42801
September 17, 2019, 10:16:52 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 17, 2019, 10:05:39 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2019, 09:25:09 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 17, 2019, 04:19:21 AM
Could never get into Peaky Blinders. My mother raves about it though.

Ditto. I watched the entire first season and, while parts were interesting, the whole thing struck me as pretty insufferable. A lot of what takes me out of it was the insistence on using modern rock (Nick Cave, etc.) in a variety of scenes. Took me out of the show's time period each and every time.

Whereas, I loved having the non-period music. I still need to catch up to current season though.

Indeed.

It helped that the music was, generally, awesome. Nick Cave is great.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Syt

#42802
September 17, 2019, 10:21:06 AM
For me, Red Right Hand is linked to X-Files. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCfwzf3SeU
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Tamas

#42803
September 17, 2019, 10:21:43 AM
Quote from: Malthus on September 17, 2019, 10:16:52 AM


Indeed.

It helped that the music was, generally, awesome. Nick Cave is great.

Plus, in topics and ambience, it is very much linked not just to the characters of the show, but the ambience and attitude of the 1920s British underworld as well.

Malthus

#42804
September 17, 2019, 10:37:11 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 17, 2019, 10:21:06 AM
For me, Red Right Hand is linked to X-Files. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCfwzf3SeU

I associate it with children's illustrator and author Dr. Suess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxqV2COiHJg

:D
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garbon

#42805
September 17, 2019, 10:45:06 AM
Quote from: The Brain on September 17, 2019, 10:12:01 AM
Haven't seen the show (nor will I), but I'm with Tampax. Why take a completely unnecessary dump on the viewer? Very unappealing.

It's just what they do with these sort of shows. The Tudors merged two of Henry VIII's sisters together ostensibly because one has the same name as his more famous daughter, but that doesn't explain why the composite character was married to the King of Portugal, someone that neither real sister married.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

#42806
September 17, 2019, 10:56:15 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 17, 2019, 10:45:06 AM
Quote from: The Brain on September 17, 2019, 10:12:01 AM
Haven't seen the show (nor will I), but I'm with Tampax. Why take a completely unnecessary dump on the viewer? Very unappealing.

It's just what they do with these sort of shows. The Tudors merged two of Henry VIII's sisters together ostensibly because one has the same name as his more famous daughter, but that doesn't explain why the composite character was married to the King of Portugal, someone that neither real sister married.

I guess it gave them a chance to introduce a new male character?

Point is, in that scene, there was ZERO reason to say the Brits were at Verdun. Churchill listed like 3 or 4 battles, probably the result of a quick Google search of "great battles of WW1". As Atomic Ant said above, it's just a pointless dump on the viewer.

HVC

#42807
September 17, 2019, 11:05:08 AM
Quote from: Berkut on September 17, 2019, 09:39:10 AM
You can't prove Churchill was not at Verdun.

If there were French hookers around there's a greater then 0% chance he at least showed up at some time
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

HVC

#42808
September 17, 2019, 11:05:57 AM
If a shows not trying to sell itself as a historically accurate show then the stuff like that doesn't bother me.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Tamas

#42809
September 17, 2019, 11:10:04 AM
Quote from: HVC on September 17, 2019, 11:05:57 AM
If a shows not trying to sell itself as a historically accurate show then the stuff like that doesn't bother me.

You have low standards.
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