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 So what's this show about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNs5HEUspI The Shelby crime family in Birmingham just after World War I. The premise might initially sound a bit drab but the show is anything but. The first season follows Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) as he tries to grow their organisation. He comes into possession of stolen machine guns and the government sends it's toughest police captain (Jurrasic Park's Sam Neil) to Birmingham to get the guns back. They enter into a complex game of cat and mouse each trying to get the upper hand or at least survive until they can get back at the other. What makes the show so great? A great cast, well paced story, beautiful cinematography and excellent music. The setting is one of its strongest features in my opinion as it means a lot of plotholes in modern crime dramas are avoided or not an issue. Cillian Murphy absolutely steals the show and is incredible to watch and the second season has Tom Hardy chewing the scenery. Where can I watch it? The first two seasons are on Netflix in the UK and US and the third season's trailer dropped today and is due to begin airing on BBC on May 5th. It will air on BBC USA an US Netflix a few weeks after that. I searched for an existing thread manually for a few pages of the IV and also using the search function so hopefully I haven't missed it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTQhw37GTs8 EmmyOk fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Apr 23, 2016 |
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Apr 23, 2016 00:55
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I gave up on Game of Thrones a season or two ago though I'm all caught up on the books. It just felt like misery porn where every good moment solely existed to hurt you more later. Blinders is certainly grim but it has a lot more hope and joy in it. What I am most curious about that didn't show up in the trailer much, unsurprisingly, is whether Thomas chose May or Grace. I think in the trailer he may have kissed a brunette. Glad to see Tom Hardy is back in the new season too.
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Apr 29, 2016 04:16
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They are both gritty is about the height of their similarity though it's an interesting comparison in how one show is bleak and the other isn't despite their grim settings. Anyway I fell asleep in front of the fire earlier and woke up just as the teaser came on BBC and though I was in a post-nap stupor May is indeed in it. Also I wonder if this is the season Arthur will finally bite the dust.
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May 2, 2016 00:28
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Did anyone catch the new episode? Was it good? Stuck doing an all-nighter correcting undergrad papers so I'll catch it on the iPlayer tomorrow evening.
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May 6, 2016 01:09
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Work has been absolutely hectic the past few weeks so I only just managed to squeeze in the season premiere. The opening scene was really surprising and it wasn't until that it was revealed he was marrying Grace that I realised I actually prefer May. I assume killing that Russian was a huge mistake and is what's going to lead to catastrophe this time 
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May 19, 2016 20:15
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I just watched episode two and have the third episode lined up. My thoughts so far on the Russians and storyline; it definitely felt like the entire Grace plotline was too good to be true so I'm glad it ended early on in the season. I wish Tommy had chosen May though Grace made more narrative sense, I had really cooled on Grace though despite loving her in the first season. Since her return her character was definitely written very differently and I didn't like her nearly as much. The biggest hint that she was doomed for me was when the super hot Russian talked about loving Tommy. There was no way that flirtation wouldn't be a thing and Tommy wouldn't cheat. Christ alive I am such a sap for romantic subplots. Tatiana just seems so much more exciting than Bitch Grace from the second season and Homemaker Grace from this season. I really like the Russians plot and though it feels quite in media res I definitely get what's happening after the second episode. Tommy's fairweather friends really need to learn not to try and kill him after their business concludes With respect to accents can anyone verify if the Russian and Italian being spoken sounds natural? At the very least I am glad those characters are speaking to each other in Italian and Russian as opposed to speaking English with an accent. I didn't realise the priest was supposed to be Irish at first which isn't a great sign though. Cillian Murphy's diction was perfect when he spoke to the dog in Irish though which was to be expected.
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May 20, 2016 21:31
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The way Paul Anderson plays Arthur has shades of Neil Maskell's Arby in Utopia in my opinion. There's so many small movements and ticks in everything Arthur does that really brings the character to life even when he's not speaking not to mention the character storylines are really great. The music this season has been really great as well particularly Soldier's Things when Tommy was playing with Charlie. Also does this season really only have four episodes? e: RE accents and stuff I think they have been casting Russians going by the credits. It's a shame they cast an amazing Irish actor in season one (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) only to have him die in the same episode. EmmyOk fucked around with this message at 18:02 on May 22, 2016 |
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May 22, 2016 18:00
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Ended up watching the three episodes i was behind while I was working tonight and holy hell they were intense and amazing. The Russian girl being totally insane was pretty great and I liked her scene as Grace a lot. I was thinking the finale was surprisingly bombshell free until right at the end when Tommy was just like "lol everyone's arrested". It definitely didn't read like he got them arrested because he had been threatened with being brought to task over his past crimes previously, to me it's definitely the Odd Fellows doing it. He knew ahead of time and didn't tell them because otherwise they'd scatter. My main take away from the finale is that Lizzy owns but is still no Mae and that Michael becoming Tommy is actually quiet sad.
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Jun 16, 2016 01:19
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Anderron Shi posted:I don't know man, I was cheering so loud when he sliced the priest's throat open. I was down with that for sure because they built him up to be a horrific poo poo. Having him walk away from Charlotte because of business when she was begging him to stay was rough though.
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Jun 16, 2016 21:58
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