Penny Dreadful [Showtime/Sky Atlantic] [ Spoilers ]

mafaa · 18-04-2015 6:59pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YdeSNcAWos

mafaa · 19-04-2015 8:05pm

season 2 episode 1 Fresh Hell is available at usu source

maybe due to expectation, find the pilot quite disappointing

Peregrine · 19-04-2015 8:09pm

Skerries · 19-04-2015 9:22pm

is this still being filmed over here?

Peregrine · 19-04-2015 9:25pm

Skerries wrote: »

is this still being filmed over here?

Well, filming for the second season is finished now but yeah, the two seasons were filmed in Dublin and Ardmore.

mafaa · 05-05-2015 12:22pm

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mafaa · 11-05-2015 6:12pm

season 2 episode 2, very delighted with the twists & surprises of this episode as against the disappointed pilot :cool:

Jon Stark · 12-05-2015 11:15am

Madame Kali has a killed it so far, some genuinely unsettling scenes

such as the blood bath, throat slit and doll scenes

.

You can tell the actress is having a ball with it but she might be better off toning down the slight OTTness (such as

the awkward wink before the throat slit

). Little things like that are the difference between a scene being good or being simply excellent.

I think they've phoned in slightly where the Lily/Caliban/Victor story is going but it's still good regardless. I'm actually hoping Victor ends up doing Caliban in somehow.

Dyr · 12-05-2015 12:27pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

Madame Kali has a killed it so far, some genuinely unsettling scenes
such as the blood bath, throat slit and doll scenes
.

You can tell the actress is having a ball with it but she might be better off toning down the slight OTTness

They gave timothy dalton free reign to chew the scenery like a 6 month old mastiff all through the first season, so i doubt they'll reign her in anytime soon

Smidge · 13-05-2015 12:07am

Oh god! Wasn't expecting that :eek:

Peregrine · 13-05-2015 12:08am

Good episode.

The baby scene made me very uneasy.

Smidge · 13-05-2015 12:10am

I'm not all the way through yet, but Im sure you can gues what part was a *ahem* surprise

Peregrine · 13-05-2015 12:17am

Smidge wrote: »

I'm not all the way through yet, but Im sure you can gues what part was a *ahem* surprise

Surely that was obvious from the first episode? :P

Edit: Sorry, she wasn't in the first episode. I've confused myself

Sorry, I forgot to add spoilers. Would you be so kind to remove/edit that quote?

Smidge · 13-05-2015 12:24am

Nim wrote: »

Surely that was obvious from the first episode? :P

Sorry, I forgot to add spoilers. Would you be so kind to remove/edit that quote?

I was talking about the

working girl

:eek:

Jon Stark · 13-05-2015 7:47am

That didn't really surprise me, as "she" had a very masculine face.

Galwayguy35 · 13-05-2015 7:14pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

That didn't really surprise me, as "she" had a very masculine face.

Kinda reminded me of The Crying Game.

Mackman · 20-05-2015 3:15am

Nim wrote: »

Good episode.
The baby scene made me very uneasy.

Made me very uneasy too. I love the show but I won't keep watching if there is more of that

TerrorFirmer · 21-05-2015 2:30am

I found Episode 3 almost intolerably boring...have been enjoying it until now.

kellso81 · 21-05-2015 9:07am

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I found Episode 3 almost intolerably boring...have been enjoying it until now.

I enjoyed it, kind of like a grown up Karate Kid.

Dyr · 21-05-2015 9:41am

I liked it, presumably designed to calm down the fat, neurotic american wicca types who where probably whinging to the ACLU about the previous episodes portrayal of witches

conorhal · 21-05-2015 10:29am

Bambi wrote: »

I liked it, presumably designed to calm down the fat, neurotic american wicca types who where probably whinging to the ACLU about the previous episodes portrayal of witches

I for one have found Penny Dreadful to be refreshing in it's return to the horror origins of the various mythological nemesis that the group has faced.
It's been 'nice' to see mass murdering werewolves, baby killing witches and vampires intent on bleeding people dry, back on our screens. I couldn't be more bored of emo witches, sparkly vampires and misunderstood werewolves that are about as hairy and scary as a rapid outbreak of puberty.

.

Jon Stark · 29-05-2015 6:59am

This episode was solid, I assume the Devil is going to call in Dorian's favour that he owes, surely that's the only reason he's still around.

I was fearful Sebene was going to be a casualty at the end so thankfully he survived. Hopefully if they have to off anyone it will be Mr Lyle. :pac:

Dyr · 01-06-2015 7:46pm

Was that episode called riders on the storm? Jaysus

Waitsian · 09-06-2015 4:04am

All the different threads are starting to come together now. Fantastic show, it just gets better and better.

Jon Stark · 09-06-2015 9:48pm

It was interesting to see "Lily" in her element while Victor started to show a nastier, obsessive, side. I hated Caliban in season 1 due to the hammyness of the performance but I'm really warming to the more dialled back portrayal of a broken man rejected by all sides except for...

....Vanessa. Eva Green is knocking this out of the park once again. Vanessa is carrying every bit of what she went through last season and has ironically become the backbone of the team now, where she's grounded while others around her are struggling.

As said above, things are coming together nicely now. The show deserves to keep going but I'm not sure that ratings have been good.

Dyr · 09-06-2015 11:18pm

Its a great show if you're willing to live in an utter state of gullibility, great set pieces though

"prepare for siege, install an iron door!! we must hold out" "okay that's done, lets all go out to a dance/help the poor/visit madam tussauds"

"Errr there's a scarey f**ker with half a face asking for you at the door"

"I've no idea who he is, show him in man!"

TerrorFirmer · 10-06-2015 12:00pm

I never understood ratings. You have some shows that draw viewers of 3 million and they're cancelled, then others like Penny Dreadful draw in under a million and get renewed. It's not like it's a cheap show to make either. What's the magic forumula?

Teyla Emmagan · 10-06-2015 3:33pm

I was disappointed in this week's episode. Because I think the season has been really, really strong so far (the last 3 or 4 episodes were fantastic, IMO). Last night was more about setting up the pieces though. I must say I have no interest in Victor and his missus, or Dorian Grey and Angelique. And I like John Clare only when he's interacting with Miss Ives. But I love Miss Ives and the witches (who are properly evil). And will be devastated if anything happens to Sir Malcolm!

Speak of suspending your disbelief - the other great thing about installing the iron door were the two unshuttered glass windows left on either side of it. Hmmmmmmmm.

Dan_Solo · 14-06-2015 11:39pm

To echo some of the above, it is all getting just a tad out of hand this show. Why would Victor bring yer wan out to a ball or even to meet Vanessa when he knows Chandler must eventually find out? They've been attacked before in broad daylight yet they all go out and about, often alone, any time they feel like it.
Agree to Gray is pointless. They could've had that ball anywhere at all, the only reason for his existence in the show appears to be to have thrown it for that confrontation. Why don't the witches just swipe her now? Not as if anyone there could stop them?
Also, clawed face dude... just kill him?!?! The rest of them would hardly bat an eyelid after what they've been through, and he shows his hand as a werewolf just a few days later anyway!

mafaa · 15-06-2015 9:34am

Dan_Solo wrote: »

To echo some of the above, it is all getting just a tad out of hand this show. Why would Victor bring yer wan out to a ball or even to meet Vanessa when he knows Chandler must eventually find out? They've been attacked before in broad daylight yet they all go out and about, often alone, any time they feel like it.
Agree to Gray is pointless. They could've had that ball anywhere at all, the only reason for his existence in the show appears to be to have thrown it for that confrontation. Why don't the witches just swipe her now? Not as if anyone there could stop them?
Also, clawed face dude... just kill him?!?! The rest of them would hardly bat an eyelid after what they've been through, and he shows his hand as a werewolf just a few days later anyway!

Victor loves Lily, he wants her to learn life despite understanding the complication he might encounter & he spoke of his worried ( reference to the mechanical of his dress-watch ) to Vanessa when both shopped clothes for Lily in one of the episode but Vanessa thought nothing of it ; he can't hide Lily forever

Vanessa is a complicated character, she either has a evil resided in her or she is the evil but till now she try very hard to suppress that evil, it is not easy to suppress a powerful resided evil with her mediocre skill learned from cutwife unless she is the evil which in times of danger or need Vanessa will turn ; the witches do not fear her but her internal evil, in season 1 madam kali was obviously frightened of her evil

Gray definitely has his part, he is either under the master of madam kali or he is under some other master ; he can be a foe or a source of help to Vanessa

clawed face dude hasn't exposed Chandler to the inspector, there is no such urgency to kill

season 2 is more on backstory of characters & their development, might need season 3 or 4 to further explore all the main characters as it moves on

mafaa · 15-06-2015 3:42pm

season 2 episode 7, didn't expect Lily is

a hardcore killer

Caliban will have a hard time :pac::pac::pac:

surprise the partnership of

Lyle & Evelyn are only for survival & usefulness to each other but in reality they really hate each other to the core

:eek:

next installment from the promo seems interesting with more exposes :cool: fast approaching finale at episode 10

Dyr · 16-06-2015 4:43pm

Whats the deal with Caliban anyway? Did I miss something? "Build me a woman!! I'll kill you!! I need a wife!! Build me one now!!11!"

"your woman is up and running"

"Eh? Oh her.. right, cool. I'm off to intern in a horror show, might swing by a consumption pit after. laterz pops lol"

Dan_Solo · 16-06-2015 4:51pm

Bambi wrote: »

Whats the deal with Caliban anyway? Did I miss something? "Build me a woman!! I'll kill you!! I need a wife!! Build me one now!!11!"

"your woman is up and running"

"Eh? Oh her.. right, cool. I'm off to intern in a horror show, might swing by a consumption pit after. laterz pops lol"

If I was Victor I'd have given Chandler a few quid to fill him full of holes a looong time ago. Sure, your maker ran off, but you're immortal now instead of plain old dead so just deal with it and get lost, OK?

mafaa · 16-06-2015 6:30pm

Penny Dreadful Renewed For Season 3 By Showtime!

Dan_Solo · 16-06-2015 6:40pm

mafaa wrote: »

Penny Dreadful Renewed For Season 3 By Showtime!

I hadn't even realised that had yet to be decided... I believe it's a 3 season thing so at least we should get an ending.

mafaa · 16-06-2015 8:36pm

Dan_Solo wrote: »

I hadn't even realised that had yet to be decided... I believe it's a 3 season thing so at least we should get an ending.

that depends on how season 3 pans out & its rating, it is now a 9-episode, season 2 is a 10-episode while season 1 is a 8-episode, the episode is pretty short, won't be surprise a season 4 is planned rather than abruptly ended

Jon Stark · 22-06-2015 7:48pm

Very good episode. Lily for the first time interests me! :eek: I couldn't help but laugh at Creature going from alpha to cowering within the blink of an eye.

Negatives were Sir Malcolm going alone to defeat a coven of supernatural witches (bonkers stuff for the sake of plot convenience) and Dorian being ineffective as a villain even after murdering someone. I'm really not a fan of the actor.

Another thing that intrigued was the two brothers reveal, which I assume is Dracula and Satan?

Paddy Dreadful · 22-06-2015 8:05pm

Will Dracula make an appearance this season? What actor is playing him?

Dyr · 22-06-2015 9:45pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

and Dorian being ineffective as a villain even after murdering someone. I'm really not a fan of the actor.

His accent sounds a bit like Frank Spencer to me

oleras · 25-06-2015 10:36am

It seemed that Sir Malcolm made the scorpion design with his feet when he was thrown into the ballroom by his manservant, anyone else notice that ?

conorhal · 25-06-2015 1:34pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

Very good episode. Lily for the first time interests me! :eek: I couldn't help but laugh at Creature going from alpha to cowering within the blink of an eye.

Negatives were Sir Malcolm going alone to defeat a coven of supernatural witches (bonkers stuff for the sake of plot convenience) and Dorian being ineffective as a villain even after murdering someone. I'm really not a fan of the actor.

Another thing that intrigued was the two brothers reveal, which I assume is Dracula and Satan?

Yeah, Lilly's look of 'bitch, please' when she turned the tables on the creature's attempt at rapey intimidtation was an interesting and unexpected turn of events. How her character went from contempt for the creature to his 'soulmate' in the course of that scene however was unconvincing at best and utterly unmotivated and stupid at worst.

I also agree with youd dissapointment in relation to Malcom's solo run at the witches. The series has suffered from horribly inconsistant plotting and characterization, not to mention some shoddy direction\editorial decisions like the hilariously awful 'lets get on' everybody shags montage from a couple of episodes ago.
This was a prime example that inconsistancy. Malcom snaps out of his spell and suddenly and without explaination knows that Helen McClory's character has been behind his enchantment and so he rushes off to confront the devil with a pop gun? Really?

Dyr · 25-06-2015 1:37pm

The whole lilly going totally tonto is probably the only decent twist/shock the whole series has managed, it was well done

Nice to see dani filthenstein being made her bitch too.

Paddy Dreadful · 26-06-2015 4:38pm

Paddy Dreadful wrote: »

Will Dracula make an appearance this season? What actor is playing him?

anyone?

Jon Stark · 26-06-2015 5:24pm

Paddy Dreadful wrote: »

anyone?

I wouldn't say so, the show has a known cast so I'd assume if Dracula was going to turn up this season we'd know.

Really excited to see who they might potentially cast though.

Galwayguy35 · 26-06-2015 8:04pm

Was expecting the reveal of the Dorian Grey picture to be something that would make the viewer jump but it just looked like a cartoon.

googled eyes · 26-06-2015 10:38pm

Galwayguy35 wrote:

Was expecting the reveal of the Dorian Grey picture to be something that would make the viewer jump but it just looked like a cartoon.

Yeah I was hoping it would look tortured rather than just like Gollum

EoinMcLovin · 06-07-2015 3:22pm

Great season finale, would have also worked as a series finale

googled eyes · 06-07-2015 3:33pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Great season finale, would have also worked as a series finale

Thought that myself.

Dyr · 07-07-2015 10:18am

So yer wan won a rap battle with Satan?

Slightly odd climax

Galwayguy35 · 08-07-2015 9:05pm

Though there would be more of a battle with the witches but they didn't put up much of a fight after all the lead up to it.

Billie Piper is playing a blinder portraying Lilly though, hopefully Ethan will be back as well.

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