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Striking Out [RTÉ1]

  • 31-12-2016 06:12PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,940 ✭✭✭brian_t


    RTÉ's new 4 parter starts on New Years Day at 9.30pm. I like a good legal drama and hopefully this won't disappoint.
    Striking Out follows the tumultuous professional and personal life of Dublin-based solicitor, Tara Rafferty, and her fledgling legal firm.

    Spanning from grandeur of the Four Courts to the Google beehive of Grand Canal, Striking Out is a snapshot of contemporary life in Ireland.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    And we're off...... Is it me or does Amy play the same type of character all the time?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,940 ✭✭✭brian_t


    I like it so far.

    Did Raw start off with a similar type sex scene.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,701 ✭✭✭Lisha


    I like it. The house looks amazing!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭Vorenus400


    This looks like the pilot for a long tv series. Think it would have been better with someone else than Amy Huberman. Plus this idealised version of Dublin is weird


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭Mike Guide 69


    Plenty of f words as well, "FOOL, FOOL"


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭Vorenus400


    Reminds me alot of Amber tv series. Designed for international market without anything resembling Irish


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    I like it so far.

    Dublin looks great, it's nicely shot but I'm not keen on Amy, she is a nice a lady but I don't rate her as an actresses.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 922 ✭✭✭trishasaffron


    The lower part of Huberman's face especially the lips are strangely immobile. Script is very unrealistic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 341 ✭✭Dub.


    This is sh.it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,940 ✭✭✭brian_t


    To me it has the feel of an Australian drama for some reason.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭Yourself isit


    Vorenus400 wrote: »
    This looks like the pilot for a long tv series. Think it would have been better with someone else than Amy Huberman. Plus this idealised version of Dublin is weird

    Dublin should only be shown at its worst


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    They're going all '50 Shades' on us now lol :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    The private investigator and the tv show guy are both extremely weird


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,701 ✭✭✭Lisha


    The computer nerd/pi is too closely reminiscent of Kalinda in the good wife .
    Which is a pity


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭Yourself isit


    Amy is fine. She has a very mobile face. The script I'm not so sure about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭Mike Guide 69


    Oh look, its "where is Jessica Hyde"?? from Utopia!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭c_meth


    Incidental music louder than dialogue. I'm out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    There is something very stilted about the acting in this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,321 ✭✭✭theoneeyedman


    Obviously not aimed at the likes of me with Mrs BOD and sponsored by Red Wine Company, but even the Oneeyedwoman said this is sh1te midway through part 2 and turned it off. Trying to tick too many boxes, token funny gay lad, broken hearted/downtrodden professional lady, techy quirky nerdy Pink type,moody pictures of Dublin Town, such a load of balls.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭Vorenus400


    Dublin should only be shown at its worst

    I just think Dublin is being shown as very idyllic, whether it be northside or southside. Seems like its designed to be ambiguous and could take part in any north european country


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    Jaysus, Oscar Wilde is looking well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 922 ✭✭✭trishasaffron


    God its so amateur.........tuning out now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭Mike Guide 69


    "deep inside a professional colleague", aka "riding me workmate" LOL!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,133 ✭✭✭Shurimgreat


    I'm unable to "invest" in any of these characters unfortunately.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    Some fine abodes on show here..is one of them Amy and BODs??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭Yourself isit


    Vorenus400 wrote: »
    I just think Dublin is being shown as very idyllic, whether it be northside or southside. Seems like its designed to be ambiguous and could take part in any north european country

    It can't always be working class estates with ponys. Most movies show their cities at their best, unless it's a deliberate gritty drama.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    Tara's mother and Eric's father are horrible characters, they're more interested in keeping up appearances than the happiness of their children.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Nauseating d4 trite.
    People with money have emotions too you know, wotwot stiff upper lip. Cue Amy cry face borrowed from homeland.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    Is Amy going to get it on with Neil Morrissey??


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭Mike Guide 69


    It can't always be working class estates with ponys. Most movies show their cities at their best, unless it's a deliberate gritty drama.

    Yeah Amy should do a few lines of coke, like the dodgy solicitor in Love/Hate, now that would really liven this up!!!!:D


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