Nowhere Fast (RTÉ2)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7bDphOrm5I

Watched the first episode tonight and really enjoyed it - it's got a solid cast and the characters are relatable.

weldoninhio

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7bDphOrm5I

Watched the first episode tonight and really enjoyed it - it's got a solid cast and the characters are relatable.

You must have seen a different episode to me. Same old Irish nonsense. Anywhere outside Dublin is backwards, overly religious and full of “characters”.

Roger_007

Nowhere Fast is exactly where this show is going!

killbillvol2

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7bDphOrm5I

Watched the first episode tonight and really enjoyed it - it's got a solid cast and the characters are relatable.

Excellent. Given the utter ****e you normally recommend you'd have saved me watching it.

Except I did watch it before I read this.

Throwing f®©¢ into random places doesn't make something funny, unless you're 12. Actually, are you 12?

RayM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Watched the first episode tonight and really enjoyed it - it's got a solid cast and the characters are relatable.

I really enjoyed it too. I wasn't expecting the cast to be so good - recognised a couple of faces from Moone Boy. I found the mother's constant references to suicide darkly funny. And the loud, vulgar friend (Mary) was nicely balanced out by the quiet, shy one (Brid).

"I'll tell your granny about your trip to England. Spa weekend was it? Full body massage and womb scraping?"

krustydoyle

I liked it for the same reasons.. The characters are relatable.. Few minor laughs but Ill watch it because it just reminds me of people like that

heebusjeebus

The characters are relatable alright but it was a hot mess in terms of the direction and dictation. I'll have subtitles on next week.

JP Liz V1

Did this start out on Republic of Telly too?

homerun_homer

Watched it, thought it was sh!te. Not as bad as Can't Cope, Won't Cope but that's still not a compliment. RTE once again can't quite make an out and out comedy, it's never funny enough so it's got to have a bit of drama.

Given the sensitivity in this country on the repeal the 8th issue, I thought the bit where the character outs the girl in the pub for having a "weekend visit" to the UK for comedic effect a bit harsh. I'm no prude, I love offensive comedy, but I felt that was just off the mark and I can see how it could upset and offend people of a certain disposition who would be watching.

neacy69

Well that wasn't very funny...

DredFX

Some funny bits. The overly solicitous mother and the football-team gag at the dinner table got a snort out of me. Everything else ranged from contrived to just unfunny. Like in the beginning, when Alison was ranting about the radio presenter "off the air", which went on much longer than necessary and used too much crass language for the sake of the joke. (Wnaking into briquettes sounds funnier on paper than from the mouth of a tubby culchie.)

But, to be fair, first episodes aren't always the best. The first ones of Rick and Morty and Father Ted weren't excellent (IMO), so I'd be willing to watch another episode or two. If not, then yeah, toss it in the can.

homerun_homer

DredFX wrote: »

But, to be fair, first episodes aren't always the best. The first ones of Rick and Morty and Father Ted weren't excellent (IMO), so I'd be willing to watch another episode or two. If not, then yeah, toss it in the can.

:eek: You're crazy!!

DredFX

homerun_homer wrote: »

:eek: You're crazy!!

They're weren't, though. Especially when compared to the following episodes.

pinkypinky

I'm sorry: it's complete rubbish. Wanted to like it. Think I cracked a smile once but it didn't even develop into an actual laugh.

Joe_ Public

"Homeopathy? Is that where water remembers it used to be medicine but forgets all about the piss, sh!t and fishjuice?"

That was about the only line I heard that resembled some class of attempted joke, the character even gave a bit of a giggle after saying it just for added emphasis and, like the show as a whole, fell flat on its face. The writers have Mary produce a can of beer at the lunchtable to let us know how mad she is, but the character merely comes across as dark and sinister with no empathetic or comedic value. That scene in the pub was jarring and totally devoid of subtlety or creative skill. I'd want to see at least some potential in a first episode, but this had none that I could detect.

Atlantic Dawn

Watched it, was terrible, would you have to be from some samll rural town to get the comedy or what? By the way I love Hardy Bucks.

Insect Overlord

Joe_ Public wrote: »

"Homeopathy? Is that where water remembers it used to be medicine but forgets all about the piss, sh!t and fishjuice?"

That was about the only line I heard that resembled some class of attempted joke, the character even gave a bit of a giggle after saying it just for added emphasis and, like the show as a whole, fell flat on its face.

That joke is lifted almost word-for-word from a Tim Minchin poem, and he probably borrowed it from another comedian before him. Not original at all.

weldoninhio

Insect Overlord wrote: »

That joke is lifted almost word-for-word from a Tim Minchin poem, and he probably borrowed it from another comedian before him. Not original at all.

Dara O'Brian has a spiel about homeopathy in one of his shows, could be from there. Been a while since I've seen it.

Del.Monte

I liked it - perhaps because I have lived all over small town rural Ireland. Bit like I get "Killinaskully" too for the same reasons as I can relate to the characters.

CatFromHue

I haven't seen it but it got mostly good, or goodish, reviews by the various TV reviewers.

They seem at the least happy to see give it time.

Cianos

Just watched this now. Thought it was pretty bad. What is it with RTE and the inability to tell a joke in a concise/clever manner?

The joke: She ranted about the guest without realising she was on air.

How they did it: She began ranting while not realising she was on air, because the light was off, but we knew she was on air because the guest was pulling faces as was the host, and there was a guy in doing maintenance, during the live show (), while the host told her that they're on air, but only after a good 20 seconds of her ranting (), then the light comes back on to show that again yes shock she was indeed on air - then to make extra certain we know she was on air the maintenance guy says that the faulty light is fixed.

Talk about absolutely destroying the impact of a joke.

krustydoyle

The actresses that play Brid and Mary are sexy out the door though

MonkstownHoop

krustydoyle wrote: »

The actresses that play Brid and Mary are sexy out the door though

Is this a phrase?

krustydoyle

MonkstownHoop wrote:

Is this a phrase?

No.. Just something in my head at an early hour before I've had coffee..

TCDStudent1

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Watched it, was terrible, would you have to be from some samll rural town to get the comedy or what? By the way I love Hardy Bucks.

I am from a small rural town and I also think it is terrible.

darkdubh

Insect Overlord wrote: »

That joke is lifted almost word-for-word from a Tim Minchin poem, and he probably borrowed it from another comedian before him. Not original at all.

Pretty close you have to admit.

Atlantic Dawn

So has the 2nd series been announced yet?

Del.Monte

Second episode was a lot weaker than the first but I'll be sticking with it.

Joe_ Public

Del.Monte wrote: »

Second episode was a lot weaker than the first but I'll be sticking with it.

Having only watched the first that sounds like quite the achievement!

weldoninhio

Del.Monte wrote: »

Second episode was a lot weaker than the first but I'll be sticking with it.

Jesus, if it was weaker than the first it must have been homeopathic comedy in the second.

ELM327

krustydoyle wrote: »

The actresses that play Brid and Mary are sexy out the door though

Agreed 100%


The program was very interesting, although I am biased towards irish films like parked, the barrytown trilogy etc.

Del.Monte

Latest episode was dire and it surely won't get a second season.

Loblox

Del.Monte wrote: »

Latest episode was dire and it surely won't get a second season.

Six seasons and a movie!

Ralf and Florian

Del.Monte wrote: »

Latest episode was dire and it surely won't get a second season.

Since when has that ever stopped RTE?

Joe_ Public

Worth watching a few episodes of Game Face by Roisin Conaty on C4 to comprehend how truly awful this tripe is. They are similar sort of shows, only difference being that Conaty understands character and actually possesses a modicum of writing talent.

Del.Monte

Just watched the season finale....poor fare indeed. It has something but it lacks any real direction. Will there be a second season?

s8n

It’s RTE, I’m sure they signed her to a 5 season deal before it aired !!

JP Liz V1

I am surprised no Christmas special