Darklands? The new Love/Hate?

Not without some glaring writing errors though, but certainly the best so far. With proper researchers and writers it could have had some potential.

Ashbourne hoop

It was hilariously bad tonight. Some of the acting and accents were shocking, the "scouser" the worst by some distance. The bit where Damo runs in Paddy's gym was so bad. He's seen running into the gym, the chief suspects in his brothers murder have been shot up, and the Gardaí just walk out when Paddy says Damo has been with him all afternoon ???? I still watched it though......

FixitFelix

Thank go the brother who just kept calling everyone rats was shot. Absolutely done my head in

Man Vs ManUre

FixitFelix wrote: »

Thank go the brother who just kept calling everyone rats was shot. Absolutely done my head in

I thought he was about the best thing in it. Him, Butsy and Goose were the only somewhat high points of this series. Very poor overall.

Elmo

Orginally this had a budget of 1.6m the BAI provided 30% which came to 500,000.

It was filmed over 34days. Fair dues to them for being able to pull it off with just 500,000 I said Virgin Media gave them nothing.

Edit: It also received some funding from Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann

but1er

Elmo wrote: »

Orginally this had a budget of 1.6m the BAI provided 30% which came to 500,000.

It was filmed over 34days. Fair dues to them for being able to pull it off with just 500,000 I said Virgin Media gave them nothing.

Edit: It also received some funding from Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann

Did wicklow County Council not fund some of the drone footage? :rolleyes: could of fit 6 eps into 3 their was that much dead air thru out it.
Noway they could spend money on the second series. That 50th must of started at 10am the way the lighting never changed

BoroMan32

I think if one line from the series could sum the whole thing up it would be the ''You've been seen with Butsy Butler'' one from the Detective.

It was utterly crap, in almost every respect. The entire plot was weak, and without any intricacies or even the merest element of surprise.

FixitFelix

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I thought he was about the best thing in it. Him, Butsy and Goose were the only somewhat high points of this series. Very poor overall.

He was ok but could have done with a bit more vocabulary in his script, everything was rat this or rat that

LollipopJimmy

Not really sure what was expected, small budget and a lot of debutantes. It was grand, thinking back to the first season of Love/Hate and if it wasn't for Aidan Gillen I'd say it would have been canned.

rob316

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Not really sure what was expected, small budget and a lot of debutantes. It was grand, thinking back to the first season of Love/Hate and if it wasn't for Aidan Gillen I'd say it would have been canned.

The opening scene of LH was Darrens brother been gunned down, immediately you were invested in it to see who done it. They filled that show with likable characters too you could root for even though they were drug dealing criminals.
There was alot of character building in that show, something they didn't bother with in this.

Hoboo

donkeykong5 wrote: »

The guy in the middle looks RIDICULOUS.

The three of them look ridiculous, charity shop models.

FixitFelix

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Not really sure what was expected, small budget and a lot of debutantes. It was grand, thinking back to the first season of Love/Hate and if it wasn't for Aidan Gillen I'd say it would have been canned.

Acting in the 1st series of LH was atrocious but got better and better as it went on. Hopefully darklands is the same

Man Vs ManUre

rob316 wrote: »

The opening scene of LH was Darrens brother been gunned down, immediately you were invested in it to see who done it. They filled that show with likable characters too you could root for even though they were drug dealing criminals.
There was alot of character building in that show, something they didn't bother with in this.

Totally agree. Love/Hate gripped the viewer from the very beginning. And why wouldn’t it with its graphic and realistic violent scenes, and edge of your seat cat and mouse character development .
Darklands seemed to shy away from the violence and most of the acting was awful. I think only last episode even had a shooting death scene and it wasn’t graphic like LH did. Whatever about budgets etc, it was basically red rock set in Bray with a bit of a gangland rivalry storyline. It was fairly awful.
I can’t understand why RTÉ don’t do another series like L/H, it’s not as if the story lines have gone away.

Ash.J.Williams

FixitFelix wrote: »

He was ok but could have done with a bit more vocabulary in his script, everything was rat this or rat that

I gave him the “thickest f”””er in Ireland “ award

Jimmy Two Times

Best line in it was from Shelly..........

I sell a bike...........Hello Goose :-)

Mr Regal

Goose tearing lumps out of his sister in law? Creeps.
I'd hit him so hard by the time he wakes up his clothes (mainly his jacket) be back in fashion.
Thank god that brother got I too. What a clown.

Jimmy Smallhorne is the Man 👊ðŸ‘
Unfortunate name tho...