Smother

saabsaab

crossman47 wrote: »

Why can't any of them speak properly? I lost so much of the dialogue it became ridiculous.

It might be the accent?

crossman47

saabsaab wrote: »

It might be the accent?

I don't think so. Its a common feature of BBC plays too - actors don't learn how to project their voices anymore.

The Princess Bride

I liked it, it has potential.
I thought the acting was fine too.

I don't know how many episodes they've filmed or whether it's a limited series. But it easily beats many of the homegrown productions of the past few years.

freshpopcorn

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I liked it, it has potential.
I thought the acting was fine too.

I don't know how many episodes they've filmed or whether it's a limited series. But it easily beats many of the homegrown productions of the past few years.

6 episodes.

veryangryman

freshpopcorn wrote: »

6 episodes.

Fudge it. Pure Mule was excellent and they made f.a after it all

AndrewJRenko

crossman47 wrote: »

Why can't any of them speak properly? I lost so much of the dialogue it became ridiculous.

I thought it was just me. I had to turn on the subtitles to get all the whispered exchanges.

phormium

crossman47 wrote: »

Why can't any of them speak properly? I lost so much of the dialogue it became ridiculous.

I thought it was just me! Had to rewind a few times and turn up the sound to try figure out what I had missed.

koolis02

10 mins in and I feel like none of the characters are able to have a proper conversation with each other without someone interrupting and then it flicking on to the next scene? So annoying

Jury still out for me. I think it's okay. Not the best I've seen, but ill stick with it for next week. Far from the biggest pile of s*ite produced in recent times and no sign of Amy f**king Hubermann at least although she'd fit right in here .

Taken Down a huge disappointment given that it had Love/Hates makers involved. That nonsense with the windfarms last year was godawful altogether. Surely to god they should commit to something that will be a potential cash cow?

Pure Mule, Love/Hate, Normal People (co-produced and based on a book) all left the audience wanting more. For such an artistic community and a country that produced alot of movie/tv/theatre talent within this small country of ours, we sure do put money into alot of duds.

saabsaab

Pure Mule is 15 years ago! Good series and Love/Hate wasn't bad either but Normal people was overrated (I'm not the target audience I guess)

MfMan

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Kinda apt they killed him off, he's the acting ability of a corpse.

Who? Stuart Graham? Excellent actor, you can tell in his diction and timing.

AllForIt

When is this Megan interview happening? I guess it'll be much better than this : D

saabsaab

AllForIt wrote: »

When is this Megan interview happening? I guess it'll be much better than this : D

??

Yyhhuuu

I thought it was quite mediocre, certainly no interest in watching next episode. Dervela from Ballykissangel looks very well and a good actor. The character Grace et al quite annoying with unnecessarily exaggerated facial expressions, poor acting and over -dramatic storyline.The acting is average.. Agree with others, Pure Mule, and Love Hate were far far better.

The_Dave

AllForIt wrote: »

When is this Megan interview happening? I guess it'll be much better than this : D

Tonight, 9 on ITV, 9.30 on RTÉ 2:D

JohnFalstaff

I enjoyed it, thought it was well-acted and it flew along. I didn't have high expectations going in considering the last few RTE dramas have been fairly stale but this was a breath of fresh air.

It took me a while to figure out the connections between all the various family members, but it wasn't that complicated. I think the people who are finding it hard to follow must be looking at their phones half the time.

It had a bit of a Scandi-noir feel to it, which is not a bad thing in my book. It was a lot better then any of the recent RTE dramas that I've watched. Good set up for the mystery too. Any number of them had reason to kill the father. I'll be tuning in next week.

Capt Peacock

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Is that the bord bia lad handing out the rashers?!
Typecast or what!

Yes, or Beardy bacon boy as I call him.

JP Liz V1

Is Dervla gone real blonde or a wig, she looks well what is her age? I remember her from Ballykissangel

deisemum

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is Dervla gone real blonde or a wig, she looks well what is her age? I remember her from Ballykissangel

She was blonde on an interview last week, think it was Maura and Daithi's show I saw her.

saabsaab

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is Dervla gone real blonde or a wig, she looks well what is her age? I remember her from Ballykissangel

50 this year! Some improve with age.

saabsaab

saabsaab wrote: »

Pure Mule is 15 years ago! Good series and Love/Hate wasn't bad either but Normal people was overrated (I'm not the target audience I guess)

Says it all when we have to go back that far. Normal People wasn't the greatest I've seen, but it had good actors in it. Decent relatable story. the fact it was aired during the first lockdown probably helped promote it that bit more.

Galwayguy35

Firece posh accents for people supposed to be from Clare.

JP Liz V1

Whose the father of the blonde pregnant daughter, the uncle? Grace the nutty one said he wasn't her father which is why that daughter didn't miss him

AndrewJRenko

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Whose the father of the blonde pregnant daughter, the uncle? Grace the nutty one said he wasn't her father which is why that daughter didn't miss him

When the dad did his party speech, he mentioned they each brought one daughter to the family from previous relationships, and then Grace was their own - so presumably she is Val's from a previous relationship.

saabsaab

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Firece posh accents for people supposed to be from Clare.

Ah now, some people, even in Clare can talk proper, like!

Seathrun66

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Seana kerslake is stunning, best lips you'll ever see

I like her a lot, never seen her give a bad performance. Until now, needs to rein it in.

And we're being sold a pup if we're to believe that she's the murderer. Dervla Kirwan for me.

Seathrun66

Clareman wrote: »

Couldn't believe it was supposed to be a 50th party, they look way older than that

Dervla Kirwan turns 50 in October, so if anything she has a right to complain about them adding a digit to her age.

Clareman

saabsaab wrote: »

Ah now, some people, even in Clare can talk proper, like!

Huh, whatcha mean???

Clareman

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Dervla Kirwan turns 50 in October, so if anything she has a right to complain about them adding a digit to her age.

She's some woman for 1 woman to be 49 with a 50 year old husband and 3 adult children

Clareman

Just looked it up, 2 of the daughters are are 30 and the other is 32 and the husband is 53, not that far of a stretch, well not as far as that it can go that long in West Clare without it raining

saabsaab

Seathrun66 wrote: »

I like her a lot, never seen her give a bad performance. Until now, needs to rein it in.

And we're being sold a pup if we're to believe that she's the murderer. Dervla Kirwan for me.

She wouldn't be able to throw him off the cliff.

Galwayguy35

saabsaab wrote: »

Ah now, some people, even in Clare can talk proper, like!

Indeed they can, I live near the Clare border and chat to banner folk most days but this lot sound like they live in Dalkey.

saabsaab

A good number that live around Lahinch are from South Dublin these days.

TXPTGR1

saabsaab wrote: »

A good number that live around Lahinch are from South Dublin these days.

Lag inch and environs being well colonised these days by and getting worse

alchemist33

It wasn't bad and I'll certainly keep watching. The cast of thousands with their complicated relationships is a bit of a headwreck and takes some getting used to. The middle-classness and accents jar a little, but I guess this is primarily aimed at a foreign audience who won't notice or care, and Clare is there for the foreigners to go "ooh, Ireland looks nice"; otherwise it could have been set in Howth.

Also weird to see an actor from Borgen in it. For people who heard American accents, the guy playing Karl is Danish so has a weird accent in English.

Seathrun66

alchemist33 wrote: »

It wasn't bad and I'll certainly keep watching. The cast of thousands with their complicated relationships is a bit of a headwreck and takes some getting used to. The middle-classness and accents jar a little, but I guess this is primarily aimed at a foreign audience who won't notice or care, and Clare is there for the foreigners to go "ooh, Ireland looks nice"; otherwise it could have been set in Howth.

Also weird to see an actor from Borgen in it. For people who heard American accents, the guy playing Karl is Danish so has a weird accent in English.

He was the anchorman, wasn't he? Lots of work for him then as Borgen is back next year, bought by Netflix. They really could string it out for several more seasons.

And he's another one with a nice house. Don't they all have nice houses? I must consider moving to Lahinch.

Seathrun66

alchemist33 wrote: »

It wasn't bad and I'll certainly keep watching. The cast of thousands with their complicated relationships is a bit of a headwreck and takes some getting used to. The middle-classness and accents jar a little, but I guess this is primarily aimed at a foreign audience who won't notice or care, and Clare is there for the foreigners to go "ooh, Ireland looks nice"; otherwise it could have been set in Howth.

Also weird to see an actor from Borgen in it. For people who heard American accents, the guy playing Karl is Danish so has a weird accent in English.

And the Clare coast is pretty international, same as Galway. In fact for Lahinch you'd expect to see more than one non-Irish character in there.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

smother this script in petrol and burn it , its horrific .

finbarrk

Good show. Interesting story. Looking forward to next Sunday. Our county looks great.

Seathrun66

finbarrk wrote: »

Good show. Interesting story. Looking forward to next Sunday. Our county looks great.

Could be very good. fist episode is just scene-setting and character introduction. But if Grace is also dead then we'll be whittling down the cast to 3/4 very soon.

saabsaab

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Could be very good. fist episode is just scene-setting and character introduction. But if Grace is also dead then we'll be whittling down the cast to 3/4 very soon.

She won't be dead!

Seathrun66

saabsaab wrote: »

She won't be dead!

I don't think so either. With those wet baggy clothes she'd not be able to walk very far. Means we've got more of her hysteria to come.

fryup

surely posh middle class kids would be kicking a rugby ball about the place instead of pucking a slitoir ?

otherwise a good 1st episode

Seathrun66

fryup wrote: »

surely posh middle class kids would be kicking a rugby ball about the place instead of pucking a slitoir ?

otherwise a good 1st episode

Hurling county, everyone plays. Same here in Galway, irrespective of socio-economic position.

Clareman

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Hurling county, everyone plays. Same here in Galway, irrespective of socio-economic position.

Not that far west, closest senior hurling club would be about 15 miles away. Football would be the most likely ball game played back there but in reality surfing or golf would be the sport of choice back there.

Seathrun66

Clareman wrote: »

Not that far west, closest senior hurling club would be about 15 miles away. Football would be the most likely ball game played back there but in reality surfing or golf would be the sport of choice back there.

Ennistimon has both football and hurling, only 4km away. Kilfenora a little further. Ennis is 30km and easy to get to. Footballing areas still have kids playing hurling as you see throughout north Galway.

But yeah, if I'd been a kid in Lahinch I'd have been on my surfboard all day.

Clareman

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Ennistimon has both football and hurling, only 4km away. Kilfenora a little further. Ennis is 30km and easy to get to. Footballing areas still have kids playing hurling as you see throughout north Galway.

But yeah, if I'd been a kid in Lahinch I'd have been on my surfboard all day.

Hence I said senior club

fryup

Seathrun66 wrote: »

But yeah, if I'd been a kid in Lahinch I'd have been on my surfboard all day.

ya but not in your back garden, so maybe throwing a frisbee would have been more apt?

gmisk

MfMan wrote: »

Who? Stuart Graham? Excellent actor, you can tell in his diction and timing.

I have seen him in a few things in the abbey and always been good to be fair.

This is a soapy sub Agatha Christie knock off nonsense really but watchable.

alchemist33

I'm kinda looking forward to the next episode, but suspect it's the setting more than anything.