Kin - RTE & AMC

Agent Coulson · 25-08-2021 12:37am #1

RTE's new 8 episode gangland drama with an all star cast.

AMC start date is September 9th I can't see a start date for RTE just a coming soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_byGxUym7HQ&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesTV

JP Liz V1 · 25-08-2021 1:51am

Impressive Cast

Atlantic Dawn · 25-08-2021 2:09am

I'd have thought its natural habitat on RTE would be Sunday night at 9.30pm as per Love/Hate, it's not scheduled to go out this Sunday so will therefore be showing after the US slot, a bloody disaster unless AMC bankrolled the vast majority of it.

The brains of the operation in RTE probably think with flights to US restricted that no VHS recordings will make there way across before they show it here 😂

Elmo · 25-08-2021 2:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117800176#Comment_117800176

ACM and Screen Ireland, RTÉ don't really invest in any drama, I think Smother is their biggest own budget and Season 2 could easily be bankrolled by BBC/UKTV

Slydice · 25-08-2021 4:19pm

Woah.. so that's like Charlie Cox (Daredevil!!) alongside Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13444408/fullcredits

but the trailer doesn't feel strong.. so I checked the Director/Writer combo.. seems to be a team from TV show Red Rock.

Is it after getting any good? I don't remember seeing/hearing strong reviews about it

Elmo · 25-08-2021 8:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117802862#Comment_117802862

It hasn't started yet, not sure if critics have seen previews.

Slydice · 25-08-2021 11:22pm

Ah well.. I was kinda asking about Red Rock.

Elmo · 26-08-2021 8:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117804319#Comment_117804319

Red Rock was much more of a Soap Opera than a Drama. It was better than most soap operas, towards the end it was desperate to become more edgy. It was push around the schedules too much and Virgin Media / TV3 really just wanted to drop it in the end.

Hangdogroad · 26-08-2021 5:09pm

Minor quibble but I've never heard anyone in this country use the word kin to describe family.

Elmo · 26-08-2021 5:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117807286#Comment_117807286

It was going to be call Kin-a-klann

Gadgetman496 · 26-08-2021 5:14pm

Maybe Kin is a reference to Kinahan?

hatrickpatrick · 26-08-2021 6:27pm

I'm still very excited for this but it's utterly moronic to let it air a few days earlier in the US than here. There'll be no communal Sunday night vibe as there was with Love/Hate the other 2010s dramas if they do it like this, the vast majority of the target audience will pirate it from the US the day after it airs over there.

Is it remotely possible they'd debut it the Sunday before, ten days from now on Sunday 5th September without any fanfare to that effect? It feels like if they haven't announced it already, it'll be the week after which will also be three days after the US air date.

banie01 · 26-08-2021 6:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117807286#Comment_117807286

I've often heard it, might be a regional thing but particularly common in Limerick and Clare.

Gadgetman496 · 26-08-2021 6:37pm

I'm sure everyone is familiar with "Next of Kin" (a person's closest living relative or relatives.)

jacool · 27-08-2021 11:37am

"You and your idiot son and your whole f***in inbred family. You're all done. Yiz are f***in dead!"

I'm in!

Mantis Toboggan · 27-08-2021 11:39am

This based on the kinahan cartel family?

Gadgetman496 · 27-08-2021 11:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117810383#Comment_117810383

My understanding is that it is based on the Hutch/Kinahan feud over the last 5 years

trashcan · 28-08-2021 10:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117810455#Comment_117810455

Not sure how I feel about something which appears to be ripped so closely from the current headlines. I’ll probably watch, but I can’t help wondering could they not come up with an original concept for themselves ?

Delta2113 · 02-09-2021 10:34pm

The RTE D.O.G. is a massive put off but I will watch this show one way or another. It's got some good reviews for the first few episodes reviewers have seen.

Gadgetman496 · 03-09-2021 4:21pm

RTE bosses have confirmed the release date for the broadcaster's new highly anticipated crime drama "Kin".

The show will be coming to the nation's televisions on Sunday, September 12th, and bosses are hoping the show will match the success of Love/Hate and run for several series.

Atlantic Dawn · 03-09-2021 4:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117843227#Comment_117843227

The 'American' audience should give us a good feel for how good/bad it is after it's shown there this Thursday. I'm looking forward to it, just a pity RTE will be a few days behind.

PTH2009 · 03-09-2021 6:39pm

Looking forward to this, Love/Hate as we all know was an excellent series and be interesting to see how this will distance itself from it

The airing in the US been earlier is a bit of headache considering (cough cough) how advanced the internet is. Was it Normal People that was aired in the states before here ?

Delta2113 · 05-09-2021 10:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117843262#Comment_117843262

I wouldn't go by an American audience to be honest. Google reviews and the first few episodes get a good review.

Atlantic Dawn · 05-09-2021 4:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117849016#Comment_117849016

I didn't really mean the Americans 😉

05-09-2021 10:39pm

Aidan Gillen being cast in this has me bothered, the fact he plays his part the same in everything he does is one thing but him being in a not dissimilar show like love/hate is another.

I see he's only credited for one episode

so that's something.

PTH2009 · 05-09-2021 10:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117851611#Comment_117851611

Me thinks 'boom boom'

Mr E · 07-09-2021 2:26pm

This has been screened for some TV Critics and it has been well received!

Looks like this could be a winner...

https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/first-reviews-rtes-new-crime-drama-kin-arrived-730433

Atlantic Dawn · 07-09-2021 6:05pm

I assume with AMC+ being a streaming service that Kin will be avilable to viewers in the US from first light US time on Thursday rather than being released that evening to them?

Delta2113 · 09-09-2021 9:14am

8AM First episode went up and it's every Thursday for new episode.

Gadgetman496 · 09-09-2021 11:58am

Just watched the first episode and it gets the thumbs up from me.

Mrlouth · 09-09-2021 3:24pm

How do you watch any link or you need a VPN

rob316 · 09-09-2021 4:44pm

Very good, big thumbs up from me. Gillen is brilliant.

09-09-2021 5:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117869248#Comment_117869248

A very under-rated actor.

Slydice · 09-09-2021 6:19pm

1: I think the standout performance of the episode had to be Clare Dunne (playing Amanda, Jamies mother). She just seemed to have the finesse for the type of Dublin Irish role that she was in properly. It's early days for the others but they were alright.

There were small bits early where it was a bit off-throwing like the subtitles for "get him his hole" being "give him his hold". 😬 Really hoping not to see Americans talking about getting their Holds in the future.. Might be hilarious though! 😁 Or other scenes like the young lads wanting to do a Save Game on a multiplayer car game and later the building site where viking meets his team... that was wierd that it existed or that it was looking wierdly lighted up with those kinda long halogen lights hanging off the ceiling. These were all just kinda niggles though.. but they all added up to a distraction for me.

That ending though raised the level of the Overall Story. It was

a bit of a shock that Jamie (played by Cian Fitzsimons) had been killed. At that point I turned around for him thinking he did well given it was his only episode.

Will give the next episode a shot. Show might be going somewhere.

New slang I had to look up: Scorpy. Nikita said it when

she was getting Viking away from the young lads he attacked.

New to me. Is it used much? I found this:

http://johnscabin.com/slang/S.html

Scorpy: A fairly large furry scorpion.

They tend to be very perverted, willing to grab at people even while going through ritual pain.

Scorpies also usually command giant starships and huge confederate empires.

Scorpies also tend to assault people for absolutely no apparant reason, eat explosives, and are immortal.

Be very afraid.

Example: Next thing I knew, the scorpy snatched my lunch box from my hands and ate my lunch. I hate scorpies.

Pentecost · 09-09-2021 6:42pm

Scorpy, as I heard it as a young fella anyway, meant angry or generally pissed off e.g. the scorpy head on ya.

PTH2009 · 09-09-2021 10:53pm

Very good first episode

Bloody RTE would annoy ye for nothing been in sync with the US airings. Is what it is

The family tree surprised me a bit. Always imagined that Frank was the dad but turns out not (don't kmw how the hell to do spoilers and please admins do it to this post if they know how)

Delta2113 · 10-09-2021 7:29am

I thought it was a bit slow but I'm sure it will pick up in next few episodes. Biggest problem with RTE (you can fast forward ads) is the D.O.G. in top right hand corner.

I liked the opening scene with the guy on the bike.

Man Vs ManUre · 10-09-2021 7:31am

Will watch this but I don’t think it will reach the greatness heights of love/hate.

Beechwoodspark · 10-09-2021 7:40am

When is the first episode scheduled to show on RTÉ ?

antimatterx · 10-09-2021 7:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117870974#Comment_117870974

Sunday

rob316 · 10-09-2021 9:06am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117870522#Comment_117870522

I thought the same, Frank is the boss, but Jimmy, Mikey and Birdie are his siblings. Eric is his son.

Definitely something happened with Amanda and Mikey before so interesting to see what develops there.

I thought Amanda had gotten a dig off her husband Jimmy, but that's a birthmark below the actresses eye 🙃

Pussyhands · 10-09-2021 9:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117870937#Comment_117870937

What's D.O.G?

Delta2113 · 10-09-2021 11:13am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117871342#Comment_117871342

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_on-screen_graphic

PTH2009 · 10-09-2021 12:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117871294#Comment_117871294

Interesting

So Birdy is Frank's sister and her husband is not on the scene. Mikey and Jimmy are their brothers. Didn't know Eric was Frank's son, had him down as the lads brother and another nephew

The aunt been is one of the leaders clearly taken from Peaky Blinders