Fair City [News, Spoilers and Discussion v8] Read Post #1 Before Contributing

threetrees · 13-06-2018 09:29PM

Compo Pete. I love it.

I think I spotted Zoe in a Vodafone ad. She's gone from the Galapagos to the Gaeltacht.

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2018 09:32PM

threetrees wrote: »

Compo Pete. I love it.

It would be cool if he got caught out on Insurance fraud and he had to spend all of Dolores's money to pay it back!

CollyFlower · 13-06-2018 09:35PM

I like Pete but he's letting me down, why oh why would he hand Jane (a employee) a letter for a rental increase for another business?!?...... Paul and his laptop in the Bistro, ha! Who carrys a laptop around nowadays ?.. Maybe MsWesterosi Ma does..

... No offense MsWesterosi.

youwould · 13-06-2018 09:47PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Every scene that he is in Ray is eating or drinking coffee, it was bloody annoying having to look at him during the card game shovelling food into his gob and trying to talk at the same time.

I think he looks well. Seems like he's lost some weight.

JP Liz V1 · 13-06-2018 10:03PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Sash and Dean would make a good couple.

Were they a thing before around the time the doctor also liked her

CollyFlower · 13-06-2018 10:26PM

What's the deal with Sexy Cop and Spallan?... Spallan looked shaken when Sexy Cop mentioned something about him being a informer... I think Steve is straight and can't touch Spallan because he is an informer..

Jurgen Klopp · 13-06-2018 11:16PM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

So, 18 years later, Snarler Carol still dining out on Billy Meehan. FFS, are they actually serious, not even the mafia would have that many connections to one single man and if they wanted her dead they would have done it long ago. To ruin Cathals characters by associating him as an informant connected to Meehan is just pathetic.

Gangsters moll again eh...

Yeah have to agree. The character is just a joke at this stage.

Smoke a fag, act snarky, smoke a fag, act snarky while mentioning her gangland connections, smoke a fag again

JP Liz V1 · 13-06-2018 11:19PM

EnMarche! wrote: »

Cathal as an informant is pretty stupid but whatever. My real question is how Cathal Spillane is the son of Flynn? Should he not have the same last name as his father? Or am I confused.
Also since when did Sash stop being a lesbian?

Spillane could be his mam's name

I think Yates is also Flynn's son

CollyFlower · 13-06-2018 11:28PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Spillane could be his mam's name

I think Yates is also Flynn's son

I think Sexy Cop might be Carol's brother... :eek:

I hate Malanie, what a bitch, hope she's deported, tomorrow.

JP Liz V1 · 13-06-2018 11:29PM

When did John and Ray move in with Leo, did Mondo kick them out?

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2018 11:31PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

When did John and Ray move in with Leo, did Mondo kick them out?

I remember there was a lot of messing ages ago about hi wanting to make a home for Juliette or something!

Gadgetman496 · 13-06-2018 11:34PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I remember there was a lot of messing ages ago about hi wanting to make a home for Juliette or something!

Now that you mentioned her, where is Juliette?

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2018 11:43PM

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Now that you mentioned her, where is Juliette?

I thought she was the same age as Alex!
Maybe she got a modeling job!

sligojoek · 14-06-2018 12:22AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Every scene that he is in Ray is eating or drinking coffee, it was bloody annoying having to look at him during the card game shovelling food into his gob and trying to talk at the same time.

Only David Jason can carry that off. He's a legend with food and drink as props.

Strazdas · 14-06-2018 02:44AM

threetrees wrote: »

Compo Pete. I love it.

I think I spotted Zoe in a Vodafone ad. She's gone from the Galapagos to the Gaeltacht.

You're right, that's her at 0.08 here (I barely even recognised her).

dalyboy · 14-06-2018 03:36AM

That’s 100% not her.

TacoMan · 14-06-2018 05:23AM

It 100% is her.

Also, for a bonus, the mother used to be Fiona in Fair City, dancing the dance with Paul Brennan back in the day.

14-06-2018 08:00AM

youwould wrote: »

Does Pete still work in the community centre?

Stop asking reasonable questions

Supernintento Chalmers · 14-06-2018 10:32AM

sligojoek wrote: »

Only David Jason can carry that off. He's a legend with food and drink as props.

Not to mention one of the best poker scenes of all time.

chuckles30 · 14-06-2018 12:49PM

Did ye see this?? "The review found that each episode of Fair City filmed in 2016 cost €53,500 to produce. RTE broadcast 200 episode of the popular soap, meaning the total bill for the year was €10.7m."
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/mystery-presenter-joins-rte-big-earners-on-over-300000-pay-37009886.html

com1 · 14-06-2018 12:54PM

chuckles30 wrote: »

Did ye see this?? "The review found that each episode of Fair City filmed in 2016 cost €53,500 to produce. RTE broadcast 200 episode of the popular soap, meaning the total bill for the year was €10.7m."
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/mystery-presenter-joins-rte-big-earners-on-over-300000-pay-37009886.html

Any analysis of the revenue it generates? you know, from sponsorship, ad sales, selling it to other broadcasters? Just wondering what the net cost is, is all...

laylag · 14-06-2018 01:49PM

TacoMan wrote:

Also, for a bonus, the mother used to be Fiona in Fair City, dancing the dance with Paul Brennan back in the day.

Thank you. It was driving me mad trying to think where I recognised her from!

Strazdas · 14-06-2018 01:49PM

dalyboy wrote: »

That’s 100% not her.

It is, she's clearly changed a lot since we last saw her though

youwould · 14-06-2018 05:03PM

TacoMan wrote: »

Also, for a bonus, the mother used to be Fiona in Fair City, dancing the dance with Paul Brennan back in the day.

Didn't she kill her rich husband and somehow try to implicate Dr. Brendan? They owned some garages or something and Paul was trying to do business with them.

ouxbbkqtswdfaw · 14-06-2018 06:02PM

Fair City has had its day. If you don't watch it for a few episodes, you see how corny the story lines are. Time to pack it in.

Jurgen Klopp · 14-06-2018 06:05PM

chuckles30 wrote: »

Did ye see this?? "The review found that each episode of Fair City filmed in 2016 cost €53,500 to produce. RTE broadcast 200 episode of the popular soap, meaning the total bill for the year was €10.7m."
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/mystery-presenter-joins-rte-big-earners-on-over-300000-pay-37009886.html

I would bet most of it is obsene wages for production workers, writers and all that remember teh RTE whistle blower last year detailing all the waste and RTE made a balls up by saying we'll catch and punish this individual rather than denying all the waste absolutely disconnected from the real world

Most of the actors earn a pittance tbf from a few articles I read. The one that plays Caoimhe said most have some sort of normal part time job to try and keep going

I'd believe it as RTE seem to have only X amount of actors on a particular rotation at a time

I'd wager everyone bar the seniors like Paul gets a 3 month contract at a time or something or else a yearly contract only guaranting X amount of episodes and pay by the ep

In fact a little project we should do here is watch when X character comes back for a few weeks and see what character (s) are gone at the same time

Jurgen Klopp · 14-06-2018 06:08PM

61pigayvut8c24 wrote: »

Fair City has had its day. If you don't watch it for a few episodes, you see how corny the story lines are. Time to pack it in.

They will in their hole. Makes too much money for the lifer RTE staff and they can justify it by pointing to the 600,000 views per episode and say we can do that for 10m a year, bargain sure they'll say

The problem is, it's an Irish soap and Irish people have feck all soaps to watch so that's what keeps it going. I know Irish people watch the likes of Corrie but it's of no interest to me, it's not my country, my people or my culture, even just basic mannerisms and I'm sure there's a lot like that. I'm sure most English wouldn't be as interested in Fair City even if it was good as say Corrie

People won't watch Ros Na Rún which is on average better as "I don't like da writhin on screen" due to the subtitles

Red Rock was advertised as a soap but tbh it wasn't, it was all based round the Gardai and crime so its not gonna draw an audience to justify it even if it was good and it was tbf

Gadgetman496 · 14-06-2018 06:34PM

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

They will in their hole. Makes too much money for the lifer RTE staff and they can justify it by pointing to the 600,000 views per episode and say we can do that for 10m a year, bargain sure they'll say

The problem is, it's an Irish soap and Irish people have feck all soaps to watch so that's what keeps it going. I know Irish people watch the likes of Corrie but it's of no interest to me, it's not my country, my people or my culture, even just basic mannerisms and I'm sure there's a lot like that. I'm sure most English wouldn't be as interested in Fair City even if it was good as say Corrie

People won't watch Ros Na Rún which is on average better as "I don't like da writhin on screen" due to the subtitles

Red Rock was advertised as a soap but tbh it wasn't, it was all based round the Gardai and crime so its not gonna draw an audience to justify it even if it was good and it was tbf

Is Red Rock finished or just on hiatus?

Jurgen Klopp · 14-06-2018 06:48PM

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Is Red Rock finished or just on hiatus?

It was on hiatus wasn't it and then came back to run off remaining episodes

TV3 say they want it back but yet they've been selling off sets and props so Id say they are talking ****e

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/weve-no-studio-but-tv3-wants-us-red-rocks-leah-minto-hopeful-soap-will-return-for-new-series-36810156.html

youwould · 14-06-2018 06:53PM

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

It was on hiatus wasn't it and then came back to run off remaining episodes

TV3 say they want it back but yet they've been selling off sets and props so Id say they are talking ****e

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/weve-no-studio-but-tv3-wants-us-red-rocks-leah-minto-hopeful-soap-will-return-for-new-series-36810156.html

TV3 have no interest in getting Red Rock back, even though it has won more acclaim and awards than FC has in almost 30 years. TV3 are a joke.

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