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2016 RTE Drama: Rebellion - no spoilers please (mod warning in post #1)

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  • #692
    kabakuyu
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    Not just civilians looting.Some of the biggest looters were British Army members, staff officers were concerned with the level of looting by troops and wanted the looted goods returned.It was remarked that they would have been shot if they had been in France.

    Robert Barton who arrived in Dublin shortly after the rising started is portrayed in the series by the cop from L/H.

    http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0979.pdf


  • #693
    lukin
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    Execution Amon Goeth style that was.


  • #694
    [Deleted User]
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    The guy who is playing Collins may have the accent, but im not sure he can bring the charisma or personality to the role that Brendan Gleeson or Liam Neeson did


  • #695
    [Deleted User]
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    Dev the ould cowardly cute hoor shirking. Now there's a surprise.


  • #696
    Steppenwolfe
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    I presume that was the pacifist Francis Sheehy Skeffington that was 'executed' there. No explanation what so ever?


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  • #697
    Civil Joe
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    Steppenwolfe wrote: »
    I presume that was the pacifist Francis Sheehy Skeffington that was 'executed' there. No explanation what so ever?

    It's very poor tbh. Confusing, trite and de facto revisionist


  • #698
    [Deleted User]
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    Steppenwolfe wrote: »
    I presume that was the pacifist Francis Sheehy Skeffington that was 'executed' there. No explanation what so ever?


    No and given the sacrifice this man made it is really bad form. Perhaps though they could have executed many unknowns?


  • #699
    PeterTheEighth
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    Hardly morning sickness now is it. I wish they were a bit more subtle, I mean the audience are not complete idiots.


  • #700
    lukin
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    PeterTheEighth wrote: »
    Hardly morning sickness now is it. I wish they were a bit more subtle, I mean the audience are not complete idiots.

    Yeah that's what I thought too.Sure she only found out she was pregnant last week.


  • #701
    iguana
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    One thing that hasn't been directly alluded to in the script is that Elizabeth and her family are Anglo Irish Protestants, which is an interesting angle to the story : she's motivated primarily by her socialist beliefs.

    I thought they were Catholic and Stephen is CoI. Theirs is to be a mixed religion marriage and her uncle was going to marry them in the CoI Trinity Church and I was under the impression he said he had to get special permission to do so (as a Catholic).


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  • #702
    buckfasterer
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    Is it annoying anyone else that they haven't tried to age any of the exterior shots?


  • #703
    PeterTheEighth
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    buckfasterer wrote: »
    Is it annoying anyone else that they haven't tried to age any of the exterior shots?

    I thought they should have at least edited out the spire.


  • #704
    Baggy Trousers
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    This is awful stuff. Getting harder and harder to watch. All over the place.


  • #705
    PeterTheEighth
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    I reckon that young messenger lad is about to end up on Joe Duffy's list.


  • #706
    Undergod
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    Is it me or does it feel like they've skipped an episode? There's loads of stuff going on that hasn't been explained.


  • #707
    [Deleted User]
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    There is quite an unnatural reaction to the whole rebellion. no sense of panic or urgency. Its a real bugbear with this series.

    Liz's brother becoming more irritating by the second. Fair City wont touch him at this rate


  • #708
    buckfasterer
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    So they stopped everything they were doing to sing the anthem......in English no less.....ok....


  • #709
    PeterTheEighth
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    What was his name again

    28_3_2.jpg

    *thumbs through pages*


  • #710
    Heraldoffreeent
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    buckfasterer wrote: »
    So they stopped everything they were doing to sing the anthem......in English no less.....ok....

    The Irish version wasn't written until 1923.


  • #711
    lukin
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    And this cost 6 million?It's hard to see where it was spent.


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  • #712
    neris
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    PeterTheEighth wrote: »
    I reckon that young messenger lad is about to end up on Joe Duffy's list.

    Ca-ching


  • #713
    BabysCoffee
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    I'm not too impressed by the Gleeson lad's acting. Think his brother is far superior.


  • #714
    [Deleted User]
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    PeterTheEighth wrote: »
    I reckon that young messenger lad is about to end up on Joe Duffy's list.

    it do be teddible altagedder when d'do be little childidirin getting the bullits inti d'arms and legs.


  • #715
    TCDStudent1
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    PeterTheEighth wrote: »
    I thought they should have at least edited out the spire.

    Was the spire in it??? I didn't notice


  • #716
    Baggy Trousers
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    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    I'm not too impressed by the Gleeson lad's acting. Think his brother is far superior.

    After watching Star Wars recently and the Revenant yesterday, I am not convinced.


  • #717
    gandalf
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    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    I'm not too impressed by the Gleeson lad's acting. Think his brother is far superior.

    To be fair if the script and production value is **** there's not much he can do with it!


  • #718
    lukin
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    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    I'm not too impressed by the Gleeson lad's acting. Think his brother is far superior.

    Working with Leo di Caprio and Tom Hardy is a help I'd imagine ☺


  • #719
    wp_rathead
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    There is quite an unnatural reaction to the whole rebellion. no sense of panic or urgency. Its a real bugbear with this series.

    Isn't that how the Dubs reacted though? People still went to the pub


  • #720
    HeidiHeidi
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    Has anyone else figured out why George and Ingrid are in it? Cos I certainly can't....


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  • #721
    PeterTheEighth
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    I think the character of Frances was written more to appease the modern day feminists than it was to accurately portray the events of the rebellion.


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