[TV] Peaky Blinders

[ForestRowSeagull]

Great first episode and echo comments above - glad they're moving away from the Royalty/Russia stuff as it got a little dull.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Peakies v. Mafia - but the Peakies have the home advantage.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Peakies v. Mafia - but the Peakies have the home advantage.

We walked from the Town Centre over to St. Andrews a couple of seasons back......not something I would have fancied after dark. Someone told me that would have been the correct area of B'ham too for the Peakies. No idea personally.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Just watched episode one.....nice opener

 

[Anger]

Formula for a good Peaky Blinders episode:

1. Cut the Downton Abbey hoity toity rubbish.
2. Cut the quantity of slow-mo scenes backed by too loud, heavy and obscure soundtracks, which frankly cause me to drift off and add b***** all to the production quality.
3. Add more vicious fight scenes.
4. Add more gypsies, mafia or any other enemies and weave in some plots and counterplots, with or without British Govt officials.
5. Add Tom Hardy.
6. A few gun-fire / explosion execution scenes.
7. Inject a period celebrity by mention or in person if required (e.g. Winston Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia, Ethel Merman, etc...)
8. Steal a plot or two from Boardwalk Empire
9. Add scenes of coal-stained buildings
10. Repeat the above in any combination as required.

Season 4 Episode 1 failed in the first 30 minutes (too much of 1 and 2), but thankfully the second half picked up with more of 3, 4, 6 and 9.

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

We walked from the Town Centre over to St. Andrews a couple of seasons back......not something I would have fancied after dark. Someone told me that would have been the correct area of B'ham too for the Peakies. No idea personally.

The Peaky Blinders were from the Small Heath/ Bordesly area which is where St Andrew’s is located. Not the nicest of areas even now...

 

[vegster]

Interesting to see Tommy Shelby has cut down his smoking these days, instead of smoking 10-15 an episode he smokes 3-4 but manages to make them last about 10 minutes each. Not looking good for the second leg against the Italians, they have only lost a couple of low grade assets but the Shelby's are missing 2 key players for the next round, can't see Connie being fit enough or skilled enough to man a Lewis Gun. Looks like Mad Arthur is going to have to do the spade work as usual.

 

[vegster]

Formula for a good Peaky Blinders episode:

1. Cut the Downton Abbey hoity toity rubbish.
2. Cut the quantity of slow-mo scenes backed by too loud, heavy and obscure soundtracks, which frankly cause me to drift off and add b***** all to the production quality.
3. Add more vicious fight scenes.
4. Add more gypsies, mafia or any other enemies and weave in some plots and counterplots, with or without British Govt officials.
5. Add Tom Hardy.
6. A few gun-fire / explosion execution scenes.
7. Inject a period celebrity by mention or in person if required (e.g. Winston Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia, Ethel Merman, etc...)
8. Steal a plot or two from Boardwalk Empire
9. Add scenes of coal-stained buildings
10. Repeat the above in any combination as required.

Season 4 Episode 1 failed in the first 30 minutes (too much of 1 and 2), but thankfully the second half picked up with more of 3, 4, 6 and 9.

You forgot No 11

No 11 slow motion shots of a Shelby walking determinedly through a steel works/industrial plant with no safety protocols regarding molten metal and unguarded sources of ignition.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Formula for a good Peaky Blinders episode:

1. Cut the Downton Abbey hoity toity rubbish.
2. Cut the quantity of slow-mo scenes backed by too loud, heavy and obscure soundtracks, which frankly cause me to drift off and add b***** all to the production quality.
3. Add more vicious fight scenes.
4. Add more gypsies, mafia or any other enemies and weave in some plots and counterplots, with or without British Govt officials.
5. Add Tom Hardy.
6. A few gun-fire / explosion execution scenes.
7. Inject a period celebrity by mention or in person if required (e.g. Winston Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia, Ethel Merman, etc...)
8. Steal a plot or two from Boardwalk Empire
9. Add scenes of coal-stained buildings
10. Repeat the above in any combination as required.

Season 4 Episode 1 failed in the first 30 minutes (too much of 1 and 2), but thankfully the second half picked up with more of 3, 4, 6 and 9.

Excellent analysis. I'm sure the editors know that more of "3.", "4." "5." and "6." is what most people want but they have to pad it out with the other stuff...

 

[LamieRobertson]

You forgot No 11

No 11 slow motion shots of a Shelby walking determinedly through a steel works/industrial plant with no safety protocols regarding molten metal and unguarded sources of ignition.

Different times different times...


Good use of meat hook

 

[portslade seagull]

I haven't watched any. Are the box sets available on catch up

 

[LlcoolJ]

I haven't watched any. Are the box sets available on catch up

Couldn't find any of the first two series apart from episode one so have downloaded them instead.

 

[Anger]

You forgot No 11

No 11 slow motion shots of a Shelby walking determinedly through a steel works/industrial plant with no safety protocols regarding molten metal and unguarded sources of ignition.

You're right, 'Shelby proximity to dangerous spraying molten metal' is a staple ingredient of most episodes.

I also forgot:

12. Strong woman being strong (Polly / Ada / Esme). This can on occasion be interspersed with a scene where the strong woman is momentarily weak / unsure of herself, but by the end of the episode will return to strong woman being strong again.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

"No children. No civilians"

"No police"

Going to be good.

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[DavidinSouthampton]

Hadn't seen any of this before tonight - got bored with the Man Utd match and Mrs DiS found it on catch up and decided we should see whaat all the fuss is about.

I think we're hooked and will be looking to catch up on the series that we have missed. The final scene with Shelby and Changretta(?) was brilliant.

PS - in some ways which we'd stayed on to enjoy the Basel winner!!!!

 

[vegster]

Absolutely ridiculous series but ridiculously addictive.

 

[AZ Gull]

A lot of it is filmed around the corner from me at the Black Country Museum (well worth a visit if you ever come up this way). Very much looking forward to season 4

Whereabouts are you then? Back in the nineties I lived at Withymoor Village in Brierley Hill and worked at the Vaughan Trading Estate on Sedgley Road East in Tipton.

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

Whereabouts are you then? Back in the nineties I lived at Withymoor Village in Brierley Hill and worked at the Vaughan Trading Estate on Sedgley Road East in Tipton.

Just down the road on Cradley Heath

 

[East Staffs Gull]

Just down the road on Cradley Heath

A Colley Gater?

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

A Colley Gater?

More Dudley Wood.