New Irish Drama for Fall 2010

barry181091 wrote: »

Who uses 'the Fall' in Ireland ?

TV forum in joke, because of all of the US TV Fall announcements that appeared a few weeks ago.

CaptainNegative wrote: »

Love/Hate could be amazing... Nathan from Misfits and Carcetti from the Wire... That's enough to convince me to tune in...

The two most arrogant ****wits on TV. Sorry for my use of bad language but they just come across badly to me. Nathan from the Misfits = Nerdy guy from Foreign Exchange.

Deleted User wrote: »

I doubt it tbh, RTE are going to censor the hell out of it or else were goign to get a watered down version of their act which is pretty much a less funny Trailer Park Boys rip off.

We should not build it up. I hope it goes well for everyone involved.

Looking at other TV dramas from RTÉ in the last decade RTÉ aren't about censorship, but if they put it on RTÉ One they are insane.

iguana wrote: »

What exactly are you basing that on? As it happens my husband has worked with both of them and has found them both to be really nice. :P

Completely on the characters that they have played on TV.

Billy86 wrote: »

Love/Hate's first episode was good, but the second episode tonight was leaps and bounds beyond any fiction they have ever made. Really (finally!) impressed.

Your really going to have to tell me what dramas you are thinking of????

Billy86 wrote: »

RAW, The Clinic, Fair City, The Spike, Upwardly Mobile (if we are considering it comic-drama or 'dramedy'), Batchelor's Walk (see Upwardly Mobile), Glenroe (though Glenroe was good for it's time I will admit, this looks to be better thus far with all due respect), the list goes on.

The Spike never aired thank god and that's 1970 something. Upwardly Mobile 1996 your still going on about it. Fair City and Glenroe are soap operas, however Glenroe was fairly different to most soaps I will give it that. But I would never rate BBC, ITV or C4 drama on their numerous soaps. As for American soaps, if you thought that was all US Drama was about you would never watch US TV.

Batchelor's Walk, see Upwardly Mobile , come on, one of the best dramas produced. The Clinic 10 times better than either Holby City or Casualty.

In terms of fiction (you quoted me saying fiction, after all) I will add Leave it to Mrs. Brown, about every sketch show to come from them (don't think I need to remind you of Catherine Lynch) and Extra, Extra, Read All About it. Yes, I had to watch various episodes of these as research for a class I was in last year, and I desperately want that time back.

Early 1980s comedy, Early 1990s comedy. Why would you need to review either for any course???? Just to prove RTÉ can't do comedy.

Are you claiming RTE has neve made dramas before? Or that they have been better than Love/Hate thus far (Glenroe would have a good shout, I admit)? Or do you just not watch RTE much? You're confusing me at this point

Are you claiming that RTÉ have never made a good drama before Love/Hate? Because you are confusing me at this time.

In the last 10 years RTÉ have had some of the strongest drama productions. (Bar the 1960s when they produced various Plays for television and per head of population produced more drama than any other TV channel in Europe, that changed in the 1970 and 1980 indeed Mr. Ray Burke's agenda as Min for Comms had something to do with that in the 1990s).

Pure Mule, Batchelor's Walk, Paths To Freedom, Love is the Drug, Prosperity, No Tears, The Clinic, Single Handed, Proof, Stardust, DDU, Falling for a Dancer, Amongst Women, Fallout etc etc I would highly rate as dramas.

Yes they have had slip ups during that time Including The Big Bow Wow, Fergus' Wedding and others that I wish to forget.

But to put this above many other dramas because you happen to not like them doesn't work.

Love/Hate is an average drama, the script happens to be written by one of the writers from RAW and it shows. As for Raw it is as good as any UK or US drama.. RAW does not put its head above average like so many dramas currently airing (US Cable Drama is on the other hand a different type of Drama currently in its golden age of TV Drama).

Next your going to tell me that all factual programming from RTÉ never stands up, but then your probable going to list Head 2 Toe and Live at 3 as Factual programming.