Amber [RTE] [** Spoilers **]

gg2

Is it worth my while watching episode 3 on netflix?

FourFourRED

gg2 wrote: »

Is it worth my while watching episode 3 on netflix?

I'm on 4 now and it's getting really good.

Gadgetman496

Aodhagan wrote: »

I'm on 4 now and it's getting really good.

Is the problem with the show or the mindset of those watching it?

FourFourRED

gadgetman496 wrote: »

Is the problem with the show or the mindset of those watching it?

Oh no, I'm just being sarcastic. It's pure ****e I just want to know what happens in the end

Gadgetman496

Aodhagan wrote: »

I just want to know what happens in the end

That could turn out to be a problem :eek:

Missyelliot2

Possibly, we will never know......we will watch this tripe pinning all our hopes on the guy with the yellowing locks and hoping (against the odds, that there will be a twist)

But, let's face it.......no twist shall be had

123 LC

the journalist one said she hadn't seen amber since her christening? yet the mother seems to know her well enough to give her a key to her house, so confused...

Mardy Bum

I'd advise watching this all in one go. Makes for much better viewing.

Missyelliot2

Mardy Bum wrote: »

I'd advise watching this all in one go. Makes for much better viewing.

Thanks Mardy Bum.....it's so, so, so slow.......
Am here til Wednesday Mardy Bum! Is it better cos you nodded off for 2 of the episodes? But will stick it out.......


I am not even jealous that you know the ending.....But it must be awful viewing for people whose children have gone missing.

FourFourRED

gadgetman496 wrote: »

That could turn out to be a problem :eek:

Yeah, ffs. Waste of time.

Mardy Bum

Missyelliot2 wrote: »

Thanks Mardy Bum.....it's so, so, so slow.......
Am here til Wednesday Mardy Bum! Is it better cos you nodded off for 2 of the episodes? But will stick it out.......


I am not even jealous that you know the ending.....But it must be awful viewing for people whose children have gone missing.

I have to say it is compulsive when watched all together. The patchy first episode is purposefully patchy. All in all it is a very good show which took an interesting approach to telling the story.

Missyelliot2

Mardy Bum wrote: »

I have to say it is compulsive when watched all together. The patchy first episode is purposefully patchy. All in all it is a very good show which took an interesting approach to telling the story.

You have convinced me to stick with it! Thanks a mil:D

Gadgetman496

I wonder what the analyst from the love hate thread makes of it?

SteelyDanJalapeno

Serious rubbish is all this is

Missyelliot2

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Serious rubbish is all this is

It's crap...but we're all forcing ourselves ourselves to watch! You should be forced too.....new Irish drama -God help us all!

Vinz Mesrine

Missyelliot2 wrote: »

It's crap...but we're all forcing ourselves ourselves to watch! You should be forced too.....new Irish drama -God help us all!

You are forcing yourself to watch something you aren't enjoying? What a great life you must lead.

HeidiHeidi

gadgetman496 wrote: »

I wonder what the analyst from the love hate thread makes of it?

I was wondering exactly that last night

Happyman42

While I like some of the things they are trying to do I think at this stage in the series it has gotten lost and has consequently lost a lot of it's viewers and a lot of the opportunities to do something good.
In many ways it suffers from the same faults at writing stage that L/H suffers from: a curious shoehorned view of ourselves (this time as uber cold scandanavian souls superimposed on a beautiful Dublin landscape) that I just don't recognise, sadly. The shifting plot isn't really working either and frankly had an entire episode (last night's) that essentially went nowhere and with the extortionist prisoner now dead, it's on to the next badly drawn cliche. Did the main central protagonists reveal more about themselves and the processes they where going through? I don't think so, so quite a waste of an episode.
Like L/H, characterisation seems to be a movable feast in Irish television writing (which is curious because you wouldn't get away with that on a Irish stage), the elements that this series claims for itself 'horrifying' 'tender' 'grief' 'tension' and 'menacing' are just not there through a combination of bad writing, directing and acting.
I like the work of Thaddeus O'Sullivan and Gary Duggan and will stick with this, but I am not expecting it to develop much more.

delaney001

Is it possible that the girl in the car crash was the daughter of the woman who was on the radio at the start. Ambers parents were on and some woman rang in saying 'I have complete faith my daughter is alive, just look at Jesse Duggard...' Or something to that effect.

Can't remember how long that girl was missing tho, not sure if dates are similar

mrsdewinter

Happyman42 wrote: »

In many ways it suffers from the same faults at writing stage that L/H suffers from: a curious shoehorned view of ourselves (this time as uber cold scandanavian souls superimposed on a beautiful Dublin landscape).

Got it in one. Like you, I'll stick with it but only out of spite, at this stage. ..

I Heart Internet

2nd episode was more exciting than the first.

I don't know why people are so confused. It was novel in how it played with the timeline but made sense. The creepy prisoner was a red herring. He had his own story to tell and told it. But he DID say that he overheard someone in prison talking about Amber (he said it in his suicide note apparently). So there's one avenue for the next episode.

Getting better but still a wooden, unloveable bunch

Ash.J.Williams

Happyman42 wrote: »

While I like some of the things they are trying to do I think at this stage in the series it has gotten lost and has consequently lost a lot of it's viewers and a lot of the opportunities to do something good.
In many ways it suffers from the same faults at writing stage that L/H suffers from: a curious shoehorned view of ourselves (this time as uber cold scandanavian souls superimposed on a beautiful Dublin landscape) that I just don't recognise, sadly. The shifting plot isn't really working either and frankly had an entire episode (last night's) that essentially went nowhere and with the extortionist prisoner now dead, it's on to the next badly drawn cliche. Did the main central protagonists reveal more about themselves and the processes they where going through? I don't think so, so quite a waste of an episode.
Like L/H, characterisation seems to be a movable feast in Irish television writing (which is curious because you wouldn't get away with that on a Irish stage), the elements that this series claims for itself 'horrifying' 'tender' 'grief' 'tension' and 'menacing' are just not there through a combination of bad writing, directing and acting.
I like the work of Thaddeus O'Sullivan and Gary Duggan and will stick with this, but I am not expecting it to develop much more.

you're wrong about love hate

Mick Murdock

It's difficult to post here and watch a show at the same - I had to watch every Love/Hate episode twice because of this.

Have yet to see the second episode, sounds great!!!!

George White

yes, the characters in Love/Hate, some esp. Fran are quite cheerful, but in a kind of menacing way. They are kind of loveable even though they are brutal thugs. You kind of feel for them,

BabysCoffee

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Are me and the girlfriend the only ones enjoying this?

A colleague in work told me she is enjoying it.

Gadgetman496

Originally Posted by Vinz Mesrine:
Are me and the girlfriend the only ones enjoying this?

BabysCoffee wrote: »

A colleague in work told me she is enjoying it.

Maybe she's the original posters girlfriend?

grey_so_what

I hope everyone is ready for Day 1,640,324.....

Tugboats

grey_so_what wrote: »

I hope everyone is ready for Day 1,640,324.....

Reporting for duty

BettePorter

Grey's anatomy has had more drama in the last ten minutes than two whole episodes of amber!!! I'm fighting the urge not to turn over at all!

grey_so_what

Did he just rob her?




And that would be a yes....