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Amber [RTE] [** Spoilers **]

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    #482
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    All the apparent chaos and luck in the show begins to make sense after you hear the story which inspired the series.

    For that reason I actually think it is well put together.


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    #483
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    I used to have a lot of respect for Jane Gogan when she decided to commission Love/Hate.
    After seeing this rubbish over the past few nights, I wouldn't give her a job organising piss-ups in a brewery.


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    #484
    grey_so_what
    Registered Users Posts: 19,749 ✭✭✭✭grey_so_what


    I'd prefer to set up an office to "Keep Charlie Here"....

    Maybe there will be a spin off starring him....


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    #485
    edelweis
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭edelweis


    Tasden wrote: »
    I got the impression he believed it was her. And he just used the journo as an opportunity to get money to give back to them before admitting it. But maybe you're right and he knew.

    Yes, but how did he know Amber had glowing mermaids in her bedroom when it hadn't been in the newspaper?

    Or maybe I'm missing something, and that something ain't "Amber", it's pretty lame...


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    #486
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    edelweis wrote: »
    Yes, but how did he know Amber had glowing mermaids in her bedroom when it hadn't been in the newspaper?

    Or maybe I'm missing something, and that something ain't "Amber", it's pretty lame...

    Good point, well made. I'd almost forgotten about that. I was probably falling asleep at the time.


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    #487
    Eight Ball
    Closed Accounts Posts: 906 ✭✭✭Eight Ball


    Wife turned off the TV after the phone was dropped into the gutter tonight, I lol'd. Absolute tripe fest. If this is the kind of rubbish the licence fee is going towards then it's high time people stopped paying it.


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    #488
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,607 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    edelweis wrote: »
    Yes, but how did he know Amber had glowing mermaids in her bedroom when it hadn't been in the newspaper?

    Or maybe I'm missing something, and that something ain't "Amber", it's pretty lame...

    Unless the guy from the prison who robbed the phone saw the video before he sold it and mentioned it in prison and he overheard from him.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #489
    BabysCoffee
    Registered Users Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭BabysCoffee


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    All the apparent chaos and luck in the show begins to make sense after you hear the story which inspired the series.

    For that reason I actually think it is well put together.

    You're a regular cheering squad for the programme!

    Are you connected to the writers???


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    #490
    edelweis
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭edelweis


    Tugboats wrote: »
    So far We've had a creepy old man, junkie,and a dodgey chinese phone seller. Its only a matter of time before we have a Pole and a Nigerian taxi driver

    Sure wasn't that the British comedian, Omid Djalili, playing the Middle Eastern Mobile Phone shop owner!


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    #491
    edelweis
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭edelweis


    Aodhagan wrote: »
    Unless the guy from the prison who robbed the phone saw the video before he sold it and mentioned it in prison and he overheard from him.

    oh baby jesus, that's complex, thanks for that though!!


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    #492
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    You're a regular cheering squad for the programme!

    Are you connected to the writers???

    Nope. My first post rubbished the show. :D

    However, i have changed my mind after watching the last 3 episodes in one sitting and hearing
    the back story which made me view the show in a much different light.


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    #493
    grey_so_what
    Registered Users Posts: 19,749 ✭✭✭✭grey_so_what


    edelweis wrote: »
    Sure wasn't that the British comedian, Omid Djalili, playing the Middle Eastern Mobile Phone shop owner!

    I'm playing lookalikes all week! He spoke like him a little bit too I thought!

    Charlie is like the man from SVU when he was younger....

    and Harry's Monster High Doll comparison is stuck in my head about Amber....

    From that point of view, this drama really makes you think.....:rolleyes: :o


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    #494
    edelweis
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭edelweis


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    I used to have a lot of respect for Jane Gogan when she decided to commission Love/Hate.
    After seeing this rubbish over the past few nights, I wouldn't give her a job organising piss-ups in a brewery.


    And did you see the size/length of the credits? Like a Hollywood block buster. Everyone who ever worked in the film industry here seems to have worked on it. They even credited the mini-bus driver and the catering assistant!! All a bit overblown imho


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    #495
    Tasden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,166 ✭✭✭Tasden


    edelweis wrote: »
    Yes, but how did he know Amber had glowing mermaids in her bedroom when it hadn't been in the newspaper?

    Or maybe I'm missing something, and that something ain't "Amber", it's pretty lame...

    Someone in the prison I'm guessing, the journo one was at Charlie's flat before hassling the girlfriend in the second episode i think, so maybe we find out more tomorrow about in prison and the link between that creepy prisoner and the journo and the pics on the phone.

    I'm liking it tbh! I know I'm in the minority though


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    #496
    ncmc
    Registered Users Posts: 4,852 ✭✭✭ncmc


    That was absolute dirge, this show is getting worse and worse. Episode 3 was entirely pointless. All that set up about the mobile phone and it was thrown down the drain! The whole story about Charlie was a complete waste of time. The acting tonight was particularly bad with special mention to Sarah's mother stalking the young fella. Can't believe I've wasted 3 hours of my life watching this and the sad thing is, I'll probably tune in tomorrow to see what happens.

    What's the bet that there will be a mighty noise tomorrow night at 10:30 as the nation collectively throws the remote at the telly.


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    #497
    edelweis
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭edelweis


    grey_so_what wrote: »
    I'm playing lookalikes all week! He spoke like him a little bit too I thought!

    Charlie is like the man from SVU when he was younger....

    and Harry's Monster High Doll comparison is stuck in my head about Amber....

    From that point of view, this drama really makes you think.....:rolleyes: :o


    And the hippy phone-robber's son looks like a baby Charlie ;)


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    #498
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    Nope. My first post rubbished the show. :D

    However, i have changed my mind after watching the last 3 episodes in one sitting and hearing
    the back story which made me view the show in a much different light.

    The finished story should be better and make more sense than the real life story. We shouldn't need to know the inspiration.


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    #499
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    grey_so_what wrote: »
    this drama really makes you think.....:rolleyes: :o

    It certainly does ... what am I doing watching this rubbish? There must be other things I should be doing.


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    #500
    edelweis
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭edelweis


    Everyone who has invested 3 hours in it already just HAS to watch it tomorrow, and be on this thread, the thread is a hoot!


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    #501
    grey_so_what
    Registered Users Posts: 19,749 ✭✭✭✭grey_so_what


    edelweis wrote: »
    And the hippy phone-robber's son looks like a baby Charlie ;)

    And Charlie's girlfriend looked a bit like Charlie from L/H.....:D

    This could go on and on.....

    Day 5,000 - The man walking the dog looked like my Uncle Terry..


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    #502
    sassyj
    Registered Users Posts: 733 ✭✭✭sassyj


    edelweis wrote: »
    oh baby jesus, that's complex, thanks for that though!!

    Did they not mention he left a note saying he had only heard someone in the prison talking about her. That is why they then interviewed all the prisoners and showed then her photo. Creepy guy knew well it wasn't Amber.


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    #503
    Stojkovic
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Stojkovic


    Im enjoying it, feck the lot of ya !!!!


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    #504
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    The finished story should be better and make more sense than the real life story. We shouldn't need to know the inspiration.

    You are missing the point Happyman. The inspiration is pivotal to the meaning and theme of the show. Both to the content and in the form of the show.


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    #505
    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,179 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    It's so bad that it makes fair city look like the sopranos.

    Acting - sh!te
    Hill st blues camera work - sh!te
    Storyline - sh!te
    annoying rte voiceover lady at the end - my ears are bleeding


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    #506
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    You are missing the point Happyman. The inspiration is pivotal to the meaning and theme of the show. Both to the content and in the form of the show.

    So you need to know the 'inspiration' to get the meaning??


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    #507
    sillysocks
    Registered Users Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭sillysocks


    Maybe Charlie's girlfriend is linked to the guy that stole the phone. Perhaps he's the father of the child and that's how someone in prison heard about the mural.


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    #508
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    So you need to know the 'inspiration' to get the meaning??

    Well it becomes self evident to a point eventually to the perceptive viewer but yes it will change your perspective on what the show is trying to achieve with its onion form and chaotic/ convenient scenes.


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    #509
    allym
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭allym


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    You are missing the point Happyman. The inspiration is pivotal to the meaning and theme of the show. Both to the content and in the form of the show.

    What is the inspiration? Very curious now!


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    #510
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    Well it becomes self evident to a point eventually to the perceptive viewer but yes it will change your perspective on what the show is trying to achieve with its onion form and chaotic/ convenient scenes.

    I don't think I have ever 'had' to know the inspiration of any film, play or TV series to get the meaning of it. Or had my perspective of the artwork 'changed' when I knew what the inspiration was.
    Quite a novel concept alright.


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    #511
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    allym wrote: »
    What is the inspiration? Very curious now!

    May ruin show for some so only look if you are very curious.
    Close friend of the writer's went missing. Only footage of him shows him by the sea. He probably committed suicide but they never found a body.


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