The Fall (RTE1/BBC2) [** Spoilers **]

Lisha

Why did she give the cop her room number?

syklops

Lisha wrote: »

Why did she give the cop her room number?

She was making a booty call.

Lisha

syklops wrote: »

She was making a booty call.

Simply from passing him at a crime scene
I'm old

syklops

Lisha wrote: »

Simply from passing him at a crime scene
I'm old

Like I said, I wish real women were that forward.

Thats it?!?

So after an hour, we know no more than after the trailer?

And I was so looking forward to this.

Mr E

Enjoyed that.

Love how it's not a "whodunnit" either - the killer is a creepy fecker.

Tisserand

Lisha wrote: »

Simply from passing him at a crime scene
I'm old

And I'm learning

syklops

Mr E wrote: »

Enjoyed that.

Love how it's not a "whodunnit" either - the killer is a creepy fecker.

Its nice to see something original and not bought in on RTE. I really like Gillian Anderson, her accent is impeccable, and she looks fantastic. I just hopes it speeds up a bit.

tonytenser

MOD EDIT: No. And don't ask again.

Daveysil15

Tis a bit slow alright. That solicitor woman has a fine arse on her all the same.

The Black Oil

1.01

Initial impressions are positive. Unsettling, slow burn human drama. Family man with fetishes/fantasies psychopath hiding in plain sight. Of course, being set in NI means there's prejudice, ignorance, and politics, but not too much so far.

I've zero issues with the pacing. At all. Hearing Anderson telling someone to eff off is a pleasure.

syklops

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Tis a bit slow alright. That solicitor woman has a fine arse on her all the same.

The killer has good taste all right.

KKkitty

Thoroughly disappointed with that. Left it til the last minute for a bit of excitement.

sydthebeat

I'm glad its not a wham bam thriller, I think the pace is fine, exactly what's needed to introduce the characters. The bad guy is obviously fecked up, but hes also the family guy and caring father.

Looking forward to the next one.

smcgiff

The pacing is fine, more realistic.

Gillian still looking fine. Enjoyed the gratuitous ass shot at the start to establish it.

Happyman42

There was enough in that to watch it again. Was perilously close to being too slow but characthers seem well drawn and interesting.
Hotel room number scene was like a slap in the face, just didn't see the relevance, we'll see where it goes.

tonytenser

smcgiff wrote: »

The pacing is fine, more realistic.

Gillian still looking fine. Enjoyed the gratuitous ass shot at the start to establish it.

care to elaborate on that ass shot bit? I know she does a raunchy sex scene in episode 2 with the guy who she gave her hotel number too as Gillian has been mentioning it a lot in interviews so any midly sexy scenes from episode 1 id love to hear details about.

smcgiff

NO

tonytenser

smcgiff wrote: »

NO

Jesus, what is it with boards these days? cant anyone ask a simple question without people being flat out rude?

locum-motion

ElNino wrote: »

If that is the case then I don't understand how RTE are airing the show before the BBC who made it. That would be totally unprecedented.

This is pure speculation on my part, but seems logical:

TV commissioning and production people copped on years ago that the Irish TV market is small and doesn't leak into the UK, while the UK market definitely leaks into Ireland.
So, if a new series is shown in the UK first, lots of people in Ireland will see it and they won't be able to sell it to the Irish market (or at least, if they do, they won't sell it for as much).
But if they sell it to RTE first, then that doesn't affect the price they can achieve when they sell it to the UK, cos people in Britain won't have watched it on Irish telly.
Big US series regularly show on Irish channels a week or a few weeks ahead of British telly.

smcgiff

Eastenders starts in Ireland before the bbc to encourage irish people to watch it on rte.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Really enjoyed it. Been waiting forever for this to air. Well, maybe a year or more. They first started showing trailers during the Olympics, so I was expecting it a lot sooner than now.

Anyway, very slow burn, but enough in it to keep me interested and will defo tune in next week. Doesn't hurt that Jamie Dornan is a beaut

DeWitt

Quite enjoyed it too, and will def be tuning in for the remainder of the series. Though I did see a lot of the commentary on twitter focusing on how slow paced it was. Didn't have a problem with it with myself.

syklops

DeWitt wrote: »

Quite enjoyed it too, and will def be tuning in for the remainder of the series. Though I did see a lot of the commentary on twitter focusing on how slow paced it was. Didn't have a problem with it with myself.

It was slow enough that you could follow twitter while watching it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

DeWitt wrote: »

Quite enjoyed it too, and will def be tuning in for the remainder of the series. Though I did see a lot of the commentary on twitter focusing on how slow paced it was. Didn't have a problem with it with myself.

I don't know what people were expecting from it? All of the reviews I read of it said it was slow paced. Is it the fact that people aren't used to subtlety and smart stories on RTÉ?

The Black Oil

The first episode of the Danish version of the Killing isn't riddled with bodies.

If, 20 minutes in, we were seeing crime scene tape, and the flash of a camera focusing on a bloodied carpet, twitter would be saying this is an Irish CSI.

Basq

tonytenser wrote: »

Jesus, what is it with boards these days? cant anyone ask a simple question without people being flat out rude?

To be fair, you're asking details on "how nudey" an actress gets during discussion of a TV show..

.. this is the kinda thing that stays primarily on IMDb or a fan forum.

Let's leave that kinda discussion there!

syklops

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I don't know what people were expecting from it? All of the reviews I read of it said it was slow paced. Is it the fact that people aren't used to subtlety and smart stories on RTÉ?

Thats probably it, with my ADHD I couldn't settle down to focus on it. Im also not used to watching anything other than Fair City what with only having two channels as we are still in the eighties. :rolleyes:

hardCopy

I thought it was very good. Jamie Donovan is unsettling/creepy, even if he does look like Ashton Kutcher. The only thing that confused me was that there were so many similar looking brunettes and it was hard to keep track of who was who.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

syklops wrote: »

Thats probably it, with my ADHD I couldn't settle down to focus on it. Im also not used to watching anything other than Fair City what with only having two channels as we are still in the eighties. :rolleyes:

That's not what I said. I was simply implying that RTÉ aren't known for producing anything like this, and based on the usual drivel they churn out (Raw, Love/Hate) it may have come as a surprise to some people to see a smartly written, carefully plotted slow burning drama.

Pretzill

There's slow paced and then there's wading through glue pace - this has potential but some scenes weren't needed and though clever the camera angle moving through the perps house made it seem very set like. It's attempting to be something its not - dialogue lacking - humour attempts jarring - I will watch the second one but I did feel like turning over halfway through - pity

SkadooshJ

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

That's not what I said. I was simply implying that RTÉ aren't known for producing anything like this, and based on the usual drivel they churn out (Raw, Love/Hate) it may have come as a surprise to some people to see a smartly written, carefully plotted slow burning drama.

Drivel??
Love/Hate????

Wow

Sittingpretty

I really enjoyed it. Will defo tune in again.

How many episodes are there in the series?

Mr E

5, I believe.

KKkitty

Pretzill wrote: »

There's slow paced and then there's wading through glue pace - this has potential but some scenes weren't needed and though clever the camera angle moving through the perps house made it seem very set like. It's attempting to be something its not - dialogue lacking - humour attempts jarring - I will watch the second one but I did feel like turning over halfway through - pity

+1 on this pretty much. The scene where Gibson gave her room number was inconsequential to any of the storyline so far and for a viewer to remain enthralled dialogue has to be fluid. I don't care who funded it either. The premiere was almost like it was thrown together very quickly.

Happyman42

SkadooshJ wrote: »

Drivel??
Love/Hate????

Wow

In the sense that L/H's characters are cartoons in comparison. This series seems to be putting the complexity of character before one dimensional ubercool gangsta tricks and glitz.

brian_t

Slow moving yes but I think I can give another 4 hours to it.

It's repeated on Saturday evening and available on the RTE Player.

mike65 wrote: »

Ah yeah I saw that after I posted.

BBC Northern Ireland, which commissioned the script and put up two thirds of the £4.5 million budget. German rights group ZDF Enterprises came in alongside Irish broadcaster RTÉ and Flemish- language Belgian broadcaster VMMA

So very little then!

Enough to get an "In Association with RTÉ" credit.

Kerrydude1981

Just watched the first episode,not bad.

JP Liz V1

Gillian Anderson's character is trying to hard to be like Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison imo but ok first episode overall, Jamie Dornan looks quite young even with the beard but played his role quite well plus he is very hot

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

SkadooshJ wrote: »

Drivel??
Love/Hate????

Wow

Stereotypical cut outs for characters. Awful acting. Terrible dialogue. Awful music choices. Drivel.

walshb

I enjoyed the episode. I see the mentioning of Scully giving her room number to some randon dude on the street. What was that all about? Yes, it seems to be that she is looking for a bit of nookie, but surely there's a little more to it?

FouxDaFaFa

I enjoyed that first episode. Read the comments here before so was worried it would be painfully slow but thought the pace of it fit the mood of the show very well. I'll definitely be watching again next week.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

walshb wrote: »

I enjoyed the episode. I see the mentioning of Scully giving her room number to some randon dude on the street. What was that all about? Yes, it seems to be that she is looking for a bit of nookie, but surely there's a little more to it?

Well I assume as the show progresses we'll learn more about her. It reminded me a little of the main female character on The Bridge, if anyone watched that. She was very blunt and literal, if she wanted sex she just said she wanted it, no messing about with flirting or awkward morning afters. Maybe that's what they're going for with Scully.

sligojoek

walshb wrote: »

I enjoyed the episode. I see the mentioning of Scully giving her room number to some randon dude on the street. What was that all about? Yes, it seems to be that she is looking for a bit of nookie, but surely there's a little more to it?

I reckon she knows him from the past.

3rdDegree

sligojoek wrote: »

I reckon she knows him from the past.

Not so sure. He seemed to be quite surprised by her "invitation".

3rdDegree

One thing I thought was very silly was that the "victim" only changed the front door locks after the break-in. She knew the back door was useless, was freaked in the house on her own, and only changed one lock? Silly.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

sligojoek wrote: »

I reckon she knows him from the past.

She didn't know him, she asked the other officers in the car who he was and had them introduce her to him. She was just looking for a bit of sexing and fancied what she saw. She was just being extremely forward about it.

3rdDegree wrote: »

One thing I thought was very silly was that the "victim" only changed the front door locks after the break-in. She knew the back door was useless, was freaked in the house on her own, and only changed one lock? Silly.

She explained that to her sister in the park. The back door was old and the locks couldn't be changed, the whole door had to be replaced. Her sister wanted her to come and stay with her until this had been done.

The Pontiac

Thought it was poor. The killer is very unconvincing -he should be more creepier. He just seems too normal around his family.

Also the timescale, like the final scene where he's killing the victim, the cops just happen to call (at that very time) to see if she's all right. Bit ridiculous.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

The Pontiac wrote: »

Thought it was poor. The killer is very unconvincing -he should be more creepier. He just seems too normal around his family.

You don't find it creepy that he's a normal family man with two lovely kids at home but leaves them alone at night to go around sniffing women's undies and occasionally killing them? The normal aspects of his life are what make it more creepy. He could be someone you know, he could be your friend, your husband, your dad!

I find him plenty creepy.

Pretzill

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Well I assume as the show progresses we'll learn more about her. It reminded me a little of the main female character on The Bridge, if anyone watched that. She was very blunt and literal, if she wanted sex she just said she wanted it, no messing about with flirting or awkward morning afters. Maybe that's what they're going for with Scully.

Now The Bridge was excellent good mix of Danish humour and Swedish coolness for the light moments -it crossed my mind too that scully's advances could be construed as the female detective in the bridge prolly why it didn't convince me -

sligojoek

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

She didn't know him, she asked the other officers in the car who he was and had them introduce her to him. She was just looking for a bit of sexing and fancied what she saw. She was just being extremely forward about it.



She explained that to her sister in the park. The back door was old and the locks couldn't be changed, the whole door had to be replaced. Her sister wanted her to come and stay with her until this had been done.

Cheers. I didn't hear that bit.