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Wanderer2010

walshb wrote: »

The absence of blood doesn't take away from the violence.

We live in a violent society. This particular part of the story required a violent reaction. Open a newspaper, turn on the tv, even load up the internet and you see evidence of that. Walk down your street enough times and you will see violence there too.

Cant believe the amount of thin-skinned buttercups we have in this country. To hear that 6 people made a formal complaint about the violence on a tv show aired at 8pm, when we live in a country where more kids are beaten up and sexually abused in their own home that anywhere else, it really is a joke. Then again, someone made a complaint that Stephen Fry should be charged for his "blasphemous" comments re: God, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Nobody wants to see kids exposed to hardcore porn or torturing scenes (well, not before they can see worse on the internet anyway!) but 2 lads throwing a few swings is hardly Scarface territory. And there was no physical torture, Ciaran just played mind games with him, hes not going to kill Emmet, he hasn't the nerve.

Wanderer2010

I know I'm probably preaching to an empty church here but in case you thought the Katy story wraps up this week...or next....NOPE! Don't shoot the messenger.

Next week Emmet is brought to the flat and kept there hostage with Katy. Emmet is amazed that Katy wont take his side over Ciaran and concludes she has been brainwashed. Meanwhile, Deegan questions Farrah as a suspect in the kidnapping of Katy

Tranceypoo

Wanderer2010 wrote:

I know I'm probably preaching to an empty church here but in case you thought the Katy story wraps up this week...or next....NOPE! Don't shoot the messenger.

Oh FFS!!!!!!

BuilderPlumber

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

We live in a violent society. This particular part of the story required a violent reaction. Open a newspaper, turn on the tv, even load up the internet and you see evidence of that. Walk down your street enough times and you will see violence there too.

Cant believe the amount of thin-skinned buttercups we have in this country. To hear that 6 people made a formal complaint about the violence on a tv show aired at 8pm, when we live in a country where more kids are beaten up and sexually abused in their own home that anywhere else, it really is a joke. Then again, someone made a complaint that Stephen Fry should be charged for his "blasphemous" comments re: God, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Nobody wants to see kids exposed to hardcore porn or torturing scenes (well, not before they can see worse on the internet anyway!) but 2 lads throwing a few swings is hardly Scarface territory. And there was no physical torture, Ciaran just played mind games with him, hes not going to kill Emmet, he hasn't the nerve.

It is these types who complain about mild violence who have drama ruined in Ireland. For example:

Clean Break: the violence was kept to a minimum and while shown, it was isolated.
Rebellion: key scenes like executions were not shown onscreen.
Striking Out: all cases were kept to a non-violent nature.

As said before, I daresay if all 3 had been made a few years earlier they'd be far more violent. Love/Hate and indeed the 2001-2011 period of Fair City were unafraid to show violence regularly. I think that since 2014, RTE has bowed to pressure not to show violence but are testing the waters with a return to violent fare in Fair City at present.

Sadly, this type of censorship ruins things. I guess that in the wake of the outrages against violence in Love/Hate, the makers of Rebellion and Clean Break went to RTE with a more violent version of these shows and were told to get rid of the violence if they want it to be shown. They did and what we got was 2 tame, restrained shows that could have been great if done in the spirit of Love/Hate. When it comes down to the fact that RTE are afraid to show someone getting executed by firing squad on screen, things have taken a step backwards. A year earlier, they were not afraid to show Fran the man's rape scene.

Wanderer2010

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

It is these types who complain about mild violence who have drama ruined in Ireland. For example:

Clean Break: the violence was kept to a minimum and while shown, it was isolated.
Rebellion: key scenes like executions were not shown onscreen.
Striking Out: all cases were kept to a non-violent nature.

As said before, I daresay if all 3 had been made a few years earlier they'd be far more violent. Love/Hate and indeed the 2001-2011 period of Fair City were unafraid to show violence regularly. I think that since 2014, RTE has bowed to pressure not to show violence but are testing the waters with a return to violent fare in Fair City at present.

Sadly, this type of censorship ruins things. I guess that in the wake of the outrages against violence in Love/Hate, the makers of Rebellion and Clean Break went to RTE with a more violent version of these shows and were told to get rid of the violence if they want it to be shown. They did and what we got was 2 tame, restrained shows that could have been great if done in the spirit of Love/Hate. When it comes down to the fact that RTE are afraid to show someone getting executed by firing squad on screen, things have taken a step backwards. A year earlier, they were not afraid to show Fran the man's rape scene.

Very good point and on the Rebellion comment, I was actually disappointed that they didn't show guts and blood in that scene, it would have been the ultimate metaphor for how dysfunctional our society was under British Rule. Having squashed Tone's brief rebellious outbreak to dust and then watched idly by (by some, by no means all) as 1.5 million people starved away to death whilst British government effectively did a Holocaust on us, the Easter Rising was a momentous occasion in Irish history and set in chain a series of events which led to a peaceful nation we have today.

People of a certain age are also going to remember tv scenes of Provisional IRA bombings, graveside attacks and sectarian murder every night on the news and none of that was blotted out. We need perspective here- if Ciaran was a genuine psychopath id be worried and uncomfortable but hes not, hes just an angry person who needs to be heard. Its all threats and bravado- he doesn't want to kill anyone but he will use his advantage that they are scared of him to the maximum.

Raven Runner

I don't know what the weather is like where you are but it's too good to be stuck inside watching Fair City you'd be better off going out for a walk or whatever and you'd feel better

The Talking Bread

Charlie has a wonderful memory????

He can barely remember his dead wife, Mags, let alone what his actual accent is.

Cormdogg

Emmet couldn't get through one cable tie! FFS

Cormdogg

I'd love if Ciaran just went......"oh sh*t, Emmet O'Brien, maybe it was Brian Emmet?"

bottlebrush

He was fairly thirsty. Would he not chance drinking water from the tap on the handbasin?

Cormdogg

Glenrose forgot how much matter weighs

SEPT 23 1989

If he really wanted out he could chew through his arm

Cormdogg

Sounds like Tessa was a stage 5 clingon

The Talking Bread

LoveHate's over exaggerated "I am a psycho" act is embarraaing. I see him and the actress that plays KT seem to be getting p1ssed off with the criticism on twitter, telling people to turn it off and shouting about the ratings!!

The Talking Bread

ha! Heather!

RobertKK

Heather is easily the best thing when it comes to Fair City.

The Talking Bread

RobertKK wrote: »

Heather is easily the best thing when it comes to Fair City.

It is funny but the fact they are only able to derive humour out of brain injury victim says a lot!!

Cormdogg

If Tessa went missing WTF was Emmet not contacted when they were looking for her FFS! When LH tracked him down you'd think he'd be more concerned with "hey any idea where Tessa is?" 2 years aint that long. But sure look

(Did they check Galway?)

retro:electro

Heather's line there about the affair was classic

The Talking Bread

Making this up as they go along. Now his parents are dead.

The Talking Bread

So Tessa was "missing" for less than a year and he came up with this plan?

The Talking Bread

Well said Cass. Someone calling Busy nose Bunnion Kelly out finally

LB6

why doesn't he kick the sink off the wall? stupid - first time I've watched this in yonks - I see I'm not missing anything!

Sephiroth_dude

Farrah "This is the man I want too spend the rest of my life with"

Really Farrah? You barely know him ya sap!

Cormdogg

This...........is............a.............joke shop!

RobertKK

Emmett is funny when he is drinking.

The Talking Bread

I reckon they only made this nonsense about his parents dying up because they realised how stupid it is he just dropped from the heavens.

RobertKK

Who will Ciaran kidnap next, keep watching...

Cormdogg

Without water yea? Who couldn't break a cable tie and smash out of that "cell" in a few hours?

The Talking Bread

Well done FC, the gift that keeps giving!!!