Dublin Murders - BBC One & RTE One

Homelander

Strazdas wrote: »

It's a fair point about the two books but people are giving out yards about the ending and yet it matched the ending of 'In The Woods' almost exactly.

I'd say there is no pleasing some of the critics of the show, they were never going to like it.

Eh, what? Most people who watch the show will never have read the books.

A bad ending is a bad ending. And Dublin Murdrers does have a weak ending.

No great mystery involved, nothing to do with the books, which 90% of audiences will not have read.

Zak Flaps

Scott Tenorman wrote: »

As someone who has never read the books i kept thinking "ok this student stuff (with the oldest group of students i've ever seen BTW!) is sh*t but lets see how it ties in with the main story" but it didn't at all

I couldn't agree more. I thought that was terrible. So boring and pointless.

wench

Zak Flaps wrote: »

So you're saying jamie and peter went 300 years back in time?
Interesting!!

Mind blown!

Ash.J.Williams

Strazdas wrote: »

It's a fair point about the two books but people are giving out yards about the ending and yet it matched the ending of 'In The Woods' almost exactly.

I'd say there is no pleasing some of the critics of the show, they were never going to like it.

even though the endings corresponded, would you say the ending of the book was more satisfactory?

sydthebeat

Strazdas wrote: »

It's a fair point about the two books but people are giving out yards about the ending and yet it matched the ending of 'In The Woods' almost exactly.

I'd say there is no pleasing some of the critics of the show, they were never going to like it.

i havent read the books, but from what ive heard a lot of significant stuff happens in the minds of the characters... which can be threaded out easily in a book, but practically impossible on screen.

so while the endings are the same.. how you understand the ending could be completely different in the book than the screen

youcancallmeal

Only got around to finishing watching, it was a bit of a slog. I couldn't understand how something so obviously well funded could have such terrible writing/plot then I realised it was based on 2 books which makes more sense. For me it doesn't matter what way they spin it but unanswered mysteries are just lazy writing, either make it sci-fi/fantasy or don't. Some of the acting was poor but I would give the actors the benefit of the doubt seeing as they had so little to work with. It's hard to know what they could've done differently to make it work, I guess base a single 4 episode series on one book would be a start but really it seems they probably shouldn't have tried to adapt something if it required amalgamating 2 books

Mantis Toboggan

Have to say I gave up on this towards the end. I thought it started well but just lost it's way half way through. Disappointing.

Man Vs ManUre

The story got a bit complex in the 2nd half but it was still very watchable, and still the best series on RTÉ since Love/Hate.
The 2 leads were fantastic. Wasn’t too crazy about Nidge’s performance in this, he doesn’t seem to be able to change his mannerism’s in the different roles.

Bredabe

Anyone else think the actress eating pasta in the pork and bacon add is sara green?

blueshade

I enjoyed it immensely, then again I don't watch much Irish TV so I'm not familiar with the actors. It's funny seeing the nasty property developer playing the Dad in the Lidl Christmas ad though.

Lollipop95

Just finished it, very convoluted but enjoyed it. Absolutely best Irish produced show since Love/Hate imo. Did not see the Rosalind twist coming and her slowly being revealed as a psychopath and manipulator reminded very much of a scene in Bodyguard, which I believe was also BBC produced. A couple of things:

1. What is the story with Rob's shoulder? The fact that it showed the dislocation twice means it must have some significance - could it be a clue to what happened in the woods all those years ago?

2. Earlier in the show, there was a scene of Rob with his parents at the hospital and he refused to look/hold the hand of his dying father. It also showed a flashback of a young Adam with him - was there some sort of abuse going on there?

3. The whole Lexie plot and everything to do with it

After it was revealed that Peter and Jamie weren't actually the best friends that Rob had fantasised them to be, I initially thought that maybe he had been the one that killed them, but then how do you explain the lack of bodies?

Hopefully there's a season 2 as there's a lot of unanswered questions

ziedth

Lollipop95 wrote: »

Hopefully there's a season 2 as there's a lot of unanswered questions

There isn't. Well, there could be but this season is a mix of book one and two. The remaining books I believe are based on different characters with only Tom Vaugh Lawlors character popping back up.

Agent Coulson

They don't have to follow the books they could just write new material using these characters if they have the actors tied down.

shortlegs

Just finished watching.
Spotted Rosalind as a suspect early on, obvious, her being the carer, giving up everything, whilst her sister got to be a star.
But I was sure that Adam had something to do with the earlier disappearances - he was found ‘with blood in his shoes’, and the night he goes back to woods and seems to have an experience which shakes him - he leaves a message for Cassie, which we never get to find out about. Why did he burn the homeless guys coat, after beating the daylights out of him?

odyssey06

shortlegs wrote: »

Just finished watching.
Spotted Rosalind as a suspect early on, obvious, her being the carer, giving up everything, whilst her sister got to be a star.
But I was sure that Adam had something to do with the earlier disappearances - he was found ‘with blood in his shoes’, and the night he goes back to woods and seems to have an experience which shakes him - he leaves a message for Cassie, which we never get to find out about. Why did he burn the homeless guys coat, after beating the daylights out of him?

I know Rosalind came from a sheltered background but she was a little too old and too attractive to 'buy' the scene with her in the bar with Adam where she pretends she thought it was a date... that should have set off more alarm bells for me but I thought it was just a casting thing.

I think he burned the coat because it was a very distinctive jacket and it was in the description circulated of the homeless guy to the guards... so he was maybe doing the guy a favour; after the beserk onslaught.

Bredabe

odyssey06 wrote: »

I know Rosalind came from a sheltered background but she was a little too old and too attractive to 'buy' the scene with her in the bar with Adam where she pretends she thought it was a date... that should have set off more alarm bells for me but I thought it was just a casting thing.

I think he burned the coat because it was a very distinctive jacket and it was in the description circulated of the homeless guy to the guards... so he was maybe doing the guy a favour; after the beserk onslaught.

What didnt make any sense to me about that scene is, for such a shelter youngster and in the middle of nowhere, with no money to spare,she got her hands on a provocative outfit like that?

MynamesColm

Binged this over the last few days. My god it really jumped the shark in episode 5.


I've watched a lot of bad tv over the years... but this might have been the most disappointing show I've seen in a long time. It started with such promise! I had heard great reviews back in 2019, and warnings to pay attention because it's all so complex!

At least I can say I thought most of the performances were good. All the main players were good, and Killian Scott and Sarah Greene were very compelling in the main roles. But the doppleganger storyline ... it ruined everything for me. A garda, investigating the stabbing of her double, who also happens to be using a cover identity that she previously used?!

And of course a person's kiss is as individual as their fingerprint.

It's hard to judge how much time passes in tv shows, but it felt like Maddox spent maybe two days undercover? And was already losing her own self of identity. The students themselves were some of the least likable arseholes I've seen on screen. Living in the middle of nowhere but still within easy commuting distance to Trinity (despite it looking like they only had one car).