Normal People [BBC - RTE] - [**SPOILERS**]

MoonUnit75

listermint wrote: »

Have you considered the majority of people got that. At least what I've read on the show to date indicates you are firmly in the minority.

Sure, but a few pages back it seemed like the consensus among those who like the show was that it was a totally realistic scenario for him to be ostracised for going out with a weird girl.

olestoepoke

MoonUnit75 wrote: »

Sure, but a few pages back it seemed like the consensus among those who like the show was that it was a totally realistic scenario for him to be ostracised for going out with a weird girl.

I think you are just being argumentitive just for the sake of it. As the saying goes; you'd start a fight in an empty house.

Mortelaro

Finished episode 12 on the BBC iplayer last night
More gratuitous Sex,even to the last including a full view of Connell's length in the last episode that would make the Bull running with my cows jealous

I thought the entire series was very well acted amongst the main characters and very reminiscent actually of my UCD days ,down to the intellectual chats and we included,Ag,Commerce,Engineering, medicine and arts in our group

IamtheWalrus

The furore over the sex scenes make me think how far we are away from being ok with same-sex sex on TV. There'd be pitchforks outside Montrose.

lainey_d_123

Mortelaro wrote: »

Finished episode 12 on the BBC iplayer last night
More gratuitous Sex,even to the last including a full view of Connell's length in the last episode that would make the Bull running with my cows jealous

I thought the entire series was very well acted amongst the main characters and very reminiscent actually of my UCD days ,down to the intellectual chats and we included,Ag,Commerce,Engineering, medicine and arts in our group

Is his dick considered that big? Looked pretty normal to me.

I was taken aback over the talk of the sex scenes - they were all pretty mild and nowhere near what I was expecting from the level of outrage.

olestoepoke

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is his dick considered that big? Looked pretty normal to me.

I was taken aback over the talk of the sex scenes - they were all pretty mild and nowhere near what I was expecting from the level of outrage.

I wonder how an actor does these scenes without getting an erection. Especially at that young age. In my own experience in my early 20s it wouldn't take much never mind straddling a young lady as cute as Daisy.

lainey_d_123

olestoepoke wrote: »

I wonder how an actor does these scenes without getting an erection. Especially at that young age. In my own experience in my early 20s it wouldn't take much never mind straddling a young lady as cute as Daisy.

I'm not a fella but I suppose being surrounded by an entire crew, on a set, would make you nervous enough to not get one.

Mortelaro

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is his dick considered that big? Looked pretty normal to me.

I was taken aback over the talk of the sex scenes - they were all pretty mild and nowhere near what I was expecting from the level of outrage.

To be fair I used a figure of speech, I hadn't the ruler out

NSAman

Watched the whole series on HULU. Absolutely loved it.

Strange as I thought it would be a real pretty useless based on what I had heard. The sex scenes were tame, so we saw a penis and breasts.. big deal (its not as if it were porn).

the character development was pretty good but still feel that the characters are just not typically irish, the level of unhappiness even when happy was lacking.

Glad the brother got what was coming to him and I know a few women like the mother.... cold fishes... just wished THEIR characters were explored a little more... the ending leaves a future series open obviously.

Everything Italian

olestoepoke wrote: »

I wonder how an actor does these scenes without getting an erection. Especially at that young age. In my own experience in my early 20s it wouldn't take much never mind straddling a young lady as cute as Daisy.

I think 'studio stress' would account for this.

As for the straddling bit, I think something along the lines of a sock are deployed to avoid 'intimacy accidents' but my nosey side would like to know more....perhaps there is someone with film industry knowledge around here?

olestoepoke

Everything Italian wrote: »

I think 'studio stress' would account for this.

As for the straddling bit, I think something along the lines of a sock are deployed to avoid 'intimacy accidents' but my nosey side would like to know more....perhaps there is someone with film industry knowledge around here?

Maybe some skin coloured tape is applied to tape it to his leg somehow? Ouch. I don't know, even in front of cameras and people I still find it hard to believe that a red blooded young man like that could keep himself limp.

PCros

NSAman wrote: »

Glad the brother got what was coming to him and I know a few women like the mother.... cold fishes... just wished THEIR characters were explored a little more... the ending leaves a future series open obviously.

May have been mentioned but Lenny Abrahamson said if a second season ever happened he'd like to explore it in 10 years time and see where the characters are...

I personally loved the show, best TV in a long time plus the soundtrack was spot on. Hey Now by London Grammar during the nightclub scene was class.

Hamachi

PCros wrote: »

May have been mentioned but Lenny Abrahamson said if a second season ever happened he'd like to explore it in 10 years time and see where the characters are...

I personally loved the show, best TV in a long time plus the soundtrack was spot on. Hey Now by London Grammar during the nightclub scene was class.

Yeah. I love that tune too, particularly the remix they used in the nightclub scene. She looked really beautiful on the dance floor. Not surprised he couldn’t keep his eyes off her.

MisterAnarchy

PCros wrote: »

I personally loved the show, best TV in a long time plus the soundtrack was spot on. Hey Now by London Grammar during the nightclub scene was class.

The soundtrack was excellent as was the score by Stephen Rennicks.

Dontfadeaway

About the end

I get why he had to go because it's a huge thing but I don't get her staying. She just gave up her flat, her family don't want anything to do with her. Stay for what?

All that fandango

Dontfadeaway wrote:

About the end

Interesting point would like to know this too

lainey_d_123

Dontfadeaway wrote: »

About the end

I get why he had to go because it's a huge thing but I don't get her staying. She just gave up her flat, her family don't want anything to do with her. Stay for what?

This was probably the least believable part of the whole series for me.

She says she enjoys her life there, but does she? She's totally cut off from her family, some friendships have dissolved, her college lifestyle is over. Would it not be more realistic to go with the person you love and have an adventure in New York? Is it more than she wants Connell to grow as a person on his own? And maybe her too?

MisterAnarchy

Dontfadeaway wrote: »

About the end

I get why he had to go because it's a huge thing but I don't get her staying. She just gave up her flat, her family don't want anything to do with her. Stay for what?

In the book the ending is left open ended ,we don't see if he decides to go to New York or not ,I think that ending would have worked better in the TV series too.
A person like Connell would have struggled in a huge city like New York without Marianne beside him .
Why did she want to stay ,seemed a bit strange allright ,maybe she was going to do a postgrad in Trinity .
Would she have got a Visa to go to the US ?

Everything Italian

While we cant help it, I dont see much benefit in trying to fit in an ending beyond that which we are given. The final paragraph in the book is the among the most poignant I have ever read, evoking pathos that left me empty. This bit tells you what happens next IMO

He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her.

But

why didnt she go, perhaps she knew that they finally had to split in order to find their own happiness

........I dont think I'd be brave enough to risk that myself and would want to work hard to make it work, whatever that took.

NSAman

All that fandango wrote: »

Interesting point would like to know this too

I think the sexual abuse by the midget was a little far fetched at the end.... especially reminiscent of Snow White... still wondering why he was dressed in silver.

olestoepoke

NSAman wrote: »

I think the sexual abuse by the midget was a little far fetched at the end.... especially reminiscent of Snow White... still wondering why he was dressed in silver.

You can't say "midget" ffs ha ha.:D

Tork

About the end

I think she stayed because she was finally starting to live a life that was happy in Dublin. Maybe going to New York with Connell was a step too far for now and that they both had to grow more as people. Up to that point, their relationship had been an on-off thing and maybe that pattern could continue.

Lisha

Joe Duffy just tweeted that he is ringing in sick tomorrow

Lisha

Lisha wrote: »

Joe Duffy just tweeted that he is ringing in sick tomorrow

You'd swear it was a full blown p0rno. Ridiculous overreaction (not from Joe himself but his listeners). That said though id hate to be watching this with the parents

:pac:

I love the way the camera is always focused on the characters. No space filling shots of Dublin. Even Love/hate was very guilty of us. Surprised the likes of HBO dont give Lenny Abrahamson a gig. He is able to capture realism

Good thing the threesome didn't happen or Joe would need to be calling 999 for a cardiac emergency

RobertKK

Connell is very monotonal.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Good thing the threesome didn't happen or Joe would need to be calling 999 for a cardiac emergency

Crikey, god bless Connalls self discipline there

Joe's phonelines will melt tomorrow

To be honest though, the riding is probably ott now. We get it, they love riding

ted1

I always enjoy playing slot the location with Irish shows.
Shankill and Killiney being used for Dublin and Sligo scenes

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

Connell is very monotonal.

In a way, that kind of makes him realistic.