The South Westerlies [RTE1][**SPOILERS**]

storker

It's one thing to occasionally catch an actor acting but these guys are at it all the time. You never for a moment think that this is a real story and there isn't a crew and gear standing just outside your field of view. I'm just not sure if it's bad acting or bad writing but I suspect it's both.

Some nice shots of the town though, so we'll just fast-forward to them when watching next week's effort.

The geographical anomalies don't count as goofs of course, but they do provide some unintended amusement if you know the area, such as getting out of the car at that tiny car park a couple of miles south of Brittas Bay and then taking a few steps to the left and standing beside Wicklow Head lighthouse. Or driving up the coast road towards Wicklow, but the shot of them passing the lighthouses indicates that they're going away from town again. Then they get into town and emerge from a side road you have no reason to come out of if you've come in via the cost road. Maybe the Oslo office should have provided a satnav.

It was like watching Taffin again...where the protestors get very annoyed because the evil businessman blocked their exit from the car park with his truck and you're wondering what's the problem because they can just go round via Church St...

AndrewJRenko

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

You have to admit, it was a bit 1970s, like something from The Sweeney, with the sneering lads looking at the girls, making 40 foot bargepole jokes, as if the girls were queuing up for a go?

I wouldn't say I'm a loyal fan. I loved her stuff in Irish Pictorial Weekly, but that's a while back now. Her role in this was a bit cringe, but that's down to the cringe script.

But let's be honest, your issue is that the lady had an opinion and voiced an opinion and even worse, she ended up on the winning team for the Repeal thing. That's your big problem, but you take a swipe at her looks rather than just disagreeing with her.

Actually i didnt say anything about her looks per-se. In response to another poster who commented on his perceived attractiveness of her (which fair enough, each to their own) I responded (in not so many words) that i didnt find her sexually attractive, because frankly I find her and all her obnoxious talentless Irish cohort who invade our airtime, to be quite repulsive, self-absorbed garbage. They make my skin crawl. Stealing a living

The 'winning team'???.... :eek: God above we really are falling off the cliff edge.

clappyhappy

I missed the first episode on Sunday and the TV listings aren't showing for the weekend on sky, does anyone know if its repeated before the second episode is shown. Thanks.

Atlantic Dawn

clappyhappy wrote: »

I missed the first episode on Sunday and the TV listings aren't showing for the weekend on sky, does anyone know if its repeated before the second episode is shown. Thanks.

Repeated Saturday night at 11.30. EPG data for RTE on Saturday seems to be a copy of last week as they are still showing Mutiny On The Bounty in the afternoon, the person who updated the EPG is probably still away for 2 weeks in Torremolinos Courtown.

HeidiHeidi

Caught up with this tonight..... bit disappointed overall tbh....

Acting hammy enough to make half a Christmas dinner, and West Cork might have made up for that, but it was shot in fecking Wicklow :rolleyes:

Orla Brady literally the only good thing about it!

Might give it one more week just to see how it plays out.

hetuzozaho

storker wrote: »

The geographical anomalies don't count as goofs of course, but they do provide some unintended amusement if you know the area, such as getting out of the car at that tiny car park a couple of miles south of Brittas Bay and then taking a few steps to the left and standing beside Wicklow Head lighthouse. Or driving up the coast road towards Wicklow, but the shot of them passing the lighthouses indicates that they're going away from town again. Then they get into town and emerge from a side road you have no reason to come out of if you've come in via the cost road. Maybe the Oslo office should have provided a satnav.

It was like watching Taffin again...where the protestors get very annoyed because the evil businessman blocked their exit from the car park with his truck and you're wondering what's the problem because they can just go round via Church St...

clappyhappy

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Repeated Saturday night at 11.30. EPG data for RTE on Saturday seems to be a copy of last week as they are still showing Mutiny On The Bounty in the afternoon, the person who updated the EPG is probably still away for 2 weeks in Torremolinos Courtown.

Thank you very much.

clappyhappy

clappyhappy wrote: »

Thank you very much.

I watched it on catch up on sky.

Well, I say watched it but I only got as far as the end of part 2. Usually I’ll keep watching something regardless but it was woeful.

freshpopcorn

Glad to know I’m not the only person who found this brutal!

the purple tin

I don't know if I should subject myself to it again tonight. Some truly cringworthy acting and dialogue.
On the other hand some lovely views, including Orla

Muahahaha

the purple tin wrote: »

I don't know if I should subject myself to it again tonight. Some truly cringworthy acting and dialogue.
On the other hand some lovely views, including Orla

Im actually going to tune in just for the pure cringe factor, its so bad it is actually funny. I also want to see does the plot line of the surfer chick turning out to he a half sister of Orla Bradys son play out, if it does we will have reached peak cringe.

Mav11

Just saw the catch up at the beginning. Had enough.

Mr.Crinklewood

Nice sausages.

ednwireland

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Nice sausages.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Mav11

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Nice sausages.

Miserable looking sausages. Certainly not from Clonakilty.

4Ad

The camoige coach what acting school did she come from ??

I love all things GAA....oh F##k off.....

4Ad

I watch as it's so bloody bad..

4Ad

Is Steve Wall stoned ?

the purple tin

I just realised that Baz the surfer is like an Irish version of Doctor Cox. It's uncanny!
Also the cafe owner's husband is obviously in the closet, 'we love your buns' that one made Killinaskully look subtle :rolleyes:

Muahahaha

That scene on the fishing boat with the fisherman reciting his poetry was the cringeworthy moment of part 1 for me, followed closely by the GAA coach who doesnt seem to know how to act.

JP Liz V1

Atlantic Examiner

barney shamrock

Saw a few minutes of episode 1 last week.
Reminded me of the rashers I had for breakfast (a bit hammy)

Beechwoodspark

Tis fair bad

Mav11

Muahahaha wrote: »

That scene on the fishing boat with the fisherman reciting his poetry was the cringeworthy moment of part 1 for me, followed closely by the GAA coach who doesnt seem to know how to act.

Not as cringeworthy as the Cork accents. And I have one of those.

Mav11

Conman, a chip off the old block, wha???

gammygils

Those hurleys the camogie club were playing with looked really clean.
Like they were never used before

JP Liz V1

What was the song played at the end tonight?

saabsaab

gammygils wrote: »

Those hurleys the camogie club were playing with looked really clean.
Like they were never used before

Do ye not polish yer hurleys after using them?


I liked it.

Declan A Walsh

It certainly was worse than last week. At least we saw Steve Wall singing and playing guitar! The scenery is still good and I still want to see what happens in the plot next week.

Muahahaha

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

At least we saw Steve Wall singing and playing guitar!

They should have had him singing Brewing Up a Storm just for old times sake