Prosperty RTE II..

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-09-2007 9:24pm #1

Bleed'n crap Dublin accents, crap show. I'm going to bed...

Looked forward to seeing this all week. What a let down :mad:

Dave! · 03-09-2007 9:28pm

Yeah it's a loada arse........ disappointed

RoundyMooney · 03-09-2007 9:34pm

If I want to see chavs wandering around aimlessly, I'll go to Dublin...or Cobh.

Skanger sympathiser Julie Burchill would probably love it though.

zuutroy · 03-09-2007 9:39pm

Take it to TV gripers.

Tha Gopher · 03-09-2007 9:45pm

Any repeat on?

In fairness nearly every Network 2 drama has been either crap or poorly received in recent years.

Msfc · 03-09-2007 9:45pm

Nearly as bad as Fair City! Bleedn crap!!

philstar · 03-09-2007 9:46pm

RTE + Drama + Sitcom = Crap

thank god they never got their hands on FR TED

Cheeky_gal · 03-09-2007 9:47pm

Wha er yiz on??? it wz bleedin savage!

Cheeky_gal · 03-09-2007 9:49pm

Seriously tho.....I cannot waaaaait til next wk!!! That was class viewing!

Limerick Dude · 03-09-2007 9:52pm

Next week's episode looks a bit better.

Seriously, all yer one said was "yeah", "yeh", "no" and "i want yer cóck inside me"

johnnyrotten · 03-09-2007 9:54pm

The dangly earrings and soverign rings were "Deadly"

Tak3n · 03-09-2007 10:03pm

i lol'ed watching it

yeh. no. yeh. yeh. yeh. yeh.

poxy
poxy
yeh yeh poxy

Dyr · 03-09-2007 10:06pm

philstar wrote:

RTE= Crap

fixed that for ye there, no charge.

Cheeky_gal · 03-09-2007 10:09pm

Jaysis yiz hav no tastes!

baztard · 03-09-2007 10:10pm

I thought it was quite good. It was a bit grim and the young one was a bit anoying alright, but it was a good story. Next week looks like it'll have more action.

lukin · 03-09-2007 10:11pm

Anyone who hates Dubs would have loved it as it re-enforced the cliched stereotypical skanger view of them. So eh...that's why I liked it!

estebancambias · 03-09-2007 10:12pm

What an amazing personality. ''say sumtin durty''.......'i want yur cock inside me''

How good was the conversation between her and her sisiter.

Cheeky_gal · 03-09-2007 10:15pm

estebancambias wrote:

What an amazing personality. ''say sumtin durty''.......'i want yur cock inside me''

How good was the conversation between her and her sisiter.

haha yea! n when Donna says to her son "get out of here" n he goes "for fcuk sake" n she goes "dont fcuk sake me" n he goes "jaysus" n she goes...ok i'll shut up now......

estebancambias · 03-09-2007 10:17pm

Can't wait to see the 8 year old junkey next week.

Niamho! · 03-09-2007 10:19pm

Mairt wrote:

Bleed'n crap Dublin accents, crap show. I'm going to bed...

Looked forward to seeing this all week. What a let down :mad:

Aw ****eroo!! forgt about it!! was it that bad?? dont feel so bad then!

simu · 03-09-2007 10:20pm

Will it be on again?

Cheeky_gal · 03-09-2007 10:20pm

Niamho! wrote:

Aw ****eroo!! forgt about it!! was it that bad?? dont feel so bad then!

Niamh dont listen to these muppets... it was quality viewing end of!

bronte · 03-09-2007 10:21pm

Ah crap..wish I'd watched this now! If it was so bad it was funny I'll try catch a repeat.

Niamho! · 03-09-2007 10:25pm

ah crap. lol.

didnt realise how late it was. way past my Bedtime! night Folks!

johnnyrotten · 03-09-2007 10:25pm

The "I'm as thick as a plank" security guard in the Jervis centre who " was goin to retire early from the dole" was a howl

Dirk Gently · 03-09-2007 10:38pm

simu wrote:

Will it be on again?

the RTE website usually lets you watch shows online that were on during the week. (well prime time and q&a anyway, maybe keep an eye on the site)

edit: I checked for ye because that's just the kind of nice guy that I am. http://www.rte.ie/tv/prosperity/episodes.html

Driver 8 · 03-09-2007 10:55pm

It wasn't fantastic by any means, but i'd bet that if Spike Lee made something similar about an inner city youth, all of you would be praising its "gritty realism" and "authentic dialogue". Oh well...its RTE drama, lower your expectation and it'll be fine...

simu · 03-09-2007 11:07pm

clown bag wrote:

the RTE website usually lets you watch shows online that were on during the week. (well prime time and q&a anyway, maybe keep an eye on the site)

edit: I checked for ye because that's just the kind of nice guy that I am. http://www.rte.ie/tv/prosperity/episodes.html

http://www.pulpexplosion.com/tv/captain/mati.gif

Dave! · 03-09-2007 11:08pm

Gritty realism and authentic dialogue doesn't have to be bland as sh*t......

But from now consider my expectations lowered! The only good thing RTÉ have made is Reeling in the Years......

Agamemnon · 03-09-2007 11:11pm

RTE website wrote:

PROSPERITY is a series of four one-hour dramas for television from director Lenny Abrahamson and writer Mark O’Halloran, the team behind ADAM & PAUL and the forthcoming feature film, GARAGE. PROSPERITY tells four powerful, moving and funny stories set on the same day, with each episode examining the life of a single character.

Stacey, (17), a single mother, kills time walking the streets with her infant daughter, pinning her hopes on a hopeless relationship; Gavin, (14), bullied and bullying, takes out his aggression on his vulnerable best friend; Georgie, (42), is separated and struggling with a drink problem, as he tries to gain the respect of his young son; Pala, (31), an African immigrant, separated from her child, finds her hunger for human contact becoming increasingly desperate.

Not sorry I missed it. Sounds like a load of whingeing, miserable, Roddy Doyle shite. Someone should tell these people it's not the 80s any more.

ODS · 03-09-2007 11:33pm

bronte wrote:

Ah crap..wish I'd watched this now! If it was so bad it was funny I'll try catch a repeat.

Dont worry you missed bugger all - it's not worth a ****... that said over on RTE 2 at the same time, there was a suprisingly-good Irish-made documentary about the late Fr Michael Cleary

monkeyfudge · 03-09-2007 11:39pm

At least it's not the Big Bow Wow... anyone remember that?

Dirk Gently · 03-09-2007 11:45pm

agamemnon wrote:

Someone should tell these people it's not the 80s any more.

I think that's the point.

ODS · 03-09-2007 11:49pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

At least it's not the Big Bow Wow... anyone remember that?

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!

Dam you Monkeyfudge - why did you have remind us of that fukcing awful piece of sh1te by Eoghan Harris :mad:

I had succeeded in erasing it out of my head...

bronte · 04-09-2007 12:00am

I watched it there on rte.ie .
Wasn't great, but wasn't as ****e as I expected.

Fighting Irish · 04-09-2007 2:38am

I'd be interested in seeing this, maybe i can find it on the net somewhere :cool:

Fighting Irish · 04-09-2007 2:56am

Theres a link to watch the 1st ep on rte.ie but its not working

Dirk Gently · 04-09-2007 3:04am

Fighting Irish wrote:

Theres a link to watch the 1st ep on rte.ie but its not working

reload the link a few times, 3rd time lucky (or unlucky) for me.
For some reason it has a problem seeking first time.

Fighting Irish · 04-09-2007 3:29am

clown bag wrote:

reload the link a few times, 3rd time lucky (or unlucky) for me.
For some reason it has a problem seeking first time.

reload?

I can't get it to work :mad:

AlmightyCushion · 04-09-2007 3:30am

Fighting Irish wrote:

reload?

Yeah you're out of ammo.

Dirk Gently · 04-09-2007 3:33am

Fighting Irish wrote:

reload?

refresh button on internet explorer.

meh, could just be a site problem, check back some other time and it should work. RTE site is a bit weird like that.

Fighting Irish · 04-09-2007 3:37am

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Yeah you're out of ammo.

I shot it all in yore ma last night

Pherekydes · 04-09-2007 7:17am

What the fúck is prosperty?

Is it another makey uppy word like edutainment? A cross between property and prosperity?

Yeah, I know portmanteau is the correct term.

joe_chicken · 04-09-2007 7:35am

DaveMcG wrote:

Gritty realism and authentic dialogue doesn't have to be bland as sh*t......

It was boring... simple as. It reminds me of that Adam and Paul movie, but without the small amount of comic relief that was in that.

Is it really this depressing to be a scumbag? Most of the time they seem to be havin' a deadleee rapi' buzz, sure dey does be doin.

Anyone else notice the way the main characters accent kept slipping into a Southside one? I noticed this when she visits her sister. She only had to say "yeah", but yet, there was something not right about it.

jebusmusic · 04-09-2007 8:48am

Short summary of what happened;

I do be, they do be, he does be, ananyways, ananyways, yeh, yeh, yeh, poxy.

Fu.ck off, poxy, he does be, ah sure, they do be, ananyways, where can i plug it in?, yeh, tanks.

Chip?, no, yeh, yeh, he does be, ananyways, I want your co.ck inside me, dyawantha? fu.ck off.

Ah heor, yeh, yeh, no, fu.cksake, ananyways, they does be do be do be.

Can I borrow a can of yi? yeh, you does be, alright, alright, yeh, fu.ck off.

baxterfly · 04-09-2007 9:40am

You can download the scripts. Some classic lines in it. Anyone think that the guy who borrowed one of Staceys cans is the same guy from Adam and Paul, who borrows one of their cans in Stephens Green?

Yeah. Junkies get in the skylight a
bit and then they’re stuck then.
The fu**en edjits.
Stacey watches him.
They’d try steal anything.
He checks the last cubicle.
KENNY (cont’d)
Honest to God they’d rob your sh**e
wouldn’t they?

Raskolnikov · 04-09-2007 9:59am

Security guard - "Is it a boy or a girl?"

Stacey - "It's a hoor"

Where's the rolley eyes smiley when you need it.

um7y1h83ge06nx · 04-09-2007 10:00am

My view, taken from another forum:

What a load of rubbish.

I think that the main problem is the characters being Dublin skangers, who seem to have poor conversational skills at best.

They should have picked different characters for the show. Just because they're skangers doesn't mean the dialogue has to be so bland, full of "yeaaah".

There was pretty interesting dialogue in the likes of the Welsh Twin Town and of course Trainspotting.

RTÉ seem to think that drama = boring.

bronte · 04-09-2007 11:04am

There must be about twenty pages of "yeh" in that script.

chopperbyrne · 04-09-2007 12:00pm

Not a patch on Shameless then?

FlutterinBantam · 04-09-2007 12:05pm

Glad I missed that crock of piss me.

Good decision to watch the golf.

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