Red Riding Coming soon on Channel 4

[8den]

More the lead-up to the miners strike than the aftermath as well.

Thats all dealt with in "1984 GBH", another novel. Same production company that did Red Riding have optioned it in the last few weeks.

 

[treelover]

Great, I thought they might, TV or cinema?

 

[treelover]

btw, isn't one of his books set in Meadowhall Shopping Centre for part of it

 

[8den]

Great, I thought they might, TV or cinema?

Hang on they've only just bought the rights to adapt the book into a script.

It took four years between getting the rights of Red Riding for it to make it onto the telly.

That being said between RR and the Damned United coming out this year, I could see this getting fast tracked.

 

[treelover]

Sorry, yes, i am aware of how long it takes to develop a option, etc.

 

[London_Calling]

Sorry, but that bit would go well in Pseuds Corner, or a 1980'S NME review from Paul Morley!

yes, I know, bad form to criticise people's own reviews, etc.....

Hands up, take me away quietly. Partic embarrassing as we used to take the piss out of Morley.


Can't explain why I thought the third part of this was set later in the 80s when I wrote the above.

 

[Karamazov#1]

1980 was the strongest of the three and certainly the best directed. I loved the way Considine's character was always filmed inside a building, hardly ever outside almost like even the architecture is slowly immersing him. 1983 was probably the weakest of the three just because they had so much to fit in and the ending whilst working for the series left me a little disappointed as i loved the bleak down beat ending of the novel. The major problem though was that they had to miss out 1977 the events of which would have made BJ's story in 83 a lot clearer. Overall though it's been a great series and kudos has got to go to all the actors for turning in such great performances even for the supporting characters. I loved the way Jim Carter played Angus as a sort of Yorkshire mafia don, Peter Mullan was suitably ambiguous and then terrifying but the stand out was Morrisey who managed to articulate the guilt and inner conflict of Jobson through the look in his eyes.

 

[maximilian ping]

I only saw the last one but even I worked out that the wolf was the solicitor's dad.

que? solicitors dad was 'the wolf's friend/with the wolf' according to what Mishkyn told copper

i must admit i havent got much of a clue what it was all about or why anything happened, but i liked it. fucking menacing, and actually reminds me of the grim impression of 'up north' i had when i was a kid.

if anyone has got a plot summary (wikipedia, my fave 'what the fuck happened in that film' site has not got one yet) i would appreciate it.

i'm finding it more common that i can't understand what the fuck people are saying on tv, i am a bit deaf tho...

 

[butchersapron]

BJ done them all to let people know the evil that was going on.

 

[Orang Utan]

que? solicitors dad was 'the wolf's friend/with the wolf' according to what Mishkyn told copper

i must admit i havent got much of a clue what it was all about or why anything happened, but i liked it. fucking menacing, and actually reminds me of the grim impression of 'up north' i had when i was a kid.

if anyone has got a plot summary (wikipedia, my fave 'what the fuck happened in that film' site has not got one yet) i would appreciate it.

i'm finding it more common that i can't understand what the fuck people are saying on tv, i am a bit deaf tho...

there were quite a few complaints about the sound/dialogue

 

[butchersapron]

They're massively different things to be fair. Ratface did mumble a bit though.

 

[Orang Utan]

A copper who was on the Ripper investigation called up and said they'd got it spot on (apart from the bullying cops he said with a chuckle)

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

there were quite a few complaints about the sound/dialogue

All from poncy southerners I bet

 

[weepiper]

I still don't get why the two rozzers got shot in the nightclub.

 

[belboid]

i thought cos they knew too much and weren't trustworthy enough to keep schtum

 

[Dirty Martini]

Just watched the first two.

1974 is truly fucking awful, just an arid exercise in 70s atmos and an absurd plot that doesn't work. The Ripper one is much better though, mainly down to Considine and to Sean Harris, who is brilliant.

 

[Beanburger]

I only just finished watching this. Had it queued up on Sky for ages. Gotta say, really enjoyed the whole thing. The cinematography was outstanding, and the atmosphere was just so dark. Best thing about it was the utter contempt that it showed for the police.

 

[Dirty Martini]

I only just finished watching this. Had it queued up on Sky for ages. Gotta say, really enjoyed the whole thing. The cinematography was outstanding, and the atmosphere was just so dark. Best thing about it was the utter contempt that it showed for the police.

The cinematography is indeed pretty fine in the second. My problem with the first is that it isn't filmed at all -- the director just flicks the "1970s" switch on the camera and lets that setting do all the work.

 

[Beanburger]

The cinematography is indeed pretty fine in the second. My problem with the first is that it isn't filmed at all -- the director just flicks the "1970s" switch on the camera and lets the setting do all the work.

I can't remember it clearly enough. Got the third one stuck in my mind at the mo. I think a re-watch will be in order some time soon (if only to clear up the chronology of the last episode).

 

[sojourner]

Well, finally got round to watching all 3 in the last few days, and absolutely bloody loved it all

I really liked the cinematography in the first one, unlike DM up there

I did struggle with parts of the various plots, so it's good to know it wasn't just me being thick/stoned

In fact, I ended up re-watching the first one again last night so I could tie up some loose ends for myself

I absolutely did NOT like the ending to the middle one. Thought the idea of that being staged was completely unrealistic. Also, no one used the word 'fuckwit' in the 80s. Not around here they didn't

Liked the accents on the whole, thought they did an alright job.

LOVED the 'This is the North, and we do what we want' line - I'm using that from now on



outstanding moment for me - the scenes at number 64 - the person walking over the hill at the back of the house.

 

[janeb]

Bumping as got this dvd for Xmas, Watched 1974 last night and just finished 1980, planning to watch 1983 tomorrow. Only book I've read is 1977 so found lots of 1980 familiar, but just loved Paddy Considine as Hunter - proper 'gasp out loud' at the end

 

[butchersapron]

Ridley Scott making a film version of the mini-series based in the US.

 

[Orang Utan]

Ridley Scott making a film version of the mini-series based in the US.

ew. not looking forward to that

 

[London_Calling]

I don't remember any helicopters.

 

[belboid]

to be filmed in pensylvania.

It also means that 1977 (for which the C4 script was already written) can't be made until at least two years after Scotts film.

 

[sojourner]

Well, finally got round to watching all 3 in the last few days, and absolutely bloody loved it all

I really liked the cinematography in the first one, unlike DM up there

I did struggle with parts of the various plots, so it's good to know it wasn't just me being thick/stoned

In fact, I ended up re-watching the first one again last night so I could tie up some loose ends for myself

I absolutely did NOT like the ending to the middle one. Thought the idea of that being staged was completely unrealistic. Also, no one used the word 'fuckwit' in the 80s. Not around here they didn't

Liked the accents on the whole, thought they did an alright job.

LOVED the 'This is the North, and we do what we want' line - I'm using that from now on

outstanding moment for me - the scenes at number 64 - the person walking over the hill at the back of the house.

Ha - I wondered if I'd actually made a comment on this and turns out I did!

Anyway, got talking to the fella about this and he'd never seen it, so we watched them all over the last few days.

He fucking LOVED it As did I - more so, it seems, than I did before Bonus is that I'd pretty much completely forgotten everything apart from the bare bones! I thought the ending to the second one was a bit better this time. Also, the scene I mention above stood out once again for me.

Jesus though, so fucking grim. I was definitely more traumatised this time around than before. We had to watch 2 Big Bang Theorys before going to bed to kind of clean our minds!

Absolutely fucking storming bit of telly that. Must have been ace to work on 8den

I really do need to read the books now!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Rewatching... Forgotten how dark and grim