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Peaky Blinders are back.

A little more violent than I thought it would be.

Think that the irishman would have been shot to kill not to have him walk with a stick.

,Poor Tommy, but as beaten up as he was I would imagine he will appear next week, hardly a mark on him and not even a trip to the dentist, LOL.

Still full of cartoon brummie accents , love it.
 
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Alberta said:
A little more violent than I thought it would be.

Think that the irishman would have been shot to kill not to have him walk with a stick.

,Poor Tommy, but as beaten up as he was I would imagine he will appear next week, hardly a mark on him and not even a trip to the dentist, LOL.

Still full of cartoon brummie accents , love it.
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Yes, too violent for me, though far worse things happened in reality no doubt.
I'm sure Tommy will heal miraculously as well - maybe a teeny little scar?

maria
 
It looked as though Tom had has his tongue cut out so I wondered - will there be a miraculous recovery? - will he be able to speak in the next episode ? We will have to wait and see - roll on next episode.....
 
anthea said:
It looked as though Tom had has his tongue cut out so I wondered - will there be a miraculous recovery? - will he be able to speak in the next episode ? We will have to wait and see - roll on next episode.....
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I couldn't really look at that bit ...how awful if so.

maria (sqeaumish)
 
Maria Magenta said:
Very nostalgic - I used to live up the road.
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Hi All,

I must ask Maria "What road ?" Most of the series is filmed in Liverpool, the nearest it got to Birmingham was The Black Country Museum. Yes it uses the names of Birmingham streets and places but that is all. I consider it does a great disservice to our city. Last nights episode showed the most gratuous violence I have ever seen on TV and can only lead to copycat violence in the future. I do not wish to offend you Maria but I am afraid that your nostalgia is misplaced if you feel that this program remionds you of the city you grew up in.

Old Boy
 
Old Boy, whilst I agree that the violence was a bit much for TV, it was certainly representative of those times in that area, most authors who lived at that time and even my late father in law who was born in 1910 could verify that.

I don't think that it has any chance of leading to copycat violence because only us oldies would ever watch such a programme, the youngsters are busy killing
and maiming on their X box.
 
anthea said:
It looked as though Tom had has his tongue cut out so I wondered - will there be a miraculous recovery? - will he be able to speak in the next episode ? We will have to wait and see - roll on next episode.....
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He had his gold tooth taken out as payment.
 
I think the heavy story lines of violence etc. is to attract a younger audience, the 20 to 40 something's age group. We should all remember it is pure fiction based on a gang name and a city. I don't think anything reflects what Birmingham was like in the 30's. It just a series but I have to say, I do enjoy it even if I do have bad dreams...ha ha.
 
I believe the series is set in 1919 just after the first world war. I well remember my Dad, born in 1906, telling me about the peaky blinders who, he said, did have razor blades in the peak of their caps. I expect he knew a lot more about them being a teenager when the PB's were active.
 
I wondered if this second episode is repeated as our "series-link" recording thingy didn't work?
rosie.
 
Last week I thought they were losing the plot a bit, but I liked Polly's footwear. I also assumed that Tommy was going to drink the horse linament.....

This week, my favourite line was the one about 'the most notorious house of ill-repute (I'm paraphrasing) in Stechford'!

And wondering why Michael didn't flinch.

maria
 
My husband who does maintainance work in Stechford, thought it amusing.

I loved the bit about the brummies being disappointed at being able to take the boats through the Black country without any trouble.

I am still in love with Tommy, love the haircut,LOL, but think the writers are going a bit into the realms of 'silly' as far as the plots are going.

I liked Cillian Murphy in The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
 
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My husband who does maintainance work in Stechford, thought it amusing.

I loved the bit about the brummies being disappointed at being able to take the boats through the Black country without any trouble.

I am still in love with Tommy, love the haircut,LOL, but think the writers are going a bit into the realms of 'silly' as far as the plots are going.

I liked Cillian Murphy in The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
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His haircut looks a bit chilly! That's a fim I'd like to see, and I've now got the song going round in my head...

I still think that Arthur could have stepped straight out of my family album, and his voice seems authentic too. The tone of it, I mean, although he sounds more like an older person.

maria
 
Does any one else get distracted by thoughts like:

What hospital would Tommy have been admitted to?

How has Arthur's shell shock been treated, if it has? (If it hasn't, why not?)

How did Michael learn to use his fists like that, if he grew up somewhere like Catherine-de-Barnes (ok, I know he did evening classes at Worcester!)

These are the perils of knowing the area :-)

maria
 
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