Netflix: No Peaky Blinders thread?

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I really ****ing like Peaky Blinders.



The show just does so much stuff well it's a shame to see it go. It's also a shame that they are pivoting away from more "prestige TV" and towards Reality. ****ing Netflix. If I can get my wife convinced that the kids can do without it there is a good chance I'll shitcan it. Peaky Blinders is worth money. Reality TV is very much not to this consumer, anyway.

Don't fret they're making a movie to wrap things up

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Don't fret they're making a movie to wrap things up

Honestly, I just don't think it's necessary.

They landed the plane so incredibly well in that finale. The degree of difficulty in that final season without Polly was remarkable and they really got it all right.

I'd prefer they just not do a movie at all, but it's hard to not want to go back to that universe if only for a couple of hours.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Honestly, I just don't think it's necessary.

They landed the plane so incredibly well in that finale. The degree of difficulty in that final season without Polly was remarkable and they really got it all right.

I'd prefer they just not do a movie at all, but it's hard to not want to go back to that universe if only for a couple of hours.

Knight has this ending in mind (that he’s openly talked about multiple times, so spoilers beware), that I worry he’s been stuck on for so long it’ll feel a little forced in the context of what the show has become (like How I Met Your Mother’s ending, for instance).

Spoiler!

With Polly and Michael gone and Paul Anderson rumored to have a heavily reduced role in the movie due to the actor’s irl substance abuse issues, I just don’t know if his original idea will have the same punch.

I’d love to be wrong, though. I consider Season 2’s finale to be among some of the greatest television ever.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Knight has this ending in mind (that he’s openly talked about multiple times, so spoilers beware), that I worry he’s been stuck on for so long it’ll feel a little forced in the context of what the show has become (like How I Met Your Mother’s ending, for instance).

Spoiler!

With Polly and Michael gone and Paul Anderson rumored to have a heavily reduced role in the movie due to the actor’s irl substance abuse issues, I just don’t know if his original idea will have the same punch.

I’d love to be wrong, though. I consider Season 2’s finale to be among some of the greatest television ever.

Spoiler!

With Michael gone, I guess you could squirrel Arthur away in America for the duration of the movie to explain his absence. Then if he gets himself sober, bring him back for the next movie. You could write around it for a spell. I'd hate to see him killed off-screen; Arthur deserves better than that. And you can't 'fake' his death a second time - been done already. So they have to have a reason for him not to be there and ultimately having him take over Michael's racket in America could be a pretty straightforward one

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Graystoke

So late to this thread. I just started watching season 1 and I am hooked.
I figured my wife would like it but she does not. She thinks it is to violent.
What impresses me the most is the scenery and backdrop. They made this thing pretty gritty just like the industrial revolution.

Congrats. Enjoy the ride. It is in my pantheon of TV.

But GTFO this thread there are spoilers everywhere.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Knight has this ending in mind (that he’s openly talked about multiple times, so spoilers beware), that I worry he’s been stuck on for so long it’ll feel a little forced in the context of what the show has become (like How I Met Your Mother’s ending, for instance).

Spoiler!

With Polly and Michael gone and Paul Anderson rumored to have a heavily reduced role in the movie due to the actor’s irl substance abuse issues, I just don’t know if his original idea will have the same punch.

I’d love to be wrong, though. I consider Season 2’s finale to be among some of the greatest television ever.

I'd agree the S2 finale is some of the greatest television ever, and when Murphy is in the field might be one of the best couple minutes of acting put on screen.

The first time I saw it I had to rewind it because I was so in it, I missed what actually happened at the end. It was so good I couldn't process it or some shit.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I'd agree the S2 finale is some of the greatest television ever, and when Murphy is in the field might be one of the best couple minutes of acting put on screen.

The first time I saw it I had to rewind it because I was so in it, I missed what actually happened at the end. It was so good I couldn't process it or some shit.

“In the bleak midwinter…”

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

“In the bleak midwinter…”

"So ****ing close..."

That's just such a strangely relatable moment considering the context. I mean even if you're only talking about some stupid video game you played as a kid, we all have some moment where we were like "Damn man...I was riiiiight there. And not its all gone..."

No matter how banal or remarkable your life may be, you see that moment and you feel it a bit of a twinge.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

"So ****ing close..."

That's just such a strangely relatable moment considering the context. I mean even if you're only talking about some stupid video game you played as a kid, we all have some moment where we were like "Damn man...I was riiiiight there. And not its all gone..."

No matter how banal or remarkable your life may be, you see that moment and you feel it a bit of a twinge.

That's the one.

In the context of him being completely under control and quiet for 2 seasons and then he loses his shit.

So ****ing close.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

“In the bleak midwinter…”

I actually looked up that poem based off that line. Just extraordinarily powerful.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I actually looked up that poem based off that line. Just extraordinarily powerful.

Spoiler!

I’ve rewatched that scene in the field so many times. When he repeats the line “in the bleak midwinter” it feels like he’s accepted his death (right before he’s kicked out of the way and told of Churchill’s job for him).

The soundtrack, always pitch perfect, **** delivers after that moment. Ane Brun’s “All My Tears” reminds me of one of Dolly’s songs, and when Tommy collapses walking away in the field, I’ve always wondered if he’s crying because now he has to live with himself and what the Blinders are becoming - rather than dying with the acceptance of “how close” he was. Well, now he’s there, and he’ll have to live with that.

Arthur yelling at the end “who’s gonna stop us?!” before becoming downcast and saying “nobody,” drives that home for me.