Peaky Blinders

[Insidious Von]

I jumped ahead.

I started S3 and got immediately confused. Why was Winston Churchill using Tommy Shelby as a pawn in his political machinations? Did his uneasy allience with Alfie Solomons gets resolved? It was S2, where Rogers no longer made it available.

It must have been a Fraudian Slip, Gaite Jansen is in S3. She was a revelation in Jett, anyone who saw her sexy nurse outfit and her comical strip tease rendition of Blondie's The Tide is High, won't forget it. Unfortunately due to America becoming more anal retentive about sex and nudity, Jett will not be renewed for a second season. Is PB as good as Breaking Bad, yes, but not better. To be fair I've only seen six episodes of the Bryan Cranston series. After The Queen's Gambit, I initially couldn't clue in to the Staffordshire accent. Anya Taylor Joy is also in this series but I can wait. Like Black Mirror before it, Peaky Blinders has been picked up by Netflix from the BBC. They've ordered two more season, which means Taboo is a limited series - pity.

The music, like the series is also exceptional.

 

[Knuckle Ball]

I jumped ahead.

I started S3 and got immediately confused. Why was Winston Churchill using Tommy Shelby as a pawn in his political machinations?

I don’t remember the details but as I recall it had something to do with fighting the IRA and Irish Nationalism.

Did his uneasy allience with Alfie Solomons gets resolved?

The alliance does indeed get resolved although I won’t say how.

 

[Insidious Von]

I don’t remember the details but as I recall it had something to do with fighting the IRA and Irish Nationalism.

It's been so long since I've watched Peaky Blinders that slipped my mind also.

GaiteJansen, Peaky Blinders was her first English language production. She's a Christopher Plummer fan.

 

[Insidious Von]

I must not have gotten that far into S2, I don't remember Mrs. Hardy being in it.

 

[Insidious Von]

With all the hubbub over Anya Taylor Joy, Gaite Jansen tends to get overlooked. The mock execution scene was priceless! Phoenix (Jansen) is lying in a grave in her birthday suit, just as Jett (Cugino) goes to help her out she says.

"I'm getting so hot right about now".

Unfortunately due to the SC giving Evangelicals religious liberty, YT is getting paranoid. There are no clips from Jett except the trailer.

 

[luvyeah]

I jumped ahead.

I started S3 and got immediately confused. Why was Winston Churchill using Tommy Shelby as a pawn in his political machinations? Did his uneasy allience with Alfie Solomons gets resolved? It was S2, where Rogers no longer made it available.

It must have been a Fraudian Slip, Gaite Jansen is in S3. She was a revelation in Jett, anyone who saw her sexy nurse outfit and her comical strip tease rendition of Blondie's The Tide is High, won't forget it. Unfortunately due to America becoming more anal retentive about sex and nudity, Jett will not be renewed for a second season. Is PB as good as Breaking Bad, yes, but not better. To be fair I've only seen six episodes of the Bryan Cranston series. After The Queen's Gambit, I initially couldn't clue in to the Staffordshire accent. Anya Taylor Joy is also in this series but I can wait. Like Black Mirror before it, Peaky Blinders has been picked up by Netflix from the BBC. They've ordered two more season, which means Taboo is a limited series - pity.

The music, like the series is also exceptional.

I've enjoyed rewatches of The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire; I guess Peaky Blinders is the next show to put on my to watch list.

 

[jcpro]

I've been performing a personal experiment since mid October. I turned off my television. At first, I missed it and I found myself with extra free time, but I filled it with lots of books, internet, etc. Quite honestly I don't miss it at all and I'm actually thinking about ditching cable permanently- haven't decided, yet. The only thing stopping me is the closed theatres and other outside entertainment; who knows how long that's gonna continue? But, at this point I'm completely indifferent to the unused appliance and completely at peace with it.

 

[luvyeah]

I've been performing a personal experiment since mid October. I turned off my television. At first, I missed it and I found myself with extra free time, but I filled it with lots of books, internet, etc. Quite honestly I don't miss it at all and I'm actually thinking about ditching cable permanently- haven't decided, yet. The only thing stopping me is the closed theatres and other outside entertainment; who knows how long that's gonna continue? But, at this point I'm completely indifferent to the unused appliance and completely at peace with it.

Day time TV and the 5/6/11 o'clock news is all garbage. You aren't missing anything. Constant stimulation is bad, you need a break to think clearly. The internet doesn't help much either, there is so much to get lost in.

You may be interested in this book: "Deep Work" by Cal Newport.

Amazon.ca

 

[peteeey]

I only recently learned that Anya Taylor-Joy of The Queen's Gambit was also in Peaky Blinders.

https://peaky-blinders.fandom.com/wiki/Gina_Gray

 

[Insidious Von]

Hubris kills.

Is Tommy Shelby stupid enough to take on The Camorra?

 

[Medman52]

I've enjoyed rewatches of The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire; I guess Peaky Blinders is the next show to put on my to watch list.

Excellent series, if you liked those you should enjoy Peaky Blinders. Subtitles might help

 

[Insidious Von]

I only recently learned that Anya Taylor-Joy of The Queen's Gambit was also in Peaky Blinders.

I watched E4 for the second time, I dig what young Louis Serkis (Girev) brought to that scene. ATJ is a revelation and so is Gaite Jansen (Princess Tatiana). However ATJ said something in an interview that confused me, she said she's not a runner.

Could have fooled me, she looks like she grew up playing football.

 

[Insidious Von]

Gaite Jansen is unreal! Every time I watch her work I'm left hungry for more. I know Anya Taylor Joy is in this series, she's got a tough act to follow.

There's has to be some blow back to the wacking of old man Changretta, like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, he's an affiliate of The Camorra.

 

[Insidious Von]

I took a break after S3, I know S4 is going to intense, I'll probably end up binging it.

Some may think that Tommy Shelby's actions toward Old Man Changretta to be irresponsible, of Italian origin it made perfect sense to me. He takes away Changretta's ability to earn then kills him, in the 1920's Italians were considered subhuman by the greasy English. His mistake was allowing his widow to live, she got to NYC and demanded a vendetta from The Outfit. I have a good idea where this is going, after the wreckage of S4, Anya Taylor Joy shows up.

She looks too fresh to play a lush. Her skin is pink, her hair is full and she probably doesn't smell like sweat on rotten cabbage.

 

[Insidious Von]

Alfie Solomons doesn't like to shit and piss indoors.

 

[Insidious Von]

Disney sabotaged the X-Men franchise, cutting of both Stark sisters at the same time.

I wouldn't put it past them to do an Illyana Rasputin film.

 

[Insidious Von]

They were counting on Venom bombing so that they could take total control of the Spiderman franchise. That didn't work for them.

 

[Insidious Von]

Spiderman: Far From Home was booooring. Typical Disney "try to please everybody" crap.

The ending of S4 didn't make sense but the resolution with Alfie Solomons was epic. I expected it to be since Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy go way back. This is Paul Anderson's (Arthur Shelby) third project with Hardy, the others are Legend and The Revenant.

Creator Stephen Knight didn't do very well with a North American audience. His second director/writer gig bombed. He had some top tier talent to work with.

 

[Insidious Von]

The Critical Drinker is hilarious! SJWs and Karens have to be accommodated, we're fortunate that The Queen's Gambit wasn't made by CW.

 

[Insidious Von]

Disney/Marvel is hoping to revive the comatose Spiderman franchise by bringing back the great Alfie Molina (Doc. Ock) for the next installment. I wonder how much they're paying him?

The latest on Toby Maguire. He's being sued by one of the perpetrators of the Ponzi Scheme. He wants the $600,000.00 he lost at his poker games back. He's also in the film - Bad Brad.

Maguire turned California State witness to avoid going to prison. Leo De Caprio was one of the celebrities that got burned, so he got himself a new best friend.