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Composer62

1,703 posts

87 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Caught up with both episodes last night. Agree that all of the female characters was a bit too BBC PC.

Did anyone else notice in the first episode that his shirt kept changing colour ?

In the run up to him meeting the home secretary, when he was getting dressed he put on a white shirt. When he picked up his Glock it was white. However when he met her for the first time it was blue and then changed from blue to white again at least once and then back to blue. Was I missing something or was it just bad continuity ?

RC1807

12,585 posts

169 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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alfa phil said:
rubes78 said:
schmalex said:
I think he’s out for his bosses slot now..!
Pretty sure he was in it biggrin
laugh yes lucky boy,
hehe

Luck boy, indeed.... Keeley cloud9


Anywhoooo, as others have said, very PC content / stereotypes drawn
Thought the armed police on the train were over the top, in that the lead officer wasn't calm at all - shouty = bomb detontation risk?!

boyse7en

6,777 posts

166 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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K-Cee said:
Yeh, pretty good drama, but why-o-why ?, the cliched BBC thing for having the voices of 8 real BBC newsreaders, adding the dramatics. Why not just have ordinary actor voice overs, to me it would sound more in keeping..., it sound's so bloody corny and irritating !
People always complaining about the BBC spending to much, and you're complaining when they use someone they're already paying to read the news to read the fictional news for a bit of soundtrack? Seems a good idea to me.

DickyC

49,941 posts

199 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Composer62 said:
Caught up with both episodes last night. Agree that all of the female characters was a bit too BBC PC.

Did anyone else notice in the first episode that his shirt kept changing colour ?

In the run up to him meeting the home secretary, when he was getting dressed he put on a white shirt. When he picked up his Glock it was white. However when he met her for the first time it was blue and then changed from blue to white again at least once and then back to blue. Was I missing something or was it just bad continuity ?
Wasn't that the spilled coffee thing where he offered his shirt to his boss just before she went on TV?

boyse7en

6,777 posts

166 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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DSLiverpool said:
... the back up response during the attack was very odd but other than that ......
The delayed response of ARVs is possibly a part of the "evidence" of Police collusion in the plot to kill the Home Secretary, or possibly just a red herring.

Composer62

1,703 posts

87 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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DickyC said:
Composer62 said:
Caught up with both episodes last night. Agree that all of the female characters was a bit too BBC PC.

Did anyone else notice in the first episode that his shirt kept changing colour ?

In the run up to him meeting the home secretary, when he was getting dressed he put on a white shirt. When he picked up his Glock it was white. However when he met her for the first time it was blue and then changed from blue to white again at least once and then back to blue. Was I missing something or was it just bad continuity ?
Wasn't that the spilled coffee thing where he offered his shirt to his boss just before she went on TV?
No it was well before that. This was their first meeting, when she pulled up in the BMW and got out. By that point he was wearing a blue shirt when previously it had been white. The spilled coffee thing was the day after that I think.

Edited by Composer62 on Tuesday 28th August 15:05

Trevatanus

11,133 posts

151 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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RC1807 said:
alfa phil said:
rubes78 said:
schmalex said:
I think he’s out for his bosses slot now..!
Pretty sure he was in it biggrin
laugh yes lucky boy,
hehe

Luck boy, indeed.... Keeley cloud9


Anywhoooo, as others have said, very PC content / stereotypes drawn
Thought the armed police on the train were over the top, in that the lead officer wasn't calm at all - shouty = bomb detontation risk?!
Maybe it's a nod to what happen to Jean Charles Menendez, ie: people not keeping their head in a challenging situation?

K-Cee

238 posts

189 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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boyse7en said:
People always complaining about the BBC spending to much, and you're complaining when they use someone they're already paying to read the news to read the fictional news for a bit of soundtrack? Seems a good idea to me.
Don't you believe it, they get an extra remuneration, I know ?

talksthetorque

10,815 posts

136 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Andrew Marr's Portrayal of Andrew Marr was way over the top.hehe
Why do people in Dramas always insist on shagging each other as soon as possible after people have died.
Is this why people go uninvited to funerals? I thought it was for free sausage rolls.

But enjoying it so far ( having never been in either the armed forces or emergency services must be an advantage in thee circumstances.)

droopsnoot

12,037 posts

243 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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I've enjoyed it so far, though I can't have been watching very closely as I thought it was a Jaguar that got shot up. I must have just assumed that a senior UK government minister would have been using something like that.

FiF

44,254 posts

252 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Shagging the Principal, never a good place to go.

From that high up, seemed odd that he didn't try to get more rounds through the windows and hope for a lucky ricochet.

Jonnny

29,404 posts

190 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Anyone know if it's really like this in high-level government?

Being followed permanently by an armed vehicle, armed officer, taking you into your house, checking around etc?

Obviously, the sex bit might not be true.. But probably could be!

boyse7en

6,777 posts

166 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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FiF said:
Shagging the Principal, never a good place to go.
From that high up, seemed odd that he didn't try to get more rounds through the windows and hope for a lucky ricochet.
Is this some sort of euphemism that I'm not getting?

FiF

44,254 posts

252 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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boyse7en said:
FiF said:
Shagging the Principal, never a good place to go.
From that high up, seemed odd that he didn't try to get more rounds through the windows and hope for a lucky ricochet.
Is this some sort of euphemism that I'm not getting?
Possibly, but no, but yes, but no.

First sentence, re shagging, end of that subject. Move on.

Second sentence, like a numpty I didn't mention change of subject, namely the sniper attack on the ministerial car. First few shots he penetrated the driver's window and slotted poor old Terry. Rest of the attack he just kept pumping rounds into the armoured area. Seemed a bit odd.

pzero64

2,090 posts

242 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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He he, nice wordage.

When the bodyguard said get down in the back of car in line with the armoured car shell, her head was still very high up the inside of the door near enough to window line. I reckon I weigh about 12 stone more than the lady playing the minister and I could have flattened myself in the foot well a damn site better than that.

DickyC

49,941 posts

199 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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FiF said:
Second sentence, like a numpty I didn't mention change of subject, namely the sniper attack on the ministerial car. First few shots he penetrated the driver's window and slotted poor old Terry. Rest of the attack he just kept pumping rounds into the armoured area. Seemed a bit odd.
He'd have hit the cameraman.

DickyC

49,941 posts

199 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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She's a good actress though. In the recent past she's played a psycho cop, a mumsy mum and now a ruthless politician.

Jonesy23

4,650 posts

137 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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You'd think someone capable of getting 3 grouped rounds into the side window of a moving car wouldn't have a problem finishing the job when it stopped.

Wouldn't make for a long series though would it?

FiF

44,254 posts

252 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Jonesy23 said:
You'd think someone capable of getting 3 grouped rounds into the side window of a moving car wouldn't have a problem finishing the job when it stopped.

Wouldn't make for a long series though would it?
Agreed, Home Sexy would have still ended up shagged but with very different meaning of the word.

alfa phil

2,109 posts

208 months

Wednesday 29th August 2018
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pzero64 said:
He he, nice wordage.

When the bodyguard said get down in the back of car in line with the armoured car shell, her head was still very high up the inside of the door near enough to window line. I reckon I weigh about 12 stone more than the lady playing the minister and I could have flattened myself in the foot well a damn site better than that.
yes im sure she would of got down a bit , if you were getting vittled up like that ,her pretty little head would of been under that plush carpet at the back there, natural instincts and all that. but then we would not have seen her face covered in the raspberry stuff, enjoying it , we are allowed to pick holes though ,its what we do on here.
He doesn't like her but surely he aint going to bump her off,