Freefall on BBC2 now.
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AndyWoodall said:
AndyWoodall said:
It's got a very strong cast, well worth a watch.
Am I dreaming but was that Mayor Carcetti from The Wire cracking one out in the toilet? LOL.
I recognise the selling technique, from seeing that first hand, its the same in all high pressure commission based sales, looks like this will be a fairly damning indictment of consumerism.
Very good, think they could have expanded it into something more substantial two or three parts, and interwined the stories furthe, or more stories. Thought Aiden Gillen's exit rather cliched.
But Dave's salesman, a certain type of amoral salesman, was bang on, I've seen it, get them to sign, tell them anything, selling, selling is selling, he is not so much selling a thing as himself or an idea not the thing,
could sell anything, deal gone wrong, never mind, keep going, there's always the next deal.
Still very good TV, still left me thinking how horrible the world can be.
And the moral at the end, well, friendship, family, community are all that matters.
But Dave's salesman, a certain type of amoral salesman, was bang on, I've seen it, get them to sign, tell them anything, selling, selling is selling, he is not so much selling a thing as himself or an idea not the thing,
could sell anything, deal gone wrong, never mind, keep going, there's always the next deal.
Still very good TV, still left me thinking how horrible the world can be.
And the moral at the end, well, friendship, family, community are all that matters.
Edited by Northern Munkee on Tuesday 14th July 22:41
130R said:
Damn watching Gus was like looking in a mirror (except where he threw himself off the bridge). Spooky
Exactly, many bankers jumping off buildings during the down turn? Not really believable that he wouldn't have some wedge salted away, for a rainy day, or dumped his bank shares before we knew his bank was going turbo, or not have the where with all to do what his mate was doing go do travel or find something else, it would have been more believable leaving him blubbing with his daughter, or trying to get a charity bunk up from Rosamund Pikes to show his empty existence, I certainly would... Northern Munkee said:
130R said:
Damn watching Gus was like looking in a mirror (except where he threw himself off the bridge). Spooky
Exactly, many bankers jumping off buildings during the down turn? Not really believable that he wouldn't have some wedge salted away, for a rainy day, or dumped his bank shares before we knew his bank was going turbo, or not have the where with all to do what his mate was doing go do travel or find something else, it would have been more believable leaving him blubbing with his daughter, or trying to get a charity bunk up from Rosamund Pikes to show his empty existence, I certainly would... CraigW said:
I thought it was done generally v well.
Yep. I think dragging it out to a 2 or 3 part mini-series would have taken the energy out of it. Most viewers would be uninterested in any more technical detail about the circumstances, so simply potting the emotions of change into a 90 minute hit kept the subject matter powerful.I quite liked it but was a bit pissed off with the ending. To me it came across that the poor got screwed over and deserve better, the really rich "got what they deserved" and the middle class b
ds got away with everything without an issue and will carry on screwing people. But maybe I missed the point.

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