Frances144 Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 BBC have commissioned another 6 episodes. Please can they film when the sky is amazing.Please can they show Shetland for the magical place it is rather than a grey dreary bunch of folk wearing hats.Please can they stop the grumbling about not having Top Shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 And can they try to get some more Shetland actors this time. I heard of a couple who would have been happy to take part but were never asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 ..and can they ask around for words we never say like ceilidh, inter-island ferry, etc. .... and can they just check that you can't be met on the runway carrying a huge suitcase as a carry-on hand luggage! .... and can they not whinge about the lack of shops. I thought that was actually very rude. .....and can they get a Shetlander on board as a Consultant to just put them right on the "little things" that totally get up every Shetlanders' nose. (on a good note, at least they didn't call in The Shetlands......... yet!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchieSquirrel Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Can't they not have those gayly dancers in the Lounge scene where they danced to Shetland music, we're more or less citizens that just sit down, drink alcohol, listen to the rhythm of the music, go home and get more drunk at the house. That dancing was the only thing that made me think 'are they on drugs or something?' I think they should never have filmed Shetland at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speccy Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 ..and can they ask around for words we never say like ceilidh, inter-island ferry, etc. .... and can they just check that you can't be met on the runway carrying a huge suitcase as a carry-on hand luggage! .... and can they not whinge about the lack of shops. I thought that was actually very rude. .....and can they get a Shetlander on board as a Consultant to just put them right on the "little things" that totally get up every Shetlanders' nose. (on a good note, at least they didn't call in The Shetlands......... yet!)Many Shetlanders do whinge about lack of shops - that was very accurate. Please don't make it a middle-class tourist advert . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 A bit more variety in the out of toon "oh, turd, oh hell, gotta be someplace else yesterday" driving shots. Everytime someone drove somewhere all you got were long shots of a vehicle toodling along some random road in the distance, just to show yet again some gratuitous holiday postcard view. Don't get me wrong, it was nice to begin with, and could have worked if they'd had more locations with a bigger variety of scenery, but before the first episode was done it became very predictable, then boring and OTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Many Shetlanders do whinge about lack of shops - that was very accurate. Please don't make it a middle-class tourist advert . Do they? I thought folk just go "down the road" or buy everything off Amazon. What precisely is a middle-class tourist advert? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speccy Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 What precisely is a middle-class tourist advert?In: scenery; wildlife; happy locals speaking authentic but intelligible dialect; dinky local stores; quaint fishing craft; vikingry; spontaneous music in welcoming pubs; costly but delightful craft products... Out: Tesco; road kill; litter; heroin addicts; toon v. country; Local v. Sooth; drunkenness; locals slagging the place off and wishing they had a Yo Sushi, Primark, Top Shop... Don't get me wrong, I would quite like another hour-long advert for Shetland, to bring in well-heeled tourists, but this is a murder drama and I think it would do better to go a bit grittier. A teenage girl mildly pining for high street shops wasn't exactly gritty, but it was one of the more authentic bits of the drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Tesco = yuproad kill = yuplitter = depends on time of year. After Redd Up, the place looks pretty good imhoheroin addicts = compared with south, not reallytoon v. country = only on ShetlinkLocal v. Sooth = not suredrunkenness = don't see that during the daytime, cant talk for night as not in Lerwick then and certainly don't see it locallylocals slagging the place off and wishing they had a Yo Sushi, Primark, Top Shop..= I have never heard anyone in the whole time I have lived here for 15 years heard anyone wish for Yo Sushi, Primark or Top Shop! No, seriously, honestly, never ever. (I will ask around to see if folk are pining for Yo Sushi!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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