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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: The Black Donnelly's
"I have like, the giggles with tears streaming down my face and my hands are shaking. I want to laugh out loud or scream... but it's 1:16 AM and my parents are sleeping."
- my official reaction to The Black Donnelly's pilot
Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 3667 Location: On a Stick
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject:
Okay so I did make a very VERY short vid for this already. Nothing special. Less than a minute and only took about two hours to do. MAJOR spoilers for the pilot episode which airs this monday so if you plan on watching it, I suggest you wait to see this vid until after you've seen the Pilot. BIGTIME.
I've been seeing promo's for this show all week long so I decided to give it a go tonight and watch the premiere and turns out that I really, REALLY liked it! It sorta reminded of the movie Sleepers a bit tho, only these boys were brothers and not friends.
Anyway, yeah I really liked it and I'll definitely be watching this from now on.
So is it on every Monday night after Heroes? _________________
Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 3667 Location: On a Stick
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:57 am Post subject:
I think that's the plan.
I've seen this show compared to just about every single movie or show involving, organized crime, brothers, or people with accents. (The WIGGLES!) But the truth is that surface level comparisons stop there, at the surface. It fits into a genre, but it seems wholly different despite that. IMO. Except in the case of the Wiggles. It is so exactly like the Wiggles. FRUIT SALAD!!!
Though, I agree that the flashbacks were a bit reminiscent of Sleepers. Sleepers was a great film.
I like that the Jenny/Tommy thing is not gonna be this unspoken angsty thing. That unrequited "do they or don't they?" kind of thing. It's a different and fresh way to approach a relationship on a show. Most shows are addicted to keeping people apart and quiet about their true feelings - because they can't write anything after that that's "not boring."
I wonder if Joey IceCream is gonna narrate the entire series or if the past is gonna eventually catch up with the present.
Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 3667 Location: On a Stick
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:
I just explained the pilot to my cousin on AIM:
Spoiler:
Basically it's about four Irish brothers who grew up in Hell's Kitchen. One of them is a troublemaker, one of them is a compulsive unlucky gambler, one of them is a prettyboy ladies man, and one of them is the smart one who goes to art school.
The unlucky gambler ends up losing a lot of money to an Italian bookie. So the troublemaker kidnaps said bookie for ransom. But the bookie turns out to be the nephew of a bigtime italian crime boss (who is cahoots with the irish crime boss). So the italian crime boss has the prettyboy brother beat up by some goons. So the troublemaking brother kills the bookie in retaliation, and is gonna be killed by the italian crime boss because of it. So the smart brother has to bail them out, by killing both the italian and the irish mob boss. Thereby inheriting the neighborhood.
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 200 Location: Mid US or the Island??
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:
Did anybody see the last episode? I totally almost had a heart attack when Tommy took his clothes off. This show is awesome, but it helps having gorgeous guys on it. lol. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/10thkingdomfanatic
I love this show! Thats all. _________________ "Jack is the guy she should be with.
She does genuinely love him.
And she knows that he would take excellent care of her." - Damon Lindelof
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 4708 Location: Philadelphia, Pa
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:
OMG!!!! Black Donnelly's is my favorite new show hands down!!!!
And I LOVE Tommy and Kevin!!! (but mostly Tommy) _________________ Morgan
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It sorta reminded of the movie 
