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Can this show get any worst...

posted 10 years ago by Londonlad2001221
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Each shout they report person's reported yet no other pumps attend... The station officer ignores the rules...

They're all in BA when there is no need to be...

It's a very poorly written show and it's a shame they couldn't get a technical advisor from the LFB to review the script...

I seen people say it's only a TV show but if there going to portray a such needed services like the fire brigade they should get the minor things right.. Still can have the drama like London's Burning did, That show got all the minor things right even bent them a little but never ever took it to the extreme like this show...

[–] locifan 10 years ago

It showed such promise too. The last two episodes 5&6 have In the main been a big disappointment. Nonsensical plots and ridiculous dialogue. The only saving grace has been some outstanding work from Taron Egerton.. Someone to look out for in the future.
The "guv" is all over the place, which you can appreciate because of his injuries but surely the LFB wouldn't allow him to work.. Who want want to go into a burning building with someone who's so unpredictable and un-hinged!

[–] Londonlad2001221 10 years ago

Well even after the first episode when Kev turns up drunk and bears all to the world and having a go at the senior officer, You'd think they would struck him for mental health issues after that..

I can see why the LFB wouldn't offer there technical assistance to the production, The show doesn't really portray the fire service in a good light..

Rude to the public etc, The banter between the watch is completely off...

It's a terrible written show...

[–] locifan 10 years ago

I think all the OTT angst is leading up to either Asbo or Mal saving either Kev or someone close to him, atonement for sins of the past.
Horribly predictable if that's what does happen, I shouldn't be able to second guess what happens!

I agree with you on how some of the crew have spoken to the public. That just wouldn't happen. I appreciate that some firemen have a very black sense of humour, to help them cope with the horrors they see, but the general public would not be privy to this!

[–] Londonlad2001221 10 years ago

The scene that annoyed me the most, Was when they were dealing with the house fire, And they had to get the woman from the bedroom, But Mal being very rude to the mother, That wouldn't happen a crew manager bring rude towards the pubic like he did, It really show's a bad light on Firefighters..

It's a shame as you did say the show did show promise.

[–] locifan 10 years ago

I used to know a few guys from one of the Berkshire stations. Their very black sense of humour when they had dealt with a fatality, took a bit of getting used to ( things that seemed callous to a non fire person, but were a way of getting throughh seeing horrific things that people shouldn't see)
But ey were very well respected in the town and once when I was out at a club with them a guy collapsed and they instantly went form party mode to rescue/professional mode in an nstant, doing CPR and keeping the guys girlfriend calm.

I think it's a shame that Miss Kirkwood didn't do a bit more research when writing her script, it wouldn't of taken much to have changed the things that are glaringly wrong. I was surprised to read that active firemen are on set and act as extras when they're off duty. I suppose none of them felt they had the right to critique the story or script. The first rule of writing is write about what you know, and if you don't know..research, research ,research!

I don't think the LFB need worry about negative feedback towards them, anyone with a gram of intelligence knows what. Fantastic job Firemen do. Our small local part time crew were overwhelmed by the support they got from the public during the Strike some years ago. Any decent human ,appreciates the lengths Fireman go to to save lives.

[–] mentalpoison 10 years ago

Why are you polluting this board with your whining about technicalities? Are you really that butthurt that the show isn't true to life? It's a drama, not a documentary. Nobody cares.

Grow up.

[–] Londonlad2001221 10 years ago

These are discussion boards ain't they? So we discussion how *beep* this program is, So with the extreme lack of technical insight on how the fire service works, It also fails as a Drama, So GROW UP