It’s a Sin

[CelestialAgent]

Out 22nd February from Dazzler Media

https://store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/blu-ray/it-s-a-sin

[Spiderwalk]

I binge-watched the whole series last night.

It was very funny and extremely moving. The last half hour was absolutely devastating. I was never much of a fan of Keeley Hawes, but her performance in this was incredible, as were the rest of the cast. The writing is excellent, easily comparable to QAF, if not better!

[CelestialAgent]

Dazzler also seem to be releasing Talking Heads, but the remake not the original.

[controlfreak]

Will be pre-ordering for sure. Absolutely loved the series.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Dazzler also seem to be releasing Talking Heads, but the remake not the original.

There are 2 NEW stories in amongst the Talking Heads remake.

[UnionJackMix]

I was going to watch it but the trailer made it really uninteresting, looking like just another Uk teen series. So much I couldn't even be bothered to tape an episode.
Good to know it will be on BD if I change my mind.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

There are 2 NEW stories in amongst the Talking Heads remake.

I just wish it were all new stories! But I’ve not checked them out so I don’t know what the quality is like.

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

I was going to watch it but the trailer made it really uninteresting, looking like just another Uk teen series. So much I couldn't even be bothered to tape an episode.
Good to know it will be on BD if I change my mind.

A teen series? A Russell T. Davies series about the AIDS epidemic starring Olly Alexander doesn’t necessarily sound like a teen series to me. The whole series is streaming on All4 now though.

I haven’t watched it yet, all I know is they had to change the title from The Boys because of the Amazon series, and that Alexander is 30 playing 18! 18 was his age when he appeared in Noe’s Enter the Void.

It’s been mentioned elsewhere, but Years and Years (no relation to Olly Alexander, ironically) is available on Blu-ray in Germany from StudioCanal.

[UnionJackMix]

Well I think my post was very clear. I wasn't implying what you wrote.

[chen lung]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

Well I think my post was very clear. I wasn't implying what you wrote.

Maybe you were thinking in the vain of 'Skins' and the like?

I thought 'It's a Sin' was different to those and not particularly aimed at teens.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by chen lung

Maybe you were thinking in the vain of 'Skins' and the like?

I thought 'It's a Sin' was different to those and not particularly aimed at teens.

Enjoyed episode 1. It’s going to get dark though obviously. I have a feeling this will be the director’s greatest triumph. Cracking soundtrack also. I’m not gay but I remember the AIDS commercials and posters everywhere back in the 80’s. I was only a kid but having John Hurt warn us of a new disease in his authoritative voice with a scary advert is not something I have ever forgot.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Enjoyed episode 1. It’s going to get dark though obviously. I have a feeling this will be the director’s greatest triumph. Cracking soundtrack also. I’m not gay but I remember the AIDS commercials and posters everywhere back in the 80’s. I was only a kid but having John Hurt warn us of a new disease in his authoritative voice with a scary advert is not something I have ever forgot.

Directed by Nic Roeg also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irot...ature=youtu.be

growing up as queer in the 2010s was weird because it was distant from Section 28 and the epidemic, I only really knew what it was from Rent

not that the 2010s was a great time to grow up queer either though

[Foggy]

Imagine if they made ad like that for Coronavirus. A person coughing is crosscut with a volcanic eruption, a house burning down whilst someone with a fever lies in a sweaty bed. Ending with a grave collapsing with the sound of a ventilator in the background, with a mask falling onto screen and stern voice going “Hands. Face. Space.” Maybe we wouldn’t be in a third lockdown.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Directed by Nic Roeg also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irot...ature=youtu.be

growing up as queer in the 2010s was weird because it was distant from Section 28 and the epidemic, I only really knew what it was from Rent

not that the 2010s was a great time to grow up queer either though

Originally Posted by Foggy

Imagine if they made ad like that for Coronavirus. A person coughing is crosscut with a volcanic eruption, a house burning down whilst someone with a fever lies in a sweaty bed. Ending with a grave collapsing with the sound of a ventilator in the background, with a mask falling onto screen and stern voice going “Hands. Face. Space.” Maybe we wouldn’t be in a third lockdown.

It’s like those terrifying ads in the late 70’s telling kids not to play near rivers with the grim reaper standing by. (I’m comparing the ads not the situation mind you)

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Enjoyed episode 1. It’s going to get dark though obviously. I have a feeling this will be the director’s greatest triumph. Cracking soundtrack also. I’m not gay but I remember the AIDS commercials and posters everywhere back in the 80’s. I was only a kid but having John Hurt warn us of a new disease in his authoritative voice with a scary advert is not something I have ever forgot.

Davies doesn't direct his TV programs, just to be clear. He writes and produces them, and has tremendous control over them, but he brings in experienced television directors to actually shoot them.

This was clearly something he has been building towards writing his entire life, and it was tremendously powerful.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Davies doesn't direct his TV programs, just to be clear. He writes and produces them, and has tremendous control over them, but he brings in experienced television directors to actually shoot them.

This was clearly something he has been building towards writing his entire life, and it was tremendously powerful.

Ok, thanks.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I haven’t watched it yet, all I know is they had to change the title from The Boys because of the Amazon series, and that Alexander is 30 playing 18! 18 was his age when he appeared in Noe’s Enter the Void.

The miniseries spans 1981-1991, with episodes set in 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988 and 1991. His character is roughly 30 in the final episode, so it makes sense to cast someone who can play 30, but can also convincingly play 18.

I actually prefer the new title, it's really resonant within the entire series.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It’s like those terrifying ads in the late 70’s telling kids not to play near rivers with the grim reaper standing by. (I’m comparing the ads not the situation mind you)

I should check out the BFI collection if I want to stop sleeping.

[Aunt Peg]

I don't think anything was as chilling as this ad from Australia. It apparently played on TV (which I didn't watch at the time) and I only ever saw it at the cinema a few times. I loathed watching it because cinema was one of the few escape route from the whole AIDS tragedy unfolding and having to sit through it used to unsettle me further.

https://youtu.be/OJ9f378T49E

[James Luckard]

I'm grateful this is getting a UK BD, since Years and Years didn't.

UK home video releases of TV are great, they tend to come out the week after a show is broadcast.

Years and Years involved an 18-month wait for the German disc, which I never suspected, I was afraid it would never have an HD home release.

I presume this getting a release, when Y&Y didn't, is down to the network? Y&Y was BBC, and more and more of their prestige TV shows don't seem to get BDs.

Both were produced by Red, which is owned by Studiocanal, so it can't be that. Interesting that Studiocanal did the DVD of Y&Y in the UK, but they're not doing this release.

[Aunt Peg]

Just finishing binge-watching the series this evening and it was sensational.

Five episodes x 45 minutes each flied by and it captured the era so well. Interestingly, watching so many different films/series over the years from different parts of the world always amazes me how the different trajectory in which the AIDS crisis played out.

I will definitely purchase the Blu Ray.