Tekel Towers » Trainspotting 2

Tek · 29/7/2016 2:20 pm

Cannae fucking wait for this.

https://youtu.be/-RK7Cre-SS4

29/7/2016 5:28 pm

Looking forward to it but at the same time desperately hoping they don't fuck it up

Tek · 29/7/2016 9:49 pm

I know what you mean Scarpia.

The thing that worries me isn't the actors, director or script (it's being written by John Hodge again). All are and will be excellent.

It's the music.

In 'Trainspotting' the actors were all in their twenties or early thirties and the soundtrack was cool as fuck Leftfield, Blur, Jarvis Cocker, Iggy, Blondie, Brian Eno etc. It was also made and released bang smack in the middle of the 'Cool Britannia' cultural movement (which was a pretty exciting time to be young).

Now all the actors are in their late forties and /or 50's and modern music is fucking tragic.

How does Danny Boyle remedy this problem?

I honestly think the film might have benefitted from a cool artist writing an original soundtrack for T2,but I'd be surprised if that was this case as I heard they're making it on a tight budget again as Danny Boyle favours this method of film-making.

I am so intrigued/nervous/excited to see the finished product.

Gonna re-read 'Porno' next week in anticipation (even though I know it's only loosely based on T2).

Tek · 29/7/2016 10:00 pm

Wee interview with Robert Carlyle on US telly regarding T2.

https://youtu.be/teMxKZBvLPk

Tek · 03/11/2016 8:21 am

Trailer

https://t.co/QfPcflkZaP

kiwiarab · 03/11/2016 9:09 am

"Looking forward to it but at the same time desperately hoping they don't fuck it up"

100% agree

Tangerine_Ultra · 03/11/2016 9:17 am

Trailer looks quality

lifesanocean · 03/11/2016 8:20 pm

Agreed, looks really promising.

SlatefordArab · 04/11/2016 8:54 am

Trailer looks great!

Leedsy2 · 08/12/2016 6:23 pm

I find the author a degenerate whose "work" is disgusting. And will never understand why so many find it entertaining. Must be an age thing, I guess. A sign of the times. Or can it be that the followers of this garbage identify with the lifestyle of the author's characters?

japanarab · 09/12/2016 11:36 am

I dislike the author myself due to his blatant lies in the Loaded magazine years back about hanging about with the casuals etc but like the books and films. It's fiction after all and not to be taken seriously.

Tek · 11/12/2016 5:32 am

Leedsy2 wrote:
I find the author a degenerate whose "work" is disgusting. And will never understand why so many find it entertaining. Must be an age thing, I guess. A sign of the times. Or can it be that the followers of this garbage identify with the lifestyle of the author's characters?

Hsve you read one of his books Leedsy?

kiwiarab · 30/12/2016 8:08 am

ignore this

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Tek · 10/1/2017 11:13 pm

Soundtrack announced.
The full track listing is as follows:
Lust for Life (The Prodigy Remix) Iggy Pop
Shotgun Mouthwash – High Contrast
Silk – Wolf Alice
Get Up – Young Fathers
Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Eventually But (Spud’s Letter to Gail) [feat. Ewen Bremner] – Underworld
Only God Knows – Young Fathers
Dad’s Best Friend – The Rubberbandits
Dreaming – Blondie
Radio Ga Ga – Queen
It’s Like That – Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais – The Clash
Rain Or Shine – Young Fathers
Whitest Boy On the Beach – Fat White Family
Slow Slippy – Underworld

bowers · 11/1/2017 5:58 am

A film that the soundtrack will be better than the film.

Tangerine_Ultra · 11/1/2017 12:16 pm

Am going to see the original at the cinema on the 17th which will be a nice we warm up for the new one. Cannot wait!

Edmond Dantes · 15/1/2017 10:31 pm

Trainspotting 1 was OK -nothing more,

i'll watch the new one when it comes on Sky Movies.

Tek · 27/1/2017 10:06 am

Got tickets for tonight.

Genuinely excited (rare for me).😄

Tangerine_Ultra · 27/1/2017 11:33 am

Going to see this tonight, canna wait.

Tek · 27/1/2017 4:19 pm

My verdict will be up later.

lifesanocean · 27/1/2017 6:33 pm

Just booked for tonight. Braw.

SlatefordArab · 27/1/2017 11:32 pm

Saw it tonight, really enjoyed it. Carlyle is brilliant.

Tek · 28/1/2017 2:32 am

I enjoyed it.

They bridged the gap between the past,the intermittent 20 years and the present pretty well i thought.

My only minor criticism is i felt it wasn't quite dark enough.

The 1st film had AIDS,cot death,bloody glassings in pubs,hallucinations about dead babies,Spud shitting the bed,condoms getting ripped off of semi erect knobs,near fatal overdoses etc etc etc.

This one was almost 'feelgood' in comparison.I felt they never quite went for it enough.That shock value that you felt when (say for instance) Begbie glasses the guy in the pub was missing.

Found it an enjoyable watch though as a huge fan of the first film and Irvine Welsh's novels (btw i did think this film was more loyal to Welsh's books than the first film).

Will i still be referencing lines from T2 in 20 years time and watching it time after time though?Doubtful.

So i suppose you could could compare it in that regard to the other T2 (Terminator 2) i.e. pretty damn decent but not having the 'wow factor' or the cultural iconography of their predecessors.

Still though.I would certainly watch it again and it was just fucking brilliant tbh to see all those actors and characters together again on screen.

Last comment.Robert Carlyle is a terrific actor and Begbie stole every scene.

Irvine Welsh's best character still.

p.s. door left ajar for possible 3rd movie i felt.

Edmond Dantes · 29/1/2017 9:58 pm

Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller were on talksport the other morning with Alan Brazil and Mickey Quinn

think it was the same day FKT was on with Jim White

Tek · 29/1/2017 10:25 pm

Edmond Dantes wrote:
think it was the same day FKT was on with Jim White

What's this?