FTA-TV Underbelly - a Tale of Two Cities

[OzBomber]

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24512404-2862,00.html

This is the new Underbelly series which has started filming. It is about the illegal drug industry of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it will be as good as the first question, we'll have to wait and see.

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

I read in the paper a while ago they were also gonna film it bloody Sydney. what crap. Apperently they can't film here for some reason

 

[Fritz_the_Cat]

Sounds like it will have to include the punch up with the media at Robert Trimbole's funeral... will never forget seeing that on the news at the time.. would love to see that footage again.. including the gangsters doing doughnuts as they left

 

[Kerrby]

Hopefully there will be more episodes than season 1.

The first Season is one of the best series i've ever seen.

 

[that_dood]

I read in the paper a while ago they were also gonna film it bloody Sydney. what crap. Apperently they can't film here for some reason

Maybe because it is set in Sydney?

 

[year of the roo]

Seems like it could cover a lot of ground already done by Blue Murder, but in greater detail.

This series could be better than the original due to the fact that most of the players involved are dead or jailed now, so they can portray them however they like without fear of litigation from the affected parties. This is something the original didn't have with major players Tony Mokbel, Mario Condello and Mick Gatto all without convictions.

So long as it gets a budget similar to that of the original, it should at least have 99% of Australian productions in recent memory covered in terms of quality.

 

[HBF]

Will there be an issue screening it in Victoria this time?

 

[year of the roo]

Will there be an issue screening it in Victoria this time?

For crimes that happened 30+ years ago, what do you think?

 

[that_dood]

Will there be an issue screening it in Victoria this time?

Won't be in Victoria as the story has nothing to do with Victoria. But maybe Sydney although as the post above says, it happened over 30 years ago.

 

[justthedukes]

Since the timeline is the 70's and 80's I would imagine that there will be alot of errors in the filming, like the pure blonde thing in the first series and various other differences.

 

[Tigerdrive]

Since the timeline is the 70's and 80's I would imagine that there will be alot of errors in the filming, like the pure blonde thing in the first series and various other differences.

That's what I was thinking, how will they make it look like the 70s and 80s when at times they struggled to make it look like the 90s.

 

[ManWithNoName]

That's what I was thinking, how will they make it look like the 70s and 80s when at times they struggled to make it look like the 90s.

It might be easier. Making it look like the 90s would be tricky because there wasn't that many BIG changes, just a lot of small subtle ones you wouldn't think about and would be easy to forget about. Making it look like the 70s will require a fair few big changes.

 

[HBK619]

For crimes that happened 30+ years ago, what do you think?

...Yes?

 

[HBF]

Won't be in Victoria as the story has nothing to do with Victoria. But maybe Sydney although as the post above says, it happened over 30 years ago.

Probably should have thought about the my question before I posted it. Given the quality of the first series, I hope this one lives up to the first one.

 

[peejay]

Seems like it could cover a lot of ground already done by Blue Murder, but in greater detail.

This series could be better than the original due to the fact that most of the players involved are dead or jailed now, so they can portray them however they like without fear of litigation from the affected parties. This is something the original didn't have with major players Tony Mokbel, Mario Condello and Mick Gatto all without convictions.

So long as it gets a budget similar to that of the original, it should at least have 99% of Australian productions in recent memory covered in terms of quality.

Mario doesn't have a conviction but i don't think he complained about things !

 

[rocker_oz33]

yep this old chestnut,this new series looks good can't wait.its looks like some of the story was covered in blue murder which is very good and l remember watching crime seen Australia about the murder/disappearance of don mackay which l thinks in this new series should be good

 

[Warsaw]

Honestly i don't think this looks as good. Over acting and not the kind of cast that made me love Underbelly 1.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Honestly i don't think this looks as good. Over acting and not the kind of cast that made me love Underbelly 1.

it will be hard to live up to l guess,and they couldn't really use the same actors and being set 70/80s might be hard filming these days l not sure but l hope its good

 

[the_mighty_pies_3733]

Hopefully it will be a bit like Blue Murder already seen that a few of the characters from it will be in Underbelly. Classic stuff and they could do worse than to emulate it.

Also seen an add for another gangland show on Channel 7 with guys like Rogerson on it in more of a documentary style and promising to show what is really going on in Australia.
Probably a typical Channel 7 beat up though.

 

[rupert pupkin 87]

The fact tht they keep advertising more extreme sex and violence tells me this will be more juvenile rubbish like the first season

 

[rocker_oz33]

The fact tht they keep advertising more extreme sex and violence tells me this will be more juvenile rubbish like the first season

that's your view pumpkin it might be quite good

 

[wolwdod]

Looks pretty good

but channel 9 will ruin it with ads

so i will tape it and fast forward the ads

 

[dmc333]

Imagine how much better the first one could have been if it was more akin to The Wire than a music video.

Although the bogans wouldn't have watched then, it'll just end up the same.

 

[vealesy]

They will never find a better Dodger than Richard Roxborough. Or better Flannery than Gary Sweet.

 

[Magpiespower]

Will Al Grassby get a run?