FIRST TIME WATCHING: Peaky Blinders S1E1

so glad your watching peaky excited to do a rewatch with you!

Aw, dang, not available on the cheap version of Netflix.

Wow, thanks for the season 3 spoilers for those who haven't seen it yet

lol so many comments my bad. peaky is a type of hat that a lot of irishmen wore. Blinders is like the 1920's version of how we use like dripped out. So the gang was the juxtaposition of raggedy scummy irish kids who apart from the hats dressed super classy

the opening with the horse is super clever because it just establishes right off the bat he's literally above everyone in the city

honestly you didn't fuck up your experience at all nat don't sweat it. there's so much sort of political shift and character development that by the time you're introduced to these characters you'll lose most frame of reference from watching early

I'm so sad you saw S3E1 because it will have spoiled so much for you.

Tommy smokes opium to help with the PTSD

Police officers used to be called coppers because their badges were made of copper. This is where the term 'cop' is from

Peaky Blinders. Peaky = cheeky. Blinders = because they cut people's eyes with razors blades.

Also seriously keep this lighting it feels high quality af!

You didn't noticed the officer is from Jurassic Park and the aunt is Draco Malfoy’s mum.

The lighting at the location you’re shooting is really good! It looks like golden hour. No pun intended.

omg I'm so excited to do a watch-along for this series. I think you'll enjoy it. The writing, sound design, set, and acting are all top-notch. There's lots of character development and the plot is appropriately complex. Also, it's a great period piece! The Peaky Blinders were real-though not nearly as epic as Cillian Murphy makes them seem. In a couple of quick notes-Thomas Shelby was smoking opium. He doesn't like singing in pubs because it felt inappropriately surreal-post WW1 soldiers often felt like the appropriate atmosphere was one of grievance.

Love this show so much, excited to watch your journey with it

I've never seen this show before but I'm already loving the vibes like Nat :) It reminds me of other shows in that time period like Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire and more recently, Warrior, which I think would be an awesome reaction. Also really excited for Ghibli!

I saw studio ghibili and immediately thought girl be careful haha

Great week of watching ahead!!!

Hi, Nat! As much as I liked you talking about S1E1 and S3E1, predictions and thoughts, I think it would be better for some new Peaky Blinders watchers who haven't seen that far of any episode and want to enjoy watching it with you. I've seen but I saw couple comments that said they haven't seen. P.S. Loved the reaction, can't wait for next episode.

- The tunnels are trenches on the world war I. This was one of the most horrible tasks. They dig tunnels under the battelfield to reach the enemy trenches. The fights where specially terrible. They fight in the darrk, in close quarters and with knives. -Tommy is smoking opium

Hi Nat, the name Peaky Blinders is believed to be a reference to the gang's sartorial elegance. The popular usage of "peaky" at the time referred to any flat cap with a peak. "Blinder" was a familiar Birmingham slang term, still used today, to describe something or someone of dapper appearance.

I really liked your reaction to Wreck it Ralph. I hope you react to the sequel

Studio Ghibli YESSSS! Do 1 a week , or every 2 weeks and just watch a bunch of them.

Happy Monday Nat. Hope you had a great weekend, and hope your race went well 😊 Haven't seen any of Peaky Blinders so looking forward to watching that along with you, and also seeing what those crazy Boys are up to. And of course The Incredibles will be a blast to watch with you 😊

Happy Monday nat never seen this show but will have to wait til the weekend to check this one out as I'm heading to Blackpool for the rest of the week however I'm looking forward to seeing what all the hype is about 👍💛

I don't know what period piece show is better in this time period. This or Boardwalk Empire with Steve Buscemi

The part digging tunnel was in the war World War I, one of the more dangerous job was digging tunnel under the battlefield and try to reach the german trenchs.