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They're currently filming it in Glasgow and in Edinburgh. All the big names are back ...

 

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Except Tommy

 

So what do you reckon it will be like? Obviously, it won't be as good as the original, but I'm still looking forward to it immensely. Hopefully they don't concentrate too much on the "porno" side of things as that was ridiculously far-fetched (although not as much as Spud writing a book on the history of Leith). 

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That picture of Robert Carlyle just reminds me of how good an actor he is. That's the least Begbie-looking c**t ever on that poster   :P

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Was the first movie like the book at all?

 

I thought the film glamourised heroin, despite the swimming in shit sequence and other scenes. The book was more honest about the misery is causes.

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I thought the film glamourised heroin, despite the swimming in shit sequence and other scenes. The book was more honest about the misery is causes.

 

Yeah the book is dark, albeit it has some humour in it.

 

I'm no expert but I think Welsh's fiction has become more like the Trainspotting film, humour and shock value, than the book.

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They were filming in Gorgie earlier this week

 

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I posted last week about trees that had loads of pairs of boots hanging in their branches. The trees are right behind where that photo was taken.

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The book is more a series of recollections from different people (some of whom made it into the film, some of who didn't). It would have been nearly impossible to translate that exactly to celluloid. So it's basically the key characters from the book (a couple of them were combined into a single character), with a bit of a plot thrown in. 

 

Interesting that Trainspotting only received one Oscar nomination ... for best adapted screenplay. 

 

The latest book by Irvine Welsh has Begbie released from prison, marrying his American psychotherapist, and moving to the USA. WTF? Think I'll give that a miss. His book about Juice Terry as a randy taxi driver is a good laugh though. 

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I read A Decent Ride on holiday last year. As we were there with the in laws there was some awkward moments when I was asked what I was howling with laughter at.

They eventually stopped asking.

Superb book
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Does Begbie still sport the tash?

 

Begbie has gone teetotal and quit smoking. Won't spoil the rest of the book. 

 

I liked Juice Terry in Porno. Trying to explain to foreign girls that he was "oan the juice lorries". 

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