Trainspotting 2

[The Byre]

If you like Trainspotting One then you will be knocked out by TS2. It is brilliant!

Just save up all your pennies and go and see it! That is how a movie should be made!

 

[garyk]

Yes I loved T1 looking forward to seeing it.

 

[Newchodge]

Am I the only person in the world who didn't see Trainspotting?

 

[The Byre]

Then you have to get the BR and watch it, before going to see TS2. TS2 only makes sense if you have seen TS1.

You have to remember that TS was made on a shoe-string budget of just £1.5m on Super-16 footage and they had to dub the entire movie, as they did not have the budget for location sound and the hire of proper sound-stages, but built the sets in a disused factory in Glasgow.

The incredible use of music in was only made possible on TS1 by David Bowie, who had seen Boyle's movie 'Shallow Grave' and was a fan and therefore jumped in at the last minute to make the clearance of all those hit songs possible.

As an homage to Bowie, the relentless soundtrack on TS2 goes silent as our main protagonist, Renton, goes through his old record collection and stops on a David Bowie album.

 

[vvaannmmaann]

In T2 does the death of the baby get explained?

 

[STDFR33]

Am I the only person in the world who didn't see Trainspotting?

Me, until Saturday just gone.

I thought that it was alright, nothing to shout home about.

 

[wevet]

Seeing tonight I hope its got a strong heroin.

 

[Dan Izzard]

Great news will go see. Worth watching TS1 before?

 

[Dan Izzard]

@wevet 'strong heroin' - just got that

 

[STDFR33]

Great news will go see. Worth watching TS1 before?

I'd see the first one beforehand if I were you. If it's not your cup of tea, it's still filmed well.

 

[Dan Izzard]

Have seen it loadsa times, just wondered if the 2 link into each other and a watch would benefit the experience before going.

 

[garyk]

Saw it on Sunday and loved it. If you haven't seen TS1 its worth it for context.

 

[Scalloway]

I seem to remember that the author of the original book called it Trainspotting as he found doing drugs equally boring.

 

[The Byre]

It refers to a key scene in the book, where Begsby and the lads are in a disused rail engine shed, shooting-up and they are accosted by an old down-and-out homeless wino, who asks them what they are doing there "You'se lads here fer a bit o' trainspotting?"

It turns out, that, that wino was Begsby's father.

 

[STDFR33]

Trainspotting is also a slang term for trying to find a vein to shoot some drugs into.

 

[The Byre]

So have you seen the movie yet?

 

[Iain_Henderson]

If you enjoyed the film(s) and reading then I'd highly recommended Irvine Welsh new one about Begbie - the blade artist.

Not finished it yet but very readable so far..