Comments on: Heroes in Cork

By: Emmet

Emmet — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:52:17 +0000

The fact that one guy mentions the “thousands of containers in Cork harbour” suggests to me that they just did a search for a port in Europe and thought that Cork would have a charming Irish appeal or something. But yeah, it’s a real stereotypical view, and the accents are not only dire, but all different. One guy’s is English, one is belfast and one is half dublin half galway pikey accent :O

By: Will

Will — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:03 +0000

Just saw episode 8. Want a glaring oversight? Apparently taxis in Cork are Black Cabs, ala England, with yellow licence plates. I mean come on, how hard is it for them to get some aspect of Ireland right? I wonder has anybody heard an Irish accent in America and do they still think we are part of the UK?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:34:54 +0000

I’ve just been catching up with series 2 this last week. It’s weird seeing “Cork” filtered through the show. It does kind of put it into perspective when these shows go to other countries. Are there portrayals of all other countries so innaccurate? Makes you feel sorry for the residents of Mumbai and Tokyo who must be watching loads of American programming…

By: Gavin Sheridan

Gavin Sheridan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:19:49 +0000

Jaysus, will wonders never cease.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:45:37 +0000

“The Wandering Rock” must be a reference to the Wandering Rocks episode in Ulysses. I guess since Lost referenced Flann O’Brian, the Heroes writeers decided they had to get a Joyce reference in. Pity it’s the wrong city though; goes along with the general lack of authenticity I suppose.

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By: Seven Clancy

Seven Clancy — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:30:56 +0000

I don’t think Americans are dumb in general. But my friend said that the producers do and their also American. The writers are just doing what the producers tell them.

By: Gavin Sheridan

Gavin Sheridan — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:34:45 +0000

I don’t think Americans are dumb, but are the writers lazy?

By: Seven Clancy

Seven Clancy — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:45:32 +0000

I was informed by an American friend of mine that most Americans who haven’t traveled outside of their state never mind country would not accept that Ireland is a modern society. Thus the producers kept in mind what type of audience they wanted. And kept a murder she wrote type of Ireland that the “American’s can respond to with out a single brain cell being used.

By: Gavin Sheridan

Gavin Sheridan — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:43:10 +0000

With badges!

By: Piaras Kelly

Piaras Kelly — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:49:29 +0000

Even funnier are Cork security guards with guns.

By: Gavin Sheridan

Gavin Sheridan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:47:37 +0000

Exactly, is it too much to expect writers to realise Irish people don’t say really say ‘boyo’ (especially not in Cork). And while the first mention of Cork is stealing some iPods from Cork harbour, surely they could have made the bar a bit more contemporary to reflect that we know what iPods are? As oppose to frickin vinyl?

By: JL Pagano

JL Pagano — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:15:59 +0000

Without giving away any real spoilers, I have seen it Series 2 right up to Episode 6, and I can guarantee the Cork accents don’t get any better, but overall the plot just about has enough to keep me interested.

I thoroughly agree about the lack of authenticity. In this day and age surely it isn’t that difficult to make a few phone calls to find out what a place is really like if you’re going to use it in a storyline.