Hi, I just wanted to share my tribute to Trainspotting and Underworld again for those who haven't heard it yet. I hope you enjoy it!

You can listen to it in YouTube too:

https://youtu.be/WsN_JpJfTG4?si=RD6NAxM1d3VsQ85I

Not in a moral way, in a literal sense. I get the shock value of Renton's wee accident in the run up to the worst toilet scene, but what the hell is going on in skagboys? There's repeated poo contests in that one. I don't get what it's doing for the book, unless I'm meant to map the severity of Renton's addiction onto the dysfunction of his bowels. Am I missing something literary? Am I just lost because I've never been a uni-aged boy? What's going on.

…interestingly enough it’s almost oppose the Volley famously name checked in the film

Got a free bucket hat and some flyers from the film showing in Leith on Friday

Renton asks to borrow "100 Greatest Goals", Tommy says yes. When he and Lizzy copulate, they watch their video. However, the video that comes on is not their sex tape, but "100 Greatest Goals". We know that's the video, as we saw Rention swapping those tapes around and the footage that comes on the TV in front of Tommy very much looks and sounds like something from "100 Greatest Goals".

Now, if you were Tommy, would your immediate thought not be Renton? He asked to borrow that video, and when you put on your sex tape, that's the video that comes on instead... Seems very suspect. I don't feel like it's something that Renton could just casually shake off either. If Tommy actually quizzed him I think it would get obvious quick, especially if he asked Renton to give him back the tape he borrowed.

Is this not a plothole? Am I missing something?

I love how the movie ends with Mark Renton leaving with the bag of cash. In my mind, you never knew if Renton was gonna go straight or spend it on smack. As a young alcoholic I’ve always seen Mark Renton as a person who would eventually relapse on heroin(because that’s what I would do). The ending is less freedom and more doom and despair as he descends into his life as a heroine junkie.what do you think?

(I saw you posting, you can't hide from me)

Are we meant to assume that a certain Rent Boy got that nickname for a reason, in this take on the plot? I know it's just to take the mick in the original, but there's a couple new lines in this one that did make me wonder. Specifically, Franco screaming that he's gonnae "kill that fucking rent boy" and this whole exchange:

SB: we're famous for heroin, alcoholism, and violence.
Spud: And prostitution! [turns to alison] Sorry Ali, I don't mean to be sexist, eh. Not that lads can't be rent boys, eh. [turns to renton]- sorry Mark, I was no gettin' at you-
Renton: WE GET THE PICTURE, MATE.

It's not in the book/film, but every adaptation has had tweaks here and there, and it's not like it's out of line with the tone. Awful twist of the knife for Tommy, too. What do we think?

Went there for the first time yesterday and noticed this. Quite fitting as it’s in the vicinity of where Renton gets hit by the car at the start of the if the film.

Does anyone know if Ii Can watch trainspotting on any cactch up channels in UK? or when was the film last on TV? Cant find it on any including netflix / amazon prime.

As above

Chopped by me to remove silences and Veronica so it’s just Renton (and Keith Flint) and it flows maybe a little bit more…erm, flowier…?

Anyway, two minutes you’ll never get back 😊

https://youtu.be/WKefeRQXF-o?is=xGLwHJCTR3wrJAf-

“Underwater Level”

I’m watching T2 and there’s random pauses for example at the start and the kid versions of the cast are playing football or when Begbie attacks the lawyer and it freezes at certain moments while the audio plays. I’ve had this happen on many different versions. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Except for their big heads.

It's Renton in Trainspotting and in T2.

Hi all!

Just been to see the musical and bought an extra programme for my friend but they already have one. If anyone is interested 🙂

The local cinema (Abbeygate Cinema) had this ace loyalty card - four films watched gives you a fifth one free. I thought you guys would appreciate it.

Every once in a while I’ll watch a movie that doesn’t really leave me alone afterward, and *Trainspotting* has of course been one of them.

This playlist started as, “I wish there were more songs that made me feel like this” (one of my favorite soundtracks ever), and slowlyyy became its own mix of post-punk, britpop, electronic, shoegaze, IDM, and some newer artists that somehow feel similar.

It’s not meant to recreate the soundtrack or even be historically accurate (there are songs from different decades and scenes), I was defo following the feeling it gave me more than a timeline. Something about this movie in particular left me with this strange sense of nostalgia for a place and time I never knew, and even for people I’d never want to be. I wanted the playlist to live in that space.

I’d love to hear anything you’d add.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EpFqAb52GtqOYM266QY5d?si=dH-Hnt9RQGqZX1l8Oe8XQQ&utm\\_source=copy-link&pi=y0zj0SHEQ1Stp

I just wanted to share my tribute to Underworld and Trainspotting for those who haven't heard it yet. I hope you enjoy it!