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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 8, 2014 19:33:34 GMT
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Post by sootycat on Oct 9, 2014 11:08:51 GMT
Why do they do this!
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Post by sillybint on Oct 10, 2014 3:29:40 GMT
It looks like they actually did remake 'A For Andromeda', with Jane Asher somehow in place of Julie Christie. I may have to check it out, but I found out they actually have one full part of the original and some other bits as I just watched them all on Youtube!
I bet they could make a new On The Buses with modern buses and characters (and far less backwards sexism) for tv, but Dad's Army seems a very strange choice.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 10, 2014 11:36:03 GMT
It looks like they actually did remake 'A For Andromeda', with Jane Asher somehow in place of Julie Christie. I may have to check it out, but I found out they actually have one full part of the original and some other bits as I just watched them all on Youtube! I bet they could make a new On The Buses with modern buses and characters (and far less backwards sexism) for tv, but Dad's Army seems a very strange choice. I hadn't realised until recently the US remade On The Buses with Dom DeLuise as Stan but he worked in lost property and there was no Blakey. It flopped. I hate US remakes of UK shows. They sanitise the characters, removing the essence which made the shows popular in the first place. I used to know an American on a Yahoo group who thought Man About the House copied Threes Company when she first saw it. In the end she preferred MATH. |
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 11, 2014 14:50:07 GMT
I hate US remakes too Pats. I did like ' 'All In The Family', but I much preferred 'Til Death Do Us Part. Meathead the Mike character in AITF was annoying. I loved Edith and Archie AITF and Alf and Else Garnett. Rita in TDDUP was much better and more believable than Gloria in AITF.
The worst remake ever in my opinion was the US version of 'Life On Mars' I watched the first episode out of interest and turned it off after 10 minutes.
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 11, 2014 14:59:26 GMT
Oops I forgot to add that my hubby preferred 'Man About The House' to 'Three`s Company' too. And he absolutely loved 'Robins Nest' and 'George and Mildred' When he was in the Navy he used to watch 'Robins Nest' whenever his carrier pulled into Southampton. He got his Mother hooked on it when they started showing it on PBS Saturday mornings here in WV in the 80`s.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 11, 2014 16:58:35 GMT
PBS is where that girl saw MATH too.
I hated Fitz. What a clean living, perfect bloke! I suppose if that's all we're used to then they're great. Did you ever see Sanford & Son? I was sent some eps. It funny but they are no Steptoe & Son. One remake I actually enjoyed was Sam Sam, the Dutch version of MATH. A former Dutch friend HATED it. They used the original scripts and the set was similar too. Unfortunately the Jo character was portrayed as Chrissy's blatant dumb blonde in TC. Riet, the Dutch Mildred, was brilliant. I saw The Ropers on Sky waaaaaaaaaaaay back and even the same scripts were unfunny. Helen whines far too much and did in TC.
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 11, 2014 17:21:11 GMT
I liked Sanford and Son only because I love Red Foxx...especially when he used to clutch his chest faking a heart attack. "Elizabeth, it`s a real one this time baby, I`ll coming to be with you" etc etc  It was quite ironic that he died on stage having a heart attack. It was similar to how Tommy Cooper died on stage. |
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 11, 2014 17:28:17 GMT
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 11, 2014 21:58:55 GMT
Totally disagree with this bit: "Lear single-handedly pivoted network television away from the saccharine comedies of the '60s and toward his brand of biting social and political humor." The seeds were sown in the British formats he bought, which were part of a general mainstream comedy overhaul, starting with That Was The Week That Was. He had nothing to do with it, just added relevant topics.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 11, 2014 22:04:04 GMT
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 11, 2014 23:09:16 GMT
Totally disagree with this bit: "Lear single-handedly pivoted network television away from the saccharine comedies of the '60s and toward his brand of biting social and political humor." The seeds were sown in the British formats he bought, which were part of a general mainstream comedy overhaul, starting with That Was The Week That Was. He had nothing to do with it, just added relevant topics. Yep |
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 11, 2014 23:10:19 GMT
And yep again You nailed it Pats |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 12, 2014 0:24:02 GMT
I'm very astute. LOL! It's like books or plays turned into films. Much is changed or removed completely. I LOVE Rock of Ages but the film is total nauseating Hollywood with its happy endings.
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Post by sillybint on Oct 19, 2014 20:31:44 GMT
A Dom Deluise U.S. On The Buses sounds terrible and glad I never ran across that.
I've only seen one 'Til Death Us Do Part movie. Have always loved the Ray Davies song though. I've seen a few Steptoe & Son episdoes, my bf is a fan of it and has some old record LPs of the show (I have some of the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Decca LPs of tv bits myself which I'd never part with).
Yes, Man About the House was aired in America. We also got Butterflies, The Good Life, All Creatures, Reginald Perrin. There was an independent station near the Canadian border that ran many of these. I think they even had Rising Damp and Dad's Army but I was maybe too little for them then. My bf is only half a year older but remembers seeing UFO and Bird's Eye View in Seattle.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 20, 2014 11:18:26 GMT
One of my Facebook friends posted the link to the Ropers theme last week, saying it was possibly the worst ever. Then we ended up having a discussion about Man About The House/Three's Company, George & Mildred/The Ropers and Robin's Nest/Three's A Crowd. I had no idea he'd seen any of those since many Americans often have no idea some of their programmes were based on those in other countries.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 10, 2015 21:58:36 GMT
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Post by CG Wendy on Apr 3, 2015 3:21:04 GMT
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 4, 2015 22:43:46 GMT
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Post by sootycat on Apr 5, 2015 10:22:20 GMT
I watched this, more to do with curiosity than anything else. I loved the original and while I think this was very clever, I loved the jerky stringy Thunderbirds. Great to see the original Parker (I thought Lady Penelope was terrible though) I am still confused at a foreign sounding 'Brains" but I thought the action stuff very good and it was nice to see a lot of it looking the same...moveable swimming pool etc. Don't know what Gerry Anderson would make of it though.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 5:54:29 GMT
Didn't work for me - the appeal of the original series was the wonderful model-making and miniature special effects.
Just amazing workmanship, and an exciting, enjoyable show even tho' you knew you were looking at puppets.
The new series is very slick, but you KNOW it's all been done with computers, and as a result it was dull and unoriginal.
...and yes, why HAD Brains suddenly become an Asian?
May watch another episode, but not with any enthusiasm.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Apr 6, 2015 10:48:17 GMT
I am fed up reading comments from people repeating the codswallop that kids today wouldn't watch original stuff with long scenes, strings, effects, short attention spans today etc. Kids never notice crap effects or whatever because it was the writing back then which made up for it. I was talking to some kids at work on Saturday. One loves all Doctor Who (but not keen on Peter Capaldi) and another loves all Batman (including the 60s series). Kids will probably enjoy this Thunderbirds Boyband but from what I've read it's too awful for families.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Jul 13, 2015 15:25:39 GMT
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Post by CG Wendy on Aug 14, 2015 1:30:18 GMT
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Post by CG Wendy on Aug 23, 2015 19:34:48 GMT
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It was quite ironic that he died on stage having a heart attack. It was similar to how Tommy Cooper died on stage.
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