Disappointed - old favourites are actually, well, crap
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My OH holds a candle for McGyver and bought the first series on DVD.
We made it through two episodes.
Thing I find with old TV series is the editing is so slack, like they didn't have enough story to fill the time so just made everything take longer.
The penny dropped on this when I was watching an episode of the Sweeney a while back and there was a (what felt like) interminable shot of Dennis Waterman opening a door, walking through, closing it behind it, walking over to John thaw's desk, sitting down...,THEN there was some fairly undramatic dialogue.
We made it through two episodes.
Thing I find with old TV series is the editing is so slack, like they didn't have enough story to fill the time so just made everything take longer.
The penny dropped on this when I was watching an episode of the Sweeney a while back and there was a (what felt like) interminable shot of Dennis Waterman opening a door, walking through, closing it behind it, walking over to John thaw's desk, sitting down...,THEN there was some fairly undramatic dialogue.
joropug said:
Ash_ said:
I'm currently re-watching V which is being shown on Forces TV. The story is still pretty good in the main, though the characters do the usual stupid stuff Hollywood require to progress a story.
However, the acting really is pretty crap and the special effects are an absolute joke, even for 1983.
But, I'm enjoying it though, so a bit disappointed in how bad its aged etc, but not so disappointed I won't finish it.
V had a remake, quite liked it but was cancelled However, the acting really is pretty crap and the special effects are an absolute joke, even for 1983.
But, I'm enjoying it though, so a bit disappointed in how bad its aged etc, but not so disappointed I won't finish it.
Tankrizzo said:
Don't ever re-watch The Littlest Hobo, it will destroy your warm childhood memories.
Maybe tomorrow, I'll wanna settle down,Until tomorrow I'll just keep movin' on!
Was there more than one episode, or was it just the same script repeated? Viewing today it presumably makes Flipper/Lassie/Skippy/Gentle Ben look like Proust. We watched drivel like that as there wasn't any alternative other than probably indoor bowls or darts.
hidetheelephants said:
Was there more than one episode, or was it just the same script repeated? Viewing today it presumably makes Flipper/Lassie/Skippy/Gentle Ben look like Proust. We watched drivel like that as there wasn't any alternative other than probably indoor bowls or darts.
Even when TVs went colour, there was still a lot of black and white stuff being broadcast (On White Horses and Belle and Sebastian spring to mind) but The Littlest Hobo was in colour.Didn't like it then, mind...
PositronicRay said:
A lot of things don't stand the test of time.
The Britas Empire anyone?
Different eras but Brittas wasn't funny then, either.The Britas Empire anyone?
Gimme Gimme Gimme? Appalling then and now.
Very few stand the test of time - Dad's Army is timeless, so is Only Fools and Horses and Monty Python (though a lot of theor not so classic material is remarkably poor, some is genius like "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, extra-or (dinary)"
I watch some of the stuff on Forces TV and it's cringeworthy - Nightingales, Get Some In, even Bless This House because of the 70s humour.
Sykes has some good, witty stuff in it but a bloke living with his sister was a bit weird, even back then.
There again, that was the era of Eric and Ernie who went to bed together...
Edited by LuS1fer on Wednesday 11th November 15:28
Still love the National Lampoons vacation films, Beverly D'Angelo is part of the reason and Chevy Chase is awesome.
V was good back in 1986, not sure I could stick it now, but Ghostbusters still hits the spot.
The Prisoner, went to Portmerion for the weekend this time last year, so felt compelled to watch the series, what a load of old w
k, managed two episodes.
I think a lot of fondness for something is formed at the time you first watch it, sometimes it never leaves you but other times you lose the love, Blakes Seven for example, watched it every week, load of old cock, ten minutes is enough to remind you of the annoying snidey one, the baddie woman, the fit blond one, the annoying computer and the theme music/titles, job done, dont need to watch it all.
Similarly, some old stuff that didnt resonate or you didn't get, deserves another watch, Steptoe and son is magnificent, Dads Army is always much better than you remember, quality doesnt really date that badly.
V was good back in 1986, not sure I could stick it now, but Ghostbusters still hits the spot.
The Prisoner, went to Portmerion for the weekend this time last year, so felt compelled to watch the series, what a load of old w
k, managed two episodes.I think a lot of fondness for something is formed at the time you first watch it, sometimes it never leaves you but other times you lose the love, Blakes Seven for example, watched it every week, load of old cock, ten minutes is enough to remind you of the annoying snidey one, the baddie woman, the fit blond one, the annoying computer and the theme music/titles, job done, dont need to watch it all.
Similarly, some old stuff that didnt resonate or you didn't get, deserves another watch, Steptoe and son is magnificent, Dads Army is always much better than you remember, quality doesnt really date that badly.
Agree with all of the above, 80's stuff I watched as a teen is largely best left to nostalgia and not watched again now, it is just generally pretty poor by current production standards. Except for...Magnum P.I.
Tried the others, barely got through an episode, tried Magnum and lo and behold, watched every episode all over again and was not disappointed!
Tried the others, barely got through an episode, tried Magnum and lo and behold, watched every episode all over again and was not disappointed!
Coolbananas said:
Agree with all of the above, 80's stuff I watched as a teen is largely best left to nostalgia and not watched again now, it is just generally pretty poor by current production standards. Except for...Magnum P.I.
Tried the others, barely got through an episode, tried Magnum and lo and behold, watched every episode all over again and was not disappointed!
I have to say that I still love UFO, just because it is so funny!Tried the others, barely got through an episode, tried Magnum and lo and behold, watched every episode all over again and was not disappointed!
Here they are, in a future filled with space satellites, still running round in 70s cars. The "futuristic car" driven by Ed Straker smokes like a taxi.
Their computers are bloody enormous, with big tapes and their technology is so advanced, they still use old phones with curly wires and dials and still have cassettes.
It's magical.
LuS1fer said:
Coolbananas said:
Agree with all of the above, 80's stuff I watched as a teen is largely best left to nostalgia and not watched again now, it is just generally pretty poor by current production standards. Except for...Magnum P.I.
Tried the others, barely got through an episode, tried Magnum and lo and behold, watched every episode all over again and was not disappointed!
I have to say that I still love UFO, just because it is so funny!Tried the others, barely got through an episode, tried Magnum and lo and behold, watched every episode all over again and was not disappointed!
Here they are, in a future filled with space satellites, still running round in 70s cars. The "futuristic car" driven by Ed Straker smokes like a taxi.
Their computers are bloody enormous, with big tapes and their technology is so advanced, they still use old phones with curly wires and dials and still have cassettes.
It's magical.
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