Reply With QuoteAgreed, enough of a change from the normal production to warrant a watch, the opening screen sets the tone quite well.
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Well that was much better than i was expecting... looking forward to the two remaining episodes.
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Agreed, enough of a change from the normal production to warrant a watch, the opening screen sets the tone quite well.
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Great intro. Love the line “It was meant to be rest in peace”Originally Posted by Arcam
I'm recording it for Christmas Day.
Maybe a daft question but all the blurb said it's very much an adult retelling, so before I sit down with my elderly mother to watch is there any bad language?
Yes, one or two f**k mentions.
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Yes F-word.
I didn’t think much of it. It’s a short seasonal tale, and I don’t think the BBC’s adult retelling or drawing it out adds to or improves the story.
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My 9 yr old wont be watching it then. She can stick with the Patrick Stewart version if it's on. Wish he had recorded his one man version which I was privileged to see some years back.
Totally agree Tony , war of the worlds was amateurish compared to this. Im liking the surely Bob Cratchett.
Non keen on his wife so far.
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Agree.
BBC are starting to lose the plot in some areas. Maybe they will have a 'Modern Dance' routine like the last episode in Giri/Haji. Wtf was that all about?
A letter BC had written to someone in Australia, she was off to catch the "last post"
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Nice song
https://youtu.be/2xVXVqT-GdE
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Really? I thought it was dire. Boring, slow and rather tedious.
Same old, same old with a few swear words thrown in to push it over the watershed...reminded me of Torchwood.
Swearing alone doesn't make something Adult, it makes it adolescent...
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Couldn't agree more. I think it shows a lack of imagination of what makes something grown up.
They can make things scary and dark without the language. I thought the Jim Carey one is quite dark for kids but still family friendly.
Look at Jaws. One of the scariest films ever made and no real gore or language.
Agreed. Plus it can also make it tiresome.
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Maybe, but do you think it would have been better if they tossed in the odd Motherfu*ker, C*nt, etc, for effect?
personally I don't simply because I would have been unable to watch it until I was 18, rather than having the crap scared out of me at 15
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Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Yes, it was made 45 years ago, well done on regurgitating facts from Google that have no real relation on the point thst was being well made.
I also think modern movies rely too much on gore and profanity. Sure, add it if it's warranted, but not for the sake of it.
It was a good production and I'll watch the rest. I have to agree with others that the swearing wasn't necessary. LGBT wasn't on our screens 45 years so maybe the liberal Beeb will scene some in this production just for the sake of it... well we have to move on with the times don't we?
Episode 2 definitely not one for sensitive, quite a bit of swearing
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If they wanted to update it, why didn't they set it in the office of some evil trader, with an overworked intern?
Plenty of scope for a modern Christmas Carol, I'd have thought.
Modernised sweariness would've made sense then, rather than seeming like a sat nav bolted to a stagecoach...
Anyway, I didn't bother tonight.
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
It was to her fictional cousin in America, all explained in episode 2. I didn’t find the swearing unnecessary or offensive, in fact I find the portrayal of genuinely angry men that don’t swear somewhat unrealistic.A letter BC had written to someone in Australia, she was off to catch the "last post"
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I spotted that too, the both the top and bottom lights shot right up presumably into the wall!
I enjoyed it more than i was expecting. I didn't find the swearing overly obtrusive or gratuitous.
Anyone else think Pierce is channelling 'Withnail' in his dress, look and performance..
We enjoyed it and looking forward to the next episode .
Usual BBC PC rubbish.
Sorry but a coloured wife? In 1842... I think not.
Ging daughter... where did that come from? Milkman maybe?
and would an employee really be that lippy to their employer 180+ years ago? I think not.
Oh and the usual everyone is covered in muck and poo but has fantastic 21st century teeth.
Has realism gone completely from BBC drama now?
Watched the Albert Finney version instead. Even with the mass street dancing it was more believable!
Humbug! ;-)
I'm watching my favourite version now, The Muppet Christmas Carol.
.. always found that the muppet version had vast charm and only possibly bettered by the Patrick Stewart version if you wanted adherence to the original .. be interesting to see how they wrap up two ghosts in the one episode this evening though for this years retread..
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Yup another fan of the Muppet version.
Funny you should say that; while watching the second one I was thinking that Richard E Grant would have been a better choice. A bit more personality.
I must say though, Mike from Neighbours does act well these days.
That says more about your choice of viewing than it does about “modern” movies .
Well done BBC, enjoyed each episode, slightly different interpretation and even though a little darker than the usual offerings, got across the essential message of the Dickens novel.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Yea I thought that too
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Really enjoyed it
Now looking forward to this next week.
Dracula. BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rxf89
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Not seen this new version yet, but I’ve always loved the Blackadder Christmas Carol.
Very good and as a popular televised story, carried its interpretation very well indeed.
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