What are you watching tonight?

[jaffka]

The Walking Dead tonight, YUM!

enjoyed it again!

tainted meat...

[LeverEnd]

The Walking Dead tonight, YUM!

enjoyed it again!

tainted meat...

Yes! The tears before he got grabbed. I wondered what you were on about last week, but haven't read the books.

[Bruce Rioja]

Any of you familiar with a film called Killing Bono? Had it recommended to me today. Sounds good. I've put it on my list.

[Worthy4England]

Any of you familiar with a film called Killing Bono? Had it recommended to me today. Sounds good. I've put it on my list.

Not got rid of U2 off you're iPhone yet then, mate?

[General Mannerheim]

yeah wasnt too enamoured with it tbh.

[TANGODANCER]

Read about the new film version being made of Dad's Army. Everything has adaptations, I've seen many over the years. How many versions of Robin Hood have there been? Somehow though, replacing Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Bill Pertwee will be an immense task; surpassing them will be almost impossible for me.

[Worthy4England]

Read about the new film version being made of Dad's Army. Everything has adaptations, I've seen many over the years. How many versions of Robin Hood have there been? Somehow though, replacing Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Bill Pertwee will be an immense task; surpassing them will be almost impossible for me.

Toby Jones as Cpt Mainwaring.
Bill Nighy as Sgt Wilson.
Tom Courtenay as Jones
Blake Harrison as Pike.
Daniel Ways - Walker

Not sure who's playing ARP Warden Hodges...

[KeyserSoze]

they're filming now. here's some pics

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[Bruce Rioja]

Read about the new film version being made of Dad's Army. Everything has adaptations, I've seen many over the years. How many versions of Robin Hood have there been? Somehow though, replacing Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Bill Pertwee will be an immense task; surpassing them will be almost impossible for me.

For me, Dad's Army was the best cast show of all time, and that's what's so, so critical here. Half of me can't wait for it, the other half holds complete trepidation. I do think that they've possibly cast it as well as is possible though.

[TANGODANCER]

^
I really hope it's a huge success for all the pleasure watching it will bring.

[KeyserSoze]

Read about the new film version being made of Dad's Army. Everything has adaptations, I've seen many over the years. How many versions of Robin Hood have there been? Somehow though, replacing Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Bill Pertwee will be an immense task; surpassing them will be almost impossible for me.

For me, Dad's Army was the best cast show of all time, and that's what's so, so critical here. Half of me can't wait for it, the other half holds complete trepidation. I do think that they've possibly cast it as well as is possible though.

This, but with a big reservation over Bill Nighy. Wilson is so important and i'm just worried will just overdo it.

[TANGODANCER]

[Worthy4England]

Read about the new film version being made of Dad's Army. Everything has adaptations, I've seen many over the years. How many versions of Robin Hood have there been? Somehow though, replacing Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Bill Pertwee will be an immense task; surpassing them will be almost impossible for me.

For me, Dad's Army was the best cast show of all time, and that's what's so, so critical here. Half of me can't wait for it, the other half holds complete trepidation. I do think that they've possibly cast it as well as is possible though.

See Wicker Man, The Italian Job, the "New" James Bond's etc. etc....I'm sure there's a long list of fcku-ups.

Can't wait for them to have another go at Animal House...

[Bruce Rioja]

I steadfastly refuse to watch remakes of The Wicker Man, the Italian Job, or any remakes of The Millennium Trilogy.

[thebish]

I steadfastly refuse to watch remakes of The Wicker Man, the Italian Job, or any remakes of The Millennium Trilogy.

I don't often watch remakes - so this is probably a very small sample! But the best remake I have watched is the American version of House of Cards...

[TANGODANCER]

Re makes of classics are always risky. In fairness, modern film-makers tend to research historical stuff "quite" well, with the emphasis obviously on the entertainment angle, and technology makes for some fantastic effects. I'm not a lover of time-changing period stuff but I'll readily admit that film-making is pretty good all round. Some films, as said, are better just left alone.

[TANGODANCER]

^
Like Graham Greene's The Third Man and that famous speech from Orson Welles in the film:

"You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."

None of which was true of course,( variations credited to folklore and the artist Whistler and cuckoo clocks were made in Germany's Black Forest) but it was a truly memorable film.

[Worthy4England]

I steadfastly refuse to watch remakes of The Wicker Man, the Italian Job, or any remakes of The Millennium Trilogy.

I don't often watch remakes - so this is probably a very small sample! But the best remake I have watched is the American version of House of Cards...

I haven't watched that.

How could they possibly do a remake of something that was pertinent to the UK many years earlier? I did very nearly start watching it, but the original series was there next to it, so I watched that again, instead...I think I'd have to put on my "never seen the original" blinkers, and suspend belief...

[General Mannerheim]

ive never seen Dad's Army

[thebish]

I steadfastly refuse to watch remakes of The Wicker Man, the Italian Job, or any remakes of The Millennium Trilogy.

I don't often watch remakes - so this is probably a very small sample! But the best remake I have watched is the American version of House of Cards...

I haven't watched that.

How could they possibly do a remake of something that was pertinent to the UK many years earlier? I did very nearly start watching it, but the original series was there next to it, so I watched that again, instead...I think I'd have to put on my "never seen the original" blinkers, and suspend belief...

it works because they don't try to ape the original - to the extent that the famous catchphrase isn't there - and it also works because kevin spacey is very good in the lead role...

it's more of an "inspired by" effort, I guess than a straightforward remake...

to me it's a bit like musical cover versions - either do summat new/different with it - or don't bother... there is no point making a copy that sounds exactly like the original...