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TheProgtologist 
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 Posted: January 27 2012 at 13:15 |
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When Tennant quit Doctor Who me and my wife were discussing good candidates for the role and I thought Barrie might have made a good Doctor Who.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 13:14 |
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Yeah,I have all 7 series of Brittas,but I think it goes downhill a bit after 4 or 5,and I disliked the way they ended it.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 13:10 |
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Watching a few episodes of series 1 of The Brittas Empire on dvd.Chris Barrie is absolutely brilliant. |
Don't expect too much and you'll not be disapointed... it never gets better, and doesn't get any worse until late in the series (i mean until later series), Pippa Haywood is brilliant as his wife... but she's even better in Green Wing. |
Green Wing is sublime, but Jody already has seen all The Brittas Empires I think, Dean
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Dean
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 12:59 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Watching a few episodes of series 1 of The Brittas Empire on dvd.Chris Barrie is absolutely brilliant. |
Don't expect too much and you'll not be disapointed... it never gets better, and doesn't get any worse until late in the series (i mean until later series), Pippa Haywood is brilliant as his wife... but she's even better in Green Wing.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 12:55 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Watching a few episodes of series 1 of The Brittas Empire on dvd.Chris Barrie is absolutely brilliant. |
I remeber you buying that and asking if you should. A few months ago I watched all my Red Dwarfs. Classic!
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 12:47 |
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Watching a few episodes of series 1 of The Brittas Empire on dvd.Chris Barrie is absolutely brilliant.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 10:22 |
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Are you a fan of the Shadow Circus song called Willoughby that was based on the Twilight Zone episode of the same name? Did you see the fan mash-up that linked the song to the TV episode? The band posted a link to it at one point here on PA. I'm not quite sure where it is at, but I thought that it was really cool.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 09:27 |
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I wouldn't say it's contemporary 'TV', but I've had a Twilight Zone marathon, in chronological order, of late. It is my favorite television show. It'll probably always hold that spot.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 09:16 |
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I was reading up on Dr. Who on Wiki last night, and I did see that the Daleks were on the series dating back to the 1960s. I didn't realize that they pre-dated Lost In Space though.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 09:12 |
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I think the B-movie feel to Dr Who might stem from the fact that more often than not the stories have a "monster of the week" feel. Also, the production budgets for the first couple of series of the Russel T. Davis era were considerably lower than the average for a prime-time drama series which doesn't do much to detract from the schlocky feel of the show at times. There's a gradual shift towards higher and higher production values in each series, as well as more and more adventurous writing, so that "b-movie" vibe does disappear eventually. But for someone who's only going by the Ecclestone series so far, I think it's an understandable comparison to draw.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 09:06 |
The Daleks pre-date Lost In Space's B-9 (benign - geddit  ) by two years, so little wonder they look like something from the 1960s. 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 09:01 |
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^What you call B-movie I call quirky and British. The Daleks are a very old enemy btw.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 08:48 |
I can't really comment on the original Battlestar Galactica series. I remember enjoying it when I was a kid, but I can't really say I remember much about it, and I've never revisited it. I really enjoyed the reboot series though.
Most of the U.S. Sci-fi TV series that I watch don't have that B-movie feel to me. Maybe an episode or a scene here and there but not as a whole. I should preference that by saying "modern era". Certainly, older Sci-fi TV series had that feel. Especially, the Original Star Trek series.
I suppose that my B-movie observation can be taken as derogatory. I don't necessarily mean it that way. It is just the comparison that comes to my mind. It started with the first episode with the zombie mannequins and continued with the aliens that wore human skin suits and farted. The Daleks kind of reminded me of the robots from the Lost In Space era of Sci-fi.
Overall I enjoyed it though and do plan on continuing on with the series, so I think that that says something less derogatory.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 06:49 |
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
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^ I wouldn't view the B-movie reference as a complaint myself, and I don't see that as necessarily derogatory. Then there are good and bad b-movies just as there are good and bad big-budget blockbusters. I think with few exceptions, all TV SF is b-movie by definition. (Let's not forget that the first two Dr Who films were made by Amicus - a British production company that specialised in Hammer-like b-movie horror)
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I do see it as derogatory in this case as that is how it was intended it seems. You also say all TV SF is b-movie by definition. Sorry must disagree..only movies can be b-movies by definition. |
Hmm, I would go along with that if it were not for the 1978 cinema-release of the original Battlestar Galactica film, which was simply a quick re-edit of the TV pilot put out to cash-in on the success of Star Wars making it a real b-movie. |
I actually paid to see that. I felt violated. I din't know it was just a TV show at the time. What a rip off. What a terrible TV series. |
I went on an Away-day to London to see it in Leicester Square  |
Ouch. Even worse. You win again. 
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 06:47 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
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^ I wouldn't view the B-movie reference as a complaint myself, and I don't see that as necessarily derogatory. Then there are good and bad b-movies just as there are good and bad big-budget blockbusters. I think with few exceptions, all TV SF is b-movie by definition. (Let's not forget that the first two Dr Who films were made by Amicus - a British production company that specialised in Hammer-like b-movie horror)
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I do see it as derogatory in this case as that is how it was intended it seems. You also say all TV SF is b-movie by definition. Sorry must disagree..only movies can be b-movies by definition. |
Hmm, I would go along with that if it were not for the 1978 cinema-release of the original Battlestar Galactica film, which was simply a quick re-edit of the TV pilot put out to cash-in on the success of Star Wars making it a real b-movie. |
I actually paid to see that. I felt violated. I din't know it was just a TV show at the time. What a rip off. What a terrible TV series. |
I went on an Away-day to London to see it in Leicester Square
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 06:41 |
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Dean wrote:
^ I wouldn't view the B-movie reference as a complaint myself, and I don't see that as necessarily derogatory. Then there are good and bad b-movies just as there are good and bad big-budget blockbusters. I think with few exceptions, all TV SF is b-movie by definition. (Let's not forget that the first two Dr Who films were made by Amicus - a British production company that specialised in Hammer-like b-movie horror)
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I do see it as derogatory in this case as that is how it was intended it seems. You also say all TV SF is b-movie by definition. Sorry must disagree..only movies can be b-movies by definition. |
Hmm, I would go along with that if it were not for the 1978 cinema-release of the original Battlestar Galactica film, which was simply a quick re-edit of the TV pilot put out to cash-in on the success of Star Wars making it a real b-movie. |
I actually paid to see that. I felt violated. I din't know it was just a TV show at the time. What a rip off. What a terrible TV series.
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 06:38 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Dean wrote:
^ I wouldn't view the B-movie reference as a complaint myself, and I don't see that as necessarily derogatory. Then there are good and bad b-movies just as there are good and bad big-budget blockbusters. I think with few exceptions, all TV SF is b-movie by definition. (Let's not forget that the first two Dr Who films were made by Amicus - a British production company that specialised in Hammer-like b-movie horror)
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I do see it as derogatory in this case as that is how it was intended it seems. You also say all TV SF is b-movie by definition. Sorry must disagree..only movies can be b-movies by definition. |
Hmm, I would go along with that if it were not for the 1978 cinema-release of the original Battlestar Galactica film, which was simply a quick re-edit of the TV pilot put out to cash-in on the success of Star Wars making it a real b-movie.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 06:31 |
Dean wrote:
^ I wouldn't view the B-movie reference as a complaint myself, and I don't see that as necessarily derogatory. Then there are good and bad b-movies just as there are good and bad big-budget blockbusters. I think with few exceptions, all TV SF is b-movie by definition. (Let's not forget that the first two Dr Who films were made by Amicus - a British production company that specialised in Hammer-like b-movie horror)
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I do see it as derogatory in this case as that is how it was intended it seems. You also say all TV SF is b-movie by definition. Sorry must disagree..only movies can be b-movies by definition.
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Dean
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 06:27 |
^ I wouldn't view the B-movie reference as a complaint myself, and I don't see that as necessarily derogatory. Then there are good and bad b-movies just as there are good and bad big-budget blockbusters. I think with few exceptions, all TV SF is b-movie by definition. (Let's not forget that the first two Dr Who films were made by Amicus - a British production company that specialised in Hammer-like b-movie horror)
Edited by Dean - January 27 2012 at 06:28
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 27 2012 at 05:39 |
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But your B movie complaint I could also level at most American Sci Fi.
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