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Post by rondetto on Jan 12, 2018 18:10:39 GMT
Does anyone watch much day time tv? I don't to be honest, but I do record Father Brown and enjoy watching the entire series when it ends. A gentle who done it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 18:33:12 GMT
Does anyone watch much day time tv? I don't to be honest, but I do record Father Brown and enjoy watching the entire series when it ends. A gentle who done it. Whenever I see it I remember his Irish lady assistant as the nurse in Casualty, one of the Cusacks The show passes a rainy hour but I prefer Marple, Frost, Endeavour, and Lewis |
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Post by rondetto on Jan 12, 2018 19:00:46 GMT
I don't mind Miss Marple, but never been too keen on the others.
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Post by aubrey on Jan 12, 2018 19:19:54 GMT
I don't much care for the new Father Brown - for me the character fits into the weirdnesses of the 20s - the table-turning, strange new religions, monkey gland treatments - better than he does the 50s: I like Kenneth Moore though.
I think I would probably enjoy the Morse spin-offs if I watched them, but I have tried with Marple and I do not care for it. Miss Marple was/is great though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 20:32:09 GMT
I don't much care for the new Father Brown - for me the character fits into the weirdnesses of the 20s - the table-turning, strange new religions, monkey gland treatments - better than he does the 50s: I like Kenneth Moore though. I think I would probably enjoy the Morse spin-offs if I watched them, but I have tried with Marple and I do not care for it. Miss Marple was/is great though. It's the brilliance of Agatha Christie along with trying to spot actors in 30s/40s style out of their usual characters |
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Post by aubrey on Jan 13, 2018 10:19:05 GMT
The new Marple feels really stagy to me, and the couple I've seen have used clichéd camera tricks (like a fish-eye close-up of someone putting a piece of cake into his mouth), as well as altering the story a good deal. Too much colour as well - I love the muted look of the Joan Hickson marples. And Joan Hickson is the best, really (though I do like Geraldine McEwan).
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Post by aubrey on Jan 13, 2018 10:22:01 GMT
Oh, daytime TV in general - I will always watch Minder if I happen across it, and (to a lesser degree), Quincy and those early 70s cop shows, Ironside and that. The Saint as well sometimes (though the colour versions they show are not a patch on the earlier series - do people really object to B&W so much that they won't watch those? They also look much better than the ones in colour.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 11:15:41 GMT
Oh, daytime TV in general - I will always watch Minder if I happen across it, and (to a lesser degree), Quincy and those early 70s cop shows, Ironside and that. The Saint as well sometimes (though the colour versions they show are not a patch on the earlier series - do people really object to B&W so much that they won't watch those? They also look much better than the ones in colour. They are nostalgic but oh so dated. The minute I see those huge shoulder pads I lose interest |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 11:16:56 GMT
The new Marple feels really stagy to me, and the couple I've seen have used clichéd camera tricks (like a fish-eye close-up of someone putting a piece of cake into his mouth), as well as altering the story a good deal. Too much colour as well - I love the muted look of the Joan Hickson marples. And Joan Hickson is the best, really (though I do like Geraldine McEwan). The best Miss Marple ever was Margaret Rutherford, JH is ok but GM is too "weak" |
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Post by aubrey on Jan 13, 2018 11:39:39 GMT
Rutherford's good, but not a good Miss Marple - Rutherford's films are more comedy than anything: good comedy, but not really mysteries.
(One time when I was in hospital over Easter, one channel showed all the Rutherford Marple films - great fun.)
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Post by aubrey on Jan 13, 2018 11:41:02 GMT
Oh, daytime TV in general - I will always watch Minder if I happen across it, and (to a lesser degree), Quincy and those early 70s cop shows, Ironside and that. The Saint as well sometimes (though the colour versions they show are not a patch on the earlier series - do people really object to B&W so much that they won't watch those? They also look much better than the ones in colour. They are nostalgic but oh so dated. The minute I see those huge shoulder pads I lose interest Of their time, rather than dated, I'd say. (I don't really notice clothes much, except as a general ambience.) |
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Post by rondetto on Jan 13, 2018 11:47:33 GMT
I would must definitely watch b/w movies any time over colour ones. I love the old Scotland yard, Edgar Lustgarten and Alfred Hitchcock tv series. Margaret Rutherford was great as Miss Marple even though I believe Agatha Christie wasn't impressed with her interpretation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 12:12:40 GMT
I would must definitely watch b/w movies any time over colour ones. I love the old Scotland yard, Edgar Lustgarten and Alfred Hitchcock tv series. Margaret Rutherford was great as Miss Marple even though I believe Agatha Christie wasn't impressed with her interpretation. MR was a bit "rough", I can imagine AC's vision of Miss Marple to be a genteel sort of woman |
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Post by aubrey on Jan 13, 2018 15:31:41 GMT
I would must definitely watch b/w movies any time over colour ones. I love the old Scotland yard, Edgar Lustgarten and Alfred Hitchcock tv series. Margaret Rutherford was great as Miss Marple even though I believe Agatha Christie wasn't impressed with her interpretation. MR was a bit "rough", I can imagine AC's vision of Miss Marple to be a genteel sort of woman "Bit rough"  I can't imagine Joan Hickson carrying one of those side saddles about with her, or waiting to bean a baddie with a - whatever it is:  |
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Post by aubrey on Jan 13, 2018 15:41:37 GMT
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