What TV Have You Seen?

[J Harker]

First episode of Ripper Street weren't bad. Second was dull as dishwater so i never bothered again. Penny Dreadful seems ok but I've only watched the first 3 or 4 episodes.

[J Harker]

Started watching The Strain Series 1. Brilliant stuff.

[Vipp]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Started watching The Strain Series 1. Brilliant stuff.

A member recently posted a Blu-Ray box set from America i think so i looked at the trailer and really liked what i saw, can wait to see the program myself.

[Justin101]

I want to get around to The Strain, I was wondering how 'Del Toro' it is because I'm a fan and that would be the deciding factor!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I want to get around to The Strain, I was wondering how 'Del Toro' it is because I'm a fan and that would be the deciding factor!

It isn't as much a distinctly del Toro production as The Devil's Backbone or Pan's Labyrinth, but it's a really good vampire story which I enjoyed in print and want to see made to the end of the last book.

Guillermo del Toro said: "Basically I'm trying to do what I do in my movies which is to show it as a reality, but as a reality that is stylized. It's not like CSI or The Wire, it's real but it feels a little stylized. But the way the camera work will be is very realistic. We want to keep the camera very documentary even if the look of the show is not. The look of the show is very designed. The style of the camera and the storytelling will be very loose. It will evolve from that feel of reality, and little by little we want to evolve into more stylish, horror feel that requires smoother camera moves, more suspense and atmosphere-driven moments so it will be a mixture. I don't think that mixture has been seen a lot on TV."

Although the casting is really good, it's a shame John Hurt couldn't appear and was 'replaced' with David Bradley, who is actually really good, and I think del Toro wanted Ron Perlman to play Vasiliy Fet, but Kevin Durand was cast instead.

[iank]

Finished my latest run of the 80s German-Canadian co-production kids TV show The Little Vampire last night. Saw this as a kid in the mid 80s and absolutely loved it at the time. Was rather obsessed with it while it was on, but I didn't see it again for over 20 years. My memory of it was potent enough for me to be willing to spend $100 to import the German DVD back in the late 00s and I've seen it another 3 times now. Still rather love it. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but very few things are able to make me feel 10 years old again like this does, and it is SO 80s, but in the best possible way. Was also the first time I ever saw Michael Gough in anything (he plays Uncle Ludwig, the head of the vampire clan, and does his usual splendid, dignified job of it). When I saw Batman in 1989, my response was "It's Uncle Ludwig!"
I remain a big fan of this and stand before you utterly unashamed.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

69 episodes of Arrow watched in 11 days in preparation for season 4 starting in a few weeks.

[trebor8273]

Didn't know where to put this so this seems the best place.

Hart to hart to be remade with the twist that they are gay. With Robert Wagner still alive and kicking I wonder if they will get him to play Max

Hart to Hart to get gay TV makeover - BBC News

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Didn't know where to put this so this seems the best place.

Hart to hart to be remade with the twist that they are gay. With Robert Wagner still alive and kicking I wonder if they will get him to play Max

Hart to Hart to get gay TV makeover - BBC News

That would be moider!

[iank]

Oh you have got to be kidding me...