ok the orig was good, worked well with each other, but when they brought in
the cousin to replace er...terry, wasnt so good

so who thinks there just gonna try and cash in, and wont be as good as the
origonal....
cant beat arthur daley!

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"Jules"  wrote in
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> ok the orig was good, worked well with each other, but when they
> brought in the cousin to replace er...terry, wasnt so good
> 
> so who thinks there just gonna try and cash in, and wont be as good as
> the origonal....
> cant beat arthur daley!

Well, if you expect it to be any good, you really, really need your head 
looking at. After all, it's got Shane "Bloody" Ritchie as the distant 
relative of Arthur Daley, and some bloke I've never heard of playing the 
role of whatever Terry did.

I read in the paper that they'll be keeping the original theme music. this 
is clearly a mistake. At least when they brought in "Raymond", they 
rejigged the theme music. OK, it was awful (lie: I actually quite liked the 
rejig), but at least it was different.

This is why I no longer watch television in any great way. It's because the 
channels have no originality to them any more. Take early morning BBC1. How 
many property development / sell your stuff programmes can they fit in such 
a small space of time? And this is BBC FFS. They have the biggest budget 
out of the lot of them.

Channel 5 have never, EVER commissioned good television (with the exception 
of "Whittle", and that program with the guy off "Time Gentlemen Please" in 
it (not Al Murray (oooh, bracket nesting))), and I have no reason to think 
that this version of Minder will be any different.

Back to the theme tune. You have to look at it and ask why they're keeping 
the original theme tune? Is it because they want to associate the 
abomination of a show they've created, with the rose-tinted specs of early 
80s england, and the irreplacable charm and good humour that George Cole 
delivered to an ultimately warm and loving character? Or is it because they 
simply "can't be arsed".

Nothing remade in this way is ever as good as the original. Give it 10 
years. Will people still be talking about George Cole, or Shane Ritchie?

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Scribbler  wrote:
> Channel 5 have never, EVER commissioned good television (with the exception 
> of "Whittle", and that program with the guy off "Time Gentlemen Please" in 
> it (not Al Murray (oooh, bracket nesting))), and I have no reason to think 
> that this version of Minder will be any different.

I think you mean Swag.

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Andrew Halliwell  wrote in
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> Scribbler  wrote:
>> Channel 5 have never, EVER commissioned good television (with the
>> exception of "Whittle", and that program with the guy off "Time
>> Gentlemen Please" in it (not Al Murray (oooh, bracket nesting))), and
>> I have no reason to think that this version of Minder will be any
>> different. 
> 
> I think you mean Swag.

Yes, that's the one. Couldn't remember the name of the programme. Though I 
do remember that the presenter was called Steven "Jason "Steven Crosbie" 
Freeman " Crosbie".

As in, his real name was Steven Crosbie, stage name is Jason Freeman, and 
his character name in TGP was Steven Crosbie.

I think.

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