glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
Ripper Street
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
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Disappearing series
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seagullsovergrimsby
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The final episode of series 2 attracted 3.7 milion viewers last night. Although the BBC has axed Ripper Street they are in talks with LoveFilm about a co-funded third series , which if commissioned will see it appear first online via LoveFilm and then shown on BBC at a later date.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Tough Guy or Chicken
The Good Guys
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
And Futurama, for YEARS.
The Good Guys
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
And Futurama, for YEARS.
Winker
CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
Ripper Street
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
For me, Ripper Street had all the right ingredients for a good story but it didn't quite work for some reason. Matthew Macfadyen has all the stage presence of a lump of wood - he could give 'Charlie' from Casualty a run for his money in the least expressive acting awards. Jerome Flynn was supposed to be a street-fighting local hard man yet spoke with the same clipped awkward dialogue of Macfadyen. In fact none of the characters seemed to come from London... Why did we have to have an American? It added nothing to the story, presumably the BBC had trans-Atlantic sales in mind.
The BBC seems to have spent all the budget on the sets and historical accuracy but forgot to hire any decent actors.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
Bang on, I'm pretty sure that's why Captain Jack Harkness was given a Western Atlantic twang for Dr Who, especially as he is Scottish and can do fluent Glaswegian.
Ripper Street was a nearly but not quite for me too. It should have been completely of it's time with historical drama and the beardy Steampunk look being so popular yet it seemed to forget it needed a storyline.
However, compared with some of the American stuff on Sky the BBC are now coming up trumps again. House and 24 - certainly in early series - knocked anything we were producing in to a cocked hat and The West Wing, Oz and The Simpsons are among my favourite programmes ever made, all while Auntie was putting out the likes of Waterloo Rd and Holby City. However The Newsroom wasn't a patch on The West Wing, Revolution is just Lost with a lower budget and identical soundtrack and Cumberbatch's Sherlock kicks the shit out of Jude Law's.
However, compared with some of the American stuff on Sky the BBC are now coming up trumps again. House and 24 - certainly in early series - knocked anything we were producing in to a cocked hat and The West Wing, Oz and The Simpsons are among my favourite programmes ever made, all while Auntie was putting out the likes of Waterloo Rd and Holby City. However The Newsroom wasn't a patch on The West Wing, Revolution is just Lost with a lower budget and identical soundtrack and Cumberbatch's Sherlock kicks the shit out of Jude Law's.
Ripper Street couldn't make up its mind whether it was a Victorian melodrama set in London, or an American western. Trying to please both sides of the Atlantic just didn't work. It also became just too bloodthirsty. It's a cop show, not the Texas Chainsaw massacre.
Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
Ripper Street
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
Never seen ripper street but survivors was awful
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
as a very big fan of the original I have to agree despite really looking forward to it, having said that the original looks terrible now but it was a long time ago!. BBC had already decided a 2nd series wasn't going to be filmed before they aired the open ended last episode. Not Max Beesley's (is that his name?) finest role and that Scottish bint was nowhere near as good looking as the original Abi Grant.
drew
Drew
Maybe the american accent was more due to the fact that Barrowman was raised in the US!!! Have to say I thought he was American until I checked on Wiki!!!
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
Raised is a bit of a moot point as his early days were in Scotland and he can very easily slip in to Scottish brogue when required. I think he rather worked on perfecting the American accent to fit in rather than just developing it naturally.
willyfantastic
New member
- Mar 1, 2009
- 2,368
i think the problem is they aren't bad but they aren't particularly good either....i can see why they were axed as they can free the space up for something that will potentially be a lot more popular
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
- Thread starter
- #15
probably right
BBC is in competition with the independents like ITV but then some of the stuff on them is totally mind numbing even the soaps follow one another we have guessed the stories before they even happen (although many years ago the airplane crash on Emmerdale was a piece of great script writing and also got rid of a lot of the deadwood) every thing now is so predictable.