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  • C chriselst

    Well if anyone has experience of spending time with dangerously old men...

    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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    Lost User
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    :laugh:

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    • C chriselst

      This doesn't seem sensible, not sensible at all[^] This may well have no relevance at all to anyone not from the UK

      Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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      Andrew Torrance
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      'Its doomed I tell you, doomed ' With the right script it could work , decent actors to start with

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      • C chriselst

        Have you seen The Boat That Rocked?

        Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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        PhilLenoir
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        I sure have!

        Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          I'm all for a remake. When Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, James Beck and Arnold Ridley all sign up to it, I'll go and watch it.

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          Rob Philpott
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          That's exactly my thought. You can't replace the cast. Terrible idea.

          Regards, Rob Philpott.

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          • C chriselst

            This doesn't seem sensible, not sensible at all[^] This may well have no relevance at all to anyone not from the UK

            Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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            glennPattonWork3
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            Hmmm, It worked originally because the people involved had lived through WWII and also it was closer to WWII so in general grand parents could explain to kids. While I am a big fan of Dads Army, I don't think it will work as expected the event (WWII) that caused it is no longer a common memory...(also can't 'they' think up anything else..)

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            • G glennPattonWork3

              Hmmm, It worked originally because the people involved had lived through WWII and also it was closer to WWII so in general grand parents could explain to kids. While I am a big fan of Dads Army, I don't think it will work as expected the event (WWII) that caused it is no longer a common memory...(also can't 'they' think up anything else..)

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              glennPattonPUB wrote:

              it is no longer a common memory

              Sounds like it could work as a sequel to "Iron Sky" :)

              How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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              • G glennPattonWork3

                Hmmm, It worked originally because the people involved had lived through WWII and also it was closer to WWII so in general grand parents could explain to kids. While I am a big fan of Dads Army, I don't think it will work as expected the event (WWII) that caused it is no longer a common memory...(also can't 'they' think up anything else..)

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                Richard Deeming
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                glennPattonPUB wrote:

                can't 'they' think up anything else

                Nope. All the good ideas were used up twenty years ago. Everything since then is either a remake, a re-launch, or a mash-up. :sigh:


                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                  glennPattonPUB wrote:

                  can't 'they' think up anything else

                  Nope. All the good ideas were used up twenty years ago. Everything since then is either a remake, a re-launch, or a mash-up. :sigh:


                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                  Surely the 7th remake of the Batman story will be original! :doh:

                  Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington

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                  • L Lost User

                    Surely the 7th remake of the Batman story will be original! :doh:

                    Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington

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                    Richard Deeming
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                    I thought it was the prequel[^]? :) I guess we can also add follow-ups twenty five years after the show finished[^] to the list as well.


                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                    • P PhilLenoir

                      Oh, come on - anything with Bill Nighy in is bound to be funny.

                      Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                      Lost User
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                      I was just about to post exactly that!

                      PooperPig - Coming Soon

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                      • C chriselst

                        This doesn't seem sensible, not sensible at all[^] This may well have no relevance at all to anyone not from the UK

                        Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                        Mark_Wallace
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                        I'm willing to bet that they tried to get The Big Yin for Frasier, and he turned it down -- but not because of ill health. I'll wait until there are clips on youtube, but I'm not holding out high hopes (I mean, they've cast that Jones woman -- it has to be cr@p).

                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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