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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Norgy on August 23, 2015, 04:09:19 PM

Title: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Norgy on August 23, 2015, 04:09:19 PM
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/blackadder-set-to-return-with-new-series-says-baldrick-star-tony-robinson-10467754.html

Oh, man, how I want this to be true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyM&ab_channel=BBCWorldwide
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: celedhring on August 23, 2015, 04:16:55 PM
They need to get Elton and Curtis back, and Curtis seems to have a reasonably successful film career going so it will be hard.

Also, Baldrick is a Sir? Fair fucking play Liz.  :bowler:
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Scipio on August 23, 2015, 05:26:29 PM
I have a punning clan, myself.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: grumbler on August 23, 2015, 07:47:03 PM
They should let it rest and come up with something new.  Retreads don't work.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Maladict on August 24, 2015, 02:06:48 AM
Quote from: grumbler on August 23, 2015, 07:47:03 PM
They should let it rest and come up with something new.  Retreads don't work.

As much as I'd like to see more Blackadder, I'm inclined to agree. I don't want to have to pretend it never happened, like that Millennium episode.


But it would be interesting to see which period they pick. The 60's, or the 80's?




Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: celedhring on August 24, 2015, 02:32:10 AM
The Millenium episode wasn't *that* bad. It's a 7 on a series that almost always was a 9-10.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Maladict on August 24, 2015, 03:26:32 AM
Quote from: celedhring on August 24, 2015, 02:32:10 AM
The Millenium episode wasn't *that* bad. It's a 7 on a series that almost always was a 9-10.

It's like The Meaning of Life, it has some really funny moments but on the whole it just doesn't have the same spirit and originality as what came before.

I liked when John Cleese walked away from Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers because he felt they couldn't maintain the quality of the series. That should be the only criterion, and you can't force it to happen.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: celedhring on August 24, 2015, 03:35:59 AM
I think The Meaning of Life is awesome. Absurdist humor and existencialism. True, it's not as roaringly funny as Brian or Holy Grail, but I'm glad that they made it.  :sleep:
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 24, 2015, 03:44:00 AM
If any sketches get wasted, God gets quite irate.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Solmyr on August 24, 2015, 05:24:03 AM
Quote from: celedhring on August 23, 2015, 04:16:55 PM
Also, Baldrick is a Sir? Fair fucking play Liz.  :bowler:

Well, he did get a lordship from Prince George.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: grumbler on August 24, 2015, 06:23:49 AM
If the Brits want to revive a TV comedy, revive Spitting Image.
Title: Re: There Is More "I have cunning plan, sir" Happening
Post by: Josquius on August 25, 2015, 02:24:18 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 24, 2015, 06:23:49 AM
If the Brits want to revive a TV comedy, revive Spitting Image.
It has been tried a few times over the years with different names but never really caught on.
Such is the way :(
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