Is it just the cynicism of old age or was television drama actually much better in almost every way back in the 1980s?
Dramas like "Robin of Sherwood", "Boys from the Blackstuff" and "The Monocled Mutineer" were amazing.
In terms of the themes, plots, scripts and special effects they were superior to much of the perfunctory TV dramas of our times.
Also the new version of "Doctor Who" has little depth or seriousness, and not a great deal of genuine science fiction. So much of it is in some way about planet Earth. I sometimes want to escape from Earth and try Gallifrey.
I went off it when the second or third episode was about flatulent aliens taking over London. Since when was "Doctor Who" a comedy?
Why the decline? Commercialism? Cherchez l'argent?
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Saw "Bonekickers" last night. So bad it was good.
Quite exciting and interesting once you accepted it as what it was. Lots of scope for the idea.
Dramas like "Robin of Sherwood", "Boys from the Blackstuff" and "The Monocled Mutineer" were amazing.
In terms of the themes, plots, scripts and special effects they were superior to much of the perfunctory TV dramas of our times.
Also the new version of "Doctor Who" has little depth or seriousness, and not a great deal of genuine science fiction. So much of it is in some way about planet Earth. I sometimes want to escape from Earth and try Gallifrey.
I went off it when the second or third episode was about flatulent aliens taking over London. Since when was "Doctor Who" a comedy?
Why the decline? Commercialism? Cherchez l'argent?
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Saw "Bonekickers" last night. So bad it was good.
Quite exciting and interesting once you accepted it as what it was. Lots of scope for the idea.