Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits (TV Series) - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

spaceball-one · 07-10-2024, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mwynn

Did you watch the trailer?

Multi-paragraph rant about another movie and old news, without actually bring engaged or informed on the actual topic. You should invite them over to the SW threads lol

cheez avenger · 07-10-2024, 10:16 PM

Looks fun. Lisa Kudrow is awesome.

mwynn · 07-10-2024, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Looks fun. Lisa Kudrow is awesome.

Yeah looks like silly fun, just like the movie.

EvaDK · 07-11-2024, 05:02 PM

I dunno... It usually goes all wrong, when an American studio/writer attempts to translate British humor to American humor. They tried remaking Fawlty Towers (co-written by an ex-Python) and it was a complete failure.

BluBonnet · 07-11-2024, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by EvaDK

I dunno... It usually goes all wrong, when an American studio/writer attempts to translate British humor to American humor. They tried remaking Fawlty Towers (co-written by an ex-Python) and it was a complete failure.

Taika Waititi is not an American.

BluGalaxy · 07-12-2024, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Taika Waititi is not an American.

He's not funny anymore either.

mwynn · 07-12-2024, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Taika Waititi is not an American.

The Sovereign · 07-12-2024, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BluGalaxy

He's not funny anymore either.

What day did he stop?

BudBaxter · 07-12-2024, 01:58 PM

Tuesday.

mwynn · 07-12-2024, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BudBaxter

Tuesday.

BikerMarty · 07-13-2024, 12:30 PM

Will give this miss.

Loved the movie, so was willing to give this a go. However, this doesn’t look my cup of tea, at all.
Everything I loved about the movie & Gilliam's direction, appears to be missing from the trailer.

Also Lisa Kudrow doing her usual schlock - No thank you.
Can’t think I’ve ever seen her in anything where I have personally found her performance funny or in anyway, endearing.

cheez avenger · 07-13-2024, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BikerMarty

Will give this miss.

Loved the movie, so was willing to give this a go. However, this doesn’t look my cup of tea, at all.
Everything I loved about the movie & Gilliam's direction, appears to be missing from the trailer.

Also Lisa Kudrow doing her usual schlock - No thank you.
Can’t think I’ve ever seen her in anything where I have personally found her performance funny or in anyway, endearing.

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion is a classic!

Wtdk · 09-06-2024, 04:16 AM

It’s actually pretty good.

BluGalaxy · 09-06-2024, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion is a classic!

Still need to get round to watching that

Benjis Dad · 09-18-2024, 05:12 AM

"The future of Time Bandits on Apple TV+ has been revealed. Unfortunately for fans of the series, it's not good news at all."

https://deadline.com/2024/09/time-ba...-2-1236091105/

EvaDK · 09-18-2024, 09:27 AM

Likely a consequence of viewers growing increasingly aware, of how the studios/streaming channels like to buy the rights for an IP that was popular in the 1980s/90s, only to wrestle their new version into something that the 'original' audience can't recognize and have no interest in watching. The recent reboots of Willow and Doctor Who says hello.

A series like Shogun is the exception.

BluGalaxy · 09-18-2024, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by EvaDK

Likely a consequence of viewers growing increasingly aware, of how the studios/streaming channels like to buy the rights for an IP that was popular in the 1980s/90s, only to wrestle their new version into something that the 'original' audience can't recognize and have no interest in watching. The recent reboots of Willow and Doctor Who says hello.

A series like Shogun is the exception.

This is a pretty good video essay as to why TV series keep failing. I have to say I agree with him

BluBonnet · 09-18-2024, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by EvaDK

The recent reboots of Willow and Doctor Who says hello.

The "reboot" of Doctor Who, if you want to call it that, began in 2005 and is still going strong. The recent partnership with Disney means the show now has the potential to reach a lot more viewers than when it was just on the BBC.

BluGalaxy · 09-18-2024, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BluBonnet

The "reboot" of Doctor Who, if you want to call it that, began in 2005 and is still going strong. The recent partnership with Disney means the show now has the potential to reach a lot more viewers than when it was just on the BBC.

RT Davis called the last season, Season 1, it's a soft reboot, and it was so bad that season 3 is in question. They couldn't stop season 2 because it was already filmed before the backlash

Wernski · 09-18-2024, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by EvaDK

Likely a consequence of viewers growing increasingly aware, of how the studios/streaming channels like to buy the rights for an IP that was popular in the 1980s/90s, only to wrestle their new version into something that the 'original' audience can't recognize and have no interest in watching.

In this particular case, the fact that one of the titular bandits quit the show mid-filming, and has been trashing the show, claiming on-set harassment and abuse, was probably a big factor, too.

07-13-2024, 12:30 PM	#31
BikerMarty Active Member Member since:Mar 2019 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:175 Blu-ray collection:2011 DVD collection:195 iTunes collection:41 Prime collection:1	Will give this miss. Loved the movie, so was willing to give this a go. However, this doesn’t look my cup of tea, at all. Everything I loved about the movie & Gilliam's direction, appears to be missing from the trailer. Also Lisa Kudrow doing her usual schlock - No thank you. Can’t think I’ve ever seen her in anything where I have personally found her performance funny or in anyway, endearing. Last edited by BikerMarty; 07-13-2024 at 12:42 PM.

07-10-2024, 10:16 PM	#22
cheez avenger Blu-ray Champion Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:807 Blu-ray collection:1586 Trading Score:9	Looks fun. Lisa Kudrow is awesome.

07-11-2024, 05:02 PM	#24
EvaDK Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2014 Location:Denmark	I dunno... It usually goes all wrong, when an American studio/writer attempts to translate British humor to American humor. They tried remaking Fawlty Towers (co-written by an ex-Python) and it was a complete failure.

07-12-2024, 01:58 PM	#29
BudBaxter Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2016	Tuesday.

09-06-2024, 04:16 AM	#33
Wtdk Special Member Member since:Nov 2011 Location:Northern california Blu-ray reviews: 32	It’s actually pretty good.

09-18-2024, 05:12 AM	#35
Benjis Dad Active Member Member since:Jun 2021 Location:The Wood Between the Worlds 4K collection:126 Blu-ray collection:3933 DVD collection:1392 iTunes collection:1 Prime collection:2	"The future of Time Bandits on Apple TV+ has been revealed. Unfortunately for fans of the series, it's not good news at all." https://deadline.com/2024/09/time-ba...-2-1236091105/

09-18-2024, 09:27 AM	#36
EvaDK Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2014 Location:Denmark	Likely a consequence of viewers growing increasingly aware, of how the studios/streaming channels like to buy the rights for an IP that was popular in the 1980s/90s, only to wrestle their new version into something that the 'original' audience can't recognize and have no interest in watching. The recent reboots of Willow and Doctor Who says hello. A series like Shogun is the exception.

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