Ghosts

[AverageJoe]

Did anyone catch this last night on Bbc1?

Written and performed by the people behind Horrible Histories and Yonder land its very dry, with some genuine laugh out loud moments and a cast of characters that we will find out more about in the coming episodes.

Deffo worth a watch imho

 

[fucthest8]

Prompted by the other, wronger, thread, I went looking for discussion about the rather excellent TV show. This appears to be all there is

Anyway, 1st Series was pretty entertaining, funny enough, but I felt like 2nd Series really ramped it up and was properly brilliant.

danny la rouge I welcome your thoughts, also was it izz, others? Sorry, refuse to look at the "other" thread now

 

[AverageJoe]

I want to watch it again now.

In fact I might.

 

[fucthest8]

I loved all the backstories. The army guy heartbreaking

 

[izz]

Prompted by the other, wronger, thread, I went looking for discussion about the rather excellent TV show. This appears to be all there is

Anyway, 1st Series was pretty entertaining, funny enough, but I felt like 2nd Series really ramped it up and was properly brilliant.

danny la rouge I welcome your thoughts, also was it izz, others? Sorry, refuse to look at the "other" thread now

Not me I'm afraid darling but I'll go seek this other thread

 

[sojourner]

Ooo new series starts tonight! Yay!

 

[T & P]

Prompted by the other, wronger, thread, I went looking for discussion about the rather excellent TV show. This appears to be all there is

Anyway, 1st Series was pretty entertaining, funny enough, but I felt like 2nd Series really ramped it up and was properly brilliant.

Yes, agreed. I found S1 a bit meh at first, though it matures and gets better. S2 was very good and adds nicely to the resident ghosts’ background stories.

On a completely different matter, does Alison the main lead remind anyone else of Margot Kidder, AKA Lois Lane in the original Superman films? I find the resemblance uncanny at times.

 

[fucthest8]

S3 starting now!

 

[fucthest8]

On a completely different matter, does Alison the main lead remind anyone else of Margot Kidder, AKA Lois Lane in the original Superman films? I find the resemblance uncanny at times.

I wouldn't say uncanny, but yeah, like an English version of

 

[AverageJoe]

I proper lolled a few times.

It's good to have it back

 

[danny la rouge]

good to have it back.

 

[Santino]

Yes please, Mary

 

[fucthest8]

Hits its stride in ep 3
The biscuit dipping

 

[Kaka Tim]

just started watching this - and not bad at all - particularity liked all the plague dead in the cellar explaining how to fix the boiler.

 

[belboid]

Well, that episode was rather ruined by all the dust that mysteriously appeared and got into my eyes

 

[Supine]

I quite like ghosts.

Trust me, do not watch an episode of the US version

 

[BoxRoom]

The US version is fine we thought! There's some great stuff in there too.

 

[A380]

Well, that episode was rather ruined by all the dust that mysteriously appeared and got into my eyes

Similar problem here. Perhaps a virus going round.

 

[AverageJoe]

((((Pat)))

 

[Rebelda]

We love Ghosts here. So glad there's a s5 coming.

Spoiler: Season 4 spoiler

I miss Mary, she was my favourite obviously happy that she finally got sucked off

Christmas special was lovely. I think Alison and Mike might have a baby next.

 

[belboid]

We love Ghosts here. So glad there's a s5 coming.

but the last one

Hit BBC comedy Ghosts creators announce series 5 will be the last

The team behind the smash-hit show have decided that after five series it’s time to wave goodbye to Button House

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[scifisam]

We love Ghosts here. So glad there's a s5 coming.

Spoiler: Season 4 spoiler

I miss Mary, she was my favourite obviously happy that she finally got sucked off

Christmas special was lovely. I think Alison and Mike might have a baby next.

Ooh, what if they do and the baby can see ghosts because its Mum can? Poor Mike, outghosted by a baby [/ispoiller]

 

[T & P]

Kind of a derail but also relevant; Charlotte Ritchie who plays the main character is excellent in season 4 of You, and portraying quite a different type of character as well.

 

[T & P]

I accidentally put on the first episode of the American remake. Didn’t make it to the halfway mark.

 

[kabbes]

I think the US version is perfectly good fun too. Not as good, maybe, but it has its own merits.

 

[T & P]

I think the US version is perfectly good fun too. Not as good, maybe, but it has its own merits.

Oh yeah? Might give it a chance yet. Half an episode is to be fair not a very long unit of measure to pass judgement.

I was put off to see one of the characters seemed a literal carbon copy of the British version (the Boy Scout with the stuck arrow), and feared this might be a shot-by-shot remake, which is tge most odious thing ever.

 

[danny la rouge]

Oh yeah? Might give it a chance yet. Half an episode is to be fair not a very long unit of measure to pass judgement.

I was put off to see one of the characters seemed a literal carbon copy of the British version (the Boy Scout with the stuck arrow), and feared this might be a shot-by-shot remake, which is tge most odious thing ever.

It’s actually quite an interesting exercise to see what they don’t think would play well to an American audience.

Episode one does start out very like the pilot of the UK series, but there are instructive differences. After that it diverges more.

 

[kabbes]

In the classic US way, they manage to create a lot more content from the same basic set-up. Pros and cons, but it’s quite nice as the viewer to have a lot more episodes.

I think they used basically the same script for the pilot episode in the US as the UK but it quickly goes in its own direction. They have to use some different archetypes for it to make sense in America and that actually helps.

 

[T & P]

The (US) Office is one instance of an American remake of a foreign TV series done right. So I’m prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Sadly there are efforts at the other end of the scale so bad you want to throw your TV out of the window. From what I’ve heard, and the few clips I’ve watched on YouTube, the American remake of The Inbetweeners is little short of a crime against humanity.

 

[danny la rouge]

Series 5 starts tonight, and is already all up on the iPlayer.