Having trouble getting to sleep on a Saturday night? Well happy happy joy joy, this Saturday coming sees not only a repeat of the stupefyingly dull remake of A for Andromeda, there's now the glorious chance to watch the only remaining episode of the original series, The Face of the Tiger, at the reassuringly late time of 10.40pm. Now, remember that the oh-so-dull remake clocked in at only 90 minutes. This is episode six and runs at 40 minutes. Oh my. Can't wait.
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May 8, 2006 | Reply
So you'll be watching a different channel that night then I take it??!!
May 8, 2006 | Reply
Nah. Maybe I'll video it.
May 8, 2006 | Reply
Is that just in case paint-drying gets a little too exciting to view?
May 8, 2006 | Reply
In case I'm wrong. Plus I'm going to be on holiday in Glasgow on Saturday and I doubt I'm going to be spending my time watching BBC4 there...
May 8, 2006 | Reply
Oh why did you have to remind me of that 90 mins of, well, nothing. Man it was bad.
May 13, 2006 | Reply
Don't judge the original by the remake, which was poor (and I'm being kind).
I saw the original and it was superb. Were I a betting man I would hazard a small sum that you didn't, or you wouldn't be so judgmental.
Anyway, they've 'pulled' it because of 'rights' problems so I guess you're happy now.
May 13, 2006 | Reply
What was brilliant 40-odd years ago might not seem so brilliant now - both to new audiences and to those who watched it when it was on. The memory does tend to cheat, particularly over things we watched when we were young. There are plenty of shows I loved when I was 5-15 that I've seen recently and which turned out to be absolute rubbish in retrospect. You might find the same is true with Andromeda when they eventually get round to showing it again.
Anyway, why would its being pulled make me happy? It would only make me happy if something better were being shown in its place, but it's that RTD tribute programme again. Plus I did say I was going to watch it in case I was wrong and it was any good.