Should they do a remake of the British comedy Are you being served?

eddie · 08-09-16, 02:59 PM

Looks like its making its debut soon, hope it works as well as the original version.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37008782

Cybermat47 · 08-09-16, 04:36 PM

Remind me not to tell my Mum, she might snap and go insane, she hates the original

Actually, I might tell her

Buddahaid · 08-09-16, 04:55 PM

No. Remakes usually just highlight the failings to live up to the originals for me.

vienna · 08-09-16, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Remind me not to tell my Mum, she might snap and go insane, she hates the original

Actually, I might tell her

So, the will? Main beneficiary, right?

I don't know if a remake would be anywhere as good as the original. The basic class frictions and fallacies that drove the original are pretty much gone now and, in an age of Human Resources, harassment, and PC, a lot of the comedy fodder has disappeared...

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Eichhörnchen · 08-09-16, 05:52 PM

That's it in a nutshell. It was of its time and we just don't laugh at heavy innuendo like we used to

Tango589 · 08-09-16, 07:20 PM

These things should be left well alone and enjoyed for what they originally were, not tried to be improved upon and ruined (Dads Army, I'm looking at you.)

HW3 · 08-09-16, 09:40 PM

From the article....

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The one-off revival will be screened in September as part of a BBC season celebrating 60 years of the television sitcom.

Sounds like one episode only, not a whole series.

Jimbuna · 08-10-16, 06:15 AM

No thanks, the world is far too pc these days.

Peter Cremer · 08-10-16, 08:52 PM

I just wish they would continue the series 'Death in Paradise' with Kris Marshall, Josephine Jobert and the rest of the cast with occasional visits from the actors that have gone on to other things. As for 'Are You Being Served' and 'Are You Being Served Again', I personally think it has run its course. I have both sets and have watched them enough so that I just about know each actors lines in each episode.

GT182 · 08-10-16, 09:37 PM

Anytime they do a remake of some show or movie, they're usually screw it up pretty badly..... British and US.

STEED · 08-11-16, 01:05 PM

NO!

Platapus · 08-11-16, 01:15 PM

What's next? Remake of Monty Python's Flying Circus?

08-09-16, 02:59 PM	#1
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Should they do a remake of the British comedy Are you being served? Looks like its making its debut soon, hope it works as well as the original version. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37008782 __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

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Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	Remind me not to tell my Mum, she might snap and go insane, she hates the original Actually, I might tell her __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	No. Remakes usually just highlight the failings to live up to the originals for me. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's it in a nutshell. It was of its time and we just don't laugh at heavy innuendo like we used to __________________

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Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	These things should be left well alone and enjoyed for what they originally were, not tried to be improved upon and ruined (Dads Army, I'm looking at you.) __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No thanks, the world is far too pc these days. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-10-16, 08:52 PM	#9
Peter Cremer Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Usually in the past.... Posts: 121 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	I just wish they would continue the series 'Death in Paradise' with Kris Marshall, Josephine Jobert and the rest of the cast with occasional visits from the actors that have gone on to other things. As for 'Are You Being Served' and 'Are You Being Served Again', I personally think it has run its course. I have both sets and have watched them enough so that I just about know each actors lines in each episode.

08-10-16, 09:37 PM	#10
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Anytime they do a remake of some show or movie, they're usually screw it up pretty badly..... British and US. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	NO! __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	What's next? Remake of Monty Python's Flying Circus? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.