Reviews

I missed this series the first time round and have just watched it on the Syfy channel.

I was very disappointed that is only ran for two series and left us with a cliffhanger. There should be some kind of unwritten law that states series that are cancelled must have a conclusion and not leaving us hanging.

I generally enjoyed the series. I had a few problems with some of it though. When they first go through the Stargate and arrive on Destiny they only have the clothes they are standing up in. Yet we never see them clean them, Eli is the most noticeable with his red T shirt and fleece which never seems to get dirty or worn. Especially noticeable when he, along with others, spend a month on a planet.

The ammunition is supposedly in short supply yet they never seem to run out even after loosening off a huge amount in some episodes.

In series 2 episode 9 a second Rush comes in a shuttle from the future. He then proceeds to dock with Destiny, how is there somewhere for him to dock as it comes from the future and the now Destiny should still have both shuttles.

Other than those gripes it was fab, would have been nice to have a one off film to bring them back to Earth though.

I watched the previous two series with my late wife, didn't really like it much. Like most TV these days, man stupid, woman clever, white man bad, black man good, woman in charge.

This is so boring but I tried this first episode just in case it might have changed, but, no, it's the same old, same old. That aside there is something else that really annoyed me, when the Professor is taken to prison they take his clothes and replace them with prison gear. Remanded prisoners, that is, un-convicted prisoners, can wear their own clothes and have items they need sent it. When he has a parcel sent in they would have checked it out immediately and not waited until it was handed to him.

I have read here that the Belgian original series is much better, I am going to check it out in the hope that it doesn't tick all the boxes I mentioned earlier.

I won't be watching any more of this one.

I saw this series back in the day when it was first broadcast. I loved it and was disappointed that there wasn't a fourth series. I've just binge watched all three, still as hard hitting as it was then.

My German wife would have loved the premise but although she spoke perfect English she would have struggled with the accents, I know I did in places, I mean what is a gadgey?

It's quite obvious that Jimmy had wanted one or there wouldn't have been such a cliff hanger that left us hanging forever. Typical BBC. Is Francis dead or was she having a ciggy somewhere? We will never know so one star off for that.

The series has featured a lot of soon to become bigger stars and a lot of refugees from Aufwiedersehn Pet. Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank, Denise Welch, Julia Tobin and Melanie Hill, jobs for the boys, not a problem for me, all great actors.

And this episode it very, very surreal.

I don't understand the low reviews, anymore than they understand the high ones. I can see this is a bit of a Marmite episode and I love Marmite.

This series started as a Star Trek spoof but seems to have morphed into a serious Science Fiction one. I could see Kirk, Bones and Spock in the same situation.

The character of DInal seems to be a but like Q but I see she isn't in any further episodes, maybe in another series, of which really hope there will be at least three more!

Of course you very soon realize all is not as it seems when they step from a sports field on to a jet airline.

I enjoyed it, I'm sad that some others didn't.

I read the book over fifty years ago after seeing the film, I will review that later. After watching this I have just re-read it.

This version is closer to the book with elements that the film left out as well as adding some things that weren't in the book.

I take all three as different items. No book is ever faithfully reproduced, time restrictions being the main reason for a film. However this is over 6 hour long episodes so could include a lot more, which it has done fairly well.

As in the film Deighton's nameless agent is Harry Palmer, although he is referred to as 'Harry' just once in the book. At no time is he ever a black market dealer as a soldier, this was an invention for the film and expanded here, no problem.

In the book Jean has a smaller but significant role but I understand how she needs to be built up for the modern day.

The only gripe I have is the absence of Ross, heavily present in the book and Dalby becoming a good guy when he is the traitor in both the book and the film.

I thought Joe Cole did a fine job of attempting a Micheal Caine impression and Tom Hollander, despite being miss represented as Dalby was his usual excellent self. I have now watched it twice, might even buy the DVD.

It's almost spot on.

NIce location, fantastic scenery, great photography, top actors.

Bad script, bad characterization. I mean are we really supposed to accept that Dervla Kirwan, who is only two years older than Ioan Gruffud, can possibly be his mother. I thought she was his sister, the grey hair doesn't help. Also, Rupert Graves is only ten years older. I the photographs of him with Vinta, taken 25 years before, he looks exactly the same, must have a portrait in the attic.

Were there no actors in their 70s who could play these parts?

I'm sorry, I gave it two episodes but like a previous reviewer I gave up wanting to know or caring about what happened to Vinta, I really really don't care.

Text: The best thing in this series is Charlene McKenna who acts everyone else off the screen, the boy playing her son is close second. I first became aware of her in Ripper Street, I know she had done before that, when I genuinely thought she was from East London. Top actor.

The wake producers have managed to tick all the boxes, 1. P O C female detective, double click 2. Gay detective, click 3. Disabled child super click.

Interesting plot, I wasn't expecting her to shoot the guy but if you take a gun to a meeting that's probably what's going to happen.

Her husband is a bit of a wet blanket, I wouldn't promote him, if he solves the case he'll be out of a job not promoted or reduced to directing traffic.

I'm interested to see how it plays out, I read in a previous review that a second series is planned, don't know if that's true or not. It could be a completely different set of characters under the same heading, like Fargo.

A previous reviewer said that the school scenes were unrealistic and laughable. Well, I wouldn't know it's been a long time since I was at school myself or had a child in one, so who cares!

Enjoyable series, recommended.

In all the world, you had to walk into mine?

So the writer and producers didn't think the lesbian doctor was obvious enough so of all the people in the world who could be in that bus, low and behold there, large as life is her lesbian lover. How'd have thought it possible. I mean there are some others there missing their loved ones but no, let's tick that particular box again and ram the point home. After all, every show must have one.

Then we have the bizarre episode where the sheriff is stuck down a well and is saved by a emaciated old man shackled to the wall at least 3 meters from it. How did he manage to throw a rope down whilst hanging from his wrists.

I know it's produced by the same crew who gave us series upon series of Lost with hundreds of loose ends not tied up then the cop out of 'Oh their all dead' If there is anyone out there that didn't feel let down by that rubbish ending I'd love to hear from you.

I fear this will end the same way when they stumble onto the Lost Island and find they've been there ever since.

Like a number of other reviewers have stated, this film is at least an hour too long. The party at the start seems to go on for weeks. Then the scene where Margot Robbie, who is probably the best thing in it, has to take a scene over eight times before it's right, not for her want of trying. Okay I understand that's true of the movie business but it could have been portrayed in a fraction of the time.

The Gangster part, featuring a barely recognizable Toby McGuire, was completely pointless. There many more pointless scenes, the snake incident another one.

Why did Nellie suddenly disappear? As she was wandering off into the distance I was expecting a shot from a gun, is that what happened, did I miss it? The only explanation we got was a faded byline in a newspaper to brief on screen for us to read, that she died aged 38 but not how.

I'm very rarely influenced by who directed a film, save for Stanley Kubrick or Spielberg so I didn't know it was directed by the same guy who did Whiplash that I really enjoyed, or La La Land which I didn't, I think the later is more of the same as this one.

It was worth watching for Margo Robbie who was sensational, so glad she escaped from Neighbours where she was wasted. Having said that I have no intention of watching Barbie!!!

Five stars for her and Brad.

I love this series, I also loved the original from the seventies.

I was a bit disappointed with the change of Brad and Job without any explanation. Especially Job, I would have liked a bit more of his back story with his sister. Instead we get double act of man stupid and woman cleaver, something we get a lot on both film and TV.

I'm also fed up with people complaining it's in English, it's made for an English speaking audience, why would they speak Dutch and have us following sub-titles? Over the years we've had at least three different Maigret's, none of them speaking French, no one complained then. Nor did any one complain that Barry Foster didn't speak Dutch in the original. I think these people couldn't find much else to complain about so pick on the language, pathetic.

I don't know why there has to be a gay/lesbian character in every production these day, in the next episode we get two!! They don't detract from the story but neither does it add anything, just there to tick a box

Also, can we have a male top cop in a series, any cop series?

I like the way the old theme is woven into the new one.

Hope they keep on making them, especially as Endeavour has gone and probably Vera soon, and Midsomer Murders is well past it's sell by date.

Final word, Marc Warren is great in everything he does.