My Own 5***** Raiting
In one of my earlier posts, I talked about the new series of Survivors which was shown on BBC1 late last year. It was a huge success & the BBC have commissioned a new series due out later this year. As some of you may know, this series is a remake of the original 70"s Survivors which ran for three seasons (1975-77) To my surprise and delight, I found this on utube, in fact nearly all the first series (13 episodes) apart from episodes 6 and 8 - and up to episode 8 in the 2nd. I remember it a little bit when it first came out but as I was only a small boy then the theme music used to give me nightmares.
The new series follows the basic story of the old one but there are a few important differences. I won"t mention most of them here though. but I will say that there are some new characters in the new one, probably to move on with the times. There"s also background music in the scenes, where as the old series had no music at all save for the very scary theme tune. Whether the old or new series is better is difficult to say. The original is obviously longer with 13 compared to 6. The special effects in the new one are better but it"s condensed down quite a bit. This is maybe why they"ve had to change some of the story lines. If I had to choose, I would go for the original. Having no background music in the filming doesn"t ruin the intensity of the situations that the characters often find themselves in. Also it hasn"t dated much at all and is as gripping as ever.
The 1st. 2nd & 3rd. series of Survivors is available to rent on DVD at Lovefilm which you can visit by clicking one of the adverts on this page.
by T. Dunn Copy@right 2009
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