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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 438446" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh, now this is an exciting development (for me, at least). Welcome to the dark side, Crimson.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":hide:" title="Hide&nbsp; &nbsp; :hide:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":hide:" />I watched some of the series when I was a teenager, really wanting to like it, but came away feeling it wasn&#039;t for me. Perhaps I&#039;ll give it another chance one day. A couple of the big screen versions seem better, so I might start there.Believe it or not I watched this for the first time just a month ago. I loved it.You possibly know this, but Cleese&#039;s daughter in the film (&quot;Oh, do shut up, Portia&quot;) is played by the daughter of Cleese and Connie Booth who plays Fawlty&#039;s Polly the waitress. Cleese and Booth were married at the time they wrote and filmed the first six episodes of Fawlty, and divorced when they shot the second series a few years later.Given the slower pacing of the era, the adjustment into British sitcom land with its regional references and the fact that the first episode isn&#039;t peak Fawlty I&#039;d have fully expected a muted response. I&#039;m pleasantly surprised you enjoyed it as much as you did.A Touch Of Class is a pilot episode and while there&#039;s no particularly noticeable overhaul between episodes I still feel there&#039;s a certain sparkle missing from that opening episode compared with most others. I&#039;d say the series fully hits its stride by the second half of Series One.I don&#039;t know what awareness you have of the series, but it&#039;s more broadly remembered for several OTT moments, invariably shown in highlights or clips that are lacking context. Just as a heads up, these moments aren&#039;t wall-to-wall, with episodes invariably beginning with relative calm before building in tension and confusion as the minutes go by.And as a little tip: keep your eye on the &quot;Fawlty Towers&quot; sign in the opening credits. You may spot a change or two.I&#039;ve taken a peek at both and I&#039;d agree. As far as I could tell, Amanda&#039;s&nbsp; took only&nbsp; the basic setup with mostly new stories and writing, while the Snavely pilot used a couple of Fawlty episodes (The Hotel Inspectors and The Germans) as its basis.&nbsp; The problem is these aren&#039;t scripts that can be taken apart then randomly stitched back together in a different order and still work, and Snavely is proof positive in this regard. Shifting between two stories and compressing them means it&nbsp; loses focus, tension and attention to detail. Having watched the adaption so recently, you&#039;ll be well-placed to see how the remake compares to the original when you get to those episodes, so I&#039;d be interested to know your thoughts.It would certainly have been fun to be a fly on the wall for that. Come to that, given the (alleged) tension between them, it could have been fun to be a fly on the wall for any of their chats.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 438446, member: 23"] Oh, now this is an exciting development (for me, at least). Welcome to the dark side, Crimson. :hide: I watched some of the series when I was a teenager, really wanting to like it, but came away feeling it wasn't for me. Perhaps I'll give it another chance one day. A couple of the big screen versions seem better, so I might start there. Believe it or not I watched this for the first time just a month ago. I loved it. You possibly know this, but Cleese's daughter in the film ("Oh, do shut up, Portia") is played by the daughter of Cleese and Connie Booth who plays [I]Fawlty's[/I] Polly the waitress. Cleese and Booth were married at the time they wrote and filmed the first six episodes of [I]Fawlty, [/I]and divorced when they shot the second series a few years later. Given the slower pacing of the era, the adjustment into British sitcom land with its regional references and the fact that the first episode isn't peak [I]Fawlty[/I] I'd have fully expected a muted response. I'm pleasantly surprised you enjoyed it as much as you did. [I]A Touch Of Class[/I] is a pilot episode and while there's no particularly noticeable overhaul between episodes I still feel there's a certain sparkle missing from that opening episode compared with most others. I'd say the series fully hits its stride by the second half of Series One. I don't know what awareness you have of the series, but it's more broadly remembered for several OTT moments, invariably shown in highlights or clips that are lacking context. Just as a heads up, these moments aren't wall-to-wall, with episodes invariably beginning with relative calm before building in tension and confusion as the minutes go by. And as a little tip: keep your eye on the "Fawlty Towers" sign in the opening credits. You may spot a change or two. I've taken a peek at both and I'd agree. As far as I could tell, [I]Amanda's[/I] took only the basic setup with mostly new stories and writing, while the [I]Snavely[/I] pilot used a couple of [I]Fawlty[/I] episodes ([I]The Hotel Inspectors[/I] and[I] The Germans[/I]) as its basis. The problem is these aren't scripts that can be taken apart then randomly stitched back together in a different order and still work, and [I]Snavely [/I]is proof positive in this regard. Shifting between two stories and compressing them means it loses focus, tension and attention to detail. Having watched the adaption so recently, you'll be well-placed to see how the remake compares to the original when you get to those episodes, so I'd be interested to know your thoughts. It would certainly have been fun to be a fly on the wall for that. Come to that, given the (alleged) tension between them, it could have been fun to be a fly on the wall for any of their chats. [/QUOTE]

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