I liked it rather a lot really. The series looked great with top notch video quality and sound. The homage to the original camera angles and all was fun as was the period costume and cars.
I thought the actors all did a great job, including Lucy Boynton. I see some reviewers criticized her here, which is unfounded. She is a talented actress who happens to be a beautiful, blue-eyed blond. What are ya? A bunch of fairies?
As usual these days, the creators of this version turned the bad guys into the Americans rather than the Brits in the original movie. The main villain is now an American Air Force officer, a radical Christian with overtones of racism who got off on fire bombing Tokyo. Sigh... Meanwhile, the Soviets were portrayed as calm and rational. Who won the Cold War again?
After the fourth episode, I bought the Kino Lorber blu-ray of the original movie. It was great, an excellent video upgrade with some nice extras. Michael Caine was was terrific and the blu-ray had a funny interview with him. I would highly recommend this blu-ray to fans of the original.
Anyway, this series deviated from the original in a lot of ways. It downplayed Harry's role into more of a victim and elevated Jean's role and that of the CIA guys. The usual Hollywood stuff, trying to make a show based on a 1960s movie match modern entertainment standards. Whaddya gonna do?
Sorry to prattle on a bit. Still, despite it's shortcomings, I enjoyed it. Cheers!
I thought the actors all did a great job, including Lucy Boynton. I see some reviewers criticized her here, which is unfounded. She is a talented actress who happens to be a beautiful, blue-eyed blond. What are ya? A bunch of fairies?
As usual these days, the creators of this version turned the bad guys into the Americans rather than the Brits in the original movie. The main villain is now an American Air Force officer, a radical Christian with overtones of racism who got off on fire bombing Tokyo. Sigh... Meanwhile, the Soviets were portrayed as calm and rational. Who won the Cold War again?
After the fourth episode, I bought the Kino Lorber blu-ray of the original movie. It was great, an excellent video upgrade with some nice extras. Michael Caine was was terrific and the blu-ray had a funny interview with him. I would highly recommend this blu-ray to fans of the original.
Anyway, this series deviated from the original in a lot of ways. It downplayed Harry's role into more of a victim and elevated Jean's role and that of the CIA guys. The usual Hollywood stuff, trying to make a show based on a 1960s movie match modern entertainment standards. Whaddya gonna do?
Sorry to prattle on a bit. Still, despite it's shortcomings, I enjoyed it. Cheers!