Comments on: Top Six Worst Telly Reinventions of 2008

By: Mark S

Mark S — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:53:09 +0000

I quite enjoyed Enterprise. I also enjoy watching Fringe. Let’s not forget they’re throw away entertainment not Shakespear.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:26:13 +0000

I agree completely with your assessment of the shame which was Star Trek: Enterprise. The idea of a prequel series establishing how everything came to be sounded amazing and for the first few episodes it seemed like it was starting to be, but then it quickly became apparent that for some reason they had taken the few bad points of the other series (e.g. the almost complete invisibility of the 100’s of other crew members) and completely thrown away most the good aspects.

The morality component – handled so well in other series (particularly The Next Generation) – became vomit-inducing, cliche PC-ism and by about episode 3, the backstory which the series was meant to establish was pretty much thrown out the window in favour of storylines which completely contradicted all the other series and focused on aliens never ever mentioned in previous series, whilst ignoring most the races that previous series do feature. Then a few out-of-place lines would be thrown in to tie-in to the other series in an extremely forced and artificial sounding manner.

I sincerely hope they make a new series of Star Trek, with the start of the first episode explaining that the Star Trek: Enterprise series was all just some sort of horrible dream and then do the show the justice it deserves.

Finally, yes, the “Nazi’s ally with evil aliens and takeover world” episodes are down in my book also as the worst ever by far.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:05:41 +0000

Wow. I totally disagree D. Somers. As well as your below the belt remark about this guy trying to be a poor man’s Charlie Brooker your comment is also totally overreacting. This is a funny piece about how some shows out now are remarkably similar to some that came before.

Just indulge your fun side and yu might actually enjoy this article for the entertaining piece that it is.

By: D.Somers

D.Somers — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:55:37 +0000

A pointless exercise in poor journalism. The writer has missed the mark by several yards in his attempt to find tenuous links between one obscure US series and other “classic” series. Eli Stone = Ali McBeal, you might as well say that Eli Stone is the white versionof roots the connections are so tenuous.

And I thought this was about remakes? WTF has Big Brother got to do with TV remakes? If we’re going down this road let’s do an article on worst TV adaptations. It’s crass, it’s annoying but is not a remake and the only thing that BB had to do with 1984 was its title and the constant observation of contestants.

Stop trying to be a poor man’s Charlie Brooker, your not up to it. Try and look at the great remakes we are seeing, Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who, Survivors, hell even the new Captain Scarlett.