https://deadline.com/2023/02/fawlty-towers-reboot-john-cleese-camilla-cleese-rob-reiner-castle-rock-entertainment-basil-manuel-1235252175/
Fatal misstep? I can't see how it can't be. Only 12 episodes were made and not a bad one. Should be left well alone.
John Cleese is just an angry old bigot and is not funny anymore.
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What IS IT with these attempted rehashes of shows that were LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE and that can NEVER BE RECAPTURED?
A prime example I can think of in the last 20 years has got to be Red Dwarf's Back To Reality vs Back To Earth: the former was considered the finest and best episode of Red Dwarf in its first few years of life, and so, after the season with the cast being prisoners on Red Dwarf, they thought they'd extend the whole concept in BTR to a whole short season with the crew, somehow back to freedom on an intact Red Dwarf, and back to their old ways, returning to Earth. But the whole season turned out to be a FLOP! Why? Well, the gang interacting with present-day humans on Earth didn't help, neither did a weird crossover with (fucking) CORONATION STREET of all things, simply because Craig Charles was starring there at that time!!
My point is, when writers and producers of a TV show want to mine an old property or rejuvenate an existing one, they'll got back to the greatest hits of that TV show, but believe me, it hardly ever works out. I don't think having Fawlty Towers remade by (fucking) Castle Rock, of Stephen King fame, is going to help!
Some of these reboots are being done out of despair on the part of showrunners or stars, since social media and streaming has erased all traces of the past for newer generations of people. There are kids today who have no idea about any shows that even came out, say, five years ago because all they know is Tik Tok, Netflix and YouTube. It's about hoping beyond hope that the shows won't fall into obscurity if the Tik Tok Generation love the reboot.
Others are being done out of agenda. For instance, the only reason why Roseanne Barr wanted a reboot was to shove her politics down everyone's throat, and I have a feeling that is what John Cleese wants to do with this reboot. I can just see Basil Fawlty's customers each being a version of whatever he thinks "woke" is.
DISGUSTING.
sharenews that will bring joy to a generation of British comedy fans.
Looking forward to seeing this:
Iβm glad they didnβt drag Fawlty Towers on for too long but Iβd be up for seeing Basil in a new hotel with new characters and a new situation.
Fawlty Towers remains the greatest sitcom ever made and should be left alone.
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