Blackadder The Fifth!

mike65

Blackadder is to make a return next year accoding to co-writer Richard Curtis, however unlike previous series Blackadder will remain as the WW1 Captain. Interesting to see if it all proves a horrid mistake.

But for now I'll say



Hurrah!

Mike.

sceptre

If it does happen (and I rather hope it doesn't), I do hope he remembers that Blackadder was (amazingly) crap when he didn't have that young fellow from the Eltons on board. I'm not sure that I got a single laugh from the first series and the only reason I have it at all is that I didn't feel like buying the thing singly and couldn't find a box set of the last three seasons only.

Unfortunately Ben's gone soft (see Back and Forth) and is more interested in the West End these days - hence my "I rather hope it doesn't".

mycroft

sceptre wrote:

If it does happen (and I rather hope it doesn't), I do hope he remembers that Blackadder was (amazingly) crap when he didn't have that young fellow from the Eltons on board. I'm not sure that I got a single laugh from the first series and the only reason I have it at all is that I didn't feel like buying the thing singly and couldn't find a box set of the last three seasons only.

Unfortunately Ben's gone soft (see Back and Forth) and is more interested in the West End these days - hence my "I rather hope it doesn't".

I was thinking the exact same thing. Elton's work is dreadful these days, and is more interested into cozying up to Webber n Co than interesting work.

corblimey

And didn't Blackadder Back and Forth suck all kinds of ass?

irlirishkev

corblimey wrote:

And didn't Blackadder Back and Forth suck all kinds of ass?

So much so that I'd forgotten it existed untill you mentioned it.. Rubbish.

mike65

I agree about Ben Eltons part in BlackAdder, he was the one who rescued it from being a forgotten curio. The more I think about it the less I want it to return.

Mike.

mycroft

mike65 wrote:

I agree about Ben Eltons part in BlackAdder, he was the one who rescued it from being a forgotten curio. The more I think about it the less I want it to return.

Mike.

Also I'm uncomfortable remembering that Ben Elton used to be funny.

DerekD Goldfish

It was great but I think its a bad idea to bring it back

DublinWriter

corblimey wrote:

And didn't Blackadder Back and Forth suck all kinds of ass?

Indeed...it was originally shot to be a film. No one would touch it, even on a 'straight to video' basis. Eventually Sky bought it.

To quote Vic Reeves "they wouldn't let it lie!".

Whole thing should have ended with series 4. The last ever episode was piognant and wrapped it all up nicely.

sceptre

mycroft wrote:

Also I'm uncomfortable remembering that Ben Elton used to be funny.

I blame Tony Blair. Ben was funny until he started drinking champers around the same time as Tony was reformulating John Smith's Labour Lite for the masses and upper classes. Then it all ended - no more anger, no more comparisons between his fliptop bin and the M25, no more talking frying pans and renactments of disco fun with props of a mars bar, packet of crisps and a wet sponge.

Ben needs to get divorced and have somebody empty his bank account. It'll all be OK then.