| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:48 - Feb 8 with 3712 views | NthQldITFC |
I can't imagine it being anything other than a flop. Whilst the original was brilliantly written and acted, one of the key components was Cleese's physicality, both the gangliness and the twitchiness (as well as a fair bit of sweating). No way can he do that now - perhaps he should stick to GB News if he wants to make a pratt of himself? |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:49 - Feb 8 with 3700 views | clive_baker |
I loved Faulty Towers but that'll be absolute dog sh1t. |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:51 - Feb 8 with 3681 views | LankHenners |
I predict it will quite comfortably be one of the worst things broadcast on TV this century. |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:53 - Feb 8 with 3653 views | Dubtractor |
It'll be terrible, almost certainly.
Also, for a man who constantly complains about cancel culture and how he doesn't get much air time anymore, Cleese certainly gets a lot of air time and media coverage.... |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:54 - Feb 8 with 3640 views | Illinoisblue |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:51 - Feb 8 by LankHenners |
I predict it will quite comfortably be one of the worst things broadcast on TV this century. |
Worse than anything Russell Howard has done? |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:57 - Feb 8 with 3608 views | BlueBadger |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:53 - Feb 8 by Dubtractor |
It'll be terrible, almost certainly.
Also, for a man who constantly complains about cancel culture and how he doesn't get much air time anymore, Cleese certainly gets a lot of air time and media coverage.... |
The chances of someone complaining about 'cancel culture' are directly proportional to the amount of airtime and column inches they get to complain about it. |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:59 - Feb 8 with 3597 views | iamatractorboy |
Would make more sense for Cleese to play the Major character, surely. He wouldn't have to act much. |  | | |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:12 - Feb 8 with 3528 views | JammyDodgerrr |
Going to be terrible, really really awful. |  |
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| Nish Kumar is still on TV. (n/t) on 13:18 - Feb 8 with 3476 views | Bloots |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:51 - Feb 8 by LankHenners |
I predict it will quite comfortably be one of the worst things broadcast on TV this century. |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:19 - Feb 8 with 3476 views | SlippinJimmyJuan |
It's a bit depressing that a sitcom that is held up for its restraint and ability to go out on top, is now debasing itself for a pay day. It's up to him, maybe it will surprise everyone, but I find it a pretty sad reminder that we live in the age of the reboot and nothing is sacred. | |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:44 - Feb 8 with 3348 views | Trequartista |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:53 - Feb 8 by Dubtractor |
It'll be terrible, almost certainly.
Also, for a man who constantly complains about cancel culture and how he doesn't get much air time anymore, Cleese certainly gets a lot of air time and media coverage.... |
Pretty sure he doesn’t mean he himself is being cancelled see also Stewart Lee’s Ricky Gervais sketch. Whether you agree or disagree with JK Rowling would you not agree she has been cancelled for her viewpoint? |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:50 - Feb 8 with 3327 views | BlueBadger |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:44 - Feb 8 by Trequartista |
Pretty sure he doesn’t mean he himself is being cancelled see also Stewart Lee’s Ricky Gervais sketch. Whether you agree or disagree with JK Rowling would you not agree she has been cancelled for her viewpoint? |
No, she's been criticised for her open bigotry and for hanging around with bigots.
People are still licensing, marketing, buying, reading and watching Harry Potter products.
If you want a REAL example of people trying to 'cancel' things because they're precious snowflakes, here you go:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23305863.suffolk-primary-schools-lgbt-content-stay/ [Post edited 8 Feb 2023 13:57]
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:58 - Feb 8 with 3275 views | Trequartista |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:50 - Feb 8 by BlueBadger |
No, she's been criticised for her open bigotry and for hanging around with bigots.
People are still licensing, marketing, buying, reading and watching Harry Potter products.
If you want a REAL example of people trying to 'cancel' things because they're precious snowflakes, here you go:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23305863.suffolk-primary-schools-lgbt-content-stay/ [Post edited 8 Feb 2023 13:57]
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Yes here we go, call it bigotry because her feminist views disagree with the radical leftist view. I’m not talking about merchandise, i’m talking about her not being invited to recent Harry Potter related events. Cancel culture exists even if you totally disagree with her.
When even Stephen Fry, yes that Stephen Fry, the hugely intelligent, funny, and genuinely nice person despite his sporting connections say he is now anti pc, that has to ring alarm bells with people. | |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:58 - Feb 8 with 3272 views | Guthrum |
My heart sank when I heard about this. Can't see it being up to the standards of the original, even with Cleese involved. |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:04 - Feb 8 with 3237 views | Trequartista |
Got distracted from the op lol. Yes I love Faulty Towers, I like John Cleese, I think another series is a terrible idea. | |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:05 - Feb 8 with 3239 views | BlueBadger |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:58 - Feb 8 by Trequartista |
Yes here we go, call it bigotry because her feminist views disagree with the radical leftist view. I’m not talking about merchandise, i’m talking about her not being invited to recent Harry Potter related events. Cancel culture exists even if you totally disagree with her.
When even Stephen Fry, yes that Stephen Fry, the hugely intelligent, funny, and genuinely nice person despite his sporting connections say he is now anti pc, that has to ring alarm bells with people. |
People don't like bigotry. It's not very nice. Bigots aren't very nice. They're the most cowardly form of bullies going. People who aren't very nice don't get invited to stuff. Bullies ultimately end up not getting invited to stuff.
When you are essentially arguing that a section of the population who's approach to their identify and sexuality 'don't count' and shouldn't be allowed to participate in society you are a bigot.
Waitrose Essentials Katie Holmes has been doing that. The HP franchise had a huge number of LGBTQ fans that she's essentially decided to sh1t on with her sh1twitted and now she's unsurprisingly not particularly welcome at fan conventions.
Mate of mine who was a huge fan who often cited her whole 'no one lives in a closet at Hogwarts' thing) came out as transgender a few years ago and was heartbroken by JKR deciding that actually, there's T's and C's to be applied to that
Stephen Fry's main objection to 'PC' is this:
'I've always championed things that have been regarded as rather leftish, simply for personal reasons, like you know gay equality, being a gay man. Being Jewish as well, from a family many of whom were destroyed, I always say I've never particularly been big fan of racism. And as someone who's lived with bipolar disorder all my life, mental health is something I've spoken up about.
I've always been on the side of these things and I've been very happy to see the end to the national conversation in saner and saner ways. But I do not believe for a second that political correctness has hastened those advances, at all.
And my only problem with politically correctness really, apart from the fact that it's po-faced, sanctimonious, self-righteous occasionally, is that it's not effective.
I want people to be effective.
I want, yes, gay people and transgender people and people of all kinds of races and, you know, marginal identities as they may see themselves – I want them to feel comfortable in the world and not hated and not afraid. But I don't think political correctness is the way to achieve that.
That's my problem.'
(Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stephen-fry-political-correctness-1.46626
He's basically throwing the towel in a saying 'sometimes people are a bit hamfisted and bigots gonna bigot, what'cha gonna do'.
The short answer is 'I dunno. But stopping from challenging and confronting them probably won't work'. [Post edited 8 Feb 2023 14:13]
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:17 - Feb 8 with 3148 views | BlueBadger |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:05 - Feb 8 by BlueBadger |
People don't like bigotry. It's not very nice. Bigots aren't very nice. They're the most cowardly form of bullies going. People who aren't very nice don't get invited to stuff. Bullies ultimately end up not getting invited to stuff.
When you are essentially arguing that a section of the population who's approach to their identify and sexuality 'don't count' and shouldn't be allowed to participate in society you are a bigot.
Waitrose Essentials Katie Holmes has been doing that. The HP franchise had a huge number of LGBTQ fans that she's essentially decided to sh1t on with her sh1twitted and now she's unsurprisingly not particularly welcome at fan conventions.
Mate of mine who was a huge fan who often cited her whole 'no one lives in a closet at Hogwarts' thing) came out as transgender a few years ago and was heartbroken by JKR deciding that actually, there's T's and C's to be applied to that
Stephen Fry's main objection to 'PC' is this:
'I've always championed things that have been regarded as rather leftish, simply for personal reasons, like you know gay equality, being a gay man. Being Jewish as well, from a family many of whom were destroyed, I always say I've never particularly been big fan of racism. And as someone who's lived with bipolar disorder all my life, mental health is something I've spoken up about.
I've always been on the side of these things and I've been very happy to see the end to the national conversation in saner and saner ways. But I do not believe for a second that political correctness has hastened those advances, at all.
And my only problem with politically correctness really, apart from the fact that it's po-faced, sanctimonious, self-righteous occasionally, is that it's not effective.
I want people to be effective.
I want, yes, gay people and transgender people and people of all kinds of races and, you know, marginal identities as they may see themselves – I want them to feel comfortable in the world and not hated and not afraid. But I don't think political correctness is the way to achieve that.
That's my problem.'
(Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stephen-fry-political-correctness-1.46626
He's basically throwing the towel in a saying 'sometimes people are a bit hamfisted and bigots gonna bigot, what'cha gonna do'.
The short answer is 'I dunno. But stopping from challenging and confronting them probably won't work'. [Post edited 8 Feb 2023 14:13]
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Ultimately, it builds down to this:
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:20 - Feb 8 with 3137 views | Trequartista |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:05 - Feb 8 by BlueBadger |
People don't like bigotry. It's not very nice. Bigots aren't very nice. They're the most cowardly form of bullies going. People who aren't very nice don't get invited to stuff. Bullies ultimately end up not getting invited to stuff.
When you are essentially arguing that a section of the population who's approach to their identify and sexuality 'don't count' and shouldn't be allowed to participate in society you are a bigot.
Waitrose Essentials Katie Holmes has been doing that. The HP franchise had a huge number of LGBTQ fans that she's essentially decided to sh1t on with her sh1twitted and now she's unsurprisingly not particularly welcome at fan conventions.
Mate of mine who was a huge fan who often cited her whole 'no one lives in a closet at Hogwarts' thing) came out as transgender a few years ago and was heartbroken by JKR deciding that actually, there's T's and C's to be applied to that
Stephen Fry's main objection to 'PC' is this:
'I've always championed things that have been regarded as rather leftish, simply for personal reasons, like you know gay equality, being a gay man. Being Jewish as well, from a family many of whom were destroyed, I always say I've never particularly been big fan of racism. And as someone who's lived with bipolar disorder all my life, mental health is something I've spoken up about.
I've always been on the side of these things and I've been very happy to see the end to the national conversation in saner and saner ways. But I do not believe for a second that political correctness has hastened those advances, at all.
And my only problem with politically correctness really, apart from the fact that it's po-faced, sanctimonious, self-righteous occasionally, is that it's not effective.
I want people to be effective.
I want, yes, gay people and transgender people and people of all kinds of races and, you know, marginal identities as they may see themselves – I want them to feel comfortable in the world and not hated and not afraid. But I don't think political correctness is the way to achieve that.
That's my problem.'
(Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stephen-fry-political-correctness-1.46626
He's basically throwing the towel in a saying 'sometimes people are a bit hamfisted and bigots gonna bigot, what'cha gonna do'.
The short answer is 'I dunno. But stopping from challenging and confronting them probably won't work'. [Post edited 8 Feb 2023 14:13]
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I don’t think she is a bigot. I think feminist rights and trans rights clash and if you’re a bigot if you fully endorse women’s rights with no regard to trans then you’re a misogynist if you fully endorse trans rights with no regard to women. I think we have to work our way through this minefield without resorting to name calling and, yes, cancelling.
I will reply to the rest when I have more time as you’ve put thought into that and deserves a reasoned debate. | |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:27 - Feb 8 with 3102 views | J2BLUE |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 13:44 - Feb 8 by Trequartista |
Pretty sure he doesn’t mean he himself is being cancelled see also Stewart Lee’s Ricky Gervais sketch. Whether you agree or disagree with JK Rowling would you not agree she has been cancelled for her viewpoint? |
People have even called for a boycott of the Hogwarts Legacy game and someone has set up a website for tracking who has played it on twitch…
As for the OP I will likely enjoy it but when it was voted as the greatest sitcom of all time you do wonder why they would go back to it at this late stage. |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:43 - Feb 8 with 3035 views | Chondzoresk |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:49 - Feb 8 by clive_baker |
I loved Faulty Towers but that'll be absolute dog sh1t. |
I don’t believe it! It will be One Foot in the Grave next or Father Ted…. |  | | |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:53 - Feb 8 with 3002 views | gainsboroughblue |
Part of what makes Fawlty Towers the treasure it is was that it went out on a high after two series. It didn't damage it's legacy by churning out more series and running out of ideas
Leave it as it is. |  |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 15:09 - Feb 8 with 2944 views | HARRY10 |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 12:54 - Feb 8 by Illinoisblue |
Worse than anything Russell Howard has done? |
I find a cross eyed boy reading from an autocue quite funny....in a bizarre kind of way
As to Cleese I suspect it will be him goose stepping out of the restuarant while complaining that modern phones, couriers, emails, and self serve tills are all 'woke'
Manual cannot get a visa, Polly has been sacked for her Me Too membership and the Major holds ukip meetings in the bar. | | | |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 15:14 - Feb 8 with 2920 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 15:09 - Feb 8 by HARRY10 |
I find a cross eyed boy reading from an autocue quite funny....in a bizarre kind of way
As to Cleese I suspect it will be him goose stepping out of the restuarant while complaining that modern phones, couriers, emails, and self serve tills are all 'woke'
Manual cannot get a visa, Polly has been sacked for her Me Too membership and the Major holds ukip meetings in the bar. |
And poor old Geoffrey Palmer still didn't get his sausages. | |
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| Fawlty Towers Revival on 15:31 - Feb 8 with 2849 views | SlippinJimmyJuan |
| Fawlty Towers Revival on 14:27 - Feb 8 by J2BLUE |
People have even called for a boycott of the Hogwarts Legacy game and someone has set up a website for tracking who has played it on twitch…
As for the OP I will likely enjoy it but when it was voted as the greatest sitcom of all time you do wonder why they would go back to it at this late stage. |
Yes, with people paying money to be able to abuse anyone that plays the game on stream with threats of violence. Pretty scary stuff when you consider that people get swatted on stream with regularity. I'd like to know what defence there is for that behaviour in the name of sticking it to Rowling. Those people are not being allies to trans people at all. | |
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