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Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from the 70s holds up

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Re: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from the 70s holds up

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Post by salimmadjd »

I love Smiley's People as well as the BBC version of the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It's one of the smartest spy genre movies ever. I'd definitely think about watching this. But, maybe:

"This makes me want to quit watching. I’m not sure I have the stomach to know a storyline and its characters are going to be abandoned. That’s one of the two main problems with TV as a medium: that it might end too soon or that it might go on for too long."

BTW, I really liked how this article was written.

Re: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from the 70s holds up

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Post by Jun8 »

I had never heard of this show, but speaking about wacky British 70s series that still hold up, I think The Avengers should be up there, for similar reasons: great acting, out of this world plots, mixed with a quaint British attitude.

The Emma Peel era was the best, you can check out all the episodes here: http://theavengers.tv/forever/peel.htm. Almost all episodes are gold, but my favorites are The Cybernauts and Honey for the Prince.

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Post by flukus »

Jun8 wrote: post #3

I had never heard of this show, but speaking about wacky British 70s series that still hold up, I think The Avengers should be up there, for similar reasons: great acting, out of this world plots, mixed with a quaint British attitude. The Emma Peel era was the best, you can check out all the episodes here: http://theavengers.tv/forever/peel.htm . Almost all episodes are gold, but my favorites are The Cybernauts and H…

Thanks for the link, I've tried searching for torrents of the show before but only ever found those other avengers.

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Post by Taniwha »

Jun8 wrote: post #3

I had never heard of this show, but speaking about wacky British 70s series that still hold up, I think The Avengers should be up there, for similar reasons: great acting, out of this world plots, mixed with a quaint British attitude. The Emma Peel era was the best, you can check out all the episodes here: http://theavengers.tv/forever/peel.htm . Almost all episodes are gold, but my favorites are The Cybernauts and H…

Sandbaggers is not wacky in the Avengers sense, deadly serious, when you're done watching sandbaggers check out Callan

Re: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from the 70s holds up

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Post by shirro »

flukus wrote: post #4
Jun8 wrote: post #3

I had never heard of this show, but speaking about wacky British 70s series that still hold up, I think The Avengers should be up there, for similar reasons: great acting, out of this world plots, mixed with a quaint British attitude. The Emma Peel era was the best, you can check out all the episodes here: http://theavengers.tv/forever/peel.htm . Almost all episodes are gold, but my favorites are The Cybernauts and H…

Thanks for the link, I've tried searching for torrents of the show before but only ever found those other avengers.

I love older uk shows and finding legitimate streaming content is endlessly frustrating. It might be a niche market but the promise of the Internet was it was supposed to address the long tail. So much is sitting on the shelves due to lazy rights holders or only has limited geographical distribution.

Re: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from the 70s holds up

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Post by jimjimjim »

Maybe it's just that people only remember the good tv shows/films/music/things from those years and ignore the boring chaff.

Maybe there are just as many good tv shows these days.

but in my opinion the vast majority of current tv shows/films/music/webcontent is utter undiluted mind numbing banal drivel and there isn't a circle of hell worthy enough to hold those responsible.

Re: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from the 70s holds up

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Post by icebraining »

salimmadjd wrote: post #2

I love Smiley's People as well as the BBC version of the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It's one of the smartest spy genre movies ever. I'd definitely think about watching this. But, maybe: "This makes me want to quit watching. I’m not sure I have the stomach to know a storyline and its characters are going to be abandoned. That’s one of the two main problems with TV as a medium: that it might end too soon or that it…

That comment is interesting, because about a century ago it could be said about literature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_(literature)
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